Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-29
SUNDAY READING.

Bish.p Simpson, at Wilmington Dela-
ware, in January:
~ryxr-Isaiah *, 6: "For unto us a child Is
born for unto US a child Is given, anu y son.
ernment shall be upon his shoulders, ana MS name
hall he called Wonderful Counsellor. the
mighty God, the everlasting Father the Prince
Of Peace"
In opening q new church editce Tor
the worship of Almighty God, and Tor
the extension Of the kingdom OF u
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, there is
nothing to which the audience car bet
ter direct their attention than IN LOOK
ing upon Jesus, the author and hnisher
of faith and salvation. And it is to HIM,
in His person, His character, and MS
kingdom, that our thoughts are directed
by this passage of Holy writ. The
prophet had seen that in consequence OF
the sins Of the Israelites they would be
scattered among distant nations, and
como under a dark cloud OF af1iction
and distress ; aud yet looking down the
vista of time he saw that that darkness
would not be perpetual and that that
| affection would not be permanent.
| There would a Savior arise among them,
BY whom, if they listened to his teach
ings and adopted his counsel, they
could be saved. There would be n time
come when the clash Of arms should
cease, and fields no longer DO made red
BY slaughter-but when perfect peace
and harmony should reign. The cause
of Christ would 60 on gathering strength
in its progress, and augmenting in pow
er, until it had subdued the evil pas.
sions of men, and accomplished its full
work. When this happy time shall
come-as in Heaven, so also on earth
perfect happiness will prevail.
Christianity, in its progress, has ever
arrested tho attention Of men and so
also, during the life Of its author, he
arrested the attention Of men. In the
first stage Of Christianity men said it
was wonderful. So far has this feeling
in the world in regard to Christ and his
religion gone, that even infdels are now
writing the lives Of Jesus and his apos-
ties, convinced that they can find no
other characters among men as beauti-
full, and no story 81 attractive, as the
story Of the Cross.
Jesus, as a Counsellor, in the second
place, attracted the attention and elicit
| ed the admiration Of the world. He
was competent to answer all questions
put to him, and COMPOUNDED the doctors
in the temple. At the present day
Christianity is the wisdom Of the world.
It is found in our schools, academies
and colleges. The world to-day recog-
nizes Christianity as q system of wisdom.
But Christianity is not only recognized
in this aspect Of wisdom, but, in the
third place-it is "the mighty God"
Jesus foreshadowed the victory which
was afterwards achieved by the Chris
tain Church. The waves became calm
before him sickness fled from him all
nations acknowledged Christ as its mas
ter. He is the maker, governor, con-
troller of all the earth and assuredly
will develop all its in aid OF
his Church. The powers Of the earth
are given to Jesus. He controls the
commerce, the government, the press,
the education, the progress ofthe world.
Christianity is putting on the attributes
| of the mighty God. Mohommedanism,
h~eathcnism, and every false religion is
falling and crumbling away before its
| march.
In the fourth place, Jesus is the ever
lasting Father. In his miracles we SEQ
nothing but kindness. He speaks with
g%entleness. To the returning prodigal
he opens wide his arms. He will not
cast off the erring one like an earthly
father. His mercy follows us always.
he is patient and long suffering. He
will not be angered beyond measure,
like an earthly parent, and utterly cast
away. Jesus, the everlasting Father,
gives up none He goes 10 the lost one
and cries, " Come home to your Father
He goes to the very brink Of destruction
to rescue the wandering one. He re-
ceives the leper, the Magdalene, the
| outcast, the forsaken-all Not from
any lack of power does He exhibit the
long-euduring mercy. No! He had the
power to hurl his prosecutors to de-
struction +; but He would not, because
He was ON Everlasting Father" He
could not give them up. He exclaimed,
"Father, forgive them, for they know
not what they do |" The many projects
of %beneyolence which now characterize
the Church-orphans, schools, hospi-
tails, homes for the aged, homes for the
fallen-prove that she is clothing her
self in the garments and eyincing the
spirit of the Everlasting Father"
In the last place, Jesus is the Prince
Of Peace. He declared himself 10 be
Prince of Peace his government was
founded in peace, and carried forward
in peace. Christ has ordered the sheath
ing of the sword and the putting up OF
the spear. The day Of war is passing
away, for our God, like q consuming
FIRE, shall run through the hearts OF
men, and their anger shall be turned
into love, and they shall live together
as brothers, and Jesus shall reign
among them as the Prince of Peace.
To-day, the peaceful element is pcrcep-
tible in the church, and VIC a look
forward to q day not far distant when
there shall be one universal peace. That
day is coming. Though there are still
wars waged among men, they arc not
carried on in the same spirit as of yore;
questions Of disputes ore referred to ar
bitrament, and not 70 the SWORD. In
looking over the work of Revelation
there is one picture that charms me,
and that is Jesus, the Goldman"
We are there presented also with the
grand spectacle Of Jesus as the great
conqueror. We see him coming with n
crown upon his head, accompanied by n
countless number Of followers who have
washed their robes and made. them
white in the blood of the Lamb, and
He reigns as the Prince of Peace. There
is O time coming when all the Earring
discords between different sects of
Christians shall cease, and shall oil live
together as one family in Christ, while
concord and peace shall prevail. Some
may look solely to Luther; others to
Calvin others to Knox others to Wes-
ley-and they ell have much about them
to admire-but above them all there is
one far higher and nobler, and that is
Jesus, the Prince Of Peace. We should
cultivate charity in our hearts and all,
as Christians, work together in that