The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-12-26
rHE LESSON OF THE DAY.


4 large congregation attended st. Mark 3
lbiscopol church yesterday morning and
Hstened to Rev. ID. G. CARROTS Christmas
wmon. The music for the occasion, rem
14ed BY vested choir of forty men and
tys, was especially fine. Mr.. Garrett
hose as his text: "The word was made
nh and dwelt among US, full of grace, y
lohn i:l4, and preached as follows:
OR thoughts turn naturally this Christmas
y 70 the doctrine of the incarnation, a truth
| ~ conveys little meaning, / fear, as formal
biological phrase. Ii i. ads too often rs an
uintesiigible do.trine requiring no sp .iEl con-
d1s1tion and having little TO do with the pisc-
tnl Christian life But a truth gsor.vvs as this
nmsu race should not be thus reiegated
| N the domain OF theo0gics Il thought.
hbelongs to humanity on the practical side,
/ ~ its lessons are the brightest and best that
posd Incarnation means literally Gin the flesh"
I'd doctrinally, stands for the divine life
dothed upon with physical body. But In Or
| 81 10 understand the full significance of this
nPresion we must study the relations between
m end his Creator. From the beginning Of
- self.couscious life Of man we find one desire
oose al others springing fresh from the fount-
~ Of the heart. TWAS the prayer Of the world
through the long ages OF the past to attain tho
bdequacy Of this earthly knowledge. In the
mise Of Independence they leaned for support
q higher power. This gave rise to the re-
lsious feeling, the soul Of man craving the sup
pot Of God. To ku?w God through nature was
not enough, To feel His presence in the exper-
knee OF thought and life did not satisfy
% inherent longing to have Him close by, to
- Him, as II were, face to face, gave vent to
ne CRY for personal God, who would assume
human race. This desire permeatcd the religions
nd philosophers OF the ancient world, and is
nnetantiated BY an almost universal hope,
whether found in the NEUROLOGICAL tales of
snece and Rome, or in the direct promises OF
re prophets Of Israel, when we are told that
9t creeks erected statues to Demctrius Polior-
0le rs divine, and the Romans honorcd their
emperors as gods. That upon many great men of
~ y was common to bestow the title of the son
q the gods, and even physical incarnations like
sAose Of Buddha and Hercules were conceived,
xe have only the added witness OF the continued
gpecfation for the real and positive manifesto
uen OF Deity as embodied in the person
o Jesus and proven BY the unparalleled
once heard of little caild awakening In the
e4bt and calling for the mother in nn adjoining
leQm Tho reply, voiced in words OF love, did
g gtisiy. The child called again, crying, II
hand" The wish Of this little child expresses
loyez most 1t would hold in tangible form The
s soiio awakened in the dark night OF doubt and
S,.esa ana cried for the sight of Gods face,
into the man Jesus came the Word which was
nom the beginning OF the world. Jesus was
s - the ideal herd of humankind. the
S IN whose life was henceforth TO permeate
me cnannels of human thouxht and action
Inc coming Of Christ was the fulfillment Of the
s 1aI Will Oh the Father. He was the Lamb
S n ror the foundation of the world. IL was
~ manifestation OF a relation to humanity
ursper than external motive
fhsa aln rF -{..sk A..
ns u, IN the image OF God, aud likewise God
- ~ me element OF humanity. In the Christ the
M w. natures are united. Ii Was man reaching
sallnest towards God and God bending nearest
~ ssIus man. The human aspect of the divine
~ blessed, comforting thought The world
s woua oe DARK indeed without God whose nat.
~ souid touch the nature of man. Mankind
~ auss nave God who can be seen and felt. In
q saes o. Christ is bchcld the glory the glory
"a " me only bcgotten Son of God, full OF grace
~ ruth. In and through the person of Jesus
NV learn how life can be glorified, and broken
s s.'eu ana down trodden spirits rise up again
sa sa sewed lie and courage at the infinite
And 'e esea With VII by the an p ,npsse
Il ,ha ana No.. the h ;, proud iu the world,
49,, sMoodleo 10 human form, walking among
49,, partaking OF their infirmities, leaning on
49, seSpms, weeping over their graves, slum-
~. us IN tue manager, bleeding ON the cross,
a. saa, Tee preindices of the synagogue and the
ssIo.s OF the academy and the pride of the
49, ksuso ana the tasecs OF the lictors and the
sass us u thirty lcgions were humbled In the
s sus1 kemembor the real meaning OF Christ s
s ss'qs Some would have us think that the
q ~. sesus conceived pure ideal and lived up
A., sais faithfully. Others say his life was sub.
1as., .alolsh conformity 60 duty. Still others
~ snai the chief glory of the Christ lay III
~ - e =" enthusiasm for humanity, But these
~ enly partial conceptions of the truth,
no,s .n.si life was all this and yet
isssc. Inc motive of that life was not
s,slmined by the passing conditions OF time aud
sRsss..osndings. 1t lay in the love and the will
a. a. a sefs with the Father from the beginning.
~ .aon.ng was the fulhllment OF that love and
tiss "nsered IN the etSsna. good OF all man.
soss.. so 1od loved the world" No other
81, 800 gan justify the scope of the Christ-lifc.
= ,i sos N the single srthly life of Jesus can
-, sinW ,ne meaning of the Incarnation. lt was
sos.s s..apss phys manifestation OF external
r. y, ms is the trend OF theological Thought
a. sss ~ conception of this truth. should feel
y q w impScfc 'sly under ieod the mes niuger
iA,r -. ~ lhesrhation II Ii esrracd you 20 Turin
trs - s1e thought OF single physical Manifesto
i sn.s saa dwelt among Us fall of grace and
snsss. And that indwellins presence
m nusd ON from ago TO age. The
,hcarnatiou is the inmfncncc
{ hnnsen,, Christ-spirit in TIC lie
= ,sSsht 10 be. and the sonship III the tather
~ seScn us the possibility of s.alsr p IN eN-
fssn s,SAsr siter God. The incarnation y con-
49,. The Chi 81 lie soes on ami multi"les
~, 70 countless seed dsliists. Christ teloigs
~ ~ ano lsv in all who love Him. lie tS3.-
d = enniin*d 10 any one .,se or nation chslr q
f-ss'se Every truth in science as wei as re-
r ssss, CIV ~ cause for the ..vod OF man. eNe
4 s'. inert Tor The alienation OF the Poor sna
81. sna suffering, is n witness of Gle Chr.st
M ,arMeiling among Ia, full of grace aud truth
Rs,s snssfnsion of t9e Chiist points the Way TO-
~ NE incarnation OF the world As IL hrs
EnsA,1 :saGtifuliy put, .'Christ lived IN Cod
snssssat IN God, suffered in God, that VIC, too,
az fs' I'VE and love. suffer and each. as lie
a. s ,als continuous incarnation there Is also
No. 1ssscal side not 10 be overlooked. nave
j ~ emphasizing the spiritual part because this
esssaaMrsl But as fn the person of Christ tee
D. ~ BODY enshriDesi the divine nature, 80 In
= - el-absdlng provence of the Christ among
sakze y not only the spirit moving the heart,