The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-30
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REV. n. L. Hubbard's Initial Sermon at
the Union N. E. Church-His Deserip-
ton of Christ Bursting From the
Tomb.
Rev. 4. L. Hubbard, PHI. D., preached
his initial sermon yesterday at the
Union Nj. Z. Church, to congregation
that Allied both the main audienceroo
and gallery of the church. The pulpit
was almost hidden behind an embank-
mert of Easter flowers The eloquent
preacher was in good health and voice
and made q most excellent impression
upon his large audience. After the
usual devotional exercises, he selected
his text from the 65th and Goth verses
lof the 2Tth chapter of Matthew:
l.Pilate said unto them, We have
watch; go your way, make 1t as sure
las you can. so they went. and made
the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone
and setting watch"
By wayof introduction Mr. Hubbard
said he had not thought of preaching
an Easter sermon until last evening,
and then he thought he would preach
one after all. He supposed that while
he was preaching the minds OF many
of his congregation would be on the
pastor who had served them so faith
fully for five years, but he hoped he
would have at least q share of their
thoughts and prayers. He was glad
his congregation did love such man
as Adam Stengle, and he would love
them tho more on account OF that love
He loved him too and he wanted them
ito keep on loving him and praying for
him until in the future he may be re-
turned again as pastor; he would not
feel the least jealous on account OF
THAT love.
4 Recurring to his text Mr.. Hubbard
llsaid that murderers are often detected
; and arrested on account Or their furry
der is committed Until Jesus was
s!dead his murlerers had no thought oil
: the after consequences. His blood be
upon us ami upon our children they
cried. They knew exaetlv what to dc
while he was living. JhOy had nc
sympathy for him on the cross wher
they passed by wagging their heads
and suying;
lie saved others himself he cannot
save; II he be the Christ let him come
down from the cross and we will be
lleve on him" But 1t was quite another
thing when Jesus WIS dead They wer,
amazed beyond speech when instead o
the sheriff coming and taking him
, down from the cross, putting him in ,
rough box and carting him away to b
buried in Potters field, rich influen
, tial man of Aramithea, and a frlent
Icame with permit from the King Il
take the body. They were more anazel
when Joseph wrapped the body in tn,
richest linens and laid IL carefullyawa,
in his own brand now tomb cut out o
the solid rock In his own garden ant
there embalmed IL with spices. Whel
They seen all this they found tina
Christ had more friends than the,
thonght he had, and they began to asl
themselves, what will we do about i
| lnowr
They had dead man on their hand
NOW aud they were in terrible strait
They had made no calculation for al
this There are plenty of men an,
women in communities in precsel,
the same trouble, though their crime
may Eat he so heinous. They didn'
| intend in the first place to do any grea
(. wrong, but they did it nevertheless
Fbat having done wrong, another wa!
required to hide the first until the,
stand over great magazine, that ma.
blaw up at any Time.
These men who murdered Christ
could have escaped having dead maj
to bury had they wanted to. The,
were offered tho alternative OF talin,
ll}a1rahas in place Of Ckriat, but the
|cried let Christ be cruciiied, 1t is al
= nonsense to say that these men wer
Ignorant, and therefore eXcusable
They knew very well what they wer
a doing. They weIe the most learne
y men in the church and their objeo
ia "a Il 4.
they got BIN dead, the next thing wa
Ito get him out of their sight.
II 1t Is not often that men and wome
:" are so revengofal thatthey will pursu
Ara man after he Is dead, but here is u
exception. These mon went to PLAT
land said Sir, we rememhet that tht
u 'deceiycr said while he was yet qlivl
f,IAfter three days | wilisrise again
n.lThat 'deceivern may have given Ii
disciples instructions how to fool tn
after his delth. They ma
steal his body away from the tomb an
N SAY he arose and Is living and then II
Y last error will BIO worse than the frs
They said to Iilate, we are you
N friends Mr.. King, we will stand b
you and watch that tomb Ii you'll Il
1fIus and we will see that lie don't con
to life again. Pilate, the heather, sa
Il to these men, members oil the churG
|, you lave your watch. set it and seal Il
NJ stone, and see that you don't let tn
dead man get up and walk ava,
How silly II is for men TO 60 ON al
on in sin, creating one sin to hide a
other.
These mon went to work and got
which they wrapped around Il
, stone, tied 1t to the sepulchre and thu
)d lput splotehes of wax here and the
-, over it, that It might be easily detect,
VI III anybody tempered with it. Win
ri they got all this done, they impious
9alcried, NOW Ged OF Heaven, break tn
ltistring If you CAM These men we
not ignorant. They knew the bible
Through. They knew that Christ W
Ic the son OF God. They knew that
ID mother was tho immaculate girg
n Mary. They watched him his who
life of thirty-three years. They 81
him feed tie multitude, heal the sic
open the eyes OF the blind, INST,
deaf ears, made the lame walk, ca
out devils and raise tho dead Tn
knew all about him. Oh, how silly
N was of them TO try to tie Col out wi
~, a string. Oh my brethren there
nothing.more silly than to live lille
idlsohedience to God.
These murdcrers of Christ would |
the sun, would shut out the light
drawing a blanket over the uniYer