The herald., 1896-10-19
SUBJECTS OF sermons
Delivered in the City at
Yesterdays Services
BODILY and SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE
A Discourse by DR.. Thomson
at Unity Church
POLITICS IN THE PULPIT
Dr.. Mclean Defends Their Discussion at
Simpson Tabernacle
GS
Tbs church's Mission to Leaven Society by
Rev. q. E. Dye
Mr.. Rice's Sermon on the Spiritual Birth
at the Universa1ist Church.
A Season of Revival
POLITICS IN THE PULPIT
Dr., Mclean Defends Their Discussion at
Simpson Tabernacle
The Church's Mission to Leaven Society by
Rev. @. E. Dye
Mr.. Rice's Sermon on the Spiritual Birth
at the UniversalIst Church.
A Season of Revival
Services.

The pastor, J. s. Thomson, delivered
q sermon upon Christ's Genealogy and
Inheritance, using the text, 1--WE have
found him of whom Moses in the law
and the prophets did write, Jesus Of
Nazareth, the son Of seph."-John,
las.
The two genealogies of Christ in Mat
thew and Luke differ from one another
in several important points. Matthew
traces his descent to Abraham through
Solomon, but Luke traces it to God
through Nathan. They probably cop
led the genealogy of Christ from two
different registers, and the carelessness
of transcribers may account for the
omissions and repetitions, as well
as other differences. But both
genealogies agree in tracing his de-
scent through Joseph. and if Joseph
were not his natural and legitimate
father. then the genealogies fail to
prove that he was legitimate de-
scendant of David.
Some of Christs ancestors were spir-
itual and moral men, like Adam, Enoch
und Noah. Abraham was one of the
grandest personages in history. But
Genesis informs us that he was success
fully tempted to lie. deceive, and to be
a coward, when he denied that Sarah
was his wife. Judah's character was
imperfect. David and Solomon COM
mitted the crimes of murder and po-
lygamy. The present ruler at Constan-
nople resembles them in some Of their
immoralities and cruelties. Thamar's
relations to judah, her father-in- law,
were very immoral, and Bathsheba,
Uriah's wife, was false. The stream of
points, and this justif1es the author Of
Christs descent was muddy at many
Hebrews in saying that he was touched
with the feeling of our infirmities."
If the disobedience of Adam and Eve
in eating an apple corrupted all human
nature, and If Christ inherited our ma
ture, it is plain that his nature must
have been corrupt too; and If Joseph
were not his father, then it follows that
he was not real human being, like the
rest of us.
Christ's sinless and glorious life con-
tradicts both orthodoxy and hetero
doxy. Clothed in our human nature
and inheriting the passions of the hui
man race, he formed a character that
God has delighted to honor, and he
showed that human nature is not total
ly deproved but that it was capable of
divine development upon this earth
His life shows most conclusively that
the SlnS ana crimes, ana DafDaflSmS OF
our ancestors cannot prevent us from
living a life like Christ's, and that no
inheritance can nationally and NOR
ally be put forward as an excuse for
our sins and crimes. God has not Gre
ated man SO poorly that he must sin,
and that it is impossible for him to live
good life. While we inherit our bodies
from our parents and ancestors, yet
we inherit our spirits from God, ana
these spirits can fight the battles of life
and win moral and spiritual victories
in spite of all inheritances and circum-
stances. The man who takes Christ for
his teacher. guide and iuspirer, Is free
from the vagaries of liberalism, the
follies of orthodoxy and the supersti-
tions of paganism