Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-01
WORK OF THE LORD
A Sermon Delivered in Chief
Cities Of Scotland.
TALnAeE MUCH SOUGHT FOR
Since HIS k=roEn from Russia
vis~s On tAs Msshsd Of Preach
ing--Us< Of Woods

Ing--Isc Of WoEcs-
LokDos, Jug si.--Sfnce his return
from Russia EG- Talmags hzs BEEN lis
orally Eooded sath invitations 10 address
eolgr egatisns and lycsanns on the sub
1eet Of his JouI ney 10 the land Of the
ear, whittier h.s went with Mr.. Louis
Klopsch 20 dirsct the distribution Of
The Christian Hs raid relief cargo. While
expressing ans high appreciation Of the
cordial welcome xnsa splendid hospitality
extended b. the officials Of ST. Peters
burg and Mosoe~s. Of the civic honors
hsapsd upon tho American visitors and
Of aus@la's nsssssnsl gratitude % Amer
iea, a. personally sxprossed by tue
ezzrowrsz AZ Poserhof. where he enter
taiaed them Is guests. DIR. Tsimase has
been compelled 10 adhere 10 his original
proerszLaIae. During the week he has
been preaching IN the leading Scottish
CITIES. Hs arrangements for next week
include services at Newcastle and Sun
dsriand. s4si thereafter ne goes 20 tho
Isle Of dan for a few days. The sermon
selected for tbs week is entitled Pre-
eminent" tae text be5ng John iii, 81,
.-He taat comath from above IS above
all"
The most conspicuous character of
history steps cut upon the platform.
The finger which, dlamonded with light.
pointed down to ham from the Bethle-
hem SKY was only ratification Of tho
finger OF prophecy. tbs finger Of geneal-
ogy, the finger Of chr 0nology. the finger
OF events-ail five fingers pointing In
cue direction. CArist Is the overtop-
ping fgure of all tnse. He Is the vox
humane in all maSc. tho gracefulest
hne IN all sculpture. the most exquisite
miugliug of lights and shades in all
painting, the acme OF ali climaxes,
the dome OF all cGthesirsled grandeur
and the peroration OF all splendid Ian
guags.
The Greek alphabet is made up of
twenty-four letters, and when Christ
compared himself 10 the first letter and
the last letter, the alpha and the omega.
he appropriated TO himself all the splen-
doris that you can spell out either with
those two letters and al letters between
them. II am the Alpha and the Omega,
the beginning and the end. the first and
the last Or. if you prefer the woris
Of the text, .'above ALL"
ALL HUMAN MEANS FALL INFINITELY
sHoKr.
Il means, after you have piled up all
Alpine and Hinalayan attitudes. the
q 4 4. 49, -.
wings and descend thousand leagues
10 touch those SUBMITS. Pelion, high
mountain of Thessaly; Ossa, . high
mountain. and Olympus, high noun
tain: bat mythology tells us when
the giants warred AZ inst the gods they
piled up these thT ? mountains, and
from the top Of the proposed to scale
the heavens: but 20 height was not
great enough and t.1srs was . complete
failure. And after all the giants-Isaiah
and Paul. prophetic and apostolic giants;
Raphael and Michael Angelo. artistic
giants; cherubim and scraphim and
archangel, celestial giauts-have failed
to climb to the top Of Christ's glory. they
might all wen unite in the words Of the
text and say. He that cometh from
above h above all"
First. Christ must bo above all else in
our preaching. There are 50 many
books ON homilctics scattered through
the world that all laymen, as well as all
clergymen. have made up their minds
what sermons ought to be. That SER
mon Is most effectusl which most point
ediy puts forth Christ as the pardon Of
all sin and the correction Of all evil,
individual, social, political, national.
There is no reason why we should ring
the endless changes on few phrases.
There are those who think that IL an
exhortatiou or discourse have frequent
mention Of justification. sanctification.
covenant Of works and covenant Of
grace. that therefore IL must be pro-
foundly evangelical. while they are srs-
picious of discourse which presents
the Same truth. but under different
phraseology.
Now. say there is nothing in all the
opulent realm Of Angio-s5axonism or all
the word treasures that we Inherited
from the Latin and the Greek and the
fndo- European but we have night 20
marshal il In religious discussion. Christ
sets the example. His illustrations were
from the grass. tho flowers. the spittle,
the salve. the barnysrd fowl, the crys-
tals OF salt. as well as from the ssas
and the stars. and we do not propose in
our Sabbath school teaching aud ia our
pulpit address 10 be put ON the limits
TIE POWER OF RIGHT WORDS
I know that there - great deal said
In cur day against words. as though they
were aothing. They may be misased.
but they have an imperial power. They
arr the bridge batween soul and soul.
between Almighty God and the human
race. What did 9ed write upcn the
tables ~ sfcness Words What did
Christ utter on Mount olivetY Words.
Out Of what did Christ strike the spark
for the illumination Of the universal
Ont OF words. LET there be light and
hight was Of ceursh Thought is the
cargo and words are cniy the ship: but
how FIST woaid yspr cargo get on with
out the ship
what yea need, my friends. in al
-FOUR WORK. ia yoar Sabbath school class,
Il Osps Eeods r. ~.