The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1898-03-11
SERMON.
"SPLENDORS TOBE UNROLLED"
LAST SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Text; I. Corinthians, Chapter
KILL, Verse I2, as Follows; For
Now We See Through Glass, Darkly;
But Then Face to Face.

a lightning-bolt. 1t portrays Win lhoIe
than a painters power, at one stroke
picturing a heavenly throne ana
judgment conflagration. The strings
of this great harp are fingered by AL
the splendors of the future, now sound
ing with the crackle OF consuming
worlds, now thrilling with the Joy Oh
the everlasting emancipated. 1t tells
how one forbidden tree in the garden
blasted the earth with sickness ana
death; and how another tree, though
leafless and bare, yet, planted on Cai-
vary, shall yield a fruit when shali
more than antidote the poison OF the
other. It tells how the red-ripe clust-
ers Of Gods wrath were brought 10 the
wine-press, and Jesus trod them OUT
and how, at last, all the golden chal-
ices of heaven shall glow with the
wine of that awful vintage. 1t dazzles
the eye with an Ezekiers vision OF
wheel, and wing, and fire, and whlri-
wind: and stoops down so low that II
can put its lips to the ear OF dylhs
child and say. "come up higher
And yet Paul, in my text, takes the
responsibility OF saying that II is ohy
an indistinct mirror. and that us mis-
sion shall be suspended. ! think there
may be one Bible in heaven, fastened
to the throne. Just as now, in mu-
scum, we have a lamp exhumed from
| Herculaneum or Nineveh, and we look
at it with great interest and say, HOW
poor a light it must have given COM
pared with our modern lamps! so
l think that this Bible, which was
lamp to our feet in this world, may lie
near the throne of God. exciting our
interest to all eternity by the contrast
between it's comparatively feeble lght
and the illumination OF heaven. Inc
Bible, now, is the scaffolding TO the
rising temple, but when the building
is done. there will be no use for the
scaffoldng.
The idea l shall develop today Is
that in this world our knowledge Is
comparatively dim and unsatisfactory
but nevertheless is Introductory &c
grander and more complete vision. TINS
is eminently true in regard TO oui
view of God. We hear so much about
God that we conclude that we under
stand him. He is represented as haV
ing the tenderness of a father, th'
frmness Of a judge, the majesty o
a king. and the love Of mother. W.
hear about him, talk about him, writ
about him. We lisp his name in in
fancy, and it trembles on the tongu
Of the dying octogenarian. We thin
that we know very much about him
, Take the attribute Of mercy. Do W
understand It? The Bible blossom
all over with that word-mercy.
speaks again and again of the tende
> | mercies of God: of the sure merc'es
of the great mercies; Of the mercy tina
endureth forever: Of the multitude {
, his mercies And yet | Fnow th't tn
9 views we have Of this great Being ar
most indefinite one-sided and incou
, plete. When. at DEATH the gates sha
fy omen. and we shall look directl
upon him, how new and surprising
We see upon canvas a picture or u
morning. We study the cloud in II
sky. the dew upon the grass. and III
husbandman on the way 10 the hel
Beautiful picture of the morning! 81
we rise at daybreak. and go up on
hill TO see for ourselves that whic
was represented to us. While we loo
/ the mountains are transferred. TT
IS FURNISHED gates of heaven swing one
:. and shut, to let past a host OF he'
q splendors. The clouds are all abloot
ct and hang pendent from arhors OF al
ha " ms
lt pathway of inlaid nearl for the lig
, to walk upon: and there is morning
10 the sea. The crags uncover the
q SCARED visage; and there is mornil
az among the mountains. Now you
:, home. and how tame your picture
:, the morning seems in contrast! Gres
~ or than that shall be the contrast
- tween this Scriptural view OF God a
- that which we shall have when stan
:, ing face to face. This is picture
- the morning, that will be the morni
itself.
Again: my text is true of the
v,our's excellency. BY image, a
sweet rhythm of expression, and sta
ed ling antithesis, Christ is set forth
st. love his compassion, his work, his II
m his death. his resurrection. We {
ed challenged to measure it, to compute
ar 70 weigh It. In the hour of our brol
int enthrallment, we mount up into hi
a experience OF his love. and shout III
"a. the countenance CLOVIS, and the biz
On bounds. and the whole nature is exl
no. arated. "I have found him!" And We
ew is through a glass, darkly. We see
ran half of that compassionate face.
ay feel not half the warmth of that Low
llo heart. We wait for death to let
fty rush into his outspread arms. II
we shall be face to face. Not shad
then. but substance. Not hope tn
but the fulfilling of all prefgurem'
~, That will be magnificent unfold
-, The rushing out in view of all hid
wa excellency, the coming again Of a 10
~. absent Jesus, to meet us-not in RI
10 and in penury, and death, but am
49, light. and pomp, and outburs'
80, 10y such as none but glorifed int
Rence could experience. OH to 8