Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-17

preached. At the Westminster Presbyterian
Church Rev. II. IL. Rice preached in the
morning and eyening. In the morning his sub
C. was " Chris.'s Exaltstion." His text wss:
Philippians IL, gil: Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted Him, and given Him
name which is above every name; that at the
! name Of Jesus every knee should bow, Of
things in heaven, aud things in earth. and
things under the earth and that every
tongue should CONFESS that Jesus Christ Is
! Lord, to the glory OF God the Father. Inc
speaker said the verses Just before our text
describe Christi humiiiatiJn-.heSe set forth
his exaltation. Three points should be re-
membered in this study. Fret Christs ex'
altatiou was no new experience, but a return
to the glory which We had with the Father
before the world was ; second, ChrIsts ex-
/ altation took with Him His human nature
into heaven third, Chri IS exsltatioE, as re-
| yards His humanity, is set before Is 10 Scrip
| lure as a reward for His infinite sacrifice
| while on the earth. There are now five stages
Of our Ssvior's exa,ta ION.
l. The FIRST stage His rising again
from the dead. HIS death was not like that
I Of Other men, for He conquered death when
/ He died He tasted death for every man,
| but il was not possible that He should be
holden of it, and He rose from the tomb as
easily and calmly as you rise from refresh
| ing sIumbsr Neither Satan nor his angels
could hold Him. The power Of physical
nature could not hold Him. His poor,
pierced body lsy there IN the new sepulchre
wrapped in linen and spices, but when the
spirit OF the Goldman had finished His mystic
rious errand among the spirits of departed
men and had terminated that precious clay,
| the angels came from heaven to roll away
| the stone, and the resurrec:ed Christ
came forth in the early morning.
like the sun arising in his glory.
! He was the same as before, and yet the
CLEANS of eternal glory played about him
| wherever he went. The glorihca.ion ct his
| body had begun. He mingled not with men
as before, but suddenly appeared and disap-
pearsd, as the wisdom Of his divine spirit
might direct. His wings were being plumed
| for MS heavenly flight, bu. already in this
first stsge he was exalted far above the sons
of earth.
2. The second stage was his ascension. His
departure was not ike that Of Euoch, who
was not, for God took him." 1t was not
like that Of Elijah, who went up TO heaven in
a chariot of fire with horses of fire. But
Christ's ascension was such as became the
King of Kings and Lord of Lords. From
the top of Mount Olivet, where He passed
whole nights in prayer, and from the midst
of his gazing disciples, and in the
white clouds Of heaven, our Re
deemer was received into the presence
OF OTOI. Ills -CSTStbn WIZ Is LeCbSSaEJ
as His resurrection. lt was no more possible
for the earth to hold His body living than for
the earth 70 hold His body dead. He came
from above and it must needs be that He re-
turn thither. His life on this earth was o
missionary's life, and when His mission was
accomplished He assembled up where He was
before
8 The tbi1d stage of our Redeemer's exalt-
atioa was the being seated or the right hand
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awaited the return of Heavens King but
at once, through the hosts of the redeemed
/ and the ranks OF the angelic armies, Christ
I took his way to the throne of God. With
what rapturous songs of welcome must they
have greeted the glorified Son Of Man The
| holy choirs sang and responded to each ether,
/" Lift up your heads, o We gates; and be ye
lifted up, ye everlasting doors and the King
| of Glory shall come in. Who is the King of
| Glory The Lord, strong and mighty, the
| Lord mighty in battle, the Lord of hosts, He
| is the King of Glory" He took His exalted
throne, not as prize to be greedilY seized,
nor as a robbery of divine privileges,
but as His eternal right And since
| in human form He had fought the battle Of
death, that human form, spiritualized and
slorified, is taken with Him and now appears
in the highest place of heaven.
4. Fourthly, our Redeemer receives -" a
name which is above every name" SO that
His exaltation is not that of mere creature
placed on the divine throne for a season a
mark of divine favor but he is exalted above
all the creatures, and His name above every
name. He who 'made himself of no repu-
tation' that He might save mankind, now
has 8 reputation that fills the universe. His
name, Jesus" meaning Savior" was
given him in the humble village of Bethlehem
of Judea. but there is no name on earth SO
familiar 10 all languages, to all people, to all
ages. The youngest lips can lisp it, the oldest
die with the comfort OF that name. The
highest ambition of moral societies is to be
called after the name OF Jesus. And In the
language of heaven we may we'll believe that
this pre- cious name, which on earth is so well
known is the name whereby the exalted Rs-
deemer is worshiped and praised forever.
