Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20
70 Whom the Nations of the Earth
Look
goa COUNSEL AND aiDISTlME OF IsIAI
Dedeatory Sermon Of President W. K.
PendIeton, as Delivered This
Morning 10 Washing
ton City
AT IaE GARFIELD MEMORIAL CHURCH.
Al Eloquent Exposition Of the Life
and Character Of Him Who
Gave Ms Life to Save
Sinners.

olHuCioa
Below win be found the dedicatory ser
I mon delivered this morning by President
". X. PepdleIon, Of Bethany college, a
: Gs6,id Memorial Church, Washington
il. q.
i congratulate you, Christian friends, on
this AuspiCiUns occasion. We are here To
DEDICATE TO It's sacred uses, this beautiful
hC use If Christian worship. The conspica-
Nifty given to your organic Irion in this city
fthe Capital of the United States, by the
= eltysnUn To The chief msgistracy Of our
Govern ment of one of your mum Der, created
the impulse aud inspired the effort which,
to-day, are crowned with this gratifying
result IL il fitting that We should CRATE
fully remember him whose high place in
the hearts If the people, may be said 20
have built US this synagogue and, in
opening iL To enlarge the circle of deYO-
ton in which he 50 constantly and
reyersntly united, to oaer il to the
free enjoyment of the public as q mem0r-
: isl az cur loving CnriStIsn honor for the
high chsrscter aud great heart OF oar la
meptEd BROTHER, the late President of the
United States. James A. Garfield. We do
not CADon'z9 him rs q saint; this he was
and could become only through his oXG
fsaIiy To CHRIST; Va do not dedicate this
house TO his worship: this We coull not do
without idolarry, Bat, remembering the
benedictiOn Of his presence among US, We
would CHERISH it as q high incentive to
holy emulation, aud feeling the mAaiy
force of his example while he lived, Ne
would gratefully smhslm il in this H.
N, mortal OF his Christian influence, sS u
desthlsss testimony of the truth snh
bl,SSetnsss Of our common fartn
And so remembering and feeling
about he msn whose almost magic nSm-
won for US the CHRISTIAN sympathy aud aid
that have procured for US this house o.
God, We dedicate il TO the worship Of the
'kChI let in whom was his highest trust.
Ar - theme for our consideration on
such an occasion, what more fitting can /
sell ., 6. an
Ire Person and Work Of Christ.
Isaish, reporting 70 as the word of proph
-Scy more than seven hundred years before
his birth in Bethlehem, said Of Christ:
"UDto Us Child Is born; unto rs SJn Is
given, sud the government shall be upon
mis- shoulders, and his name shall be calls
WOIdsrfu' Counsellor, Mighty God, Father
! ~ Eternity, Prince OF Peace. is. 80 Aud
lit needs but little exposition in the
light of subsequent history. to shoE
. that in these rem rrkaole wUrdS, there is Q
forecast Of the person and work OF Christ,
4 that is so definite and comprehensive and
accurate, IS to bs utterly InexplIcsole save
upon the theory that it is the revelation OF
h The spirit Of God through the intalliole in
spira- ON of His prophet 1t could not be .
guess 81 Isaiah, because there vas nothing
I'm the circumstances 20 prompt conjecture
10 could Tot be logical deduction, b-ctu's
thers were no premises from which TO draw
concluslous. IL could not be natural in
{ ductinn, because there were no 1nstanc -
: in the realm Of obss. walton involving or Re.
lsealipg the possibility OF the birth of such
a child or the gift OF such son. \ n
could II be rational intuit' on, be.
: cause there was no necessary or aCS)-
lutte law Of thought or feeling IN
the nature Of the statements. Above aud
beyond the powers aud the realm Of
humAE Knowing, the vision Ut the prophet
yas lifted, and TO 10 the spirit which alOna
sesTCh,th hE deep things Ut Col, reye 81 al
things whiC. God had forsor'tained bsfOre
tbs worlds were created "thi"gs that the
eyt lad hot seea and the ear hal nor
heard, aud that hsd not en'ered into thu
heart Of Man. LIST Cor, Vi 3, Things w-r~
not only preIerhatural, bat ia the widest
deepest sense Of the word also suPerna.
tuTsi.
