Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-04-02
THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN
OF CHRIST.

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very attentive auditory. His subject
was the beginning of the Reign of Christ,
reading, Eas the foundation of his DISCOURSE
from the 44th to the 5sd verse of the 24th
chapter of Luke. I'VE have not room for
more than few paragraphs of the
discourse. After maintaining ut much
length, that tho gospel was never fully
preached, IN fact, till the day of Pente-
cost; that the death of Christ, his burial,
his resurrection, his blood, and the Office
and influence of the Holy Spirit, the lead
ing and central matters of the gospel,
were not fully unfolded, developed and
preached by any man in the Old Testa-
ment times, by John the Baptist, or the
Apostles, in the lifetime of the Savior, he
proceeded as follows:
We now arrive at new chapter in these
grand and momentous matters. The Lord
appears TO the disciples, and, as he enters
their company, he exclaims: "Thomas,
behold my hands ~ "Reach hither thy
hand and place it upon the scar in my
side Thomas looks upon him, recognizes
him, and knows that it is he. He is over
whelmcd, and cxclaims, "My Lord and my
God!p All attention is arrested and all
eyes are upon the risen Lord. .! is it
he Is he aliEe2 1t is-he. He is alive,
and he lives for ever and ever. He has
new language now; new theme is here
opened. The grave is opened; the prison
house of death is unlocked;- / c who is the
first fruits of them that slept has come
forth. He who has the keys of hades and
the grave, who can open and no man can
shut, and shut and no man can open, the
hero of mans redemption, has vanquished
death and triumphed over the grave, and
secured a resurrection for the world
The Lord shook the earth when he died.
He gave it another shake when he rose,
and the graves of many of the old saints
were opened; and after Jesus rose, proba-
bly, about hundred and forty-tour thous-
and also rose, as a divine and visible de-
monstration of his almighty power dis
played in the resurrection OF the dead, and
they were seen of many in the holy city.
The wicked powers of the earth are con-
founded The powers of hell stand in
awe Demons tremble! The great ndvcr-
sary of man, the devil, is foiled and de-
feated One mighty hallclujah runs all
along the heavenly choirs. Glory to God
in the. highest! Peace on earth and good
will to man! \ Savior is not only born,
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born from the dead of every creature, that
in all things he might have the prc-emi-
hence"
The Lord here utters things never heard
from him before. "All authority in heav-
en- and in earth" says he, ais given to me-"
go into all the world and preach the Cos
pei to every creature" 600 yc, therefore,
and disciple all nations" "Thus it be-
hooved Christ to suffer and to rise again
the third day, that repentance and rcmls
sion of sins should be preached in his
name among all nations, beginning at Je-
rusalem." We are not yet up to the be-
ginning, but we are drawing near to it
The Lord says to the Apostles, "WNlt for
the promise of my Father" AS if he had
said: am not ready for you to go yet;
you must wait till you are endued with
power from on high. You certainly have
seen, in the weaknesses, the errors, blum
ders and misunderstanding into which
you have fallen, that you can not succeed
in this great work without the holy Com
forter to guide you into all truth. All
things are now in Il state of preparation
and all is waiting, The Lord took the
handwriting of ordinances out of the way,
mailing it to the cross. He was the end OF
the law for righteousness. Whcu the
Lord died, the law of Moses died. Its or
dinances and priests had filled their period
and died also. Forty or fifty days inter-
vened here, and not preacher in the
world authorized to say word. These
days are necessary here, that the Lord may
appear repeatedly to the Apostles, that
they may see him, hear him, handle him,
eat with him, drink with him, and thus be
competent witnesses of his resurrection.
lie also had important lessons to impart to
them, that they were not prepared before
to hear or understand. Some forty days
time was demanded for this work, and
when it was done, he told them not to de-
part from Jerusalem, but to wait for the
promise.
Taking them ont to Mt. Olivet, he i'm
parted to them his last beuediction, and,
taking his leave of them, he assembled in
their sight; and, passing through the
trackIess ether, he vanished out of their
sight, as he went away into heaven. A
convoy of the heavenly hosts appeared,
exclaiming, "Galileeans, why stand you
here gazing up into heavcn?" As he APP
proaches the eternal city, q shout is heard
Fly wide, We everlasting doors, and We
everlasting gates, be we lifted up, and let
the King of Glory in. Again one shouts,
who is this King of glory? The mighty
response is heard in heaven, The Lord,
mighty in battle. Our glorious King, not
as he appeared in the manager, nor as he
appeared when he had not where to lay his
head, nor as he appeared when he hung
upon the cross, crowned with thorns, the
blood trinkling from his hands, his feet,
and steaming down in a crimson current
from his side, nor As he appeared lying
lifeless in the tomb; but resurrectcd,
changed, glorifed, the CHRISTIANS Lord
and King-thc Monarch of the universe
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