The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1890-02-20
NE GLORIOUS CHRIST.
as PARDON ron ALL SINS.
x.tove Must Stand Above All Elso in
All True Preaching.

r.. most conspicuous character OF history
~ ont upon the platform. The finger
I'm damonded with light, pointed down
rui,n from the Bethlehem sky, was onlya
t,iGpation Of tho finger of prophecy, tho
of eenealogy, the finger OF chronology,
pDtegnrer of events-all FIVE fingers pointing
.ns direction. Christ is the overlapping
- ~ nil time. lie is the vox humana IN
Nn,,Jc the gTacefulest line in I'll sculp-
~ The most exquisite mingling OF lights
..s shades in all painting, the acme OF all
hmsyes, the dome OF all cathedraled gran
bur aud the peFor"''oh vi u" Sl''en''" '''''
r. Greek alphabet is made up Of twenty
tn, lctt,rs. and when Christ compared Him
VI "a the first letter and the last letter, the
~. and the omega, He appropriated
sP' Himself all the splendors that you
Y. .rcll out either with those two let
a. and all the letters between them. III
- ,be Alpha and the Omega, the beginning
~ The end, the first and the last" Or, II
~ rrefer the words OF the text, above
Swbat does it meanP IL means nfter you
,,ye pilcd up all Alpine and Himalayan
.,;,nies the glory of Christ would have to
s.,.d lis wings and descend thousand
t,yi,, 10 touch those SUBMITS. Pelion, a
IN mountain OF Thessaly; Ossa, n high
ssnp,ein and Olympus n high mountain;
MI mythology FllS uh Whcn tuc EanS
..rri against the gods they piled up these
a-se mountains. and from the top OF them
s-,r.s,,l 10 scale the heavens. but the height
- NOT great enough, and there was a COM
~. failure. And after all the giants
yah and Paul, prophetic and apostolic
s,nts. Raphael and Michael Angelo, artistic
rsnt, cheiubim and scraphim and arch
ssnya celestial giants have failed 10 climb
a ihe ton Of Christs glory they might all
H.. Al. l. N..x tV.1 1N.NFs
egethat comcth from above is above all. "
First. Christ must be above all else IN our
,rs,ching. There are 80 many books on
| I,pletics scattered through the country
mai all laymen, rs well as all clergymen,
| i,ys made up their minds what sermons
| ought tu be- That sermon Is most eifectual
| xLirh most pointedly puts forth Christ as
| tbe tarlon Of nll sin and the correction OF all
| Syl-mdiyidual, social, political, national.
| Tber, / no reason why we should ring the
indies changes on a few phrases Therearo
| tho,, who think that il an exhortation or n
| discourse have frequent mention of justi-
fcatiou. sanctlication, covenant OF
work, aud covenant of grace, that
therefore il must be profoundly evangelical,
While they arc suspicious OF n discourse
which presents the same truth, but under
different phinscology. Now, | say there Is
nothing in all the opuleut realm Of Anglo.
inherited from th" Latin aud the Greek and
tte mlo.l,mopcau. but we have right 20
| MARSHAL IL in religious discussion. Christ
at, the example His illustrations were from
the grass the flowers, tho spittlc, the salve,
The harnyah fowl, the crystals Of salt, as
well q, from the seas and the stars; and we
do not propose in our Sabbath-school teach
ing and in our pulpit address to b) put on the
| limits
know that there is great deal said in our
day against words, as though they wore
nothing They may be .misuse,l, but they
| hayo an imperial power. They are the
bridge between soul and soul, between Al
mighty God and the human race What did
God write upon the tables OF stones2 Words.
What did Christ utter on Mount Olivety
Words Out Of what did Christ strike the
spark for the illumination of the universe!
Out Of words Lot there he light and
light was or course, thought is the cargo,
AMI words are only the ship; but how fast
would your cargo get on without the
ship What you need, my friends,
in all your work, in your Sabbath
school class, in your reformatory
Institutions, aud what we all need is TO en-
large our vocabulary when We come To speak
about God and Christ aud heaven. We ride
few old words to death when there is such
ilimtablo resource Shakespeare employed
fifteen thousand different words for dra-
matte purposes; Milton employed eight thou
sand different words for poetic purposes;
Rufus Choatc employed over eleven thou
sand different words for legal purposes; but
The most Of us have less than thousand
words that we can manage, less thnn five
hundred, and that makes us 50 stupid.
When we come to set forth the love OF
Christ we are going 20 take tendcrest
phraseology wherever we find il, and IL il
has never been used in that direction before,
oil the more shall We use IL. When WI
come to speak Of the glory OF Christ, the
Conqueror, we are going 10 draw our similcs
from trlumphal arch and oratorio aud
everything grand and stupcndous The
French navy have eighteen flags 10y
which they give signal, but thosC
eighteen flags they can put into sixty-siS
thousand different combinations. And
tave to tell you that these standards of the
cross may be lifted into combinations infinite
ana varieties everlasting. And let me say
10 These young men who come from the the
oioscal seminaries into our services every
sabbath, and are after while going Il
Ieach Jesus Christ, you will have the
largest liberty and unlimited resource. You
only have topresent Christ In your own way
Jonathan Edwards preached Christ in thu
seyerest argument ever penned, and join
buhyan preached Christ in the sublimest nj.
leSory ever composed. Edward Payson. sick
ana exhausted, leaned mp against the side ol
she pulpit and wept out his discourse, whil,
ueTSe Whitfield, with the manner aud tn,
,,o'e ana the start of an actor, OverwhelmCl
uls auditory. IL would have been different
ll'hg n Jonathan Edwards had tried tc
"llte anu dream about the pilgrims prosrrs,
20 lhe celestial city, or John Bunyan had at
tempted an essay ON the human will.
bflShter than the light, freSncr than thu
iVuh'llns, deeper than the seas, are all these
ppospeI themes. Song has no melody flowers
nave nane no sweetness sunset sky has no color
Lnplrel With these glorious thamAs. Thesa
"on aa'cSlS OF grace spring up quicker than we
,f fSu sickle them. Kindling pulpits with
,ion nre, and producing revolutions with
,helrr power lighting up dying beds witt
49,. glory, they are the sweetest thought
nv n, lhe poet aud they are the most thrilling
atioh Tor the orator, and they olfel
@ saI most intense scene for tho artist
Gll they are 10 the ambassador OF TIA,
y u' enthusiasm Complete pardon fol
alIea' guilt, Sweetest comfort for ghastl,
gohy brightest hopo for gIimmest death
Gt Gtt'lIeSI resurrection for darkest sepulchrc
H. "hht Gospel to preach Christ over al
~ ms birth, His suffering, His miracles
III PuTahles, His sweat, His tears, His blood
ria,, ",Vhehent, His intercession--what glo
!, m 'nemes! DO we exercise faithg Chris
90 'Is OBJECT Do we have loyeY II fasten
I, oesus' Have we a fondness for the church
~" because Christ died for it, Have we
- oI heayeny IL Is because Jesus wen
"uTal Tl the herald and the forerunner.
q, tno royal robe OF Demetrius was so costly
ona utltul that after he hal put IL Off no
~. ieNer dared put ii on; but this robe o
Na,.,N Ilcher Than that the poorest and the