Daily Republican., 1882-09-06
.sCHE COMING MAN."
Mr.. Kramer Says ne Will be the
Mau From Naz1reth-An Ideal
Absolute Monarchy.

ly of this city, opened his pastorate OF
the Church of the Blessed Hope, in
Cumberland street, Brooklyn, N. Y,
on Sunday. He preached in the even
ing to large congregation in the cozy
littis church. He took for his text
from Haggai, ii7
And wi shake all nations and tho de
sire Of all natiO ns shall come.
There is an expression, said the pas
tor, which is an unconscious prophecy.
Those who use it have no idea of itS
height, its breadth, it's depth. We ofLsn
hear the expression, "The coming
man." The coming man is the man OF
Nazareth. To Him God is to entrust
boundless government. He will rule
supreme. 1t IL true that men very
often know not the true meaning of
their own words. 1.-THE Coming Man. !"
There is in all hearts an outlook, a
tiptoe expectancy, for some one whom
they know not. some one who will
talut charge of the great, magnificent
chariot race Of the nation. The text is
luminous one. The word desire Is a
biz nouD, towering like great prom
ontory. There is a wonderful express
iveness In the dignifyiug of verb into
a noun. Thus God was spoken Of "the
Fear of Isaac" Again 1t was seen in
"the Hope Of the world" Christ was
Jew he was beyond and above all
special distinctions, o man. he was
the Son of David, but it was not the
favorite title of our Lord. His favorite
title was "the Son Of Man" This he
loved to repeat.
HUMAN lTY WAS LOST,
and it was left for one who called FL i'm
self the Son of Man to put forth that
stupendous powee which should save
humanity and lifD it to the level which
God intended it to occupy. 1t was for
the blessing of mankind that Abra.
ham was called. The Apostle Paul
had q message for call men" and the
words of Christ we're likewise for all,
not for some men. There is q glorious
philanthropy in this. Christ was the
desire OF all men because He had mes
sage for all men, a gospel, good story
for humanity every W. ere, which meets
the necessities of mankind every where.
And He il the desire of all men because
He is felt and seen to have those attri-
butes which would make him proper
ruler over all nations. Mankind is
painting for perfect government. This
is the ambition Of all people, to get a
better, q purer, higher government
Any government is better than anar-
chy. The most Jealous Protestant will
agree with Lord Macauley, who said
that the broad power of the PoPes in the
early ages was the best thing that
could have happened, not that that
power was right, but that it was pre-
ferable TO the condition Of things which
would have existed without 1t. We
want a King, who, sitting on the
throne Of Judgment shall scatter away
all hin and evil with his eyes. The
United States has splendid govern
ment, but it is far from being perfect
government Men will never have a
perfect ruler, perfect governor, until
Christ comes among them. Jesus is
the desire Of all men, but they do not
know it. When they write about "the
coming man." they unconsciously
think of the Lord Jesus Christ. Was
there any man, judged from any stand
point, 30 well qualified to rule all
nations, as Jesus Christ ?Such would be
AN IDEAL ABSOLUTE MONARCHY.
How splendid success If q man
might be found 30 perfect and 30 trust
worthy that all things might be turned
over to him for his management Are
there any men to whom such q trust
could be given2 Kings of earth wade
through seas of blood to gain throne
and shut the gates of mercy On man
kind, How different that man who
looked forth upon the multitude and
had compassion" on them. How
would Just a man do to rule the earth ?
Men want Just such man to have
authority. Men want just such man
to be in power. "He shall not fail or
be discouraged until He hath set judg-
ment in the earth" All these king
doms shall go down, buC the day is
coming when kingdom shall rise
which never shall be destroyed. A new
song will he give to tho nations. He
said when He was on this earth II
will come again" and when He shall
come the millennium will be here; i'm
plements of war will be destroyed, and
q sublime fear shall pour into the hears
of men. But how shall this state of
things be brought about? Jnst as was
stated In the text 81 will shake the
nations" Not one stone" said Jesus,
shut shall be tern down." And SO the
world must come down before God
shall make the grand change by the
strength of his own right arm. Those
who are waiting for the obtainment OF
Christ's rule by slow degrees, by an
earthly development, will be disap.
pointed; for infidelity is fashionable,
and it is, indeed, "the thing" to be an
Agnostic, one who with lofty, far'otf,
aesthetic mind fails even TO acknowl-
edge the
EXISTENCE OF A PERSONAL GOD.
God will "shake all nations" before
this rule shall come. There shall be
"distress of nations" The millennium
shall not come until Christ shall de.
scend from the skies, the saints shall
be raised and that glorious Kingdom
shall be set up. First God says war,
then peace by His own special act In
the Kingdom of His Son. The time Of
peace is coming, and it comes when
Jesus comes. There was war yester-
day, there is war to. day, and there will
be henceforth until He comes to make
peace finally and irrevocably. All
men will say, "The sooner He comes
the better" aud sing again,
Bring forth the royal dladem,