The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-07-03

calling. II the Christian Is like his calling ne must
be IKE Abraham. Isaac and JACOB, stranger pill
pecant Of throne In the skies The name Christian
Implies faith IN Christ, and our calling being
heavenly too. Our profession must De toward God
and our confession toward men, and we must hold
great scheme OF salvation Which we accent and the the
latter Is our presentation OF it to mankind.
Ine OBJECT which toose holy brethren are to con-
sion, Christ Jesus" The term apostle means ..sent
out and corresponds TO our word missionary and
whether we consider the sender or the sent or the
message brought. there Is dignity In the fact that
=. , CHRIST JESUS WAS SENT OUT
HIS own blood. and thus became the High Priest Of
our profession. No hand had opened wide the veil
that we might look within. No ray of light mad
pierced the cloud nor issued torch to Earth
His Son to reveal the secrets Of the III in n.
ner life and the inner world to mankind,
with trials, temptations and sorrows our fears
and hopes. our Joys ana woes, he might be able TO
Father ana our Father HIS God and our Cod d. He
drew aside the impenetrable veil, ana the eternal
the unseen, the deep and hidden Things or God are
made manifest to us. He comes forth bearing our
THE SON OF NAN AND SON OF GOD
the Word made flesh. he comes as 1t were right out
of the heart and mind, bearing blessings or grace
and giving to US those things which we need, and
whispering in our hearts the untold truths that God
course He becomes our substitute, our VIC
tim, and gives US what no apostle prophet,
philosopher or sage could have given, ana
then returns to His heavenly. home again
He Is Apostle by His death aud resurrection and
mediation. He has opened up way for us whereby
we may come to God. lie Is Gods advocate with
us and our advocate with God. How comforting
them Is 1t to have such High Priest OF our profess
sOn-and shall we not love this JesusY Though as
cended into the heavens He still carries on His apos-
ileship and pr0claims the same truths which He de-
clared when on earth. AS the one sun in the 1rma.
ment rejects Its rays upon the crest Of every ocean
listers, so that there IL no longer apostle but
many. Wherever there Is dear
SOUL WHO HAS RECEIVED CHRIST
there is IN apostle There Is in this way O
reduplicatiDg Of Chrlsts aposteship and high
priesthood. Every man who prays for an
other Is high priest, and there are a great
many little priests who fear TO speak In
public but who plead In secret with and for their
brethren. The term "cOnsder'' In this sense and in
the passages OF the Scriptures implies that men are
so immersed In business they cannot think OF Christ
as they should. But we arc called to fix gaze and
our undivided attention upon Jesus, to look for him
as the shipwrecKed mariner would look for the
morning or the drowning man for the rope that was
to rescue Him. our God Is q consuming fire and We
could not look at him but through Jesus. who be-
came one OF MS. Let us therefore, consider Him as
our Apostle and High Priest And as He stands be-
fore HIS Father
Five bleeding wounds he bears,
Received on Calvary
They pour en- ctual prayers
They strongly speak for me-
Before the throne stands,
My name Is written his hands.