The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-05-31

but leaving the grave In deliberate tri-
umph, He Led captivity captive" and vic
toriously dragged to His chariot wheels the
conquered millions of death and hell. And
when lie assembled in jubilant pomp
through the Unreasonable concaye of the
heavens, had earth possessed immortal
ears she might have, heard His princely
heralds surprise the waiting thrones Of
eternity with the voice of thunder--'qift
up your heads, o ye gatesl and be We Ut
up ye everlasting doors, and the King of
glory shall come in." Earth cries aloud:
who is the King OF glory?" and heavens
eternal echoes reply: Earth has crucified
Him, the Lord Of hosts, He is the King of
glory" Such was the regal triumph, the
stupendous Inauguration OF the Son of
God. And thus in His militant and glori-
fled states and relations, the peculiar and
exclusive designations of Godhead belong
to Jesus Christ, and acts and works dis
tinctive OF Deity are ascribed to Him.
Notice the extent OF His regal dominion
and will over His people. His scepter
comprehends ''all power in heaven and
in earth" His is a universal sovereignty.
1t is an investiture involving an entreness
OF right and amplitude of power, without
limit and without control. His claim up
on the faith and obedience OF the woi... is
twofold, He made us and afterward re-
deemed us. AS God over all' His right
to rule is inherent, and He has derived
right in view Of His Messahship and
obedience unto death. His is the COW
enant Of redemption first announced in
Paradise, enlarged ppon with Abraham,
further unfolded at Sinai, illustrated by
prophets and finally perfected in His work
upon earth. The principles, the interests,
the bearings and the results, OF truth and
piety, these constitute Messiah's empire
upon earth, and from bis throne in
heaven, he will assert and defend, MAIN
tain and extend 1t.
Notice the triumphs OF Christ over His
enemies and the salvation of His people.
Those men and associations of men who
counteract the general good of his sub
ects and the welfare of his administration,
have been defeated or destroyed in all
ages. His enemies OF antediluvian men,
DRY, the confederation of kings headed by
Chedorlaemer, Sodom, Tyre, Babylon,
Ninevah, Jerusalem and Rome; Herod,
Plate, Julian, Valerius, and the principal
actors in the Ncronian and Dioclesian per-
secutions; the first grand Italian apostasy
and the Arabian imposture the insane
fanaticism OF infdelity in France and the
imposture OF Mecca. The end OF these
furnish warnings to the children Of men
forever; for, under whatever severity OF
trial, Christ and His followers have ever
been aud will always be triumphant. As
lie assembled so shall we ascend to HEAVIER.
What have we TO fear, though chaos it,
| self should be seen reveling amid the ruins
OF demolished worlds. and Times last
storm bowling TO its close shall wall the
death dirge OF their passing away? When,
amid IL all, the affection OF our Christ is
still seen curling around the eternal col
umns Of their strength? Christian soldiers,
heralds OF the cross, what need we care,
although on earth we were so poor we
had no nurse or pillow; so few and trod-
den down we had no strength, and ham
lets, tents and grottoes were the places
we wept and prayed, il these are 10 be
exchanged for the companionship Of
angels. the presence OF God, and the re-
sources OF the universe in the heavenly
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What though soiled by the dust OF toll.
struggling in tattered want along our lone
and periled path, when even here we find
ourselves invested with glory in the night
Of our being, and sustained by Hope,
guiding and pointing US TO the temple
hymn and the heavenly harp above, where
the unfolding apocalypse Of heavens eter-
nal grandeur and loyeliness shall intro
duce us to new beings and new worlds2