The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-02-01

To name 5. Paul is to bring before us one
Of the very few men WHO stand out apart
from all the rest of the world, because so su-
peri)r 10 all else. These few are not suff-
GENTLY characterized rs great men. They
have something more than greatness. Their
popularity is in their breadth of sympathy,
and their grasp of mind, which make them
citizens of the whole world, brothers of the
entire race, thinkers and teachers for every
land and for all time.
Birthplace, mother-tongue, century or
decade are of no moment, In their case. They
belong TO humanity. and to the eternity of
man. Their thoughts are translated into ev-
cry language. Their teachings take hold of
every intellect. Their heart throbs are ia
unison with tue pulsations of every other
heart.
1t matters no. where they lived, or when.
Ten cities may contend for their nativity a
score of colleges for their tutelage. No era,
no nation can monopolize them. They are
the worlds.
Such, for scholars at least, is Homer; such,
Shakespeare such, Luther. But incompar-
ably beyond these, and all else who can be
named, is Paul
Once, indeed, he might have boosted OF
what was local. circumscribed, temporary /:
IA citizen OF Tarsus, no mean city," and a
free born Roman - "a Pharisee Of the
Pharisees, of Abraham's seed and Benjamin s
stock"
But such narrow lines he overleaped, and
became the most Catholic of all living men.
Nothing that soas human could be alien 10 him.
lie took in all the interests of all the world
and devoted himself TO the universal service.
~ am debtor both TO the Greeks and TO the
Barbarisns, both 10 the wise aud the unwisa. y
And it was, because he had, by a Divine
commission, been constituted the Apostle to
tho nations. Aud the end of that commission
Was, to make known the good news that was
for every sonl-the low lest and the loftiest--
to lift up the low, TO subdue the great, to
bind all in Q common bro, herbood, to invest
all with noble citizenship, to enrich all with
ahe unsearchable riches OF imperishable honor
and wealth and joy to put all in possession
If that which alone could confer MAPS true
dignity on airy man.
Easily, then, could Paul rut aside every
thing in which lie had before boasted-learn-
isg rank. power; and glory in nothing save
tho Cross OF the Loud Jesus Christ for was
hu pot set to proclaim the Gospel, the po@er
of God unto salvation. to every ono that be-
lieveth; to the Jew first, and also TO the
Greek?
lie could share then-he did share--in the
universal sympathy of Christ, aud see in every
man rssssag a !ss gEaaasss gess1ls,lss
must be unspeakably momentous to rise to
eternal participation of bliss, or to sink to
endless endurance Of misery.
He saw--as we ought to see--in eecry man,
aAAN, without regard to accidental circum-
stances, of station, fortune, learning for a
that, and "a that "a man j; ho looked upon
each as brother immortal, a brother in need,
a brother cared for and how he desired, how
10 burned, how he hasted, 10 reach that
brother, and tell him the great glad news of
tho common salvation.
Who, reading his Romaas but is over.
wLulmed with his hope ? or his Philippians,
and is not melted by his tenderness Who.
listening to him before Felix and Agrippa,
,aat is not captivated by his eloquence, and
ready to declare him "mad " indeed, with
Tat fine madness that carries man /" beside"
beyond himself, in Disregard of himself, to
,nbrace the whole world Of mankind, in his
love, and his thought and his endeayor to
blekY."
christ, the Worlds Deliverer and, next to
Christ, Paul, the Worlds Apostle of freedom
The Presentation of Christ, which the Old
Calendar marks for February 2, is the re-
ligious commemoration of that interesting
event 10 the early life Of the Saviour, when
he was presented, AS an infant, in the tcmple.
This WAS required, by tho law of Moses, in
the case of the first born male child, at the
end of forty days. Mary and Joseph punct-
Ially observed the law in all particulars, and
went up to make the accustomed Offering of
pair Of turtle doves, or two young pigeons"
which they might bring, who could not afford
q lamb. Thus His parents brought the offer
Ing of ,h. poor aud yet presented a more
precious gift than any of the yriad of MOTH
sss who had come for their publication into
the Lords house.
There was wonderfully fulfilled that saying
of Abraham my son, God shall provide
himself Lamb for burnt-offoring !" and
that prediction of the prophet: 1.-THE glory
Of this latter home shall be greater than the
glory of tho former, and In this house will
give peace, saith the Lord Of hosts"
Anna and Simeon had their spiritual eyes
enlightened that they dsccrned the Lord Of
glory, the infant Prince of peace. The whole
ktory is a beautiful one and should DO care
fully read. rs. Luke il, 2i-89l.
Esptuoessima Is the third Sunday before
Lent It's Latin title is a numerical one, i'm
flying that Easte. day is about serenity days
utf.
CHURCH SERVICES.
=. AspREws CHURCH SUNDAY, 10. 80 A. NJ, Morning |
Prayer, Sermon ami loly Communion, p. NJ, thil-
dren's Service. 7.3J T. NJ, Lecture on Missions 10 /
china.
Thursday, February .. Morning Prayer, asa. Even
lag Prayer and Lecture. 7al