The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-01-23

Searles, III the ChTlsLlan cnuIcn On
Oakwood boulevard
He took Peter and James and John and went
upintoa high mountain to pray as He prayed
the fashion of His countenanco was altered
Luke TX, %, %.
From the mount of TRANSPORTATION
come some of the most precious truths
and practical lessons of the Christian
system. This sublime scene throws
light upon the doctrine OF the recognl-
ton of friends in the life to come.
ss And behold there talked with Him
two men, Moses and Elias, who ap-
peared in glory" While Christ and
the three disciples are on this moun'
tain thefG appear among them these
two visitors from the unseen world.
Moses, the great lawgiver, had been
gone fifteen hundred years, and nine
centuries had rolled away since the
voice of Elas, the prophet, had been
heard by the children OF Abraham.
Though SO long absent from earth, the
three disciples are able to recognize the
| one as Moses the other as Elias. Not
withstanding they appeared in glory"
they are identified as the two men who
once stood foremost IL the Hebrew
nation. The saints of all ages & shall
appear in glory" in robes outshining
the sun in its nooday splendor, but that
docs not imply such change that
friend cannot recognize friend. 1t
Moses and Elias could be recognized
after SO long an absence from this
world, may you not recognize that
loved one when you enter that lite
to come?
THIS transaction teaches that Christ
not Moses, is now 10 he heard. " And
then came voice out of the clouds
saying, This is NIy beloved Son hear
Him and when the voice was passed
Jesus was found alone" The Hebrew
| people Lad heretofore heard Moses.
He was their lawgiver. The Jew who
wishe TO know the will of God con-
cerning him went to Moses for Instruct
ion. This was proper. But new dis
pensation is now to be inaugurated, and
another lawgiver announced to the
world. The voice from the unseen
| glories say not /" This is Elias, hear
him - not &c This is Moses, hear him -
but these two characters are removed
from view, and as Jesus remains alone
in supernatural splendor the heavens
break silence with the utteranse This
ir my Beloved Son hear Him."
Notwithstanding this plain state
ment, it is not uncommon to find Telig-
ious teachers still calling upon the
world to hear Moses instead of hearing
Christ. Those seeking the terms OF sal
vation to-day are told TO read the Old
Testament. I would in no sense depre-
ciate that portion OF Gods word. 1t is
valuable for its history, for Its types, Tor
its delineation of human character, and
for its practical lessons. But it is not
that part Of revealed truth which tells
you and me in this age of the world
what we must do to be saved. Christ,
not Moses, now announces the terms
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book of tie Old Testament is this
statement "Remeber ye the law oil
Moses, My servant. which l command.
ed unto him in IOreb for all Israeli
It was the law of Moses, not the law
of Christ. II was for all Israel, not fol
all the world. Tie New Testament
contains not the law of Moses, but the
law of Christ. It is not for all Israe
only, but reads, "Go ye unto all thu
world and preach the gospel to every
creature
Travellers down the ST. Croix river
as they reach the line between the
/ United States and Canada, fiud q mon
ument upon one side of which are tbt
words, "The United States" aud upor
the ether side the inscription. ''Tbs
Dominion of Canada" Willie thel
read .sUnited States they know thai
they are under the laws of this country
but alter they have passed along unit
they read "The Dominion of Canada'
they know that they are then undel
another form of government. Upor
the line between tho Old and New
Testament towers as a monument tht
cross upon which the Messiah died
Upon ono side of that monument is ths
VOID sroses ]" upon thu other side the
word @Christ.' For centuries the na
tions coming down the stream of tim.
. read tsMoses.'' Then they were unde
the law Of Moses. But by and by HI,
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