The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-25
WHEEIING DAILY NTELIIGEYcER IS 1893

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ed With authority. The motives for ne
ceptntiec are Very s,ronT. hut still
thSfe Is 10 c6f1pulsi3n. Each decides al
lternHtely whether ne wlllor Wilt not tc-
Icept I ,ffis lat element OF kcifhued. om-
Impotence itself VIII nut tretd upoa.
The fynctlor, hopor and responsibility
oil the lllalgttysls here. distinctly traced.
hllnlsictngn re tho kings servants who
extend The Invitation ,n his name. TN
happily, there areyet those whJ ''rinhe
light of IT. II IL an open question
whether, In the reaction from the awful
seriousness ~ rurltanlsn. We have NOT
como TO the extent OF righteousness. THE
wedding garment has been we'll de-
scrihed as mora, fitness springlng from
careful and dligcnt use ot the grace of
God. That there should be q time when,
after full opportunity hns been given,
a test should be made 10 dIScover
whether ''inOral fitness has been at
tained or not Is reasonable 10 suppose.
This. for Instance. Ia the, last judgment.
watehtulncss: Matthew XIV, 42-5l-
The deep Impression which Jesus' eS-
hortRtlon to watchfulress made upon
carly Christians Is iucen In the very
names they gave their children. Greg
DRY and lVlgilantius. the one Greek and
the other Latin, are both derived from
.H.se verb Simplifying 10 WATCH A tiny
parable Is found In the forty-thlrd,
verse. The goodmansis the EOul, the
house Is, the body and the thief Is death,
The absolute need OF instant and per-
netual readiness Is the lesson taught,
Even mythology teaches the shame and
danger Incident to lapse In watchful.
ness Juno took the hundred eyes Ni
Argus and put them In her peacock's
tall. The temple OF Vesta, In Rome, Ia
a toy In size. but It Is second to none
In Significance, There the virgins guard.
cd the sacred flame. So Christians
should watch and feed the flame OF re.
liglon in the temple OF their hearts. q
The Day OF Judgment: Matthew XIV,
3l-i6-There is reasonable ground for
belief in q general judgment. The jus
tlce of Code dealings Is not manifest In
the present course OF events. The lots OF
the righteous and the wicked are un-
equal. The former are unrewarded, the
later unpublished, A fearful looking
for OF Judgment dwells In human con-
sciousness. Scriptural proof of the judg-
ment,is abundant. Enoch, David. Paul,
Peter Jude, John and Jesus all affirm II
In terms too literal to be set aside as
poeticalsor parabolIcaL The Scriptural
order Is, the second appearing or Jesus,
the resurrection. The call TO Judgment.
The Last Supper: Matthew XVI, IL
S0.-The various names by which the
Lords Supper Is known are In them
selves very significant. It Is the Euchar-
ist. meaning our good thanks" for the
Lamb that was slain. II Is the Sacra-
ment. like the oath taken at the altar by
the Roman soldier to be loyal to the
commanding general. In the campaign
beginning. The Lords Supper Is our
sacramentum, our holy pledge OF fealty
TO our Divine Lender. It Is the Com.
munion--commup!s: sign OF the inter-
course and agreement We have had with
God and each other.
Jesus Condemned: Matthew xvii. IL
e6.-Pllate Is n conspicuous type OF the
time-scrver. HIS ruling motive was to
keep his place. Time-serving brought
him small reward. He eked out his off,
clal life in u few years; but, on COM
plant OF the Jews, was deposed and ex-
lied. Cloud-hooded Pilatus may not
have been the actual scene OF Pilates
suicide, but seems q fitting memorial Of
him. Is.
Jesus Crucified: Matthew xvii. So
50--The suffering and death OF Jesus
were substitutional. He stood In mans
stead. They were atoninG; making God
and ,mansone again. They were satisfy
ing; for governmental purposes, iadicat-
ing the enormity of sin and the Divine
adherence OF 1t. Their blessed fruits
are justification, cleansing and adoption.
The Risen Lord: Matthew: xvii, $50
The very holiness OF the, language In
which Christ instituted the church lifts
1t from the plane of a mere voluntary
ph!lanthropic society. The charter of
such an association needs no. to invoke
all power In heaven and on earth"
Again, In the last analysis the destiny
OF the church Is not In the hands OF
Its members in the sense that any hui
man society Is. Its expansion In any
given epoch may depend upon the zeal
of Its commandments, but Its Ultimate
success Is insured by the perpetual splr-
itual presence of Its Divine Founder,
against whom the gates OF he'll cannot
prevail. r.
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