The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-08

.s "eS suAuiux sneI armies ana causing TO
spring mp In their track colony after colony
Why did the streams rise ana fail to scconmo-
GATE tnemy II was the very reverse with their
enemies. Why did the Greeians think that the
very stars fought for them? If you study more
carefully you w0 see the secret Of the success of
the great Macedonian, for behind his armies
sprang up Greek colonies, and the Greek Ian
guage spread almost all over the then known
earth; and II you study the Greek tongue you
win end, perhaps, the secret of Gods purpose
to find vehicle of Communication, a proper
language by which TO convey the glorious Gospel.
The dimcuities OF missionaries Of all great de-
nominations have been to dnd proper words In
foreign languages for the truths of the Gospel.
IL is hard to find in some foreign tongues words
to ut the sublime thoughts OF the teachings of
Jesus Christ; so the armies Of Philip and Alex
ander were spreading the most plant and most
beautiful language. Surely God hath highly
exalted Him.
But find another preparation. When that
little man oil Tarsus was leaving his own bigoted
people and going to the Gentilss, q strong arm
was needed for his protection. Again and again
ne nad been beaten with stripes and cast into
prison BY his own countrymen, until finally
we see his prosecutors checked by his
simple ufterance, 81 am o Roman" God
mas made the preparation of the
force OF law before which the world had to sub
nit Again, IL you go today into Rome and de-
scend into the excavation OF the arc of the old
capitol, down by the basilica OF Julian and out
by the forum, and leading far out into the
country, there is the famous Appian way. These
old roads are sometimes paved with stone, and
again with cement almost imperishable, for 1t
stands still solid today. Somebody made this
road Tor purpose. The Caesars thought they
were building them AZ highways for the COM
merce OF the world. But one above saw the ad-
vantage of having q smooth and protected way
fnr AL T.
Nazarene 70 carry the Gospel, and the world saw
for the first time the spectacle OF peaceful man
going along this way, protected by law.
Another preparation is the heralds sent out.
We can tell little Of the character of the man
by the heraids sent out by him. Away back
yonder in history you see blazing out over the
ages great Noah. We must do things by MAORI
ties, but now and then comes along man who
buttons up the majority in his oyercoat; SO
Noah stood alone, preaching righteousness for
I'D years, building the ark, and, for aught
know, making new timbers to replace those that
had grown old, but there he was, up In the
mountain, believing in the supernatural. be-
heving In the word OF God, believing in the
coming food. Yet Noah was only barefooted
courier going before the coming Prince
Abraham, that strange and solid man, with
such character that he was called the "Friend
OF God" such q character that in him God
organized His church militant, and he was
called the "father of the faithful" conquering
kings among the slime-pits of the vale OF Sodom,
establishing his own dynasty as a father of
nations, extending his own estate as a prince of
his time, yet Abraham was only q painting,
bare-footed herald, running in advance Of the
chariot Of Christ
And yet another: Moses. that marvellous
character. learning in Egypt all the arts of the
Egyptians, familiar with the ropes by which
ghosts were raised. putting to awe and conster
nation imperious Pharoah, and then in the
wilderness OF Sinai, forty years in the desert
tween God and man, offering sacrifices TO the
God of Israel, teaching mathematics and how to
survey land, teaching music to the Greeks and
war to the Pharaohs; philosopher, statesman,
poet and warrior; the ripest scholar; 30 that.
today, he stands foot to foot and eye to eye with
the most advanced thinkers, and yet Moses was
only a bareheaded, barefooted, painting. per-
spring herald a. he travelled the hot path in ad-
vance OF the chariot of the King OF Glory.
Surely God hath highly exalted Him.
But still another indication Of His exaltation
IL His associates. Go with me to Nazareth.
Watch the people as they gaze expectantly at
the stone house OF the carpenter son, and listen
eagerly for His coming; then how they hang
upon His words as the weird, wonderful sweet
and blessed words fall from His lips; you will
find everywhere there the wondering children
OF the common people. But they were not the
companions of Jesus Earth had no ft society
for Him. Why, the Pharisees said that
"He eateth with publicans and sim
ners," just as II He could eat with
anybody else in this world. To Him the
greatest millionaires compared become ragged
paupers before the princes that have worshfped
for ages in the presence of Jesus; our scholars
as ounces before the ancient sages that had
learned wisdom in the presence of Jesus; our
rulers as slaves before the kings that have cast
their crowns at the feet of Jesus; our saints az
viiest sinners before that white-washed, white
robed throng that had adored at the throne Of
Jesus. See Him In that great struggle beyond
the Jordan, he stands alone in that great final
conflict which must decide for all tine. See the
dark iegions of the world OF destruction, the
arch fend confronting Him; every dark cave
every pit OF evil of this world OF sorrow sends
its unclean spirit of evil, and they push aud
clamor with all the weapons, and at all costs 10
overcome Him. But above Him is another COM
pany, an innumerabie multitude, from all the
courts of heaven, waiting for signal from the
infinite Father, but no signal comes, for single
handed aud alone He stands against our great
enemy, and, conquering him, the great winged
multitude of angels ministers unto Him Thus
we get some little idea of the society that &C.
companied Jesus.
Another indication Of His exaltation is His
work, for, after all. that is the only exaltation
OF one-what he can do. The only thing is the
"arduous greatness of things achieved" His
work was TO bring life and immortality to
light-our very life. Adams transgression
made salvation a necessity. And standing in
the presence of Jesus we no longer stand in the
presence of the great unknowable, we stand in
the presence of tho living Father OF our Lord,
Jesus Christ, and the Father OF our spirits is
upon the throne; we are no longer mere ma
chine with grinding cogs, We catch some slight
glimpse OF immortality, only slight one, peer
ing little way into the infinite, into the great
beyond. We are only yet in the beginning,
only few beatings Of the pulse;
we have before US the endless
ages. Soon this beautiful church will have
crumbled to dust; soon this slightly knoll go
down to meet the sea: In little while this great
earth OF ours will be singed to a cinder, and be
pitched away into perpetual darkness; In
little time your sun viii stumble in his proud
path and pass out into awful blackness; in but
a short while this great universe, with all its
countless suns and myriad of globes will be
folded together like q garment and laid away
like vest and be gone; but after all that you
and will still be on the plane of being in the
morning OF light, stretching forth orr bright
pinions toward the eternal throne-life and I'm
mortality. Surely God hath highly exalted
Him.
Bishop Fowler closed with fervent ex-
hortation to accept Christ as the pilot,
and to trust in His power TO save to the
uttermost them that call upon Him.
Rev. F. B. Cherrington, president of the
Puget Sound University at Tacoma,
preached the sermon in the evening,
choosing also as q subject the wonderful
grandeur of the character of Jesus Christ
Dr. Cherrington treated his subject with