Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-30
TIE cHuacHEs YESTERDAY.

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PRESBYTERIAN Church the subject of Rev.
Mr.. Rics,s discourse last evening was
.sThe Divinity Of Christ" He took
for his text the confession Of Thomas,
John Xxx. IS: "Thomas answered and said
unto Him, My Lord, and my God" The
sneaker opened by remsrkieg chat doubt
ing Thomas or, as he has been called, the
nationalist among the apostles, in this text
gave up his rationalisn and confessed that
his doubts had fed away. Moreover, any
mind now that viii open itself to the evidence
which convinced Thomas, must join with him
in his confession. Four lines of evi-
denee prove Chfist's divinity. First, the Old
Testament prophecies of Christ point to a
divine person. The Messiah was to do work
which no mere man could do, namely, the re-
demption Of mankind from sin. That the
seed of the woman should bruise the serpent's
head was promised after the fall of our first
parents in the Garden of Eden. This first
| gospel, (" as it has been called, is expanded in
the Old Testament into most great and pre-
cious promises of human salvation. More
over, the Messiah is addressed in terms which
would be blasphemy if spoken of g mere man.
David ia spirit called him Lord, saying :
"The Lord said unto my Lord. Sit Taou at
My right hand until l make Thine enemies
| Thy footstool." Isaiah said of the Messiah,
I" His name shall be called Wonderful, Coun-
selor. the Mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace"
All this mighty current Of prophecy must
empty into some mighty sea, and it IS not
possible that the heart Of a mere man is large
enough to receive all that the Old Testament
pours forth in description OF the Redeemer.
The second line Of evidence IS found in the
New Testament. Christ did works which no
mere man could do. He he1led the sick, the
lame, the deaf and the blind, He calmed the
raging of the sea, He raised the dead to life
His words were as wonderful as His works
No mere man could say, "Come unto me all
We that labor and are heavy laden, and will
give you rest" Moreover, lie claimed himself
to be divine, saying, Before Abraham was,
I am, and IL and my Father are one" The
Jews understood this as a claim to divinity,
and stoned Him for it. His character corre-
spends to all these claims, for He was per-
fectly sinless and holy. The whole account
of the work of redemption in the New Testa-
men5 proves the Redeemer to be God mani.
fest in the flesh. The third line Of evidence
is found in Christian history. Jesus Christ
turned the current of the worlds civiiiz atom
upward toward God. There is no comparison
between Christ aud other masters, between
Christianity and other religions. All human
teachers pale into insigniGcance in tie daz-
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doubt as to the ultimate triumph Of Chris
tianity over the sinfulness of mankind.
The history Of the past leads US to expect all
nations to become Christian at no distant day
in the future. Wherever the pure gospel has
gone in this world there light and life eternal
have gone. Now the work of human redemp-
ton is the work Of God, and if Christ is con-
quering this world to himself He r2ust be
divine
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of personal experience. Thomas let go his
doubts when he came in contact with the per-
son OF Jesus. The difficulty with skeptics
is that they are not acquainted with their
glorious Redeemer. Let any one who is
troubled with doubts upon the divinity
kof Christ, sit awhile at His feet and learn of
Him, studying the prophecies of Christ in
the Old Testament and their fulfillment in
the New let him survey the irresistible pro.
gress of Christianity among the nations of
mankind and then let him go in prayer to
his God for the Holy Spirit to take of the
things of Christ and show them unto him,
searching for Christ with ell his heart, seek
ing ever to know more of Him and the power
of His redemption. and such an honest
seeker after truth viii fall down before the
feet of Jesus with the confession of Thomas
welling up from his heart, "thy Lord, and
my God" The sermon closed with refer
ence to the second advent of Christ in glory
to Judge the world, and the joy with which
those who worship Him now will join the
multitudes of the redeemed in Heaven and
"Crown Him Lord of All"
The Rev. DR.. Taubner, pastor of the Ger
man Lutheran Church, preached yesterday
from Luke vii, lily verses. His
subject was the word of consolation, "Weep
not, in its original Specification. The CEN
tral thoughts of the sermon were that these
words in human sense we're well meant, but
not Christianlike from the lips of children of
well meant, but not humanity from the lips
of many Christians, but from the lips Of
Jesas they were both humanity and Chris
tianlike. The large congregation, among
which were many strangers, gave the rever-
end Doctor, who speaks with much oratorical
power, the closest attention.
| A VALUABLE WoRK.-From D. N. Burns,
Secretary of State, this Office has received a
valuable book. It is full bound volume,
business ledger size, each page of which is SO
ruled as to permit of the recording of the re-
suits of seven general elections. The paging
aud ruling is so arranged as to show the vote
in each county and in each precinct in each
county in the State. Each page is margin.
| I1tEn6h fAIlQ Cu1 away III ALbSA lohLil oO oo W
present Immediately to the eye the name of e
county, and the whole thus presents all the
counties Of the State ia order. These index
margins are faced with morocco and backed
with veilum. cloth, rendering them very
strong and serviceable. The value of such a
volume will be readily realized. Mr.. Burns
has filed one of the columns with record of
the Presidential election returns for 1880.
AS these record columns are filled in from
La a. =
more valuable as its comparative showings
accumulate. The "idea" originated by Mr..
Burns in this matter is an invaluable one,
and he is entitled to public acknowledgment
for it. The clerical ability displayed in the
compilation, 80 far as carried out, is of high
order.
RETURNED THE GIRL-Christmas night,
1881, All Fung Toy, Chinese girl not quite
IA years of age, was kidnapped from Fourth
st.est in this city. She was taken by Chin
Why and An Dog. Chin Why was the other
day held to answer for his crime, but All Dog
is, as yet, missing dog. The girl was traced,
in the hands Of her captors, from Sacramento
to Davisville, to Willows, to Napa (where
! Chin Why was captured). and thence to San
Francisco by An Dog. Special officer Ferral
left for San Francisco Thursday TO look the
| girl up, as she was needed as witness here.
| He was aided in San Francisco by detectives
Avon & Co, who rendered him most efficient
! help. It was necessary, finally, when it was
found where the girl was, to guard the en-
frances and exits of the house, which was
filed with Chinese, get the girl out of the
place quickly, and run her over to Oakland
| in order to avoid the efforts of the kidnsper's
| friends TO recover her under the cloak of the
writ of habeas corpus. Ferral arrived here
with the girl Saturday noon, and she was re-
stored to her former home with All Coon and
his wife. Chin Why is cut on 81 900 bail.
LAND LEAGUF.-The Land League met
last evening at Grand Army Hall. There
was very large attendance. The exercises
consisted of a variety of songs and recita-
tions An address was read from the Irish
National Executive Committee requesting
their countrymsn that the 22d day Of Febru-
ary next be appropriately celebrated by the
Irish people in the United States, both as the
anniversary of the birth of Washington and
as the centenary of the demand successfully
made by Henry Grattan for the Independence
of the National Parliament of Irelsud, then
sitting in the Parli.ment House at Dublin.
Ticket No. us won the lady's gold watch. A
ladies branch of the Land League was then
/ organized and will be known as Miss