Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1883-01-06


sin on earth to save, or in hell to con-
troll. Again let the welkin ring, let
the glorious, gladstone shout go up;
this day the Lord reigns. He reigns
in heaven, he reigns on earth, and he
reigns in hell. He always was the
Alpha. He has now become the One
ga And this is what we this day eel
citrate, the redemption of the human
race from the power of evil spirits, and
the perfect and everlasting union of the
human and divine in the person Of our
Redeemer and Savior, Jesus Christ,
the Lord. Shout and sing aloud, and
let your holy joy be unconfned, for the
Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
The Christ-spirit has made the cir
cult of the universe and flows through
it as the blood through the body. At
the palace, at the howell, Christ is
found gently pleading, "Behold | stand
at the door and knock; if any man
hear my voice and open the door | will
come in to him, and sup with him and
he with me-"
The promise was and is, 81 am with
you always, even unto the end of the
world, | will send you the comforter,
the spirit Of truth, and he will lead
you in all truth" This spirit of truth
is abroad in the world. The Lord
seems to be coming again, not with the
observation of personal presence, yet
indeed with a presence shining from
the east even unto the west. Heseems
to he fulfilling his prediction, Behold,
l come quickly; behold, / make all
things new"
How different is the earth of to-day
from that of century and quarter
ago, with its railroads, its telegraphs,
its telephones, its spinners, it weavers,
its sewers, its mowers, its reapers, and
its ten thousand laborsaving machines;
its steamers, Its gasights, its electric
lights, its steam presses, pouring forth
its monthlies, its weeklies and its dailies,
making one neighborhood of all the
nations of earth, and printing the BIZ
BILE in all languages; fast fulfilling the
prediction that "the earth shall be full
Of the knowledge Of the Lord, as the
waters cover the sea-" The earth is in.
deed becoming new, and the very
heavens are passing away. The old
tyrant God of wrath and implacable
fury with the fagot and stake, and the
atonement with its bloody pound Of
flesh, and salvation by faith alone,
! whose reign and history have made the
bloodiest picture in the book of time,
are fast passing into the gloom of an
eternal night; and instead, mems eyes
and hearts are turning to the one true
and living God, whose very essence is
love, and whose form is wisdom. and
who is the central source of all life tC
: the universe, giving forth life continu
? ously, moment by moment, to all ex
! istences, upon all planes of being, al
. the sun gives out its light and heat con
tinuously to all the planetary world.
e There is but one life in all the uni
a verse, and this day we celebrate tn,
|. incarnation of that life in him wit
said, 81 am the life." And to him tn,
IS people are turning as the planets to tn
d sun and from him they are taking lif
vs. as the branches takes life from the vine
0 The Christ-snirit, the spirit of charity
n the spirit of mutual love, the spirit 0
V obedience to the heavenly command
II "Bear we one another's burdens and s
"a fulfill the law of Christ, is quietly We
o surely undermining the old heavens wit
e the theological dogmGs ossifed and en-
tOmbed in stately cathedrals, cold creed
70 aud still colder hearts and lives of thei
% votsries. This Christ-spirit in obed
{. ence to the great commission, GO y
+ into all the world and preach the go
pei to every creature" as penetratin
n as the air, is penetrating all the COY
o. ernments of the earth, passing judy
.is ment on their laws, their commerce,
m their industries, condemning the wron
to and establishing the right. This spir
II is building asylums for the poor, II
N blind, the deaf and the insane it
10 demanding fair equivalent for hone
ne labor; it holds evenly the balances
n justice, pronounces righteous judgmen
he unites capital and labor in bonds oflo
er ing friendship, educates the masse
ee makes capacity the sole qualiffcatiC
lee for office; it tears down monarch