The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-06-07
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TIE following sermon was delivered
~ the Rev. Mcdowell At the Bridge
schccl house Memorial Services on
MAJ s1th, and is published by
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-a.s-sce eth them that rejoice and weep With
ehs0 that veep
The text this morning. IL q sum
csrat sermon In itself when we con-
sidcr the purpose for which we have
come Together, snd:if ! can succeed In
fastening Il with all its height and
depsh and breadth Of meaning upon
the mind. Of my hearers, I shall con-
sider our time well spent. We are
come together this morning, my com
rsdes. friends and neighbors, for the
purpose Of doing honor to the men,
ory Of our fallen comrades. our na-
tioa's heroes. and to perpetuate in the
minds of our children, one Of the
greatest aud most far-reaching In it,
result. of any Of the occurrences Of
oar National history. and In doing -
q ,s well that we do 1t from q Chris
tian stand point, which IL we do, we
shall he able To see the pertinance OF
the text; for Il il clear TO the minds OF
the hes, thinkers that all the really
great causes for rejoicing either in
this world or In the better world 10
c<sa,e, is the price Of blood and IL
tho.e who reject the bible doctrine of
q vicarious atonement for man will
70 wiih us through the fields of na-
turn, aud from there through the pa
go OF human history, they will be
forcrsi To the conviction, that all ma
TURF typifies IN increase 0f life through
the sacrifice Of life, while all history
peuves that the purchase of our p0Qes-
eion~ IL the price ~ bloof and IL 30
u 3. meet that while We rejoice over
an increase of life and the riches Of
our inheritance, that we weep over
the prior they have cost. Let us look
then into the fields Of nature and We
fiud tina, the first great fact that pre-
-eats itself, IL that used first by the
Savior, aud afterwards by the great
ag~s>tlss Of the Gentiles ns n most
forcit,le illust ration OF the doctrine Of
the resurrection of the dead, that ex-
Crypt q coru of wheat fall into the
grsaud and die h abideth alone; but
IL d die IL hringeth forth much fruit.
The great alu,stie said Ia the ObjectOr,
''thou f,ol, that which thou sowest In
not quickeBesi except IL die" 80 We
$40 that ss one crop Of vegetation
springs up and falls back into the
ground IL fertilizes and enriches the
soil ~ that the crop which follows Is
nsore luxurisnt aud abundant; and
thus we see the tyrifying of the great
principle of the multi plicatiOn Of life,
BY the sacrifice Of life-a principle in
disNi~<i by the savior when he said,
81 am ,s,iiie into the world that ye
might have life and that ye might
have IL more abundantly" But we
hasten ON 10 the animal kingdom. aud
we find the life Of one sustained by
the death Of another, and the first
blessing that God bestowed upon man
after he had created him out Of the
dust Of the earth aud breatlied into
his nostrils the breath of life, suggests
tp our minds the shedding of blood,
and IL Was the greatest blessing ever
bestowed upon man till the shedding
of the blood Of the Lord Jesus Christ
for the release of race from the curse
nj . brokep law. he open,d his ,siJe
and tcok ON, n riI, out of which he
mad. him n helm mate. and the first
act of mercy after the fall cost blood,
when God clothed the erring pair
With garments of skin. And now
turning fronl I'm. scenes Of nature and
se.timonie. of t;o,I 10 the history Of
the reimbursement and majntenauce
of human Governments mad we find
that Iif,. l. sill sacrificed and b,,,n,I
.tilI f,ow. ~. look first nt the yoy-
eminent of Rom. once the nroud
mistr,-. of the world and We find
thai SIN. MAS funded i'm AN ocean of |
human blo.,J moi ,o ,.o too much in,o
p.rticuisrs for We must hasten on.
Take on, short cnmn,ivn of .ix
n,,.,th- under C..sar i'm which three
mi,l,op man w.,e sub;uy,,ad o,,a