Telegram-herald., 1890-02-17

ARA era apoIu and arch znE-i celestial giants
have faiied 10 climb % the top 4 Cnrist's
T glory, thsy might al well unite ia the words
+ ot the text aud Ssy: "Hs that cometh from
! above Is above al
C1EISr AsOvF ALL FTSr
FIRST CnTst must be above all els. m Cur
Z preaching There ara - many bools ON
homiiencs @>attersd through the country that
ali laymer- As well as all clergynen. have
made up their minds what sermons ought 10
o. That sermon Is most effectual which
most pointed puts forth Christ a. the par-
dou u al sin and the correction Of all evil
ndividuad, social, political, national There
Is no reason why we should ring the endless
changes or few phrase There ar those
who think that il an exhortat.on or a dis
course have trequentmentiono Of Justification
SaDcahcatlCn, covenant OF works and cove
naut of grace, that therefore il must be p-o-
ioundiy evangelical. while they are suspjcious
OF a discourse which presents the same ,rutb
but under different phrassoioxv. Vow 7 sav
there Is nothing in all the opulent realm of
Angio-SaIo nLSIn. Of all the word tr.as,res
that We Inherited from the Latin and the
Greek and the lndo-European. but W. have a
right 10 marshal II in religious discussion
Christ sets the example his illustrations
were from toe graSs. the flowers. the sDit.Ic
the salve, the bsrnyard fowl. the CRYSTALS of
salt. as well as from the seas and the star
and We do not propose in our Sunday school
teaching and 10 our pulpit address 70 be put
On the limits
know tnGt there IS a great deal said in
our day against words n though thew rera
nothing. They may be mis,lsed. but they
have.an imperial power They are the bridge
between soul and soul between Almighty Cod
and the human race. What did God write
upon the tables of stonesl Words What did
Christ utter on Mount Olivefi Words Or,
Of what did Christ strike the spark for the
illumination Of the universei Ont Of word.
Let there be light and light was or
course, thought is ths cargo and words ara
only toe shIp- but how fast would vour cargo
get ca without the shipi What You ne,,l. NV
friends, IN all yOur work. in your Sabbatb
school class, IN your reforrnatory institutions
and what we s!l need Is 20 enlarge our vo.,ab
uiary, when we come TO speak about f5,d and
Christ and heaven. We ride few old words
70 death when there Is such ilhmitable 70
source. Shakespeare employed fifteen tbou-
sand different words for dramatic puruoeas.
Milton employed eight thousand different
~ovris for poetic purposes. Rufus Choafa ON.
ploJ>t over eteven thousand different words
FOR legal purposss. but The most Of us have
lsss than thousand words that we can rns,-
sgs, less than five hundred. and that makes
rs So stupid
When va come 70 set forth The love n
brSt Va are gong - take teucGeresf phrsse-
ology wherever We find ~ and II il hss never
o~en ussd IN that direction before. ell tho
more shall ~ uSe n When vro cor1a 70
speak % the glory OF Christ the Con1,le-or
- sre going 70 draw our siuriIez from tn
umPhsl arch and orstoFio and everything
grand and stErp-ojosz The French navy
hsvs eighteen i>es hy which tbev give sig I
nsl, but thoSs sigatseo aass taey can PIT into /
slrtv-siT thousand different combinations /
and / have % tell TOu thai these standards Of I
.hs croSs may b lifted INTO CON binstio-,s in
'nihe and vsristies everlasting And kat ne \
- p f1ess Young men who come from the /
'hToiogicsi saSni Dsries into or scrvlceS every
~son'-r md sre after uhiia going ~ /
preach Jesus Christ. vo1 vin hsva tho largest
lteFtY 40 lsRlia.ltAd resource You oniv
have - present Ce-'st y v0tir VT rvav
Jonathan wrris ureachei Cbrist M he
'e7e-eSf Argument ever uen1ed. an1 John
8un7R0 preached Christ IN tha =ibli-re<. Al
sgcr7 ever composed F3rsTd Fava1n SICK
In'f 7rhaustsi. 'ssrai - szsiu-. no sit4 of
ne pulpit a. Wzpl out bis dis-cu-ss. While
r~orze WG-s ield witn tha -1anre~ arf the
'ol'a s-d tre ssa-t - an actor. overwhn'7res
is sndltcrv Ir wcula have beeu a different
hirg 4 J0na zen Fi~sris ra4 t-iesi - vv-i.e
nd dream anr-. Pie pli Erlrs ~ 'Eress 70 tho
siesfiai City or [-r- 8unrau -sd atssu7pte-i
"a eszaT IN t1- man -lu
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