Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-02-18
THURSDAY ....!.. FEB. rs, 1886
ORDINATION SERMON.
Preached at the Ordination of
Prof. E. N. Dyer, by Rev.
H. S. Jordan. in the Fort
Street Church. Homo
lulu, H. l., Feb'y
18th, 1886.
THE SUPREME REIGN OF CHRIST

THE SUPREME REIGN OF CHRIST
Ist Corinthians :2s.-"For Hemust reign, |
till He hath put all enemies under His feet"
A boat was upon a stormy water
The crew was filled with fear Upl
rose a commanding figure and exclaim-
ed "Fear not; this boat contains
Caesar and all his fortunes" Again
This same individual desired to briefly
and yet fu ly report the result of a great
camp ign. He wrote: Il came, |
saw, l conquered" And yet this mighty
chieftain fell pierced by twenty-three
wounds stabs inflicted by his COM
peers in THE Of peace; in the house
dedicated to law and order; his king
dom and rule forever broken. Napo
leon declared; II have noticed that
Providence is always upon the side of
the heaviest guns" Time disproved
his axiom. Upon the Isle of St. Helena
he found himself hopeless prisoner;
then he corrected his statement "Alex-
ander, Cassr, Charlamange and myself
ali founoed empires; but upon what did
we found the creation of our genus
Upon t0,re, but Jesus Christ built His
upon love and at this moment millions
Of loyal suDr=-=- 70 oie ioi
The dusty remains of Napoleon rest
upon the banks Of the Seine and his
empire exists only in history. Crom-
well was called the Invincible, yet he
lived in daily terror of assassination,
and wore steel garment next to his
body. General Grant was called the
"Hero Of Appomattox," "The silent
man" "The oonquering and unconquer-
ed Chieftaln" and yet death laughed at
and mocked the tears and prayers of
loyal Republic and bore him away for
ever into the silent Land Surely the
text does not refer to any of these
heroes of whom the world speaks so
fondly. To them the text is inapplica-
Bile, They may have subjugated ma
ton by superior force but they have
never put all enemies under their feet
To whom then is this reference ? BY
reading the context the name of this
Supreme Ruler appears He is Jesus
Christ. Can this be possible ? Jesus was
born in manger, under such poverty
stricken conditions that if it had oc-
cured in our day in village or city it
would have caused scandal. Men
and women of all grades would have
been shocked. The daily press would
have cried shame upon the church and
civilization OF to day. He this ruler ?
All n, He was poor despised
Nazarene. His life was no improve
ment upon His birth for near the end
of His life He MESSED that He had
"No place to lay HIS head;% even the
birds and foxes were wealthier than He.
No retinue of servlnts, no army, no
regal influence, mabbed, mocked, spit
upon, crowned with thorns and the
climax of His life was supremely dis
graceful; He was cruci6ed befaOseA fzV0
Mieves. And indeed is this man to
reign supre ntly2 What is He ? A phil
osop err Nay A soldier1 Ha An
Adventurer3 Oh thou that waggest
thine head and laughest in thine
heart, cease thy trihing until the weary
throbbing anxious heart of humanity,
the profoundest thought of the purest
minds and above all the Bible the holy
book from God giveth the answer. If
he is simply philosopher as Seneca or
Bacon then we'll may men doubt his
reign. But hold the word of God
declares that John I:I-3. SIN the be-
ginning was the Word and the Word
was with God and the Word was God.
The same was in the beginning with
God All things were made by Him;
and without Him was not anything
made that was made. In Him was life;
and the life was the light Of men"
Il lay down My life for the sheep"
"The Son of man is come to seek and
to save that which was lost" "Upon
the tree in His own body He bore
our sins
These declarations throw new light
upon the text. Jesus Christ is then
not moralist, philosopher, military
genius, but the Savior of men. Ii is
not with clash of sabre that He pro
poses to rule but It is by love He is
not the enemy Of mankind, but the
Friend, the Savior the Great High