New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-10

Ievtes hereditary in their Office Brethren 1t is not 40
here. All of to worship herea OF us are to bring
opened, every mouth is to be unoosed
But why there these strong points Of contrast DO
enough in common between the display OF inefablc
majesty here presented and the spiritual message that
we should study this subject little today. You are the
people Of Cod In the LANGUAGE Of the New at IN
Christ Jesus You desire today that the hons ",v OF
S sS . wSsh t. b sa T9p Tits
visible and palpable that occupied the tabernacle was
betting the 0d IT on mpy mar
and local Deity but ia upon the New iestanGn men,
ods sory you You look for clear light q
action, for direct and immediate communication win
your savior, has already passed into the heavens a.
your great High Priest and you have funess of access
mo t %s y in the first places some definite idea
OF what is meant by the glory OF the Lord Ihls WI,
e f % sS with t the soy Of the And then
the third and final question will rcmain-What IL me sa
here BY The glory Of the Iord This n cloud s sSat
vah. i but it Indicated Jehovahs presence It
TESTIFIED to something , s senpe not there SIMPLY
as He is in grace there simply as He is In heaven or
on the earthly His natural oad W Owapd to
their g as HS said e mnasins Of this display to
the eye.
This not entirely new transaction to the Hebrew
people dear brethren. You remember that incident OF
HIM He directs him as to the sacrifices he is bring
the heifer the RAM urtledoves the young pigeons
since for some testimony that the Lord is with him
The sun goes down, the night falls, and ,a an
SoTcS e edst o Which he describes
saving that deep sleep Is fallen upon n aneas s e Ss
terms of covenant and he burning ram passing
S the peses OF s no ea DoI This is mo-
vision. Here real Jehovah speaking to him, and by
that he knows that il real covenant to which he is
party on the side, and Jehovah is party on the
other SO with Moses and the burning bush Sowith
the Hebrew people at a later time sim OF neck stoid,
unbeevng. often hard of heari-they needed to be
guides them the cloud and pillar Of qre goes be
fore them, indicating where they shall rest Now,
place is provided for them, this cloud fills The house
Of the Lord and the priests sna bo mot De
The PentacOsta days come fire descends real fire. and no
cloud around about it, and rests on the Lords servants
Those tongues of fire indicate to the people that hence
forth the glory of the Lord is to be in the Word and that
hencefor the glory of the Lord fills people and places of
God is manifested in this house; not God absolute in
Deity, as such, but God our God God in Christ These
rores saints always been taught to look for My
soul thirsts for God for the living God and when His
%ped SsS they long for and
high Gods people may rise In vision and however mueh
Mount " Of TRANSPORTATION, there is stl heaven
above them to which they aspire where they snail luy
t@mpIe when we inquire for Gods glory to-day, ask
that He may reveal Himself in His relations TO JUS Coo
who can prayers who can be in covenant with
us and as His children, make us meet for the heavenly
Now in the second place how house be filled
with the glory of God We that the house is
cupied by His worspers and that they are earnest IN
working and eager for spiritual instruction We can l
the with the glory of God when the people faith
fully worship and endeavor to learn more of His good
S and was waste and rank weeds grew upon
it. Since that time this building ho has i been
There certain glory about carrying through any go0d
undertaking But, dear brethren, it is higher Kind of
glory which is aimed at hero 1t is glory that affects
the human conscience glory that touches the human
heart and transforms and transgres it, When we look
souls TO DO brought in immediate fellowship
with the King of Kings bearing the image OF heaven
Take your stand and talk for moment beside Adam,
the Lord placed him in Paradise He could not elso
than admire and adore Him who has made all these He
must have known something Of the majesty OF this mighty
Maker BY and by that great Maker comes and walks in
the garden, and he knows Him as God He knows
Him as Creator who has a right to be obeyed This
earth, fruitful inhgs and thistes IS now yielding sub
maignity horrible consequences of sin Hell willing
to enter into relations with him, and out OF all this
We have the mercy me grace tne loving Kindness 'he
tenderness Of a beneiccnt Creator . .
These thoughts which have indicated are the begin
ming of of which the elimination is in the
IN nfestaon of Jesus Christ Son of God ana son of Man.
God manifested in the hesh speaking III mans LANGUAGE
this with the weakness OF man. weakness MED Win the
decorations and fangngs. not the tempest of sweet
sounds but congregation of penitents believing souls
house with the glory of God And now If you will think
of it, this is the philosophy, for must have philoso
pay, of the preaching of the gospel Of Christ, of
do not know Christ do not know the highest demonstr,
ton of God they must be let into clear perception Of
all that God wishes to be. But the other hand when
WAYS I A fHe more more they are filed With His glory
can recall here a narrative upon which dwell with
satisfaction Many years ago had occasion TO be in
important English manufacturing town. The place con
tnned churches and "a e sn and 9tne %
it, could the enterprise OF It's inhabitants The
9sft Lords day one after the a nhyc, 1T Sss my
With friend made visit to Sabbath-school of which
Sc TS and became Obvious to e that in all
these he was wel-known and cherished visitor Now
OF him in another direction. Then went back 70 bis
home and spent the night together and as saw the de-
gan To conceive highly Of him in still another direction
Now he was not merely to me the philosophical
ne was the cherished priest in the sacred temple OF his
own home and the OF him the higher he stood
my estimation
Can you have any difficulty in seeing how in pre-
cisey similar process. only upon plane unspeakably
higher can have raised in our thoughts the Lord God
house is not fixed quantity. There can be much of 1t
eether This glory is in Chrstendom and it in hcathen
dom Now you Sec trust, where the philosophy Is
Of our preaching the glorious gospel Of the blessed
sonal work II Is thus on that At, We 70. know God
as suffered to be the preacher from this desk shall
be distinctly ana gOsptl
OF Jesus Christ Let ask you, blessed brethren and
Christian friends who have turned in to worship with
US to-day that ask prayers to-day and every day
that may be held up in habitua effort to that which f.
the Sober and choice Of Judgment To the
purposes being preacher of Jesus ChIista simple
preacher 81 ChTistthat may be kept from aiming
a-eyeu though there were hope Of my succeedng-the
honors Of the log the historian the rhetori
clan or the skiul word-painter; that may be willing
10 be as nothing only that God may be magned that
Jesus may DO al in all This is Gods word to This is
the Apostolic model.
1t is in the light of this truth OF Gods glory Cos
pel Christ that the real dignity and majesty of the
Church of Christ She is the pride Of Christ she Gods
living temple. We would make much of the
ministry OF the Gospel and the holy sacra-
in he ,hurch nf the buf