The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-12-24

SIIiia moving in His glory. lie looSed
forward and saw Him moving forward
conquering aud going on 20 conquer.
And so this wonderful man gives such
/ a graphic outline OF the picture
ci our Lord Jesus Christ-the exceliency,
dignity, and glory Of our Lord Why so
dignihed' Why so excellent Ny first
reply 10 this question is that He Is glo-
rious hy reason OF His Office, OF His ALI
ance and relation 10 Him who sent Him
ana who sitteth on the divine throne.
The kingdom Of Christ is greater than
al other kingdoms, and His crown Is
greater than al crowns. What are the
Kingdoms and the crowns Of this terres-
trial sphere made by the hands OF man
They cannot be compared with the
hsndicraft Of God His eternal Father re
cognizcs the devotional blood Of the Lord
Jesus Christ lie is the brightness OF
the Fathers glory and the express image
Of bis person. ! do not know OF any.
thing more striking. lie Is also The Lord
by whom God made the world Not only
does he wear the glory OF his Father, but
be carried ou, 10 the fullest his Fathers
wishes he came 20 this world as the
only mediator by which man can be
eternally saved For he has shed
his precious blood for Us and has
gone to sit down By the right hand Of
God and plead foT rs. lie is The Lord
Of al Kingdoms He sits at the right
hand OF bis Majesty on high, and
with al that devotion be is a King. Jesus
Christ is a teqcher. but YOU cannot com
pare him with otncr teachers You may
ieke him as a messenger There are other
messengers angels are messengers God
appointed the angels 70 be His messen-
gers but Jesus Christ is so far above the
angels OF heaven that they dare not be
compared with him.
The Lord Jesus Christ l. the great in
tercessor Re sits al The right hand of
God, and YOU may Judge OF the glory Of
the Kingdom by the splendor Of the King.
How great Is that kingdom lneed not
tell you that ali other Kingdoms are
necessarily imperfect-imperfect in three
things First, the king on the throne is
imperfect al else OF the realm is i'm
perfect. All mans legislation is alike
imperfect How can YOU have perfect
Kingdom when oyery subject IL disl0yali
The sceptre Of every earthly kingdom Is
imperfect But how different with the
Lord 10 mistakes are made in His
course 40 blundgfs are made in His
Cabinet. Divine love and righteousness
govern
But every true subject Of the Lord
Jesus Christ has been purged from bis
sins by the blood of the Lord and made
a renewed man, a regenerated man.
And the work Of perfection is going
On. The Christian spirit IS cleansing
them from their sins
The preacher then spoke of the changes
that time brought about. The time will
come when the earth that We live on
shall crumble into dust; when the Heay.
ems above shall be rent in twain, and
when only the glory Of God and His
chosen few shall remain, and 10 those he
hath said that their glory Is forever and
shall never fade away.
wish that VIC had some Of the inspi-
ration Of the Apostle Paul and could look
over at the time when the earth shall
crumble into nothing. when the planets
shall be consumed and Christ alone shall
reign Look al IL just ior moment
The Father has sent the Son, and Christ.
who purqed away the Gin Of the world,
has taken his seat az the right hand Of
bis Majesty on high, 20 sit down there g
the right hand Of The King and 20 partici-
pate In the government Of the kingdom
lie closed his discourse by exhorling
the people 10 pray for the coming CT the
Lord IN His glory.