The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-01-08

~ ---T- = -I-F|itU ...-W ITfWE'E II w WFI"l
m petition. To MAKE = moral LAW tht
subject matter OF a petition. enforced Z,
HI Command. Thou shalt not 10 olh-f-
wise. = "a rnro significant.
Tie Jew hut three kinds of law To
. classify them: First. q civil !a" IN whi't
q Il made ana rvgc'.ted tI-ir -tI;t. sec
t"u ilaltrd. pol. rH-5 and controlled: th-iT
church and worship. third, 4 moral law.
which. unlike line ritual and r-r-Inonial uI
ne v.Ni!. could never pass away any more
man the IL" heavens OF the nrS rarth
could pass away.
There was much in The civil law the; was
Jewish and lQc,... tuat haS not AND. 81
The Very nature of the v.ar. could NOT D.
handed down from nation To nation. The
state a ih-u"Tacr. where God governed q
long TINE without a King. ana when The
taEfhH hinE "aS pIt upon the throne
Ht Wa q NyfeFv!SA selected by God ana
'rnrge Hls mach, likewise. IN the ritual
aLd ceremonial law that u4s educational
ari preparatory. thar at he spu-aranr-
O Jesus christ WAS st aside. fO. example.
tue slain lamb was swept from the altar
var ; '!oNS, &" take away III" sins nf the
! world 50 the ark OF the Covenant ami
re i9iy OF holes: with lis Sh-kindh. has
ldsS-! from "trth wheI. P-ur-cySr las
! ,oin-. Ihe priesthood that rrckon-d its .1-
!Sl~h'r from Aaron has been forever set
a~.te in christ our great High Priest. in
I "hb>- person. word and work priesthood
snd meditation H. Jhelr highest and slara-St
conception are fulfilled.
80 t-aI Ell'f4 ~ I'd " tG.Etf meier u4ss q. 10
N-EN nature II VS. sinful then. II j. sinful
now. Il J. si1f,,I forever i, low .iuw =
10 any ojh-r 60! Than the Lord INV tod
i VA >l'.ul tn-i. il L. sinful now ard sin
'ure ma. ~ 10 MAKE any sra..u image ,-
1! likeness ~ anything mat il in heaven
grove. q tfiat IL in The Earth beneath. or
That Is II; the water urirr she earth n
= forever sinful to take Gods uam4 in
yam II was sinfGI then, IL * >!ufHl now
~ rTSilse 600 sabbath law. l. was sin
iH4 men. now and fuTey-r 10 take lie. 10
.GHaiilL adultery. Ia steal to bear false
witness. 10 .Uv-J. This ruuld uy' h,. To-
""ay WIN christ came 10 fulfill IN. law.
aitd MS hi~t petition in hi model p.sver
Iahrs ihrm before God the Father and
ltAt"s TIE command to hdIluw thar name
evening "@
As . PRAYER rhars Is a Ie-p meaning in
lie Htt-IaH,e Of the petition As W. -
Fir>t-HotwsrG. tio,rs nam. : w",rbC =,
nr allowed Goj IL MS own essence ana
~ : huIE. W. have become 50 drri-l
mat We !rpk up out II STANG environment
ana strange darkness AID lin. tom H.
"oilj u tears and sepul,h..~. under tb-
C,-.LIai' liIiioE."e; De thy Name Gods
ON J. Li'r4 before IL ia MANY Tev-la-
,lHnS II that IaU- lie i Creator: he is
""hotah' 'od. jAe iev-aied one. the strong
'le: lie j. The King OF Kings ana Lord q.
Lords In Old Testament r.nh@,t - -
" man % war-Ihe wUnderfulLCouns.lnr'
N ~"ter-Isu-G" III holiness. In the New
Testament he ! the Sh.pherd of the
shop h. i the Father OF his rrouIe: bets
.Lr Soh "f man sLd the son OF God. he i
- -faa Va 'ELA- A. a SFfTn frtpf H. In
tL.IDI" ana lnyOIhmunicsbi- in ih- ordinary
- q c-nH4Hnication 10 Us In the flesh.
