Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-01-20

son az Con" Matt z7-4a-s. We hesit.ss
not 20 ,sy shat IL Christ had no. 10 the
lower OF His divine nature, taken up his
life and rissn sgain FROM death, this verdios
II the mocking priests and scrioes woa'o
have become a'
The Verdict sfths WsPld.
Do not understand me ss arguing the
question OF the possibility OF mirac 90
10 deny this, is 10 deny the being and a.
tributes Of God. 1t Is the most absolute
atheism. 1t may be that many persons DO
10, understand the 'oIical ooassQ asnees
4 :sseir SIX, p :icism on this point Bus =
creator u . universe Who HIS lost con no!
of il, Is contradiction Of IDEAS, utterly ir.
rsconciI able; aud so, also. Carist who
is not superior TO nature, Is incapable oil
provide nee or redemption. He can neither
save us nor answer our prayers. Hts power
is not adsa uafe TO the work TO be done. l
am arg uibg, therefore, that this essential
ana ina ienable attribute OF God, must
also be inherent in Christ, a the necessary
around in his nature, OF the power by
which he can be savior to the world.
Paul WISE in no sense q psntheist, yet he
taught with no shadow Of equivocation, the
,mmanence of God in the whole creation
that ''of Him snd through Him aud unto
Him are ali things Rom. II So; and in
his profound rational argument With the
men Of Athens" be says, In Him We
live and move and have our being Acts.
xvii. g, With equal explicitness he says OF
Christ, hBy Him we're all things created, !"
snd by Him all things consist" that i
are held tcgetber.-Col. LIST, xvi, II; "ioI
in Him dwtlieth sll fulness OF the Col
head bcdily."-ii., g. More intimate than We
can understand is this vital relation WITH
Christ. 1t is as a telephone chord rep rrt
ing Every desire We breathe in prayer, ana
bringing back TO Us His gracious answer: IL
knows no conditions OF time or space, out
is spiritual sympathy higher than nature
and
Stronger than Death.
We must pass by, for want OF time ade-
quarely to consider II, the deep question
OF the atonement. 1t is an act in tue great
work Of the worlds redemptions which, it's
important for us to know, but by no means
necessary 10 com prehend. Some men are
seriously dissatls fled with the whole teach
ipss Of scripture on the subject, and ara
sensitiyely concerned lest the character OF
God should be compromised thereby
there be danger of this from some OF
the theories that are abroad in our theolo-
gies. But neither God, nor Christ nor the
apostle Paul must be held responsible for
tions OF our ignorance We are safe, so long
a. we feel that ''sll have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God" and gratefully
realize, that We are Justified freely by
His grace, through the redemption that Is
in Christ Jesus; whom God set forth TO be
propitistion through faith in His blood, for
The showing OF His righteousness, that h.
might himself be Just and the justifier o.
him that hath faith in Jesus Rom.
iii, 1926.
We cannot contemplate the awful fact Of
the humiIistion and death OF Christ
in come ction with His resurrection
and Qualification, and the consequent free
proclamation of the forgiveness OF sins
through faith in His name, without a pro-
founder sense OF
The immaculate Justice of God,
and the il finite tenderness and reach
of bis mercy. Here as nowhere else, at the
foot Of the cross aud under the sound OF
the gospel, We are made to exc aim Jus
tice ami Judgment are the habltation Of
Thy throne, mercy and truth 60 b-fore
Thy face. "-Ps xxx II. The heart
If sin Troubles at the ons
t, Q heart Of faith rejoices at the other; and
so we arc led tu s~pent aud worship.
1t Was eSct ntisl to the work OF Christ that
He should appear as teaca"r, and in the
u oph.c y OF Isaiah He is called "CJun
sellor." Nicode:nus said to Him, We
H. ow thou art teacher come from Col
John III >; and at HIS tranahsur ttion
'rhe voice out nl the cloud said. This j.
nv beloved son in whom am well pleased
Hear ye him "-Math. xvii, 5 He speaks
therefore. with the authority aud the in
fsliihi'ity of God. But it is no philosophy
that He teaches, no policy OF earthly life
that He prOpDuacs. no theory of civil gov
eminent that He proclaims These things
are good in their place, but the wisdom
and the counsel OF man are quite sutticieu:
for them. His theme is OF the things that
are above, and
His Teachings are Revelations.
Much that He said related 10 the common
qualities OF virtue and morality, but He
touched them with a celestial light, and
men saw them as never before. he strip
ped the maxims of tradition OF their cor
rupting snphisIries, and probed the hearts
OF men with the insight OF omuis1ience.
All this was worthy OF His divine intelli
serce, and has Justly neen the admiration
Of the world. But his mission reached
higher thar this. II was TO throw light up
on the great questions OF human destiny
that as vet Law hidden in the deep conn
:. Is OF God. II was to manifest 10 the con
>C:ouSne.a at the world, the tragic hOrrOrO %
sin; 20 provide sud proclaim way OF e"caD'
from Its eternal punishment aud OF free
dom from it's gu;!t; 10 lift the awful dark
ntss shat rested upon death and the grave,
and bring life and immortality T."
light. IL was 10 bring life AMI Joy To the
hearts Of men through revelation Of tn"
Inef,able love of God. II was TO shbw us
The Father; to lead us back to his unveiled
face by q new and living way which none
hid ever found before. IL was to spread
cut b. fore us
Visions Of Paradise Restored.
passing all power Of human language to
describe. To refuse to hear this counsellor
IS to shut out from our minds all this
knowledge, aud on these subjects, 10 lapse
Ito the darkness Of heathenism. Il IS
knuwl. dye altogether above the power OF
the Nnder standing or reason to discover,
vet altogether consistent with the charac
tel vi God, and adapted to the wants OF the
soul. Without it the soul would be as ths
eye without liGht-a grand capacity for
vsl,tioa TO awaken ii into &C
tior, or - present 10 il
r,aities tilted for its enjoyment; and being
t;,G give ,, Il must be received by faith ann
ri,d by the heart Ii is not science, but
,,velaiiOu: yet, like science, it is objective
r, atty pre- tnted, not in nature. but in the
r.ron and teachings of Christ, and so en-
'iC' ing the SOll Win highest WisuDn.
From the advent OF this Counsellor, the
aorld is b .thtl in new lieht. Msn is saen
in a new dignity; GId il embraced in q
higher ~orshiu; life is delivered from the
gloom OF inevitable tragic death, ami hope
spreads its inviting colors over the
world. He who is called Wonderful, ,
Counsellor" through higher and higher
mf nifestations OF power and wisdom, re.
y,sls himself as Mighty Cod"
and moving about among u,
clothed in our nature, is laying the
foundations OF
Anew and Everlasting Kingdom.
Every battle OF the warrior is with
confused noise and garments rolled In
blood" but the victories OF the Son are
curouests Of pesce. He is the Prince OF
Pesce." To this end he came into the
world. for this he died upon the cross, for
this he is now the head Of the boty, the
Church-"for it pleased the Father,
through him to reconcile all things unto
himself, having msde peace through the
blood Of the cross. "-Col. l., -.
To the worship Of this glorious person We
dedicate this home. We know Him a. our
brother. In Him We see the Father. With
cut idolstry we worship Him in the tamil