The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1890-01-16
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to express His royalty. No palace able to e1-
press His wealth. NJ sccpSra able to express
His power an His donjnioa. Drinking from
tn, fountain that drjD5 from the everlasting
Il rex. Among the ha:p,rs h1rping with their
harps On 4 sea Of glass miaSle with fire.
B,foco th3 throne OF Col, to 20 10 more olt
forever. The spark of Gra2, that Christ hal
to keep b)th hlr Is OVER let it con-, t. ex-
tiactioa, hlvias ltnel uo into honor anil
glory an Imu)rs~lity. What humble start
ius! What glDriouS c)nSanmltiou!
The Now Testament Church was on a
snlll scllc. Fishcrm,r watched it. Against
the uprisin walls crashed inferntl enginary.
The worll sail anathe;nl. Ten thousin
p,opl9 raioic,l ut every seeming defeat, an |
said: "Ahl! aha! Sd we woull have IT. "
Martyrs on frs criel: "How long, o Lori,
how lOas?n Worry humble starting, but seq
the difference at the con5umnaton, WHOM
Christ with His almighty arm has struck oil
the last chain of humln bonlago, and
Himalaya shall be Mount Zion; and
Pyrenees, Moriah; aud oceans the walking
place Of Him who tfod~t5 'waTes Gni!!ffs~ GG.ni!fs 6:
stormed Tiberias, AMI island shall call to
island, sea to sea, continent to continent, and
tho song of the worlds redemption rising
the heavens like groat sounding board
shall strike back the shout of salvation to
the earth until itrebounds again to the throne
of God, and all heaven, rising on their
thrones, beat time with their scepters. Oh,
what an humble beginning! What a glorious
endingl Throne linked to manger, heavenly
mansions to stable. -
My subject also impresses me with the ef-
feet of Christ's mission upward and down.
ward Glory to God, peace To man. When
God sent His Son into the world, angels dis
covered something new i'll God, something
they had never seen before. Not power, not
wisdom, not love- They knew all That be-
fore. But when God sent His Son into this
world thon the angels saw the spirit OF self
denial in God, the spirit of self-5acrliicc I'D
God. 1t is easier to love an angel on his
throne than thief on the cross, seraph
in his worship than an adultercSs III her
crime. When tho angels saw God-the God
who would not allow the most insignificant
angel in heaven to be hurt-9ive up His Son,
somethin, that they had never thought of
before, and TO not wonder that when Christ
started out en- that pilgrimage tho ANGELS III
heaven clapped their wings i'll triumph and
callo1 on all tho hosts of heaven to help them
celebrate it, and sang SO loud that the Beth
lehem shepherds heard it: GLORY to God IN
the highest"
But it was also to be a mission of peace to
man. Iufuito holincS5-accumulatei de-
pravity. How coull they ever come TO-
gether! The Gospel bridges over the dis
tance. 1t brings Col to us. 1t takes us to
God. Col in Us, AMI we i'll God Atone
mentl Atone;nent! Justice satisfied sins
forgiven, eternal life securol, heaven built
Oh mnngor, -,
But It was also to be the pacificaticn Of all
individual aud international auilnosities.
What a sound this word Of peace had in the
Roman Empire that boasted OF tho number
of people it hal massacred, that prided itself
on the number OF thy slain, that reiolced
at the trembling provinces Sicily and Cor.
sica aud Sardinia aal Macedonia and Egypt
had bowed to her sword aud crouched at tho
cry Of her war eagles. She gave her chief
honor to Scp;o anil FIbius and CaSar-all
men of blood What contempt they must
bave hsd there for the pcnniless, unarmed
Christ in the garb of Nazarine, starting out
to conquer all nations. There never was
place on earth where that word peace sounded
80 Extensively to the ears of tho multitude as in
the Roman Empire. They did not want peace
The greatest music thcy ever heard was the
clanking chains of their captives If all tue
blood that has been shel in battle could be
cathereI together it would upboar navy.
The club that struck Abel to the Garth has its
ecfo in toe butcheries OF all ages. Edmund
Burke, who gave no wild statistics, said that
hore hal b,Sn sp,1t in sllu shtcr tiirty-hyo
thousand millions of dollars, or what would
be equal to that; but he had not seen into
our times, when in our own day, in America,
we expended three thousand millions OF dol
lars III civil war.
Oh, it we could now take or position on
some high point AMI see thu worlds armies
march pastl What a spectacle it would be-!
There 60 the hosts OF Israel through scors
Of Rcd soas-one Of water, tho rest OF blool.
There so Cyrus aud his army, with 1nturlats
yell rejoicing over the fall Of the gates OF
Babylon. There goss Alexander, leading z
forth his hosts and c)n1u,rinS all the world
but HIMSELF the earth reeling with the bat
tie gash Of Arbela aul Persepolis. There
goes Ferdinand Cortes, leaving his buthered
enemies On thu tablo lands oaco fra
grant with vanilla anl covered over
with groyo, of lowering cacao. There
c),s tn, grolt Ftelcimin Leading his army
dowl through E,ypt like ono of its plagus,
an up thcoI ,h Russia like one OF its own ICY
bla Sts. Yoll>r is the grave trench under the
shaiow OF Soba5topol. Thoro arc tho RUNS
of D, ,lhi an Allahabld, aal yoNler are tho
inhuman S.poys anl tn, brave regiments
under H,velocf avea5iug tlo inSultsd flag OF
Britain; while cut right through the heart OF
my nltive larl is trench in which there lie
one million Northarn AMI Southern dead.
Oh. tn, tears! Oh, tn, btoo1! On, the lone
m,rches! Oh, the hospital wounlS! Oh, tn
mlrtyriom, Oh, the delth! But brighter
than tae light which tllShel on all thes;
swor.ls and Shields anl mI,;Setry Is tue llgh'
thai fell Oh Bethlehem. All loulsr than thS
bray OF the trunp,ts, all tho nslghnS oil tas
chargers, AMI the crash of the walls, and the
groaniu5 OF the dying armies, is the sou:
that unrolls this moment from tho SKY
sweet as though all the bells or heave;
rung a Jubilee: "Peacs on earth, goo1 vii
toward IN IN" Oa, when will the day come
God hasten it!-whcn the swords shall b'
tnrnel into plowsharcs, AMI the fortrcs5e
shall b, rem1 lclel iuto churches, and taE
men of blooi blttlin, for renown sh1ll be
come good soldiers of jesus Christ, and tn
cannon now striking tlowa whole columns o
dsath shall Thunder tn, victories OF the
truth.
When we think Of the whole world savcC
we are apt TO think of the few people that
now inhabit it. Only very few compared
with the populations to come. And what ;
small part cultivated. DO you know it ha
been authentically estimated that three
fourths Of Europe is yet all barrcnness
and that nine hundred and nlnciy-on
one-thousandth part OF ia cntir
/ globe is mcultivated? This is al
all gcspelized Oh, what tears o
repentance when nations begin to weep! Oh
what silpplications when continents begin t
pray! oh, what rejoicing when hemisphere
begin to sing! Churches will worship on til
| places where this very hour smokes the bloo
! ofhuman sacrifice, and wandering througl
| the snake infested junglcs Of Africa Christ
! heel will bruise the scrpents bend. Oh, who
! the trumpet of salvation shall be Sounds
everywhere AMI the nations arc re
deemed light will fall upol