The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-10
THE HALL0wED NAME OF GOD.
Sermon Preached at the Presbyterian
Church, Seventh street, below Arch, by
the Rev. H. IL. Beadle, ID. ID.

Sermon Preached at the Presbyterian
Church, Seventh street, below Arch, by
the Rev. H. IL. Beadle, ID. ID.
Yesterday morning DR.. Beadle selected for his
text the words from Matthew vi 9:-"Haliowed be
Thy Name" He spoke, in SUBSTANCE as follows.- +
This is ore OF lhe melodies of heaven 1t is PRAYER
with u.s. but with the angels and redeemed spirits
is song and praise.
of the character OF God standing Tor His glory and
excellence, HIS power and wisdom. Jehovah" IS
the name expressive & OF his nfn te and MYSTERIOUS
Is Is the glorious name under which God manifested
We hallow Gods name when we worship HIM
In spirit and truth. No form of words, no gorgeous
Iiies and ceremonies, can haliow His name wi hout
the alteration of the heart. he praying heart,
whether with !orms or without them can alone
truly breathe this prayer.
We hallow Gods name by chershing a reyerent,
loving regard for mis- Dame. Profanity is of The
saddest evidences of mans fall 1t is profound
testimonial 10 the real alienation of the human
heart from God. 1t is the almost sol tary sin with.
out excuse. There are sins that fil with delight
profanity gIatiies demands of the appetite gives
no charm, lends no thr II OF pleasure. Ii is bold,
unsolicited, untempered, grarultous sin The ex-
cuse that II adds to The Vlgor of speech or to the
strength OF assertion is false one. On the contrary
1t takes away from the power OF langua and throws
as suspicion of msincerit' or downright 'asehood
over the speech. No man who is gully of D rofanty
shou use this prayer without first repening of his
SIN But II the irreverent profane @ of Gods name
is a grlevous SIN, how much darker Is it when HIS
name is not only not haowed but is appealed to in
asSeVeratIon OF q ia sehO0dE
We halow Gods name in an appro Or ate use of
the ordinances OF HIS house In the carrier ages of
the world God erected his tabernac he famii y,
and the Patriarch was the Priest Outside of tnose
few spos and within very limited portion OF the
earths surface, the great world rushed by in It's
and sorrows AS the ages rol ed away, those places
OF Gods abode with men multiplied and the Church
organized 1t is now in the sanctuary that God
especiai iy reveals himself; and while in particular
cas6s God may come near to the soul elsewhere ct,
in large experience, we may safely assert Iha man
learns mole OF Coos true character and receives
OF His Spirit in the sOul in the rdinances of
His house than elsewhere, Hence we fly to the
uary in the hour of afctlon and al for cou.
so alton and support. When DAVID had laid upon
/ the earth Tor some days and nights, lasting and
agonzi, Tor the ch1lds hie, and saw by the VhIs-
peTing O. the servants mat he was dead, he arose
and washed himself and put on his apparel and
went up to the sanctuary to worship. cd has put
special honor upon the SANCTUARY; there 1t IS that
HI honor dwelleth.
1hIs prayer tends to humble human pride How
men endeavor to pefpouate heir names ana sects by
works of art, archtectVle, monuments, literature,
etc., to save their names from oblivion But Gods
name s above AL and is to be haowed Mans
prize i humb ed not by DEGRADING or deprec atIng
himself, but by the superior glory OF Gods great
name. Holiness only Is TO be halloWed.