The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-12-22
THE NOIsELEss SAVIOUR.

Text. Matthew xii, 19-20-"HIe shall not
strive nor cry: neither shan any man
hear his voice in the streets. bruised
reed shah he not break, and smoking fax
shall he not quench, till he send forth
Judgment unto victory
Deep waters are usually still. This
fast. furious. fussy age does not APP
preciate this truth. With our news
papers, telegraphs. and telephones, we
live in public. 1t is supposed that we
know everything important that takes
place. The quiet student is ignored.
The work of Christ was quiet
|. In its conceptions: This took place
in the mind OF God. IL was not sud
denly devised to meet an emergency.
Many of mans greatest works were de-
vised to meet emergencies. Necessity
is the mother of invention" But in
Gods government there are no emer-
gencies. In mans preparations for great
emergencies, what noise he makes.
Ills drums his cannon, his public speak
INK" burden the ear. But in the divine
conception of the scheme of redemption.
God was so quiet that even the angels
did not find Il out Which things the
angels desire to look into. First Peter,
j.. IL.
ii. In its execution: Perfectly per-
formed feats are accomplished with APP
parent case The birth of the infant of
bethlehem was heralded by an angelic
host, but their grand performance had
for an audience some shepherds. whose
very names are unknown.
1t IL commonly supposed that boys of
genius are apt to be wild and wayward.
The GaileanI pulsant boy minded his
mother. and worked quietly In his shop,
in the obscure town OF Nazareth, and
until he was thirty years old, this is
about all We know of him, except that
one day he asked and answered some
questions In Bible class in the Temple
at Jerusalem.
His ministry was singularly quiet.
There Is not a single recorded instance
OF his making an appointment before
hand to preach anywhere. All his SER
mons were occasional. lie seems never
70 have troubled Himself about the size
Of His congregations. except when they
became too large. and then He would
retire from the multitude. or else say
something that would be sure TO thin
out the crowd.
Ills marvellous sermon on regenera-
ton was delivered 10 one puzzled and
half-scared Jew. The remarkable dis
course on the spirituality Of His coming
Kingdom was delivered at a wayside
well, 10 one obscure and disreputable
woman, whose name We do not even
know. His wondrous TRANSPORTATION, at
which law, prophecy, and gospel-Moses.
Elijah. and Christ-all assisted was
transacted before an audience of three
mystified fishermen. Probably, no great
crowd Witnessed His cruciixion. No
human being saw him rise from the
dead.
And now. that His work was done. ana
lie was about to return to His father.
see that little knot OF eleven men, gath
cred on Mount Ollvet. How eagerly
they listen TO the words OF their risen
Lord. as He promises that In few days
they shall be baptized In the Holy Spirit.
Look at their beaming eyes and parted
lips. His last. lingering words die away
upon their ears. and. look! He noiselessly
mounts upon the air. No binding light
nings blaze from the clouds upon the
astonished eyes of the little band. No
believing thunders reverberated through
the skies to tell that Heaven welcomes
Him back. No retnue Of angels awaken
the echoes OF the mountains with their
heavenly chorus OF Lift up your heads.
oh. We gates. and be ye lifted up. ye
nreelasfans doors. and the King Of Glory