The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-16
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dist church yesterday morning on THE
Supremacy of Christ" His text was
taken from the second chapter Of Phil-
lipians, ninth verse: Wherefore God
also hath highly exalted him, and
given him name which IS above every
name" Mr.. Jeffrey said, in part:
These words must have seemed to
the people of those times to be The
words OF fanatic. and Christ must
have appeared to them a feeble char
acter. Grecian lore and Roman power
they regarded as overlapping eVe1y-
thing, and to think that a man of such
humble parentage as Christ should rise
to eminence, was too absurd for a mo-
ments consideration. Their history had
recorded the names of men who we're
looked back upon with unusual pride
Roman senators of uncommon intellect
and mdtchless eloquence Hebrew his
tory was crowded with accounts of
the deeds of men of no ordinary ability
potes, prophets, statesmen, warriors.
scholars-such men as Moses, Ezekiel.
Elijah, Daniel-names, al the mention
OF which the fires of enthusiasm would
kindle
But Paul speaks in this text of one
above them dll-mightier in conauests:
finer in feeling; richer IN poetry:
grander in thought-above those men
the history spoke Of and how they
kindleG the fires of war, we are likely
to think that they, like wrathful angels
swept the world: and then we turn to
that humble character and find al ex-
altat;on of soul not to be found else
where-'the prince of peace
I'VE sometimes think of Milton.
Dante, Bunyon and such men, as ssso-
ciated with the finest productions of in
tellect, but we have TO look higher to
find Christ. The genesis Of Ill Justice,
truth and grace, is the life Of Christ.
He is supreme in literature. Gather up
all the gems of thought, ami take yuur
choice of them all: you may look for
ever, but you will never find anything
to surDdss the sayings of Jesus Christ.
The best writers and orators have
taken their inspirations from his
princely life. To take Christ out of
literature would be almost the sane as
TO take the carbon from a dia nond.
Christ is also supreme in art. Take
away the sOftening influence CT Christ.
and such a thing as the Madonna would
be impossible. The beauty of art IS in
its form. melody and color, and Christ
is unsurpassed in all these attributes.
above all, Christ is supreme IN daily
life. Above all products of the mind.
far above all creations of ART, l care
not where you find it, are the spiritual
beauty, sweetness of character, humil-
ity Of soul. and abandonment of self
that characterized the Lord, our Savior.
Christ rises above all like Mt. Everett
in the lofty Himalayas rises above the
surrounding country. The very best
that has been given to the ages BY
man, has been forms Of Christian par
entage. and these have brought their
tributes saying, All hail, thou SCI of
David
But what shall be our attitude TO-
ward this supreme one? Is he supreme
in my life? Are the questions that
come to each of US. We may cover
these walls, and fill every niche with
the choicest creations of art We may
crowd this platform with artists I'M
surpassed and unequaled by the cid
masters. All this may charm. delight
and enraDture us, but what is all this.
unless personally we make Christ the
supreme one in our life? We may be
moved, lifted, swayed, and th-'lled by
elouuence. but we must have some
thing more than mere delight, some
thing more than rapture We must
not be satisfied with the charms and
ecstac;es of music, but we must have
the supreme power Of Chiiss with ii all.
He must be supreme in all In
thought. in home, in art, in music, in
life, in affection
THEN SHE CHANGED HER WILL.
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