Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1890-07-24

Hebrews Isl lie beng dead
yet speaketh.'
In the preceding chapter the
writer has made a reference d
the power Of faith, and 10 what
il was doing for those who then
and there exercised it. To ia
sTirc aud encourage a more dill.
gent exercise of faith he takes q
retrospective view, and shows
what Il has enabled many Of the
illustrieus dead To accomplish.
Bv 1t elders obtain q good re
port. aud through faith we IN
derstand Chat the worlds were
framed 10y the |ord of God
The hrst name mentioned IA
the honorable catalogue is that
OF Abel, and We are told thas il
Was by Faith that he offered a
more excellent sacraice than
Cain, and that He beng dead
vet speaketh.n | DO not sap
pose that when Abel went be
fore She Lord as Al humble wOr-
shipper that lie had much thought
OF bcin, remembered for thous-
ands of years, and yet it is so,
and he still speaks We ali de-
sire ia some way 10 peTpetuate
our memory when dead. The
highest aud nOblest wayi IN which
TO do this is in connection wit.
the cause of the Lord Jesus,
and indeed it is the only way by
winch VT may be able 50 to i've
as TO speak hen dead.
This text came into my mind
ov yesterday morning. soOa af-
ter the sad announcement Ofthe
death OF our tenerablo brother,
and certainly it is appropriate
to the OCCASION which brings Us
together. 1t may be truly said
of him "Hs being dead yet
speakein.' But no poor words
of mine can reach his ears which
are closed in death. and so |
must speak for the benefit Of
the hrlug-speak to this large
assembly who have come here
to do him honor. The question
is hat shall we do 90 that We
may speak when dead or ac-
csrding the marginal reading
"be spoken of y answer:
I By haV,ag f,ttA II tis Lord
Jss&.
This Is the starting point; it Is
tbs foundation upon which 10
erect your monument, and 10
n,an 500 has HOt faith Ia Christ
VIII speak as he should when
dead Indeed his monuments
Of stone and OF brass viii soon
crumhle in the tus:, Sat ny faith
las may live forever. amt speak
on and Ca until time shall be no
more.
Abel had faita. in thai early
day, la a coming erer; IL
his seui Vas The &-essUal4Ic hope.
and through thousands Of years
ne aas been speaking and he
Vii continue 10 speak gntil ths
glorious end shah cone sy
Aeaie. you VIII never speak u
tiyou trast jesus Christ, ana II
you never trIs him. You viii
act speak VIXEN dead. The
Isai4sist says The righteous
slaiI be "a everlasting Temem-
Arance. Contrast with this
glorious declaration the words
of the Sise man But the name
0f the wicked shall ret
when lid cur departed broth
or begin 10 speak Was /;
when he looked up IN his moth
ef face and Tor the first tine
liSFed that sweet uamef Nav.
IL was when he gave his heart
TO jesus I was at that moment
when he exercised true faith IN
him; when doubts ed fer
the present. and lie vas enabled
to Say. Ay Lord aad my Cod
Then his tongue was lOosed, and
he began TO speak. He spoke
GU that third L0rd's day N Oe
t0ber, 1872. Forty eight years
ago when he put on Christ in
baptism. administered by the
hands OF Rev. W II Holcomb
tie spoke then, and by the faitli
which he lad ia CHRIST he has
continued - speak And, ~he
being dead yet speaksth" Yes
though bis lips are sealed anG
his body shroGdsi for the silent
tomb, yet he speaks. He speaks
now aud vii continue 10 speas
after loving hands have placed
his remains IL the city OF ths
dead.
II By sstas tras to Cars
caCss.
Believe in the Lord Jesus
Have faith in Him a. the faun.
dati0n upon which ycu arc &c
rest and then stand rs your col
ora. Be Just what YOU profess
to be, stand as imm0v4ble AZ
Gibraltar. Be not like a wave
OF tie Z driven with the winds
and tossed Have religious
convictions. and then maintain
tLsm at all hazards 1t was this
that gave TIA world the holy
martyrs OF whom shs was moi
worthy. Ii vas their loyalty
TO Jesus that carried them TO
the stake anu nate them prefer