The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-11-06
PRESIDING ELDER ADAMS
SERMON 1T HOWARD Avenue M, Il.
CHURCH.

His Subject "rhe Wonderful Named
EloIuently Speaks of the Inhucnc &c
Christianity Has Exerted Upon the
World.
Presiding Elder Rev. j. e. Adams,
ID. d., preached yesterday morning at
the Howard avenue M. e. church. His
subject was THE Wonderful Name"
taken from Isaiah, 0, 6. His name
shall be called wonderful" The sermon
was more than interesting, and the
speaker held the complete attention of
the congregation throughout. In OPEN
ing he gave most beautiful word pic
ture of Christ passing down the ages.
He described graphically the wrecked
thrones, the overthrow of cities and
the rise and fall of empires. Going on
he told of the tremendous influence
Christ exercises over the whole world.
AS slight Illustration of this he said
that not an issue of two of the greatest
periodicals in this country, had appear
ed for the last ten years without allud-
ing to the Nazarene. He said that he
regarded the periodical press as the
mirror of the time. And in all of the
events that will come up in years to
come Christ will remain the central fig
ure," he said. Jesus will keep His
place on His high pedestal, until all
problems regarding Himself are solved
by an acknowledgment of His claims,
and world conquered by love agrees
to and all controversy respecting Him
in doxology of praise"
The speaker then spoke of the attrb-
ute of Jesus, and the mysteries which
surround many of the events of His
life. He said in part as follows: Jesus
was wonderful in his nature. His was
divine nature. The wonder is that
he was God and man at the same mo-
men. This is an incomprehensble mys-
terry. 1t is as a mountain whose sum-
init is lost to sight among the clouds.
The simple complex nature of man can
but wonder at the attributes of Jesus,
who could shine on earth among men
anu ASSUME q SuidiilS ploSS III llCetNeli.
Again Jesus had no vices I will not
speak of the many famous ones of the
Bible who sinned. You are familiar
with their history. From first to last
His history is spotless and unsullied.
Christ possessed all of the human viz
tues in an equal degree. Not one was
more developed or more noticeable than
the other. The virtues of ordinary man
are to each other much as the little
shrub is to the towering pine. Some
are strong, and well developed: more
need but a rough grasp to uproot them.
Christ's nature was of equal magniture.
1t may be safely said of Jesus that
He never wasted a moment and
He Is the only man who ever lived of
which it can be said: HE was alto
gether the noblest and divinest Of the |
Sons of Man" Every man that comes
into the world is charged with some |
Man lives that he may &C |
something. Christ lived that |
he might do good for us all; that he
might lift us into home Of unperish
able splendor. And right here is anoth-
err supreme mystery. Jesus lived that
He might die His mission was to !
could only be made through |
death. Jesus was the only one who
ever succeeded in throwing sunshine
over spiritual life He bad an easy |
mastery of the most difficult truth
and when He spoke none could fail to
Besides this he performed
such numerous other marvellous things
that people could not but see the bright
side Of the spiritual life. He healed
The sick He cured the lame, and He
gave sight to the blind. His works
we're miracles and no amount of unbe-
feVing sophistry can ever make them
ess than miracles. Jesus expected to
conquer the world and He freely said
10.
DR.. Adams next spoke of the obscur-
ty of Jesus and how for thirty-three
,ears he dwelt in Gallilee with His
marvellous powers utterly unknown
wen to His father. The poverty Of
[esus during that time when He might
,aye had the wealth Of the world at
lis command was also skilfully depict
a. as was His painful death upon the
ross, and the wonderful resurrection
n ending he dwelt upon Christ's in
uence in the world which he said was
IS a warm gulf stream flowing through
he nineteenth century, warming the
casts of the twentieth century, which
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