~ h-d lis sanctuary. lie met his servant
1850 on the Mount. in the bush that
burned with fire. H. met his hish pr;-sts
N the holy Of holes. Ii revealed un.y
Noses his goodness. whil- he withheld ~
face. In tn New Testament Iiss- L - rs
Ton : i= revelation. his descent OF IL
HF!Lli o. Pt2tecost i his revelation. Cod
d rather Son and HOLY Ghost hss come
emphasized "-
The Old Testament has surrounded
coos maine with clouds and darkr-ss and
tut nun On SinsIS in august holiness a.,
.NeN Testament l. the revelation IN which
Inc name vi Christ. as one has well safb
- th- distinct, full and loud utterauc. ~
tAe name, dfticuldte, lsgitle. tangible. com
ptete and enduring He that hath seen
NE. said Christ. hath seen the F.ther
an the ~ay. and the truth, and The PIE
.N"i a revelation U: God nor OF mis- name
Ihat Is not 20 be ha!ow-d. We are dwell
tts y: The darkness. Sin has 50 a-,II-i A..
ti!tt There = a deep and holy ,n-4nitg in
Tn Command To look NJ to the only -I,,,.
thd' Is un':"filei. To the or.iy Being rh,t L;,s
.+NtI 1lhIlrd ihat we may hullvw ais :srl.
forever AMI forever.
"S~youd-Ne need. therefore. on our MARI
10 look up out q our low estate for uIr ,,vp
sake 10 : 1~!a-tAiug that is inrnifeIy high urJ
H"IN- whose holiness l. Id
We may liz on our faces in humiliation and
aDaseTntGt and peUirenCe. Say what We c-tU
t!ls world i not Il holy world; it i nor ,.-r,
ttnohid!ly huiy: II - not Iitualiv holy: nor
VIII US ceremonial "r ritual holiness MAX.
~ ~ AspA = IN ~
midas II PRAYER fnru- Is in 'hIe nett
ton an Implication that We know what i,
Is, III a world like thi- even. 10 hailuw tn
name OF God To IallUW Il. first j. 10 Keen
II from proclamation. The lips are nj ur,nr1-
mon that profaD" Gods name The Jews
changed The naIA- Jehovah that they might
not take II on thcugh'less lips. Who ha4
not been sick at heart to hear the uane of
4oi dishO1ortd and prufaned. AIKEN IN
titoughtl"ss lips. and TO Sc God abused In
his nature. his physical and moral at
tribuiEs. Profanity Is one OF the shocking
Sins OF the race. There is scarcely anything
more startling than the way in which men.
made In Gods Image. bearing something 81
the stamp OF that image. III their pervers:In
ana degradation CURSE and ~profarr the only
naihe that J.. worthy The honor Of angel ami
archal.gel: the generations Of The sons Of
men. To hallOw that name il not alone 10
keep it from proclamation.
Second-lt Is still further to slo.ify II.
ms was the prayer Of Christ. Father.
siorifT thy name; and there came d voice
from fraven. saying, | have both g~loriici
II ana l VIII gi3rify II again But that
voice ought not alone TO come from heaven:
II ought To come from earth. W. can glorfy
Gods name IN words Of objective love. in
confessions Of our uwn sins. ana coueecrt-
ton of our lives 10 his service. in guarding
both negatively and positively the sacred !
ness OF his glory There l. an implied con-
tession in the petition that We have nor
halowtd his nsrne-that earth il verify
guilty Ia this thing.
1t is Il long. black record 10 look over
the ages Of head endom aid yagan.Sm and
See how Gods nam- has ben dishonvr-I- !
III" horrible Affiliations Of God that men
h5ye woTshipped-the strange methods by
which they supposed themselves TO be
brought in contact with heaven. Yes. i'll
deed. il i It strange thing to look upon Al
world without God and men. without God
In the world-nOt without gods. not with
out gods many and lords r~lany-uot without
gods that have degraded ard perverted u.-
'naE hfe-holoChS to whum they hav. sac
rifiCed their children gods of the Ammon-
l;es-Eods OF the EiittitcS-gOis of the who'll,
heather world and the Islands of the sea.
1t Is IL long. dark record
'EuJ scarcely less strange * il wien W.
see a noninally christian WuiId profaning
God name. declaring that HIS laws are
arbitrary ana severe. deSpising his DAYS. /
trampling under foot his SabbathS. break
ing his VOWS that they have taken upun
themselves. despiSirE his Holy Word. SCI
ting even the church herself in place Of
her Lord ard her Master. What an awful
reclamation is that which has substituted,
Tor example. in the iit3uN Of the church |
the human name for the name that il above
every name. and made the Psalms them
selves a moral pslirnpscst. where the Gre
ator's name was eXpurEed to receive the
creatures Nc such act can he honorei
Of God. !
But the world of nominal Christeudom |
has prUfaned Gods name when il has set ,
reason above the word and destructive crit :