Daily Republican., 1888-03-12
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befmon OF BiBhop Foss-Dsacons ana
Elders Ordsinpd-- n eetlnK ut tliu
Opera nouss-Issunion of Pastors.
A large congregation was present at
Union M. E. Church yestev5ay morn.
ipR, the occasion being the ordination
OF desoons aud nsaru on by Bishop Foss,
The bishop spoil ninety minutes Of the
death OF Je,us aud Paul.
20 my Father, II It be possible, lot
this. onp pass from me. ."-MAtthew "
xvi, 80.
"For II 20 not away the Com tor
will not come unto you John xvi, z.
"For 1 am In a strait betwixt two,
having . desire TO depart, and be with
Christ, which 10 far better; nevertheless
TO abide In the flesh Ia more needful for
you."-Philippians xi., 2S 4.
There wero the passsgoB from which
the speaker took his text. He spoke
OF the contrast In the mental and splii
tual condition marking tho approach
Of the two individuals to the hour Of
death. There Ia q contrast, too, be-
tween the physical conditions. Jesus
q young man In the flush OF manly
strength, having nsver known sick.
ness, upon whose record there was no
stain; who had dGiied and conquered
NSaee W oothhh btA AAtouuo bAUh
death and the grave, saw and felt the
approach Of death as none other. In his
case 10 was apparent defeat.
He the Prince OF Life must surrender
to death. he, the pure-htarted Son of
God-He of stainiexs records to die
NJ o malefactor. He who never knew
sin 10 to feel the burden OF o worlds
tTansgress!oD, and In the agony of
spirit he prostfates Himself In the
Garden OF 9sthsamaIe, aud pfays:
"Oh, my Father, II 1t bo possible let
this cup pass from me"-and egain,
uAt "a the great heart ceased to beat,
and the spirit entered the beyond in
which the mysteries of the aiopement
were TO be contaminated, we hesr Him
cry: .My God, why hast theu for
saken me-" Paul wanted to die, he
had finished his york, and death to
him was gain. 70 depart was 10 be
with Christ; to step out from the dis.
abl tiles aud decrepi.ude OF old age
and to begin life of eternal youth. AB
he stands with his feet la the waters vi
the river OF death bis CRY is not wall
OF agony, but q triumphant cong. The
differences manifest Is to be accounted
for In the relations these two men held
TO the Atonement. To Jesus IL WAS g
period OF utter loneliness. His ffisnds
had all hed, and Hls Father withheld
the comforting spirit.
To Paul 1t was q jubllant hour. The
hour in which hc should complete his
ALLEGIANCE to bis master and enter Hie
supported by tho Holy Ghost that had
only come after the death OF Jesus; the
difference between the beginning and
completion OF q life work. Paul had
hpAF lha p F,ta ayak ~ Ia a.,
thousands Of souls. Jesus could only
count by scores. His life was q neces.
atty, for By no other means could It be
made universal. Hs oOuld, had he
lived, Rtand by but one bedside ct q
time. 0.her nations might have
claimed him and America might have
never known CHRIST As o result OF
that death the Holy Ghost, the untver.
sal com foiter, comes to the home OF
every man. When Nero caused Paul's
head TO bo severed tradition says the
head rebounded from the Garth three
times, and from the earth beneath the
stainB OF blood three springs OF water
burst forth.
In Christ is the wel,-3pring OF eter
nal life, and In His own words the
preachers OF the gospel can tell thirsty
souls to drink of ths water OF life and
thlrst no more. Napoleon, at the bat.
tie Of Alma, when ffetted and impa
tlent by the frequent demands for his
pressure to oheos defeat and repair dit-
order, exclaimed: az cannot be every.
where" 30 vita the physical Christ;
the body of our Lord could only be Ia
one plAca. The spiritual comforter is
everywhere and teAchtth us ali things.
A claeB OF sixteen candidates for the
Office Of deaoons Of the M. K. Church
wore ordained by the laying on OF
hands and apostolic benedietion by the
Bishop. The names of thoae ordained
are as follows: George Il. Wood, Asbury
Burke, William w. Sharp, William II.
MowbTay, Willard W. johnson, Henry
8. Ddlsney, William G. Koons. X.
Irving Watkins. Clinton T. Wyatt,
James T. PIouse, Harvey W. Ewing,
John r, Todd, Frank NJ. Moran, Will
liam L. White, William 8heers, and
William P. Compton.