Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-17

endure forever and his throne as the days
Of heaven. This scripture conducts Il
pencil of light from the eternal throne
down upon the pathway of the soul that
is seeking for glory and Immortality and
eternal life, and every soul thus seeking
by becoming Of the same spirit with the
church-the kurios (Greek) OF the Lord
is the one to whom to-day 5 scripture is
addressed.
My spirit that is upon thee and my
words which have put in thy mouth
shall not depart out of thy mouth nor ont
of the mouth of thy seed nor thy seed 3
seed, sayeth the Lord, from henceforth
and forever. - Last verse Of Isaiah liX
The seed unto whom | have put my spirit
shall never depart; this states in Il
nut shell the origin and the prom
ised Derpetuity of the church tri-
umphant. Beloved we want to throw
ourselves so into line with this divine
promise as that we shall see ourselves
photographed ia the scripture of God:
that we shall see our individual lives
plainly stated in this scripture of Isaiah,
whose name signifies ''the salvation of
the Lord. - love him as l love no other
prophet OF these scriptures. Now,
that in which we want to see
the photograph of the church which
we have aspired to be is the
10th chapter of Isaiah. "Arise, shine,
for thy light is come and the glory of the
Lord Is risen upon thee. - The very
triumphing of the individual anointed
one, the Shiloh of Jehovah, the deliverer
sent to Zion to redeem those who turn
from transgression and unto those who
are turned, the very fact of the appear
ing of such an one signifies the appearing
of light, the appearing of glory.
He that follOweth me shall not walk
in darkness, but shall have the light of
life. ann come a light unto the world
that whatsoever belieyeth on me shall not
abide in darkness - The coming of
Christ Is the coming of this light, is the
coming of glory or the triumph of God
Who is this that cometh from Edom,
with dyed garments from Bozrah?
This that is glorious in his
apparel, travelling in the great
ness of strength. - This is the
ideal Israelite: the one who triumphs in
the midst of the people, the one who
prevails with God. This signifies the APP
proach of a hero, IA divine warrior clad in
armor. Who is this: And the answer
comes: 81 that speak in righteousness,
mighty to save
from transgression O, here is something
that is overwhelming. The glory of
the glorious Christ, the glory of Jeho-
yah, to be seen upon individuals.
This church which eve aspire to be
is the church which Isaiah says shall be
called by a new name ''Thou shalt
also be a crown of glory in the hands of
the Lord and a royal diadem in the hand
of God. - 1t is the church that will hear
the glory that is promised, a church upon
whose banners win be perched the vic
tory that is to be. We aspire to fulfil
the conditions that viii make ourselves
TO be internally and externally the por-
trayal and verifcation of all that is to
be. O, God knows how to make glory
visible, how to make triumph appear
Only turn from transgression only be
turned from iniquity, and God viii fulfill
the rest, and the Gentiles shall come to
thy light and kings TO the brightness of
thy rising. The splendid answer of the
church triumphant will bring the kings,
the master spirits of the age.
There will be the fiocking together
in accordance with God 5 promise
Beloved, it needs only 10 be verified to
the world that we have the genuine
thing, aud the world viii come to the