The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-07-10
in THE SIGN LANGUAGE,
A Sermon Preached by a Deaf
Mute to Deaf Mutea,
MANYOF THAT CLASS ARE PRESENT,
The Love Of Christ his Theme, and he
Appeals to his Auditors who can
Hear on Behalf of his Fellow Mutos
Issy. Dr. swOpe Reads the Sermon
aloud as it ProgFesses-othor Re-
ligiOus Eveats Yesterday

service at st. Matthew'S church yester-
day afternoon, when Rev. Job Turner,
deaf mute, from staupton, Virginia,
delivered in the sign language, by the
use OF his fingers, q sermon expressly
addressed to deaf mutes. About TWEEN
ty-aye deaf persons were present to-
gether with considerable number OF
their relatives and friends or others
who could hear. To tho latter Mr.,
Turner addressed on appeal for religt'
GUS teaching and mipistration to this
neglected class, many Of whom, he said,
never enjoyed religious services alter
they left school,
AS the delivery Of the sermon pro-
gressed, Rev. DR.. Swope interpreted, by
reading from the manuscript, Last
night Mr., Turner preached In the same
manner at st. Luke's church.
For his afternoon discourse Mr.. Tur-
nsr took as his text ST. John, w TO-:
"Wo love Him because He first loved
u.s." His sermon was as follows:
This ia the testimony OF o loving,
faithful disciple-"We love Him be-
cause He frat loved u.s." He loved us
flrst. He, the Almighty Jehovah,
King OF Kings, the Supreme and Clio
rlous Creator Of the univers. who, IN
His blessed son, condescended to boz
come flesh oil our flesh, blood OF our
blood, subject to all the flesh is heir to.
Love, gentle aud sublime, responding
TO every appeal, marked the sayior's
earthly career, the withered hand
restored to strength, the heal
ins Of every intirmity, even
tho tomb obeyed his command,
and death Welded life back to mortal
frame. And all this evidenced the
fruits OF the Masters love. The lesson
of love for mankind emanates from the
source OF life itself, and the climax OF
this Divine love is the offering by the
Saviour Of himself an atoning sacrifice
for the remission OF sins. How wildly
comes back from the ages OF the past
over fresh and sublime, the scene
where the Saviour on that memorable
night within the confines of Gethsem-
ane, felt the approaching gloom and re-
vealed to the chosen few what did
shortly GOMEZ to pass. The ordeal was
terrible! Was ever such love as this ?
When the cruCifxion came, earth,
nombre in its habitiments, daFkened as
the cry went up-"why has thou for-
sakon meH'-from Calvary's crest,
when it seems this sphere must have
paused in its orbit, and even the celes-
tial ceremony Of praise received its first
and only pause, and all must have be,
come silent in heaven and Garth, until
the plan Of salvation was revealed, in
the love which prompted 1t, and, then,
how majestically, in sweeter, no.
bier song, the celestial choir, in
notes supreme and divine awoke
the sweetest music, singing q
new song, worthy is the Lamb," "
and the echo came back HE loved US"
In pursuing this thought how touch
ing and sublime is the love OF the Re-
deemer. Did ever such love find eX-
preston in words OF mortal man US are
recorded of our blessed Saviour. The
theme OF his blessed ministry was love,
constant, undying, earnest and far sur
passing any earthly comparison.
In reYerent compliance with his in
junction, oh, how potent the reason to
love Him who first loved us; love Him
80 that the act Of prayer will be the
way Of loving, anxious obedience, the
way which can only be trodden by the
help OF the Holy Spirit; surely We
should love Him for the great things he
hath done for US; love Him. o, love
Him for his wondrcus love for US in his
condesCending to be born as man that
he might redeem the world, in taking
upon himself the sin of tho world that
whosoever should believe on Him might
not perish but receive eternal life. How
powerful the reason is to love Him for
his deeds OF mercy US manifested In his
human life; we should surely
love Him for the manner of
his death, whereby through the
shedding of his precious, innocent
blood, we might receive remission Of
sins; o, love Him for the accomplish
ment OF the grand aud glorious design
OF salvation; love Him for the peace He
bestows, the comfort He gives; 0, love
and praise Him for the tender and low
ing invitation He gives for us to go unto
Him to lay every burden down and the
weight OF sin which doth so easily be-
set us and receive in exchange the easy
yoke Of peace and joy, which the world
can neither give nor destroy; 0, love
Kim who at His glorious appearing
shall raise from the dust our vile bodies
and cause our corruption to put on in
corruption and our mortality TO put on
immortality; love the Father who gave
His only begotten son as q precipitation
for sin; o love aud adore Him in the
son; love him in every etfert TO OBJ
serve and comply with His divine will /;
love Him in yearning to please Him in
every word and deed; love Hin with a
love anticipating Its full aud inedable
development, not In this life, but in
that glorious existence OF tho future;
love Him with IN obedience which Is
delight, for in loving Him the observ-
anco Of His commandment Is neither
hard nor grievous.
''Thou shalt love the Lord thy God,
with oil thy hcart, and with oil thy
soul, and with oil thy mind.
'This Ia the first aud great command.
ment. Aud the second Is like unto II,
thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
ION these two commandments hang
all tho law and tho prophets" This iS
tho command Of our Lord and Master,
and without tho aid OF tho Holy Spirit
we aro powerloss to observe these
commands; but by grace wo are
able to conform to tho perfect
law Of God, III that, being born
again, wo put on the now man In
Jesus Christ, through whom al believers
nre able 10 torsake sin clinging 70 tito
cross they receive forgiveness Of sin,
aud through Jesus Christ aud Him
only arc ablo TO approach tho Father
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