The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-12-28
THE GLoAY OF THE LORD.

Rev. DR.. Jarren's Christmas Sermon
ct Trinity.
The Christmas services at Trinity church
yesterday were OF highly interesting
character. The music was a special feature
and was rendered by double quartette.
The church was decorated in a tasteful man.
ner with flowers and plants and everything
about the edidce seemed to be permeated
with the joyful feelings of the festival sea-
son. Rev. A. j. farrell, the pastor preached
an eloquent sermon. He took his text from
ii. Corinthians ill.,, Is: 1--WE all, with open
face, beholding as in a glass the glory of the
LORD, ARE changed into the same image from
glory to glory"
six miles south of Jerusalem"
said Mr.. farrell, "and one mile
east of the road from Jerusalem to
Hebron, stood the village of Bethlehem
the birthplace of David, and by proph-
coy, the birthplace Of the "Son of David"
1t mattered not that his parents lived fifty
miles away among the mountains of Galilee,
and the time of his birth was nigh. 1t
mattered not that great Caesar held iron
sway over all Palestine, and cared
nothing for Israel's God or all
his prophecies. Gods word win
always stand, no matter who holds iron
sway. Cesar himself fulfilled it by order
ing universal census and compelling every
man and woman to enroll at their native
cities. So Joseph and Mary mingled with
the great throng in Bethlehem 1891 years
ago" At this point the pastor gave Lew
Wallace's thrilling description of the mid
night scene in Bethlehem In a graphic man.
ner.
WHAT GODS GLORY Is.
I'm the light of that scene read the text
again. What ia the glory of the Lord9
Pull
When, on Mount Hermon, the savior's face
shone like the sun aud all his raiment be-
came white as snow, such as no fuller on
earth could white them; as when on the
banks OF the river Hiddekel Daniel saw an
angel with face like the sun and about his
loins a girdle of finest gold of Uphaz.'
These manifestations were not the glory of
the Lord-Jhey were material; unspeakably
beautiful. but only symbolic.
what did they symbolize9 As Drummond
says: They symbolic the most radiant
thing in earth or heaven, and that is char
acter.' The glory of the Lord is his char
acter. When Phidias completed his match
less statue of Jupiter he outdid all his mas
ter work. The statue was of finest ivory
Overland with beaten gold. But all the
glory was in the art, the ivory and the gold
No character within or above it, The gold
was wasted on the beastly god. The ivory
or gold is good enough to symbolic the
glory of God. The glord of the Lord is his
character; character is glory, character is
radiant.
FATHER AND SAVIOR OF ALL MEN.
"He is God and Father and Savior to all
men, for all ages, in ell conditions, in de-
grees OF virtue and in all depths of shame.
They may never receive him but he is
theirs. The sun does not shine for a few
trees or flowers but for the worlds wide
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wave its somber bough and cry, Thou art
my SUM-" the tall cedar Of Lebanon, in full
sight of the everlasting caps of snow, bends
it head and signs, "Thou art nv
| SUM-" the tiny violet in the
meadow low lifts its cup of
blue. and whispers with its perfumed
breath, Thou art my sum- and the waving
grain in thousand fields makes answer,
Thou art my ~ So God lives and loves.
and pities and preserves, not few, but ali
the universe OF life. The sweet psalmist of
Israel can say, Thou art my SUM- and all
Israel may repeat it. Phiistia may
claim it, and all the generations of all the
centuries may take up the glad refrain,
Thou art my sum- God so loveth the
world
"The love of God lights up some spots
that nothing else in earth or heaven can
| reach. Mrs. Hemans stood on a mountain
| in Ireland when thunder storm swept over
| 1t. As its dark frown passed over, she
gazed into chasm at her feet, into which
no ray OF light had entered. Such is life.
and such is DEATH she exclaimed through
her tears. as she gazed into tie chasm. In
a moment rainbow spanned the cloud and
| planted its brilliant foot deep into the abyss
turning every rRindrop into a sparkling
gem. %, 1t can be lighted; God can light
it she exclaimed in her Joy.
THE REASON WHY.
"Said cultivated man to an Episcopal
bishop: i have read many infidel books
and they might have moved me but for
three things; First, / am a man, going
somewhere, | know not where; these books
throw no light on that question-my Bible
does, Second. had a seinted mother; |
saw her 60 down into the river leaning on
an unseen bosom, her face radiant with un-