Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-12

1853 oeaSCs AZ y tllc E3ture Oh man now to
be perverse instead of willing coed he
God. Humanity is organic. Every indi
vidual is united, has q being with the
whole, and when sin is committed il violates
all the laws and nature o. humanity.
causes sickness and pes,lIence society IS
torn By its own diSsentious and nations
arc rent aud crumbled by b,oodshed;
these are wholly the products Of sin. Tho
final end or culmination Of sin Is death
The history OF man from the earliest times
down until tho present is filled with sinful
deeds aud the pages are sOiled with the
| accounts. Man can sin, but left to him
self the trlnsgrcssOr can see NO help put
in God. 1t is not by human force nor
what resembles such force that GOd does
| eradicate sin; in such an external. arbi-
trary way God cannot end it. 1t must BE-
effected by gentle influence; by love.
| Active and positive Obedienco from mantc
| God will alone remove sin. lie must know
| Il higher power than that of sin, AMI in
Christ he will find lie and hope. Men
| who hate the good and love the evil c"n-
grcgate by their own evil sympathies to
get!ier; and their sin begets sin. Tho
essayiSt cited rs examples cities wherein
the wicked are joined us New York and
lOutiUi, WHICH, Nc lEOI,| |HI "CiC t'.lC~tis
termed hels upon earth. When sin has 4
hold Upon Il nation, the effects arc very
serious. The French revolution WIS
a social uriicaval at time when God was
denied, and that dark page OF history with
| its crimes, suferings, and horror, makes
| us shu,ldcr. suppose it should be that
| wicket;neSs hal full force with all mcr,
| then this earth would DC Il hell Indeed.
| The wicked arc often triumphant for ::
| time they are sometimes t:.r more pros
porous than the righteous, bat this is not
an Indication of any weakness in the C:ca-
| tor. Their turn will COME and then all will
suffer, and tho prosperity oi tho evil Will
| end. The fact that tho unrishteOns often
| are successful should not cause Christians
to question Gods promises IIo will al
ways deal Justly, for he delights not III
| suffering. Over the heads OF the evil
hangs impending Judgment their con-
| science burns like coal of fire III
their hearts. EvildOers in one sense
make their own hell. Death is an
epoch, Il crisis in mans existence, and his
| life here should be such rs to insure hap
pincss beyond. The ancieuts expressed
great truth when they said : . Man is i'm
mortal" and it is not Gods will that ete.
nifty should be spent in a state of terrible
| suffering. IIc ucIIShtS sao1 III sih, o"' wv"
ALL" and promises, I" am the way. the
truth and the lifc."
Essay-George w. Kerchncr-Typas Of
tho Scriptures-T method of the fathers
in writing the scriptures WAS largely by
types and allc1Ories. But between these
two there is y wide dictinction. The
essayist then spoke OF the neces-
sty of the use of the syDlbOlical
writings of the scriptures in early ages
and showed the essential significance of the
types and allesOrics used in ths Bible.
The gradual development of man to fully
understand the truths of the Bible, was
aided by the use of types in sacred writ
ings. AS al example tho essayist took
the observance Of the sacrifice. To the
anccnts this was an embodiment Of :s
higher symbol, and gave u tangible reali-
zation of tho meaning OF the atoncmcnt OF
sin, or Of !. power above man, and far
more potent. The extent of the typica!
matter in tho tcstaments all converge i'll
ono great truth-Christ, and lie cnfoltIs
all typical and ritual expressions and in
Him all forms and principles arc tho
Word made flesh.
After the close of the reading of the es-
says DR.. A. Fl. Kremer, president of the
board of the seminary, presented to each
graduate HIS uipioma, HreC nlkLbS s ~"
touching remarks to tho young theo'oS-
ians, wishing them iii tho name OF the
seminary, it's officers and their friends
success in the future and 4 joyous COLI
summation of their ministerial labCrs.
A pleasant feature of tho evnnln" was
the singing of u baritone SOLO Palm
Branches by Mr.. l.. A. Prezinscr, who
won by his very good rendition OF it fresh
laurols to his well known excellent vocal
abilities.