5. Lastly. it is said in our text that at
the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of
things in heaven, and things in earth, and
things under 1.-The earth; and every tongue
shall confess that } esus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father" This glorious
prophecy has partial fulfllment now. all
angels are now clarifying Christ as Lord of
Lords, and sill the redeemed in heaven bow
before Him and cast their crowns at His
feet. On earth His kingdom is making sure
and steady progress, so that the time is not
far distant when He will be acknowledged
King of Saints" "Under the earth" in
ths abode of lost souls, Christ Jesus is con.
fessed to be Lord. The Apostle james said
"The devils also believe, and tremble."
There are no atheists in hell. But oh how
sad must be the revelation Of Christs regal
power to the souls of the lost The text
looks forward to the general Judgment when
the Son of Man shall come again in His
glory, and all the holy angels with Him, and
shall sit upon the throne Of His glory to
Judge the living and the dead. Then, in
deed, will the universe acknowledge Him to
be the King Eternal and full of glory. Then,
indeed, will heaven, earth and hell unite in
paylng hom age TO the Lord of Lords. Every
eve shall see Him, and theY also which
pierced Him; and to Him every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess. al this hon.
age il "to the glory of God the Father" He
I laid the plan of human redemption, and sent
His Son into the world to accomplish it. So
when the economy of redemption is COM
pleted, and Christ shall have all things SUBJ
iected unto Him, then shall the Son also
Himself be subject unto Him that put all
things under Him, that God may be all in
ALL" H. Cor, xv., % that we may wor-
ship Christ here and now, 80 that in the glo-
riots consummation we ahall not be among
| those unwilling subjects whose confessions
are wrung from them by sight of the majesty
| of the glorious God whom they have offended;
but we shall rel 1ice to see our Savior glori-
/ he'd, and with loud EalleluJahs
Wen Join the everlasting song,
And crown Him Lord CT All"
At Calvary Baptist Church, in the morn
ing, Rev. j. Q. A. Henryss discourse was
upon The Battle of Life" The speaker
took for his text John, v, 81 who is he
that overcometh the world but he that be-
| lieveth that Jesus ia the Son Of Cod" Life
has many comparisons in the Bible. 1t Is
likened to pilgrimage, swift ship. dream,
q sleep. vapor, a shadow, weaver's shut
| tie, Hover, grass, race, confice. In the
text it is compared to q realm to be su6Ju-
gated-a kingdom to be conquered. llto
this dominion man enters as contestant
warrior. Armed and equipped he marches
into this e.long engagement, only to find
| that as the months pass by and the years re-
cede the conflict grows sharper, the battle
iercer, the engagement more and more pitt
less. This struggle for existence is the chief
element in a Christian experieDce-the cross
stands in pilgrims path There is cross
for every one and there is a croes for me-"
l. Lie is battle, bitter warfare, re-
morssless struggle, a contest hot and sharp.
This might be inferred from analogy
throughout the realm of Nature from
the lowest to the highest forms of life, re-
lentless conflict RACES ceaselessly. In every
sphere of life the 6ttest survives. This Bit
ter battle of life is boundless. 1.-THE battle
OF existence RACES through all time ana In
every field It's rule is to give no quarter-to
Dispatch the manned, TO overtake the halt. to
trip up the blind and to drive the fugitive
hosts over the precipice into the sea-" In this
wicked warfare maa ia no exception. For, as
history shows, the record Of mans life is one
of rapine and revenge usurpation and op-
preston, injustice and bloodshed, warfare
and wars. The garments of history are rolled
ia blood. In individual, social and national
life, oppression reigns and se'f-assertion is the
rule. This is true to our observation also ::
Everywhere we behold men graphing
with some adverse circumstances, battling
some besetting sin. combating some I'M
holy bias, hotly contesting some destruc
tive principle, wsgiDg holy war against ter
rible tendencies which threaten to extinguish
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