Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-04-11


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IL. And it came to pass the day after, that
He went into a city called Main" He had
been at Capernaum, where His soul had been
greatly refreshed by the faith of Gentle, a
Roman centurion, leading him to say, "Ihave
not found so great faith, no, not in Israeli"
and to look forward to the time of the king
dom when many who were far off shall be
found there, and many who thought them
selves entitled to the kingdom shall be cast
out (see Matt. viii, 1913. 1t is not without
purpose that this reference to the kingdom is
found only in the kingdom gospel Matthew
and omitted by Luke; but Luke does mention
the great faith" ". 81, and whether found
: in Jew or Gentle it is this that gladdens the
heart of Jesus and brings forth the "As thou
hast believed, so he it done unto thee" Lord,
give us such faith as this.
IL. Now when He came nigh to the gate
of the city, behold, there was a dead man
carried out" Only here, in all Scripture, is
this city mentioned, but it is forever made
memorable by this meeting of the Prince of
Life and Light and the Prince of Darkness
who has the power of death tActs iii, 10;
Eph vi, 10; Heb. ii, l4. The Son of God was
manifested that He might destroy the works
of the devil Il John iii, s., and when He has
gathered from this present world His elect
company of associate rulers He will then
reign till He hath put all enemies under His
feet; the last enemy that shall be destroyed
is death Il Cor, XIV, %, 2Gl.
THE only son of his mother, and she was
widow; and much people of the city was
with her." The little girl whom Jesus raised
tg,la e. IT
Lazarus seems to have been an only brother
10. And when the Lord saw her, He had
compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep
not" In one company the center of attrac-
ton was the Lord of Life and Glory; in the
other, this poor, desolate, broken hearted
widow. The two now meet, and from the
Fountain of Life into the heart of the desc
late flow the all powerful words, "Weep not"
SO lie also said i'll the house of Jairus duke
TX, 90; and to Mary after the resurrection
lie said, why weepest thou" John Xxx, 15)
Yet He Himself wept at the grave of Lazarus
and on the mount of olives and in the garden
of Gethsemane John ri, 50. Luke xix, fl;
Heb. V, y. When he weeps it is because of
sin either in its present or future results. when
He says Weep mott it is because of what He
is as the Resurrection and the Life. and what
He is able and willing to do a Weep not"
from helpless fellow being is often a vain
word, and almost seems ofttimes like mock
cry; but Weep not from one who has
power to remove the cause of the weeping is
powerful and welcome word We may
fancy how quickly the tears were dried and
all eyes fixed on Him. Let us keep our eyes
on Him while we wait for the time when
right here on this earth, made into a new
EARTH there shall be no more death neither
sorrow, nor crying Rev xxi, ~.
IA. And He came and touched the bier;
and they that bare him stood still" To hear
the words and see the power of God we must
stop and be still. 1t was when God saw that
Moses turned aside to see that He called unto
him out of the bush. Israel at the Red sea
had to stand still in order to see the saliva
ton of jehovah
And He said, Young man, say unto
thee, Arise" Now when all is still and all
eyes are upon Him He utters Just four words
I'm the Creek, but what power and meaning
there is in them, and all because of Him who
uttered them. They are the words of Him
who spake and it was done, who commanded
and it stood fast Ps xxxiii, CO. by whose
word the Heavens We're made and all the host
of them by the breath of His mouth OBJ
serve the 81 say unto thee" which He uses so
often, and IN the sermon on the mount lust
fourteen times Compare it with the many
hundred times repeated Thus saith the
Lord" of the prophets, and note its signif-
canoe The word ''arse" signifies to awake
as from sleep csee Matt. viii, %. xvii. n, and
is used in reference to those who rose from
the dead after His resurrection Matt.
xvii, 81
ID. And He that was dead sat up and be-
gan to speak" Life, and health, and speech
from the Prince of Life, all unmerited all of
grace and all by His word in the power of
the Spirit The words which He speaks are
Spirit and Life, and he that hears and believes
hath everlasting life, and is passed from
death unto life The hour is coming when
all that are in their graves shall hear His
voice the same voice. and shall come forth
some to life and some to condemnation.
Blessed are those who now hear and live that
they may come forth with the righteous at
the beginning of the hour, and not be among
those who shall not rise till the end of the
hour, or the thousand years John vi. G3;
V, 2F29; Rev. Xxx, 81. 1t saws that he began
to speak; will some one explain why so many
who profess to have received life in Christ
have nothing to say for Him. Must we con-
clude that like Zacharias, they are dumb be-
cause of unbeliefl luke i, 20)
And He delivered him to his mother Is
there not here hint, as in the resurrection
of the little girl and Lazarus, of the reunion
of families in the resurrection And while
There shall then be neither marrying nor Civ
ing IN marriage, are we not by these facts,
and by Thess. ii, 49, taught to expect in
some measure reunion of those who in fam
lilies or in service have been united on earthl
10. And there came a fear on all and
they gloriiied God, saying, That a great
prophet is risen up among us; and, That God
hath visited his people" They may have
thought of the resurrectionS through Elijah
and Elisha, and possibly have remembered
these words: II will send you Elijah the
prophet before the coming of the great and
dreadful day of the Lord" NAL iv, 81. or
some of the promises of visitation for deliver
ance and restoration, as Isa. xiv, %, %;
Eek. Nxxviii, S; Zeph. ii, Z, etc The two
companies have now common center
the woman and her son and ali
their friends have joined the disci-
pies and much people who followed Jesus,
ana together they glorify God as seen in Him.
This was the great object of Jesus in all He
] said and did and i'm His last nravar He ;s