Mexico weekly ledger., 1882-05-11

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The pulpit of the Presbyterian
Church was occupied ON Sabbath
morning, as usual, by the Rev. DIR.
Stoddert, and at night by Rev. j. H.
Gauss, Of st. Louis.
DR.. Stoddert preached from Gen.
1919: "For l know him (Abraham),
that he will command his children and
his household after him." and in the
course of a sermon warning parents
Of what God expected regarding the
moral training of children, paid a
high and well-merited compliment to
the efficiency of the public school of
Mexico, its teachers and s~uperintend-
ent, as evidenced in its late examina-
tons and exhibition. According to
what the Doctor said, education is
the most arduous and exhaustive of
the professions. 1t is also one of the
least satisfactory. In other depart
ments success can be Immediately
guaged; but time was necessary to
develop the result of attention bestow-
ed on youth. On that account, teach
ers were often underestimated, the
necessary consequence Of which was
encouragement and desire for new
instructors and new methods of in
s%truction. Parents should give to
instructors their full sympathy they
should look upon them as their agents
and assistants, and be careful as to
the character of those exercising the
oversight Of children. 1t was their
individual character above all else
that effected youth. Unless both
parents and children had confidence
in the character and integrity of
teachers, little attention was given
to what they said; but when teachers
were of the right sort, as is the case
in Mexico, parents should cooperate
with and assist them to the utmost Of
their ability.
At night, Mr.. Gauss made an admir-
able exegesis of the second Psalm,
expounding it primarily with refer
ence to the reign of David as typical
Of that of Christ, and ultimately as
prophetic of the universal empire of
the Messiah. AS rulers and kings
took council in vain against David,
the annointed- of God-head of Israel,
so all effort to destroy the Kingdom
of Jesus will be abortive. Several
reasons are brought forward in the
Psalm why such will be the inevitable
result. In it, Jehovah declares that
Christ is His well-beloved and only
begotten Son, whom He has set as
King upon His Holy Hill of Zion.
1t is also stated that He that setteth
in the heavens will laugh at His enc
mics He will hold in derision all that
make war upon Him; He will break
them with a rod of iron; He will dash
them to pieces like a potter's vessel.
Jehovah.also promises to give Christ
in answer to prayer, the heather for
an inheritance and the uttermost parts
of the earth for a possession. There
fore, as the Word of God cannot fail,
it will be impossible to divest Him OF
power to subdue them. This is the
basis of missionary work. Upon this
promise the hopes of the Church and
her evangelists rest. How encourag'
ing, therefore, are the announcements
of this Psalm? With Jehovah on bel
side, no weapon formed against Zior
can prosper. The Gauges and the
Nile, the Tiber and the Thames viii
all assuredly unite with the rivers Of
this continent in ascriblng glory t.
Him whose right it is to reign
Christ's going forth is prepared o.
God, as is that of the morning, which
slowly but surely dispels all darkness
and Eliminates every corner Of the
world. As well might IN ordinar,
star attempt to eclipse and darke,
the SUI as infdelIty to oppose tn
extension of the blessings of tn
Gospel.