The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-03-18
said the wisest of the Greeks and Romans

said the wisest of the Greeks and Romans
Minos, the lawyer of Crete, claimed to be
the son of Jupiter, and to have
received his laws from his reputed
claimed as authority for his laws
the oracle at Delphi. Numa claimed as
authority for his laws the nymph Eger1a.
The Emperor of China is the representative
Of Deity AApnnaly he observes ~ ssa I'll three lsss
In royal robes, with banners and bands OF
music, he marches to the temple and, while
the sacrifice is being offered, he rolls him
self in the dust ard utters words most dis
paraging to himself but most bonoring to
God, indicating that, as the head of the ma
ton. he recognizes his responsibility 70
God. The Grand Lama in Thibet is the
vicegerent of heaven. In this capacity he
dispenses offices at pleasure. Just as the
centuries. These facts indicate that there Is
an ineradicable conviction in every human
soul that laws will not oind the conscience
unless they come from God. AS Blackstone
God is no law at all" Man cannot make
law; he can only discover and interpret It,
Moral law has double record. 1t is on
the human soul and in the Ten Command
ments. The commandments were pro
claimed by the voice of God amid the flame
and smoke of the quaking mountain, to IN,
dictate their majesty ana authority, ana
written by the finger of God on two tables
of stone, to indicate their perpetuity. and
> then given to the Jewish nation as their
constitution. They are the basis of moral
legislation. The majesty of this law has
been committed to the state. The state IS
the keeper of both tables of the pecalOgue
Civil and religious freedom are in them.
They are the basis of all moral reforms.
Chaplain of the Garfield Regiment.
Rev. j. Harrison Jones, who served as
chaplain of the Ohio regiment which Gen.
Garfield raised and commanded at the out
break of the civil war, preached in the
morning and evening at the Third Chris
tian Church yesterday The ex-chaplain,
as one of the pioneers in the work of the
denomination to which he belongs, is wide
ly known and generally esteemed through
out the country. and the main floor of the
new and beautiful church in which he
preached last evening was crowded with
appreciative listeners. He took for his
in the APOSTLE tells the Corinthi-
ans that Christ had become the light
and life of the world, that old things had
passed away and all things had become
new, and taking the fall of man through
Adams sin as the beginning of human
trouble, he preached plain and earnest
sermon. arguing that as man had strayed
from God in his heart he must reverse the
proceeding to place himself in accord with
his CTtdIOT. AS Il SeQutl 10 Uut HcW liIc
and new character which were gained
by men who firmly resolved to serve
the Lord the resurrection was natural
and fitting termination, and the speaker
devoted some time to description of the
final rewards of the Christian. The sermon
throughout was filled with vigorous illus
trations and commanded general attention
throughout At the conclusion of his re-
marks: Mr.. Jones sang, with much expires,
sion, the hymn, "Save Me Crown and
dismissed the congregation with the bene-
dicfiOn