St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-30
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THE CONFERENCE ADJoURNs.
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IOudy was the closing day of the
Methodist conference, and was full
of interest. The exercises were ali
held in the opera house, the better
to accommodate the crowds of peo-
pie who attended.
The days proceedings opened with
a love feast at o'clock. At 1880
Bishop Fowler preached. This serv-
ice was opened with prayer by Rev.
Q. H. P. Smith. Rev. John Stafford
read the scripture lesson. The bishop
took for his text Phil Xxx, 9: where
fore God has also highly exalted
him, and given him a name which
is above every name" He said in
part:
L ask you to come with me into
the great gallery of God, filled with
great characters, men with the same
desires and passions and ambitions
as ours, in every attitude. 1 ask
you to pass by all the other charac-
ters and to come to the one great
character of Jesus. Simply looked
upon He is as root out of dry
ground, without form and comli-
ness" but apprehended and some
what comprehended, He is the"chief-
est among ten thousand and alto
gether lovely" Behold the Son of
God putting away the crown of the
King of Heaven, and coming down
to all the denominations of earth and
taking us in His arms that we may
be exalted to become the sons of
God. Because Jesus turned aside
from the unspeakabIe bliss Of heaven
for the loneliness of human sepul-
cher, because He exchanged the
songs of seraphs for the hootings of
a human mob, therefore God hath
highly exalted him.
We premonitions of the things
that will come to us to try our con-
stitutions and test our courage. We
could not otherwise endure them,
God hath woven into our being that
events shall cast their shadow be
fore them. And we measure the i'm
portance of events by the prepara-
tions for them. We judge of the i'm
portance of the coming of Jesus by
the preparations for the great event.
His coming illumined the contries be-
fore it. The whole world was pre-
pared for it. For ages the chosen
people were trained and educated
so that they could be fitted for His
advent, by giving them some con-
ception of purity and justice and
righteousness and the enormity of
sin. For centuries the Roman power
had increased until it was spread
like a shield over the world, to give
a protection to the followers of the
Nazarine, as they entered upon the
teachings of his doctrines.
I also find some indication of the
exaltation of Jesus by the company
He keeps. This is not an unfair test
to judge a man by his associates.
we had in society for Jesus. He
brought His society with Him. We
judge of His dignity and character
of His position in heaven by the
character Of the men who heraIded
His coming. There was Noah. a
great man. 1 suppose you are think
ing of His one b1under, when He
got drunk. 1t seems to be one of the
characteristics of our nature to think,
whenever we hear name mentioned,
to think of any mean thing we know
about him. But Noah was a great
man. We do things on earth by the
rule of the majority. But once in
five or six centuries there comes to
earth a man who is able to button
up the majority in one overcoat.
Noah was such a man. But he was
only footman, running before to
tell the multitudes of earth of the
coming of our Lord. And a few cen
turies farther down the stream of
time I see another man, called the
friend of God. Abraham, capable Of
g. magnificent purpose, and faithful
to the calls of God. But great Abra-
ham was only a barefooted runner
before the chariot of the King. Buz
1 see another man, educated in the
best schools of the day. Forty years
an Egyptian, forty years an Arab,
forty years a Hebrew. Great Moses,
having the experience and learning
Of three civilizations. With the
training of 120 years of study. The
greatest man of the day, and who
stands foot to foot with the fore
most scholars Of our time. He gave
to man a code of laws which stand
today in every civilized country.
But great Moses was also a messen-
ger running before the Kings char
lot.
Another indication of the exaltatian
of Jesus is the work He has done.
And this is the best test of ALL And
infinite and eternal Jesus, whom God
hath so highly exalted, is our advocate,
and has sworn to aid us to be more
than conquerous. Let us trust him,