Daily Republican., 1884-03-10

Y ter his ascension, speak Of him as 10
!. ting at Gods right hand, and that Or
# exception is where Stephen lifted II
b his eyes when he was being stoned
3 death, and saw Him standing, but theI
l was something peculiar about this, a
4 He was about to welcome home the firs
b martyr.
0 Paul, when he stood before Agrippa
} plain at MONDAY, seen that light brigh,
or than the sun, and heard that. voic
| saying, 81 am Jesus, whom thou pei
secutest." John that Sunday, on th
isle of patmos, where he had been ban
ished, and where he wrote that Revela
tion that has always been such com
fort to the church, saw seven candle
sticks, one Of which was like the Son o
Man." and John fell at his feet, bu
Jesus reached forth his hand and rails
ed him up, saying, 81 am Alpha anr
Omega, the beginning and the end.
When Christ entered the contest OF
earth he done so with the fcebleness o
imam, but left it with the power and
glOry of God.
Death held him for three days, and
then he burst its bonds, and from that
day to this, he has travelled on, and
never met with defeat. After his ascen.
sion, when his disciples were persecu-
ted on all hands, and the few shut them.
selves in that little room, the power
came upon them and in little time
cOwardly Peter, who had denied his
master but was now thoroughly trans,
] formed was baptized with the Holy
Ghost, and three thousand persons
were, under his preaching, converted in
one day, and splead the gospel all over
Asia Minor.
| Why did Christ leave his home In
glory to die an ignoninious death
Why does he now sit upon the throne
of mediation? just to save man; not
one man, but all men, and his work
was u conflict between light and dark
| ness it was great work, but He did
it alone. 81 have ,rodden the wine press
IalOne;" he WAS alone in the wilder
ness he was alone in the garden, and
he was alone on the cross. The one
dreadful thing in that last honr was the
apparent hiding Of the Fathers face,
and he cried, "My God, my God, why
has thou forsaken me.
The speaker said that he considered
Paul one of the greatest men the great
God had ever made, and one OF the
greatest sinners he had ever saved, and
although he was such great sinner he
was converted, and today the world is
more indebted to him for the truths of
The gospel than to any other one, except
Christ. No one can look upon Paul
and the mighty work wrought in him,
and ray that it is not a great and power.
full salvation.
We read about Mary Magdalene and
others, but If there were inspired wri'
ters in these days, dozens OF just such
chapters could now be recorded. Sal.
walton is free to all Whosoever will,
let him come" none are too bad to
avail themselves Of 1t, and he thanked
God that it was his privilege to
preach this gospel and offer this saliva
tiOn.
He spoke about Martin Luther, and
the many conflicts he il reported to
have had with the evil one, and said
that the traveller who visits his old
home in Germany, will be shown a
a stain on the wall, and told that is
where Luther threw the inkstand at the
Devils head. He did not know, himself,
how it was, but he did know, that the
Devil has been afraid Of inkstands ever
since.
He heard a story once, told by a min.
istrr how IL was stated that tho Devil
came 10 Martin Luther one day, and
enumerated over every known sin, and
charged him with being guilty of all,
to which Luther replied, well ,you are
IA lar, and the father Of liars, but this
time You have told III" truth, for am
guilty of all you charge, and more too.
He ihen asked the Devil to write the
fearful Indictment on II slate, and he
done so, when it filled both sides.
Luther looked at it, and said it was
allTru" that he was guilty, bur he took
n pencil and wrote across the slate, |
" The blood Of Jesus Christ cleanscth |
from all sin, and the Devil few trum
him, and never troubled him again in |
this world, and the sp"a ker was certain |
that he lad never troubled him in the
next.
lie closed by exhorling the ministry to
90 forth and preach this mighty saliva
ton, and said the day would come
when all who continued faithful to the
end would 90 home in triumph. The
sermon, which was one of the best ever
preached in this city, occupied about an
hour and il half in its delivery, but the
elGquenCe Of the speaker,
held the undivided attention Of the large
audience.
As soon as he finished the following
We're request Il to step on the platform:
Benjamin &. WarLrr, Charles II. Will
Iiams, Vaughn S. Collins, George l.. Har
lesty, James II. Bell and John Tyler,
WHEN the Bishop, assisted by the Rev.
Mr.. Murray ordained them deacOns and
them to preach the gos-
pei.
ST. PATL'S CHURCH.
-. paul'S NJ. f. church was crowded
last evening, and the services wer,