The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-05-31

Iuke the GOSPEL Of the man. Jesus In
Iukc Is flesh of my flesh, blood of my
blood; being human he knows all about
us. In the 18th. of Luke and tenth verse
we find these words: For the Son OF
Man is come to seek and to save that
which was lost" Son of Man, what
peculiar expression! Suppose some enc
of you were to go around the street of
Scranton tomorrow and say II am the
Son of Man" You would conclude there
was something wrong with such a per-
sons head. Jesus was the Son OF Man,
not the son of Joseph, the carpenter OF
Nazareth, not the son OF a Jew, but the
Son of Man, the Son of the human family.
He is the perfect blossom of the human
family. Luke is the gospel Of man.
The leading characteristic of the gos-
pel of John is different from Mathew and
Luke 1t is not exactly the gospel of
the King, or of man, but of the eternal
genealogy of Jesus. In the beginning was
the Word and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God" We have in
Africa Sprigs of philosophers. who pro-
fess to know the age of the world. They
search the rocks, etc, but no matter
how far back they place the beginning,
they have to come to the conclusion there
| was a beginning. Yes, there was pc
| ginning, and Jesus was there then be
| fore the morning stars sang, petore one
| angel was born, was He. IN lne peBlh-
ming was the Word, and the Word was
| God" ,,..,
| Mark is not the gospel of the Kingdom,
or man. nor of the eternal genealogy, but
| of work He came here to work. ooIne
| there are who think that work is ue-
| pradation. The workers are the true arls-
| tocracy of the world. 1t Is dltncult 10
| get servants to work in Africa, IL Is pc
| coming so in England, because they thlnk
| naurn1AtiOn
Jesus did not come into the world TO pe
TO the world an object lesson on the dlE-
nifty of serving. He washed their 1eet'
thereby giving an occular demonstration
| of the honor of serving.
The gospel commenced in the dlVlhe
| mind 1t was then an imponderable some
thing in His mind. 1t was not an AFTER
Thought to correct the mistakes of crea.
tion. No, but it was a foregone conclu'
sion that the world was to be saved
to be redeemed by the Lord Jesus Christ
AS the temple in Jerusalem was caske'
to hold the Sheknah, the miraculous
light or visible glory which was sym
bol of the divine presence so was tht
body of Christ casket in which wat
God. He was God manifest in the flesh
The "Word?" What is the Word? Wha
is the legitimate use of language. L
should show what man is in his inward
heart. If when you meet a person yo'
should say 81 am glad to see you.' whel
in your heart you do not feel so, yol
make an improper use of language. Th
WORD" here is the true expression o
Gods heart. The Word was God.
He referred to the conversion of tn
soul, and eloquently described true con
version.
The water falling and surging as the,
fall over the rocks to the depth, neve
resting until they reached their nativ
home in the ocean, the air escaping fror
a bottle where it had been confined 70
years, on ascending. were used as Illus
t1ations of the truly converted in thei
, constantly moving on and ascending t
, their native home.
, The truths of the gospel sustained Il
, | when our dear ones Were taken ava
| from us in death. They have gone HON
, gone back to God. He described tn
i glorious welcome they would give I
their loved ones into the land of bliss.
He asked the congregation: Have yo
this hope of the gospel, that can an
will premeate your whole life, that wi