Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1878-08-14

LAST Sabbath Rev. Mr. McCarreli, from
Q Shippensburg, Pa, preached the commu
Mon sermon in the Presbyterian church,
from the Both verse of the 18th chapter Of
ST. John. The verse reads:
"W'hen Iesas. Hcrefcre, had receired h.
stnegar, he said, Hts fAistsd; ani he boned
his head and gaze up the ghost"
The THEME
Of the sermon, as deduced from the text
was
TIE FINISHED WORK os JESUS.
The last sayings Of dying friends are say
ings that never pass from the remembrance
of the minds of dear friends. They are
ike the utterances of angels they are
cherished, and thought of in the busy whirl
of work and business, and in the stiffness of
night they seem like messages from the
border-land of eternity. The text,
oIT Is FINISHED"
was the last saying of Jesus, and is Of won
derful meaning. All OF the sayings of the
Son of God were of untold Importance but
lhc ideA hNttLdhNS u AAAC 1df itA Heso luc
proclamation that the plan of redemption
for the human race was complete, and that
from that time on TO the last day men must
D. redeemed through the merits of tho sac
ritice of the Son of God on the Cross.
The work for mans redemption was CON-
pIeted, and a new doct,ine was aboGt to be
proclaimed to all the world, that of pedc,
aud good ,riii airohg men, and though il
would take aces 10 bring the world TO a
recognition of the truth, the truth of
Christ's teachings will prevail; and now, at
the distance of many centuries, We see more
of its work than in all past days. The work is
flushed, aid the truth is abroad, and gener-
ations of people and centuries of time will
be required TO bring it to a consummation
among men. If men were not sinful, were
not full OF unbe!ief, as were the Jews, the
glorious inheritance of eternal happiness
might be enjoyed by all. The last utter
ance ef the Savior indicated relief, Satisfac-
ton, and triumph. Ii was
FIRsT-A RELIEF
10 Christ, because it was the end of a mis-
sion on which he was sent to redeem lost
world from sin and misery, and from which
he was about to be relieved and pass again
into the blessed realms of his father. He
ha6 been sent to receive the penalty OF a
violated law, to carry away the sin of the
world, and in his work OF mercy he was not
appreciated. Tne world received him not {.
His journey from the manger in Bethlehem,
10 Golgotha was a way full of sorrow and
sgony. The wonderful temptations that he
endured; TO take the power that was his,
and exercise it as a man, as other msa ex-
cised power among men was now over. The
sorrow was over, the agony was over, the
temptations were over. He could have been
a temporal king, not enly of the Jews, but
all the world-a king who could command
all the laws of naturel command the winds,
the seas, life and death, all things seen and
unseen. What relief 1t must have been
to him TO exclaim, sit is finished" So ii
should be to every follower of the meek
and lowly Jesus. What a moment of relief
it must be to be able to say, 'It is finished" )"
But it was,
SEcoSp-A SATISFACTION.
Itwas a satisfaction to Christ that the
work was finished. He had proclaimed sal
ration, and SO prepared the way that the
PROCLAMATION should be continued. He had
procured sairGtion for lost race, and the
way for the PRONUNCIATION of the truth was
assured 1t was satisfaction to exclaim,
at is fni,hed," and SO it will be a satisfac-
tion for every christian who has proclaimed
and procured sdluaiior to exclaim in a dying
hour, alt is finished. The exclamation OF
Jesus was,
THRD-A TRIUMPH
The coming of the Son and his suffsrings
were in accordance with a GOV venant entered
into by God the Father, and the Son. The
condition was not the conviction of the Son,
but the conviction of sin. Christ, through
his sufferings, o,ercame sin, and secured
its conviction. He had assumed the flesh
TO die he had become an instrument, and
his sufferings and death teach how men are
instruments. His purpose was accomplish
ed, and the exclamation, alt is finished, y
was shout of Triumph; it was declara-
ton that peace between God and man had
been secured. Triumphant indeed will he
be who, when the end of lite is reached,
can exclaim, ssH /, finished"
CONCLUSION.
1t is Gods purpose that the blessings OF
the finished work be TeceiI ed by all nations
and tongues, and in his cwn good time all
nations and tongues will confess him. 1t is
we'll nigh 1900 hundred years sihce the Re-
deemer exclaimed, al is finished" !" and how
far vet in the future it is till all shall know
of the finished work, cannot be told by
man; but just so soon as Gods people will
have been gathered up, Jesus will come. II
is your inheritance to be gathered up with
Gods people. Gods elect have finished
work for an Inheritance. Jesus has finished
The work.
Camp meeting opens at Newton Hamilton
to-day. A daily newspaper will be pub
lished on the ground by the Frysinger
brothers. The paper is called the CAMP
DAILY, the first number of which now lies
a a..