The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-07-27
AN ELOQUENT SERMON.

churches. Rev. Mr.. Cruzan con-
Quoted the opening services, and the
choir of Fort street Church led the
musical exercises. Rev. DR.. Hemp |
hill, of Philadelphia, the preacher
of the occasion, took his text IN
Psalm 45 :13-"The Kings daughter
is all glorious within: her clothing
is wrought of gold" 1t was re-
markable, he said, what a blending
together there was between the
heavenly and the earthly in the
scriptures. Old time painters speak
of a certain substance that turned
everything it touched into gold.
The Spirit of God was such sub
stance. He could bring the truth of
God INTO every subject he touches.
The Word of God was the precious
mint which could give heavenly
currency to any earthly material.
Moses bringing water out of the
rock only became remarkable when
we saw that the rock represented
Christ. The cedar of Lebanon with
its lofty growth became remarkable
when it was seen as the emblem of
the man of God. There was nothing
remarkable in the falling of q spar
row, but in it could be seen the pro-
violence of God. He was not sur
prised to find the forty-tifth Psalm
in his Bible reading, for it was all
al, hrfc nj, &c
imagery was taken from the sacred
institution of ma riage. The Spirit
of God was in this glorious psalm,
grating the tree of life on an earthly
stock. The rays of the heavenly
spirit all pass through this focus,
and if we have the spiritual eye we
shall gather them all into one focus,
and be filled with the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Jesus
Christ. The first verse of this
psalm was general preface to what
followed. Then eight Verses were
devoted to singing the praises of
the heavenly bridegroom. Eight
more were about the New Jerusalem
bride, teaching that Christ and his
church are one. 1t was no chance
that led to this equilibrium Of ar
rangement. There was no more
C ia ce in the bt ok of {, ace than in
the book of natr e. The Jews may
have gone too far in attributing a
meaning to every letter of scripture,
but it was not going too far to say
that the structure of the Bible had
meaning.
With the foregoing Introductory
remarks, the preacher proceeded to
discuss the text by divisions. First,
'the Kings daughter"-her inner
character. She was all glorious
within. Every word describing her
character was an apple of gold in a
picture of silver. lst, "Within. :"
Like many other things the church
of God had to be inspected within
to see it's true and lasting glory. If
he were to have the Apostles Greed
revised-for the church at this day
seemed to need it--they should
never be ashamed to repeat, as part
of the Creed, 81 believe that the
Kings daughter is all glorious
within" The preacher here gave
an eloquent panegyric upon the
glories of the church in times past
including the dark days when caves
were her churches and scaffolds hel
deathbeds. The church could moi
be glorious without until her beau
ties were acknowledged all over thu
world. Let her if she would weal
the crown and gem of royalty, will
the favors of the great and might.
men of earth; let her sit on throne
of state, provided always that he
roots are striking downward and he
branches spreading outward. Sc
condly-''glorious." He asked wha
made the church glorious. 1t wa
the presence of Christ in the heart
The church that has the Lord Jesu
Christ at the centre of all her opel
atoms, although it may be humbl
in outward appearance, must be
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! the same must be glorious MAJ
!, A church with human priest :
. the head of it cannot be gloriou
= church. Neither can one that h;
human reason ut the heart of he
theology. The man who tries
u draw his religion from his ow
Z puny intellect is at best only lii
u drawing water from an empty wei
. A church that has nothing but
. cold, motionless, dead orthodox
g cannot be glorious church, for
q is a lamp without oil. Nothir
g would suffice but the presence
II the Lord Jesus Christ in the churc
. Solomon's temple was but a pile
- desolate magniiicencc before IL
- glory of the Lord entered it. Thir
le ly, Call" The Lord Jesus Chri
a. was in all parts of his church,
u the blood was in all parts of &