The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-15
BESTOWMENT OF A
SUITABLE NAME
Sketch Of . commuulon Sermon by Rev.
W. A. csrrlnston.
QUESTIONS THAT PHRPLHx PARENTS
The Significance Of Names Of Bibii.
cal Charactsrs--suggestiyeness of
the Title Of the Redeemer of the
Worbd..An Interesting Discourse
Delivered at Forest city ON Sunday.

Following is q sketch of sermon
delivered by Rev. w. A. Darlington.
newly-elected pastor of the Forest City
Presbyterian church, on Sunday last.
"Math. 12t. And thou shall call his
name Jesus for he shall save His peo-
pie from their sins
1.-THE bestowment OF suitable name
upon the new born child is one of the
first questions which perplexes it's Won
dering parents. "The name" saws
Carlyle, us the earliest garment you
wrap around the earth visiting one to
which It thenceforth cleaves more
tenaciously than the very skin" Oh,
the influence of names! Call one
thief, says the proverb, and he will
steal. Thus do pious or ambitious par
ends often seek to mark out the destiny
of their child, by stamping 1t with
come illustrlous or suggestive name,
which 1t is fondly hoped will become
inwrought into character and life. In
Brazil the name of some saint venerat-
ed among the people Is given. Such a
catalogue Of names would furnish O.
very sure index to the popular ideals.
Among ourselves we are governed more
by fancy or association than by the
significance of the name bestowed.
Originally, however, all names were
significant. This was particularly so
among the Hebrews, where the name
of the child originated in some incld-
ent or circumstance connected with its
birth, expressing some attribute Of
God such as his power or condescending
mercy. or was a devout expression of
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every good and perfect gift.
SIGNIFICANCE OF NAMES.
"Thus Moses is from an Egyptian
root, Mosheh, which means brought
forth" or drawn out of the water. Han
nah called her first born Samuel, heard
of God" Judah signifies praise The
names of the Hebrew people are a re-
markable monument to their peculiar
calling as a nation, and to their rich
devotional spirit And thus with this
name of Jesus, which is above every
name as his conception was by the
overshadowing of the Almighty and all
the circumstances of his birth, of di-
vine ordering, go was not even his
name left to him an ingenuity or pious
sentiment. but was angel sent and an
gel given.
His name is not a mere verbal ap-
pendage to distinguish him from his
fellows, but describes him in his great
central character as the Savior and
Redeemer of mankind. He has many
names in Scripture, but none other
which SO clearly defines his mission to
seek and to save that which was lost
His moral character and spotless life
are worthy OF infinite praise, but his
| name fixes our gaze upon him as our
great atoning Savior. Hence among all
! the names of Christ this will shine
| throughout all eternity as that which
! distinguishes him from all creation,
name infinitely precious to the re-
! deemed-Jesus the Christ, for he has
| saved US from our sins. To the re-
deemed soul no other name suggests
! such delightful train of holy reminis-
| cence, from no other name has so much
! been derived, in no other name is felt
/ such unwavering confidence, and to no
other name is directed such WELL
founded hopes
IAN hail." then, "the power of Jesus
name,
Let angels PROSTATE fall
| Bring forth the royal diadem
| And crown Him Lord of all.
| Let every kindred, every tribe
On this terrestrial ball,
To Him all majesty ascribe
And crown Him Lord of ALL"
| Our text points to him as the only
Savior. Jesus in contradstinction to
every other savior. BY one stroke of
the pen every refuge of his is swept
away, every false rest, every deceitful
mirage. Jesus, not this church, or that
| nr TaSlS
is our divinely appointed Savior from
the sin which infests the heart, and
casts it's mournful gloom over the life.
OF SALVATION.
This salvation is double one, from
the guilt and eventually from the power
of sin. In the gift to this world of
Gods only son, we behold our only
hope, in him our great atoning saCri-
flee by which our guilt is purged away
and the enormous debt which we owed
to justice because Of broken law, and
which rendered us hOpelessly insolvent
cancelled forever But salvation from
the guilt and eternal consequences OF
sin is only one result of that great
work of redemption, immortalized by
the name of Jesus. He saves his peo-
pie not onlv from the guilt of sin, but
from their sins. Fake religion, how
ever brilliantly it may declaim, seeks
to save men in their sins. True relig.
ion ever keeps before it one constant
purpose. the complete emancipation OF
man from his sins. Sin is dethroned
the moment one hands over the keys
to his heart and life TO the Lord Jesus
Christ, but its continued presence is q
constanC menace to the believers secur.
ity and happiness. and against it he
must wage a lifelong conflict. In the
first enthusiasm of the Christian life
sin hides its head in shame, but il
PRESENTLY comes forth from it's lurkine
places, hoping by some sudden stroke
or skilful strategy to regain its los
ascenGancy.
'In that stubborn conflict Jesus
cham pionS our cause, by furnishing u:
in his Word with the armor of his
truth, by endowing us with his Spirit
AMI by so overruling temptation thai
he will not suffer us to be tempted
above that we are able but will Will
the temptation make a way of escape
that we may be able to learn it,
OUR DUTY DEFINED.
"In this life work the divine and
human must cooperate. 1t Is our duty
to cruelty sin so far as we recognize Il
in our life, to avoid unnecessarily ex
posing ourselves TO temptation bu
being in 20 bear 1t that the oppose
may beware of thee and to arm our
selves with the whole armor of God al
st. Paul directs in the sixth chapter o
| the Ephesians, that we may withstand