The daily gazette., 1879-11-13
The Defense O;' [-srists King
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THE SERMON OF REV. W. A. NEwBOLD |
AT ST. ANDREWS CHURCH LAST
NIGHT.
The services Incident upon the fiftieth |
anniversary OF ST. Andrew Z. h. Church |
were continued last night, when Rev.
w. A. Newbold preached from Isaiah |
IV;5-6: "And the Lord will create
upon every dwelling place of Mount
Zion, and upon her assemblies, cloud
and smoke by day, and the shining OF a
flaming fire by night: for upon all the
glory shall be defense. And there shall
be u tabernacle for shadow in the day
time from the heat, aud for place Uf
+, tuge and fo! u covert from storm aud
rain"
The reverend speaker commenced
with an allus.on to the protection which
God gave to Israel's children as shown
in the text. 4 his exhibition of Gods
dealings and this manifestation of his
power was thrown arOuLd that people
through all their wanderings, but if we
only learne ed the lesson Of lsrael's past
from the first miracles of Gods defense
it is not 50 interesting. Israel hal great
fu ure; all the nation was to De sale, a d
God was 10 secure her that safety
through his works of defense Over the
Il ry of God was to be his grand power
Of maics y and out of that majesty grew
the defense he gave. He alone was TO be
exalted in Israel.
Now, sal. the preacher. can we follow
the history of all this and fail to learn
The lareer, grander lesson it teaches II
is synonymous of our State to-day. Jesus
SAID, "oth sheep have, them also will
bring" 1t is large llGck but He is
bringing it in and Hi, power is going on,
and on. There was human aspect III
those divine revelations their simpli-
city aud plainness made them in some
respect liLtle above commonplace, things;
and then they wer, divine, ,hey alone
could come from God and every one di-
rectly bore testimony to the majesty OF
God. 1t is 81 in the world to-day whom
God enieayors to aid his people. The
God of Israel constituted the people the
keepers Of His own glory and so ill this
later day has Christ constituted the
: church the keeper of His glory. The
l glory of the church and the d. fense sur
rounding it through that glory is COM
plete. Look at,ts character for moment.
His word is committed IN our care, and
now grand, and how marvellous, and
! complete is it. The purity and powe.
baptism and of the sacrament is like
wise placed in our keeping; and it is a
.reat medium TO place us III coinmunica-
: ton with him. The word and the do:-
, trne has been provid d with an expD
| nent, in the person Of minister OF God
The central figure in all this glory com
+ mitted by God to His church is Jesus
+ Christ in the church He is the central
, figure, presented in sacramental form.
This glory, which He has placed il
, our keeping and the power with whcl
4 he has surrounded it is the defense tina
l. will keep us from harm. The power o
II HE Lord is so plain and the presence o
I. God so sweeping in its scope that we Cal
" sea cely confne it to our daily walk H'
= allows His glory to rest upon every
= dwelling place. 1t shows, however, tha
= II can be within all the people, and tha
i it can be.,with them in every walk of life
Then let us not neglect to have within
Il us the hope of glory and take it with u
= TO our homes and to our daily walks a.
} well as to the church.
My friends, st. Andrews Church
- whose anniversary We are now celebra
tlng, Is old today. She Is old IN Love
u IN power, and in the defence which Got
< has therein crowned her. Half IA centnr,
" has IVA. sed since she has been IA tempt
y of the Lord, and many have been th'
, manifestations of the power OF Thu
. spirit. For fifty years her wall
u have echoed with the word of God
+ and that voice has rested upon the broa,
y iass. Il is IA ned place, here, wher'
for long time feet have been guided II
3. he path OF peace and life, and wher'
he communion OF hearts has been con
y -tant and close. OF the ministry Of thi
y ancient structure l hardly dare to speak
~ rhey are those who hay~ guldei the fee
u of the worshippers in the Path OF LII
le for five decades. l can say that th'
L. guidance and defense of those peopl
y has been good, and that the aged ser
want of God no now ministers to TIN
congregation has striven with earnest
oi able and successful efforts In the caus
'e of right. 1t was my privilege years az
~ to stand by his side sor four years AM
= listen to his teachings There is anothe
l., company with us to-day than those It
~ whom | speak. We have in our pres
=, ence the communion of the saints. VIII
u has not felt he presence of the Spirl
~ mere; who has not felt that they stood II
D' the midst of those departed ones VIII
" once worshipped in this temple of til
III Lord-we are near them to-day The
le had the same defense that we have now
d The shield of God is over us and W
Il, are safe. 1t wards off all dangers;
oi shit Ids us; 1t covers us; it prevents a
III harm from de ceadng upon our spirit
This is the defense OF Col. Take II wit
y you to your homes and keep it there
u then will all the danger be gone. Le' IA
" christians then take this defense to thel
sc nearts and have christian homes, an
e, then all the sorrow and death will dc
"a part IL is necessary to stand firm by tn
C. gospel of God. the time is comm
10 when every church will be made up {
e. such christian homes through Gods d.
~ fense. May we brethern all see th;
~ day.
h, THeu lad Better Separate.