The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-06-12
The President in the Mountains.

As announced in our issue of last
week. the President and Mrs. Cleve.
land arrived At Deer Park Thursday
morning of last W, Elk, and occupied
one of the new cottages near the
Chapel. On Thursday afternoon of
last week they drove to Oakland, by
way of Mountain Lake Park, but
did'not pass through our town, and
returned the. way they came. On
Friday the President and Mrs. Cleve-
land, accompanied by Senator and
Mrs. Davis came to Oakland by the
Broad Ford drive, passed through
our town and returned by the Noun
tain Lake drive. On Saturday the
same parties went on fishiag excur-
sion TO the headwaters of Deep Creek.
but were not successful in taking
many fish.
On Sunday the Presidents party
attended the Memorial Church in
Oakland. The party consisted of the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, Col
onel and Mrs. Lamont, who arrived
the same morning from Washington,
Senator and Mrs. Davis, Miss Eikins
and Mr.. John w. Davis, of the b. &
o. r. r. The party arrived few
minutes before IL A. NJ, and were
conducted to seats reserved for them
on the right hand side of the aisle
near the pulpit.
A feature of the service was the
biptism of "A child, daughter of Capt.
KuydendalI, which was by coinc-
denee named Frances, though not in
tended as a compliment to Mrs.
Cleveland, for the name had been
agreed upon by the parents probably
before they knew the President had
any intention of getting married.
Mr.. Foulk preached from L. CORN.
thians, xvi., /. 2. In the course of
his remarks he said;
What WAS this gospel which the
anoSt'e Pau preached to the Carfn-
thians, which they had received and
wherein they stood, and by which
they hoped to ne Saved? What this
gospel was is evident from the con-
text. 1t consisted of the cardinal
anC lent Scriptures-that Christ died
for cur sins, and was buried and rose
again the third day. On these great
facts are grounded all our hopes of
present pardon and ofcompIete resto-
ration hereafter. To these facts our
attention is often called. They are
facts with which we should he clearly
acquainted and fully conyersant. On
these rest the hope of the world. To
these the sinners attention must be
turned, and in the exercise Of faith
in these he obtains righteousness,
peace and joy in the Holy Ghost.
We are assured that all these blessings
shall he enjoyed by rs if we believe
in Him who raised up Jesus Christ
from the dead. All deaths are sol
emn things; nothing in the whole
history of man is so important as
his end. But never was there death
of such solemn mOment'aS that of the
Lord. Jesus Christ 1t was the most
bitter. barharoEs and bloody that
cou'd he inflicted. He WAS obedient
to death even the death of the cross,
the Roman punishment for he most
. aggravated offenders, and associated
with the deepest infamy. The Jews
and Romans were the witnesses Of
this death. Christ did not die because
of any guilt, but for our sins and as
our substitute. Without this the
story of His suffprings would have
been mysterious and ineXplicahle. If
Christ did not die for oursins it could
not be, as the apostle so emphatically
declares, according to the Scriptures.
The Old Testament refers to the death
of the Son of God as an atonement for
the sins of men. The old prophecies
are fulfilled literally. Sin was the
cause of oar Saviour's suffering. Let
us hate it! His crucifiction should
make us loathe sin. Christ was bur-
ried. 1t was necessary that His body
should be laid in the sepulchre so
there could be no question of His
death. His death and burial were
beyond doubt. The men who laid
ttIC July III Tic tOtbD IOuIO HOt IuNG
been deceived. and the senses of the
deciples told them He was a corpse.
He was examined on the cross and,
as He was dead, His legs were not
broken, rs was the custom. Jews
and Gentiles all tettify He was dead
and buried. This, too, was accord.
ing to prophecies. which foretold His
burial rs we'll as His death. Sinners
can thus know that an actual death
and burial was suffered for their sins
as an atonemcnt. The fact that the
Lord rose again lies at the very foun-
dation of Chrif!ianity and has receiv-
ed special attention in the gospels.
All four evangelists relate clearly how
He rose again. This was the seal of
His great work, and the proof that
ransom he pad for sinners was acA
cepted. How could We have known
this if He had not risen? The doe
trine of the divinity of Christ's person
and the truth of His Messiahship all
follow these fact- and rest upon them.
The apostle Paul furnishes a cloud of
witnesses, many Of whom were then
living, who saw Christ after He had
risen. The twelve apostles saw Him,
then five hundred brethren saw Him
at once. There was ample visible