Evening journal., 1900-02-26
Excellent Discourse By Rev, ]. H,
CARRIER of Philadelphia at Pas
tor Shorts Church Yesterday.
his THEME WAS ExALTATIoN
SPEAKER TOLD OF THE MANY
WAYS BY WHICH CHRIST WAS
EXALTED AND HOW THE WORLD
WAS PREPARED FOR HIS AD-
VENT.

VENT.
Rev. ]. H. CARRIER, of Philadelphia,
preached to a large congregation at
Epworth NJ. e. Church yesterday morn
ing. His topic was "Exaltation," and
was of deep interest. The text was
taken from Philippians, ii. 8: Where
fore God hath highly exalted Him." In
part he said:
Paul in the first part of this chapter
Is exhorting the saints in Christ Jesus
which are at Philippi with the bishops
and deacons to assimilate themselves
to the blessed Christ, to be like mind
ed with Him; to put away their strife.
cease their contentious and then in
an enthusiastic and rapturous de-
scription of our blessed Christ tells
them that God hath highly exalted
Him and given Him a name which is
above every name.
To try to display the exaltation OF
Christ in its genuine majesty is beyond
the power or ability Of man. But
glancing this morning through the
haze we may with Gods help get a
glimpse Of the many ways by which
He was exalted.
l. Glancing back along the shore Of
time, we see how Providence was oc-
cupied in preparing the world for the
advent of Christ. The whole Jewish
economy was intended to usher Il in.
The Roman philosophers were gradu-
ally seizing hold Of the idea Of a Divin-
ity.
Within the metropolis of the ancient
world many improvements were made.
The emperor boasted that he found IL
city Of brick and left IL a city OF
marble"
Great Roman roads were being built.
A universal language OF culture was
established. The distinction between
Greek and Barbarian had been oblit-
Grated. II seems as though all of
Rome's movements were made by a
secret decree Of heaven, for they all
aided in facilitating the spreading OF
Christian teachings by which a cnas;-
ened Christian civilization was spread
throughout Europe.
II. Again He was gloriously exalted
in the wonderful reformation He pro-
duced in the complexion OF human
civilization.
In studying the civilization OF Egypt
Babylon, Greece and Rome we find
how various were its forms; yet one
broad generalization may be made OF
them all. They were saturated with
the spirit Of brutality, lust and murder.
The vileness of paganism was not
eliminated until the power of Christ
took from pagan art and literature
its supremacy. His influence has been
passing through the centuries amid
the choicest and most delicate craft
wrought out by human genius, touch
ing them, and by his very touch ehmi-
mating the vile possessions of pagan
ism and planting in their stead the
life and beauty of heaven.
| III. Lastly, He was exalted by Ills
death and resurrection. He ,forsook
a throne and sat upon His own foot.
stool. He came from the top OF glory
to the bottom OF humiliation. He was
once praised by angels. now spat upo.
by men. He spent nights upon the
mountain tops; was captured by an
army as though the chief of crimi.
nails and led as a lamb to the slaugh
ter. He was placed, after hanging fol
six long hours upon the cross, in Jos
eph's tomb. but the seal OF the Roman
empire could not hold Him captive fol
he had the seal Of a great kingdom
which enabled Him to throw aside an,
slay the monster death and cry: "Oh
| death, where is thy sting? Oh, grave
/ where is thy victory"