The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-25
THE SUFFERING AND GLORY
Morning Text of the Rev. J. II. D. Smith
at the Central Christian Church.
The Services Largely Attended-Rev. Dunlap
Pills the Pulpit at Plymouth-Reyiyal
Services at Friends Church.

Rev. j. II. O Smith. of Valparaiso, and
Rev. ID. X. Lucas. of the Central Church of
this city, exchanged pulpits yesterday. and
the former gentleman conducted tho two
services yesterday at the Central Church.
His subject for the morning was suffering
and Glory" his text being the seventeenth
verse of the eighth chapter of Romans:
II so he we suffer With Him that We may be
also glorified together.
If il is true that any work of art is great
as there are great ideas in il. the Bible is
the greatest of all books. having in it the
worlds greatest ideas. Man stands be-
tween the world of ideals on the one hand
and the world of duties on the other. Some
practically ignore the task of life and
dwell in the realm of the ideal. Others
ignore the realm of the ideal and spend
life In and among works and duties. Jesus
gathered up all that is great in the ideal
world. and. at the same time. applied it to
the commonest duties of life. He brought
Gods greatness down within the reach of
the cOmmonest life. and brought the most
ordinary duties up into the REALM of God
like action. Christ is the divine answer to
every unanswered human question con-
corning God. He is the human fulfllment
of every divine requirement concerning
man. Upon Him as the word of God our
questionlngs may fold their wings and be
at rest.
L may be asked: Can a divine being
lot %suiferl' In DemOichen0's great pict-
ure an angel stands by the empty cross
touching with his finger the sharp points
of the thOrny crown which the Savior had
worn. He was trying to understand the
mVaterV of SOrr0w .JeSUa did not die
alone. He was crucitied between W
thieves. While the glory of His life fell
across their lives. the darkness of their
lives fell across his heart.
We are In q world of suffering. Sclen-
fists tells us that rank rises above rank.
from the lowest animalcule up to the very
line that separates the creature from the
uncreated.
All ranks are full and as happy as their
capacity and environment can make them,
except man. Every cup he reaches forth
his hand to take has some bitterness IN 1t.
mingled with the sweet for which he longs.
The Bible account tells us that once man
was happy. He was made in Gods image
and God was his environment: I'm Him
we live and move and have our being"
Man. by his voluntary sin. spoilt his
adaptation to his environments and went
out of harmony with God. Hence his life
of sorrow. Sin 10 a wan of harmony with
God, a kind of blind fight against God and
the laws of the universe. 1t Is not Gods
INV Win uO nCdIt tiat IOouL-
Tection-you cannot bury Jesus. You may
take Him to your halls OF judgment and
pass sentence on him there; you may take
Him up Calvary's mountain and nail Him
TO the cross: you may put HIM In your
rocky tomb and roll q stone before the
door OF the sepulcher and place q Roman
seal upon il and a Roman guard around it
Gods angel from the sky will roll back
the stone. the Roman guard will retreat
and Jesus will stand forth IN resurrected
glory. Shakespeare says 1.-The sleeping and
the dead are but as pictures" In the light
of the gospel they belong TO the greatest
realities of the universe. Men are to be
judged by their expectancy. We shall be
glorified with Him. Christ prayed that
His disciples might be with Him where He
was. The apostle John said: 1T doth not
yet appear what we shall be."A Material
science speaks of man as he was. The New
Testament speaks of him as he is to be.
Science speaks of his origin; Christ of his
destiny. In the coming day of Judgment
the unknown heroes of the world Will be
throned and crowned. On the battlefield
of Gettysburg. on long rows OF marble
slabs, has been placed the simple word.
unknown" These heroes gave. not only
life. but even anne for the country they
loved so we'll. So the heroes of common
life God will crown, and, bewildered IN the
glory of that day, they will ask: when
saw we Thee hungry and thirsty and gave
Thee to drinkf' Then shall the King
answer, ""Inasmuch as ye did il unto the
least of these We did lt unto me. Enter
into thy kinydom."