- As is
The Source Of the PromIse.
50 asso is the nature of the person whose con-
ing is predicted. The promise is through the
Inspiration of the spirit; the child tntt IS
born, is the Christ the son OF the living
God, and both are supernatural, both,
. also, are manifested IN nature. Tue
light of prophecy shines into the
dsrkreSs in which the light OF nature Is
ever gsssTng, and reveals the dswu OF a
brighter day; the light Of the Son that Is
>, given is the incarnation OF ODD )d
manifest in the flssh. list Tim, iii, 10: 10
take away our sins."-lst Jno., ill, D; 10 lIts
nature ABOVE itself and redeem AMI en-.
noble and quicken It with Po"ar sli pi-
riry and Immortality not its own.
Its no straining Of the language OF sa'ah
10 say that thu Child that Is bora, the
: Son that Is given" Is q supernatural being.
z This is the interpretation put upon IL oy
the inspired biogrsphers of Garist- Lake'
the Evangelist, idenufsd him with tue
first born Of Mary, the espoused wife OF
Joseph" and tells how, in the same super,
natural man nSr his advent was proclai ned
nv the Angel Of the LOrd" TO the shepherds
xstchinR AZ hDcks by night IN the
plains OF ,.dea- Fear not, for behold
frirg you good things OF great icy which
,hali De TO all people; for unto you IS . hrn
tb:s day in the city OF David, Saviour
which is Christ the Lord"
The Grandeur Of this Announcement,
itsy;de reaching significance was not, Q aid
herd, 70 whom 10 Was made. lt was mys
tery As Vet too little untOlded to Do uuder
stood ON earth; but in heaven IL was seen
In a clearer light Ii was an event toI
which the angels, ever active ana inter
/. ested in he fortunes OF man, hal ionS
waited in hopeful suspense.-l Yet; L. IL
Its coming had been definitely indicated
In tie angels announcement 70 aary
4sBehold the Holy Ghost shall come up )o
thee. and the power Of the Most Higt
shall oyersbadoE thee. Thou shalt orlns
;5rtb a son and shall call his name Jesus
.He shsll be great and shall De called To-
.on of the Most High. and the Lori shal
give him the throne Ot his father DASlu' su'
he shall reign over the house OF JACOB Tor
ever; and Of his Kingdom there sns'A D
:, no duke 81.
Ave of the birth of JESUS The birth nt
prince should be royalty announced-tn
birth of the son of God should DC aslis
nth angelic acclsmations. Aud wnen
vas seen, that in the mystery Of the incsl
.eerstion Of the son OF God, there was 10
yolyed dissolution OF the mystery OF X
Semption, eksarpgsls. who with desire Az
yohed intsthess things, burst forth y
nTsjsr. ssyifSg "Glory In the highest 10 Co
and on earth peace, among men-gOod will
Ii we're well 70
Pause for Due Meditation
.oyer these foressen results OF tbs birth
Jesus. It shall bring glory toGod; through
sout The highest realms and hIeraroaies o
fHis universe, it shall magnify His lustlc
and mercy. IL shall make peace on earth
recopcils the divine and the human, an
re-establish the broken harmony OF psrs
disc In mans recall from exile and restors
ton 20 the fatherhood Of God.
So far these these three things are ex
p,iciily declared: First, The supernaturs
6rtb Of Christ Second, That Heis the Sol
a. God. Third, That He is also the son o
kan, and 20 Imman vel God with rs b.
the my stery Of Reconsideration higoes
miracis-perfses in both natures, the God
man. The logos, eterually with the Father
and of the same substsnce-God: II
alma. also by miraculous birth OF Mary, be
coming flesh and 90 dwelling among rs, on
synpashikipg brother.
We cannot say that these sublime
facts az TO the person OF Christ we're
on their FIRST announcement undsf
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