Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-17
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puiu anu oiCuouSo4i Ncicstlat klanlb- uaNe
tailed TO climb to the top of Ohrist's glory
they might all well mite in the words OF
the text and say: HE that cOmelh from
above is sbOve all. /"
First, Christ must be above all else in
our preaching. There are so many books
% homiistics soltiered through the coun-
try that all lsymeD, ss well as ali clergy
men, have made up their minds what ser
mons ought to be. Now, I ssy there is
nothing in all the opulent realm Of Anglo
Slxonism, of ell the word treasures that
we inbefi,d from the Latin and the Greek
snd the IndO. European, but we have
right to marshal it in religious discussion.
Christ sets the example. His illustrations
were from the grass, the flowers, the spit
tie, the salye, the barDysrd fowl, the crys
tals Of salt, as well az from the seas and
the stare; and Ne do rot propose in our
Sunday school teaching and in our pulpit
address to be put on tine limits.
know THAI there is a great deal said
in our day sgaiDst words, as though they
we're nothing. They may be misueed,
but they have an imperial power.
Shakespeare employed fifteen Thousand
different words for dramatic purposes;
Milton employed eight Thousand differ.
ent words for poetic purposes; Rufus nhO-
ate employed over elsven thousand differ
ent words for legal purposes; but
THE MOST OF US
have less than thousand words that We
can mnsge, less than five hundred, and
that makes us 50 stupid.
When we come to SET forth the love of
Christ We are going to take tenderest
wherever we find it, and if il
hasneyer been used in that direction before.
sill the more shall we use IT, When we
come to speak of the glory of Christ, the
Co5queror, we are going to draw our
similes from triumphsl arch and oratoriO
and everything grand and stupea dous.
The French navy have eighteen flags by
which they give signal, but those eighteen
Il ,gs they can put into sixty-six thousand
different combinations. Aud l have to
tell you that these standards OF the cross
may be lifted into combinations infioite
and varieties everlasting. Aud let me say
70 these yeung men who come from the
theological Summaries iBtO our services
ever Sabbath, and are after while going
o preach Jesus Christ, you will have ths
largest liberty and unlimited resource.
You only have to present Christ in your
own way.
Jonathan Edwards preached Christ in
the sevsrest argument ever penued, end
John Bunyaa preached Christ in the cub
FINEST sllegOry ever composed. Edward
Payson, sick and exhausted, leaned up
again.t the side of the pulpit snd wept out
his discourse, while George Whilefsld,
with the manner and voice and start OF an
actor. overwhelmed his auditory. It
would have been
4 DIFFERENT THING
if Jonathan Edwards lad tried to write
and dream about tie pilgrims progress
to the celestial city, or John Bunyan had
sn essay en- the human will.
Brighter than tie light, fresher than
the fountains, deeper than the seas, are
all these Gospel themes. Sosg has no
melody, flowers have no sweetness. sunset
sky has 10 color compared with these
glorious themes. These hsrvests Of gracs
spriug up quicker than we can sickle item.
Kin6lipe pulpits with their fire, aud pro-
ducius revolutions with their power, light
iug no diving beds with their glory, they are
the sweetest thought for the post, and they
are the most thrilling illustration for the
orator. aud they offsr the most intense
sesne for the artist, and they are to the
ambassador of the sky ell enthusiasm.
Complete pardon for direst guilt. Sweet
est comfort for ghastliest agony. Bright
est hope for grimmest death. Grandest
resurrection for darkest sepulcher. oh,
what a gospel to preach Christ over all
ia it. His birth, his suffering, his mira
cles, his parallels, bis sweat, his tears, his
blood, his aioyemsnt, his intercession-
what glorious themes Do We exercise
fsithY G,rist lie its object. Do We have
lover II fastens on Jesus. Have we
fondness for the church? It is because
Christ died for it. Have we a hope OF
HEAVIER? It's because Jesus went ahead,
the herald sad the fOrerupner.
And how much we need Him in our sor-
rows. We are Independent of circum-
stances if We have HIS grace. Why, He
made Paul
SING IL tbs DUNGEON,
and under thst grace st. John from dtlO-
late Pstmos heard the blast Of the apocA-
lyptie tIumpets. After all other candles
have been snuffsd out, this is the light
that gets brighter snd brighter unto the
perfect day; and after, under the hard
hOofs of calsmity. sll the pools Of worldly
enjoyment have been trslnpled into deep
mire, at the foot OF the eternal rock the
Christian, from cups Of granite lily trimmed
snd vine covered, Puts out the thirst Of
his soul.
Again. 1 remark, that Christ is above sll
in dying allegations.
1 have not any sympathy with the NOR
bidity abroad about our demise. The en-
peror of CoustsDtinople arranged that on
the day Of his coronation the stone msson
should come and consult him about the
tombstone that after a while be would
need. Aud there are men who are mono
na1iscsl on the subject of departure from
Oo1finnei On Third Pn0e.