The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-01-07

lies. carry the good tidings by the contri-
hutious from your abundance, then The
knowledge Of the glory oi 6od shall
cover the earth rs the waters cover the
sea
After the sermon the Holy Commun'
ion was celebrated hy Or. Dashicll, assis-
ted by Rev W B. Williams.
EPIPHANY SERMON BY BISHOP PETERTiN
Bishop Peierkin yesterday preached a
most excellent sermon OF about twenty
minutes to a large and attentive c0ngrc-
cation. al 81. James Church. The BISHOP
based his remarks on the following
massage of Scripture And when they
were come into the house they saw the
Young child. with Mary, His mother, ara
fell down and worshipped Him; ana
when they had opened their treasures,
they presented unto Him gifts. gold ana
frankiucense and mvrrh. MT 20, :.
lie commenced his sermon by speak
inc of the star referred 10 IN the text,
saying
The motion of the wonderful star IN
the east arrested the attention OF the
philosophers OF that day; that great star
which shOne in brightness and splcndor
far greater than any other in the heav-
ems; the star in the long distance point
ing out 10 The wise men the way OF the
Young child. These magic wise men OF
the king were well known in those days
OF them we know nothing now, more
than that they were wise men OF the
east. sent by King HerOd 10 find Him
who was born King of the Jews.
From the fact that they presented to
the Young king gold, myrrh, and franklin
cense. the products of Arabia, one would
suppose that they were citizens Of Arabia.
Christ our Lord was born 10 be the
Saviour of all men of every nation.
When we think of the Judge which we
love. and think how addicted those ma
lions were 10 prophets and witchcrait,
we can see that no other but the spirit
of the living God could have prompted
these men to fall down on their knees
and worship the young child Offering TO
Him their richest gifts.
Their faith did not fail them. They
still pressed ON, following the star OF
Bethlehem until they came 10 the infant
child. and when they reached the place
where the child was, why should they
fall down and worship Him. In what
respect did He differ from other chill
drcns Let us put our whole faith ln the
Lord and cOnsecrate ourselves ana an
that we have 10 Him and 90 His service.
Christ. who came into this world 90 seek
and 10 save those who were lost, was not
only 20 save Jews. hut 20 save Gentilc-
also: for that was the original promise
of Him 20 the prophets and Ills dcciples.
so great was this divine truth that the
people spoke of il ar q miracle, and now
10 may be well 90 remark that among the
very first that came 10 the Saviour were
Gentiles For We truly ourselves are
Gentiles
Again we are reminded by the wise
men that God always has head men In
this world When The Saviour was born
into the world. there were none but DO
was Just then that God raised mp those
wise men 10 worship him and bring unto
him those rich gifts OF gold, irankinceuse
and mynh
During the Saviour lile there were
times when lie had not place to lay Ills
head but even under those trying cir
cumstances. when He cried aloud 90 Ills
Father i'm Heaven there were some who
stood by Him and who We're true 20 Him
20 the last
The Saviour shall never want for fol-
lowers or friends The yates of hell
shall not prevail against the Church of
the living God. And DO cannot be- for
believe me, In places far and near there
are disciples of the Lord whore We least
expect them.
The wise men who came from the East
To- find the Say Jour were doubtless
and If they had seen
anything unusual IN the heavens they
would have noticed 10. and s0 obey did
and followed TO- Ny friends the days of
have passed, and il is useless
for rs 10 expect 20 be convinced OF the
grace of God by some unusual apperaliOn .
until il is too late for repentance But
tie guides Us and directs Us when cir
and opportunities make it .
necessary, and He is leading them to- .
Law just az truly as Tie led those wise .
men years ago
Now those Scribes and Pharisees OF .
Jerusalem could have brought others to /
Christ. but worse than that. they did not t
seek him themselves They are like him
who points out places on the map hut .
Who never visits them ike him who
travis the plan for his house, but who
never builds that house They are
happy who not only know what
) right, but who. knowing
20 and DO right, and so our duty always
) not only in knowing but in doing the
lords viii. We may do His will BY
working for the advancement OF Ills
,ingdom and bringing offerings Of gold,
Let the spirit Of Christ
occupy the mind and that mind will be.
Ome a living sacrifice.
FIRST ENGLISH LUTHERAN CHURCH
At this church yesterday Rev. Mr.
ihuey, of Trinity Lutheran Church,
reached very acceptable sermon on
Hebrews iyl6-"Let us. therefore come
oddly unto the throne OF grace, that we
nay obtain mercy, and find grace 10 help
n time OF need
The speaker impressed upon his hear
rs how serious a matter il was for sub
rdinates. even though held in high es-
eem. TO enter into the presence of mon
p NAHs anu N1lNNAAalN tAhaN ~ NAAN CAANhAs
I is hard. he said, for people here TO un-
erstand the awe-inspiring grandeur Of
ven earthly kings, owing TO our republi- ]
an form government He pictured the
heen and glitter of kingly thrones in !
iyid colOrs, and seated in his regal Z
Omp was the almost unapproachable
Otentate. the embodiment of the power
I a whole nation, with life and death in ,
is hands and TOO often a thoughtless {
ord was followed by decapiiatiOn All ;
round him were in danger OF death, rs
within or a bare suspicion was cause {
efficient for The extreme punishment
Ii was not 10 such throne as this lie
lyited His hearers, but one as much j
igher above al earthly thrones as Heaven
highes than the earth. Its true that {
approaching il we are presented 90 Il ,
lightly Monochrome who rules not only Z
I the earth, but controls all the planets
lat swing in the immensity of space q
NJ under the ieweled crown we see scars,
ft there by the cruel thorns, and IN the q
aims OF the hands and in the feet we a
nd scars caused by the unfeeing nails, 7
He was fastened to the cross for our q
rs. This is the occupant Of the throne j
which he invited his hearers, q throne a
.et reached bfrb into Heaven and 70 .