The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1893-02-21
THE ADVOCATE.
SERMON
DELIVERED BY REV. Il. /. NAVE
At the Anniversary of the Insti.
tuition ofthe Y. M. O. A. of
this City.

was small, yet thy latter end shoui'
greatly Increase.
AsBible History illustrates the text
The race sprang from one man ant
one woman. After tie flood, thu
earth was peopled from Noah and hi
family, eight persons in all. Abran
is called out of Ur of the Chaldees, tC
become the "father of the faithful
and the head of family as numerou:
as the stars and as countless as the
sands of the sea shore. When Abran
was in doubt concerning the manner oil
fulfilling the promise, God said: "Il
Isaac shall thy seed be called"
How strangely Isaac was guided in
blessing Jacob in place of Esau. OF
Jacobs sons, Judah is chosen as the
one from whom Christ should spring.
Joseph is sold as slave by his
brethren. Two years he languishes
in prisoD-after few years more he
stands before Pharaoh honored of God
and men, for his singula, purity, wis
dom and faithfulness. "God was
with him and delivered him of all his
Affections. Through series OF remark
bic providences, the Hebrew youth
passed from slavery to sovereignty,
and became, at once, the Savior of his
family and the benefactor of his race.
Moses the scion of a depised people,
drifting in the basket on the Nile,
fluids favor in Thermuthis' eyes,
becomes prince at Egypt's Court,
| the heir apparent to Pharaoh throne
Early training and faith-filled prayer,
coupled with fear of his mothers
God and hatred of oppression, lead
him to champion his despised brothers
cause, to smite the Egyptian task
master and flee for his life. After
forty years of communication with
God, he sees the burning bush at
lSinai's foot, and goes back to become
1.-The leader of his people, out OF bond
gage. "What shall more say? For
Nhe time would fail me TO tell of Gid
bon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and
aDf Jeptha of David also and Samuel
And of the prophets; who through
Faith subducd Kingdoms, through
obtained promises"
The Kingdom of God, is tremendous
1hct, in the worlds history. The
King appears, babe heralded OF
hgels, receiving wise mems gifts,
nj so poor he had not where to lay
b Is head. He grew up san obedient
&ild in JoSeph's home, aud as a
bung man, worked with his father
&Athe carpenters trade.
Vine day John the Baptist points
i'm out to his two disciples as zone
lose shoe latchets, he was not
brthy to unloose." "The Lamb of
etc." When he is baptized,
nge sights al hn, God speaks:
is my beloved Son." He
& aches so earnestly, that men say:
bver man spoke like this man." He
Il led peoples diseases. He raised
G45 Ii dead to life. ale went about
good" Strange that men
2}pld want to kill Him. He told his
nipples it was necessary for Him to
} He did die on Calvary. The
Hty earth shuddered when mans
23ahty Maker died. He rose from
'B lead--no fact has stronger proof
resurrection of Jesus. He lives
faven. He is King of Kings and
SS4 of Lords. His Kingdom "cometh
lwith observation" "The king
is within you" at is not meat
'H drink; but righteousness and
t, and Joy in the Holy Ghost" {
<! seed of the Kingdom is the word l
ID" Silently it grows, until it G
pes great tree with outspread-
branches, The Kingdom of
n, is as leaven, which woman a
hnd hid in three measures of
till the whole was leavened." Il
Kingdom is likened to "a u
cut out without hands, which Il
} the image OF Nebuchadazzar u
is feet,and broke them to pieces, a
stone that smote the image
an. great mountain and filled /
ole earth" The History of o
b Church illustrates the truth q
&text. How insignificant the II
ngs'. The twelve disciples n
e 70-l20 at Pentecost--thou- u
pon thousands died for the Il
before the middle of the al
/. ia Century. Now nearly one -"