The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-03-04
"THE MESSIANlC IDEAL"
WAS THE THEME or DR.. HUME'S Lee TURE
AT THE UNIVERSITY.
Or. TurnbuII is Spending Week at the Uni
versity-' Georgia and Carolina Debate the
Hawaiian Annexation To Night

Chapel Hill, y. c., March 3.--(Special(
The fo1tnightly lecture by DIR. Thomas
IIumc on the Mcssianic Ideal was Of UNI
usual interest and deserves more man
uassjng notice lie rapidly sketohed me
process by which the hope OF human
redemptiOn came to he associated WIN
. conception of true kingshlp ANA
With tine line Of David until in lsaiah's
time epic chant and oral prophecies TOOK
literary .Orln, and an artistic hand SNAP
cd into pochcal unity what may have
come together from different sources, but
now used by special Divine inspiration
as one prose poem with it's one grow
ing burden Of McssianiC revelation. I'm
manuel referring to q contemporary
King. expands into the Prince of -Four
names and is mystcriWisly related to the
man who is to be his natives refuge,
who is sometimes confused with the
whole body of suffering Israel the cor
r1Iut and believing alike, aud there ~
defined ms the elect remnant who are
TO return after judgment ANA exile have
proven them and after u while, when
hope III almost lost, IL indiyiduaIizcd into
the strange sufferer, who bearing the
sins and sorr0ws Of his people, is OK
aItcu through suffering 10 bc King as
well as substitute and saviour. The lee
turc graphically presented the unity Of
creation, as related to the redemption
work of the Messiah who is the rcstOrcr
of both man and nature. The true theory
of History az plan of God and man
Il mighty maze without purpose was dis
cussed as growing out Of the Messianic
ideal. Salvation involves judgment in
order to publication and preparation for
the service of the ideal King. The
standards of persona! and national char
actcr are tested in Isaiah'S work and the
fused ideal of Assyria and Tyre, of
Egypt and Babylon are contrasted with
the Jewish conception of the individual
and the State. Even the latter is only
a germ which needs to be spiritualized
that it may become universal. Through
the elect remnant of regenerate individ-
uals who believe i'll Christ in history and
in life Jehovah is building the Mes
sianic Kingdom on earth, the type and
forerunner of the perfect social order
here and hereafter. Unconscious pro-
phecies of heathendom point to this per-
feet King and perfect commonwealth. It
is the burden of poem and Romance, of
Milton and of the story of Arthur and
his Round Table. False MeSsiahs OF
Juda and Calabria and of Western
America degrade and befoul the con
ception. Modern paganism in so-called
christian natives disappOints our hope
of his Kingdom. But He who took all
prophecy and applied it to himself and
died that he might save us and that he
might become the eternal life of the
world is Fastening the realization of the
one divine far-Off event to which the
whole creation moves.
Dr. Turnb ILL., of ID :rham, while here
as University preacher this week is en-
tertained in the cultured home of Dir
i. Il. Nenable, of the Chemistry de
partment. DIR. Turnbull preached Sun
day night to a large crowd on Behold
the Lamb of God who taketh away the
sins of the world" He is accessible to
students. Has his study in the presi-
dents office and all are glad to have
him here.
Much interest is manifested in the
debate with the University of Georgia,
which takes place here Friday night.
Messrs. Sans. Cox. Grimes and Broad
hurst are Il special committee of ar
engagements from the two societies and
will spare no pains to make the occasion
a success. Messrs. Roberts and Upshaw,
of the University of Georgia. are expect
cd Friday morning. a committee Of five
prominent citizens will hear the debate. |
on the annexation of Hawaii, and Judge
on the merits of the debate, II full ac-
count of which will he given i'm the News
and Observer on Saturday morning.
Lac Shakespeare Club had an interest
ing meeting last night. Some excellent
papers were read.