Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-10-28

and worldly power never tempted him. His
Kingdom was not of this world. He came to be
king Of souls; to reign, not ocer men, but IN them
in their minds, consciences and hearts. All his
words, all his deeds, arc consistent only with q
moral conquest. His work was . restoration OF
man to himself and to God. And then, again,
nothing could have been more repugnant to q
Jew than to hint that the Messiah would come
| from some other nation than his own. The re-
ligion of the Jews was narrow religion; but
Christs religion was broad, adapted to the whole
world. Compare this life with any other life, and
| we find the life of Jesus infinitely above them
| all.
sus' First, the doctrine of the human SOUL its
reality its greatness, its accountability and its
endless life; second, the doctrine of Cod his spirit
uality, unity, moral perfection and paternity;
third, the doctrine of reconciliation and recovery
| In Jesus we have an originality, q consistency,
living energy, grandeur, and depth which can
be found no where else. In his short life he did
infinitely more than the wisest and mightest souls
of the ancient world, did what the inspired
prophets Of Israel never accomplished. In his
work Jesus is absolutely alone-alone in his
teachings and the circumstances of his life, and
therefore alone in constitution Of being, alone in
attitude and in nature.
Again, We see that Christ himself is the matter
| of most of his teachings. Faith in him. is the
means CT entrance into the Kingdom Of God; and
that kingdom is forever associated with his per-
son. HIS teachings were the teachings of the
eternal world He called men to believe in Him.
ut IS l Is the great text Of all his teachings
None bat Christ would have dared to speak as he
did, make such claims. There is in them the
sense OF personal perfection and official great
ness. lie was conscious of his oneness to God.
What Jesus said was the voice of his own soul /;
he spoke what he felt and felt what he truly was
Here then the argument ends, the testimony adj
duced leading to but one conclusion, that here is
not only an office higher than ever belonged to
man. but a higher nature, which separates one man
from all men. The incarnation is simply tue.
According to Christs own testimony, seen in
his condition, in lis work. and in his character he
is the eternal Son Of God. In the light Of this
TRUTH We can account for those tokens of Divinity
which CLEAN from the sacred pages of the New
Testament, and make his whole career luminous
with the light of eternity.
Finally, to know and feel til; revelation, this
grand and inspiring truth. will not only elevate
the individual life, but exan the whole tone of
society, bringing God near, revealing him as the
eternal Father, and calling the soul to true and
lively communion with him. The divided thought
of the world and the church needs nothing so
much as this great and tender persuasion TO entire
communion with Saviour who is at orcc human
and divine, the ground of our faith and the found
alton OF all peace and holiness.
We have aimed only to give mere outline Of
what truly grand eulogy of the life, character
and purpose of Christ. The sermon consumed
just an hour in its delivery, and was listened TO
with great attention.
After the sermon, the following hymn was sung
written by Mrs. K. S. Josselyn;
Father of love! to thee we come,
With sacred trust and earnest prayer;
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one;
With holy zeal our hearts inspire.
We feel how blest thy temples are;
Breathe here thy life, and shed thy light;
Cause now thy glorious face to shine
Fill all our souls with radiance bright.
Servant of God for thee we pray,
With duties new, trust so dear;
May hope and faith their links unite,
And help each others to bear.
o, Father! bless his labors here;
Make thou his life noble creed;
Give to this church thy watchful care
And through thy spirit safely lead
The prayer of installation offered by Rev.
&. W. Quinby, d. D., Of Augusta.
The following hymn, written by Rev. j. Hatton
Weeks, was sung by the choir:
Of all the multitudes who heard
Christ's voice, few followed where he led;
But few tried preachers of the word
Proved by their living what they said
make the gospel my defence,
put in Christ my confidence.
God bless the labors of the few,
Who coIue from out the multitude;
Who, though the word prove false OF true,
Preach still tn eternal brotherhood.
The love of God is their defence,
To Christ is given their confidence
Gods blessing be with all who hear,
Believing that the word is sure,
Christ through believers will appear,
To claim the wandering, the impure
To stand, the rock of their defence
To rouse new life through confidence.
With strengthened trust we wait the day
oil Mt cd he liVhf
Will upward lift and move away.
The day will come to break the night
For they who trust to Gods defence
VIII lead the world to confidence.
The fellowship of the churches was extended TO
the new ~ stor by Rev. II. c. Leonard, who said
that as h. LID been already welcomed to the broad
field of the church, he would welcome him to the
more ciIcumscrbed but not less important field of
the State-the good old State of Maine that he
loved so fondly, and in which he was sure he
would find pleasant home. This being q central
position, there are great responsibilities resting
upon the pastor here; as others besides his own
people, will come from different parts of the State
to seek his company and listen to his instruction.
He was sure that this would be found pleasant
field Of labor, and he trusted that he might con-
time in it for many years.
Rev. J. c. Snow Of Auburn, gave the charge to
the people, 1t was happily conceived and well
delivered, full of wise instruction and sound
advice.
After singing the Doxology, the benedction
was pronounced by the pastor.
Supreme Judicial Court, Danforth j., Pre-
siding.
WEDNESDAY, October p.
State rs. Newell Miner and Evelna G. Kicker
for killing horse, the property Of John c. Horn
of West Wateivlle, by cruelty over-driving. The
county attorney stopped at eleven A. NJ. and Mr.
Choate opened for the defence. The route driven
from oct atar IN nrth asS
boro', China and Windsor, to Jefferson about
thirty miles. The time occupied varies according
to different witnesses from five to six and half
hours The defence set up is that the defts. drove
moderately and carefully, but that the horse gave
out by reason of disease and died from that cause
aftar reach:nr .IeffeIsnn Rrut alitY To do