The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1901-04-27
THE ONE ABOVE ALL
D.. Talmsge Sounds Praises Of the
[ Worlds Redeemer.
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In his discourse DIR. Talnage
sounds the praises ~ the worlds he
deeuer and puts before u the pOr-
srAits % some of His great disciples
anS expousut>: text John 81; he
that eons,h from above : above all
The most conspicuous character OF
history steps out upon the platform
me finger which. 6ismonded with
sirht. pointed down "a Hin from the
Bethlehem sky was only a ratification
Of the finger Of prophecy, the finger OF
EvneAlOg. The finger Of chronology
the finger OF evearS-an five fingers
pOinting in one direction Christ IS
the overlapping Egure OF all time he
G. The vON humane il al music the
erzcsfulesI Ene in ali sculpture, the
most exquisite mingling Of lights and
shades II al painting, the acme Of ali
rlimaxeS the dome of all csihedraled
grandeur and the %Peroration of al
splendid language
The Greek alphabet Is made up OF
- letters and when Christ compared
Himself 70 the 6rsl letter and the last
letter. the alpha and the omega He
appropriated to Himself an the spien-
6ors that you can spell cut with those
two letters and al the Letters between
them. Il an he alpha and the omega,
the beginning and The end. the first
and the last or. II yoa prefer the
words Of the text above all"
II means after YOU have piled up ST
Alpine and HimslaysR attitudes, the
glory Of Christ would have to spread
SITS wings and descend . thousand
lesgues 10 touch thuse SUBMITS.
Pelicn- q high mountain Of Thessaly;
0Ssa- a high mountain. and Olympus.
g high mountain. but mythology tells
Us when the grants warTed against the
gods they piled up these three nou
i&ins and from the top of them pro-
posed 10 scale the heavens. hut the
height Was not grea; enough, and
there was . complete failure. And
after al. the gisnts-Isaiah and Paul
prophetic and apostolic giants:
Rsphsel and Michael Angelo, artistic
giants; cheruhim and serSphim and
s~rehsngel,~ celestial giants-have failed
30 climb TO the top Of ChiSt's glory
they may aB well unite in the words
Of the text aud say: He that cometh
from above is above AL
First. Christ mus; be above all else
in our preaching. There are 50 many
beaks on homileiiss scattered
through the world that all laymep as
vel as al elergymen have made up
their minds what sermons ought to
BE- That ernon is most efeciual
which most Pointedly puts forth Chris,
a The pardon Of all sin and the cor
reeticO Of all evil. individual. social
political. national. There is no reason
Nhy We should ring the endless changes
on 3 few phrases There are those
who think that II an exhortstion or
discourse have freenen; mention Of
Justification. Specification. covenant
OF works and covenant Of grace that
therefore il mus; be profoundly evan
EeiieaL while they are suspicious Of
discourse which presents the same
uHth- but under different phras@oL
ogy- Vow. | say there is nothing in
al the opuleni realm Of Anglo-Sax.
eniSD or al he word treasures tbs;
We inherited from the Latin and the
6reek and the IndO-Europsan but we
have q right 10 marshal Il ia religious
discussion. Christ sets the example
HIS Illustrations were from the grass
the flowers. the spi;tle. the saIFe. the
HTHyarc fowl the CRYSTALS of salt.
as vel as from the seas and the stars,
eEa We do IN; propose in on Sunday
school teaching and in our pulpii sd-
dress TO Be put on the limits.
know that there Is q great deal said
IA day agsins; words. as though
they Sre nothing. They NAV Be
rnlsased. bu; they have an imperial
pSWer. IeEy are the bridge between
soul and so1l. between Almighty God
and the human race. What did God
write upou'ihe tables Of ston.
Words What did Christ utter on
Mount 0iiVei7 Words 00t Of VIA:
DID Chris; strike the spark for the
illumination Of The universe? Out OF
words let there be light aat
light Vas OF course. though; Is IN,
cargo, and words are Only the shin
but bow fast woal6 your cargo 20 On
without the ship: What Won need
nv Trends in all Jour work. in YOU
Sunday school class. in your reform
siory institutions. ard what we al
need is TO enlarge eur ~rocshular-
when We come 70 speak about Go!
and Chris; and Heaven. We ride 4
few old words 20 death when Their.
s. such an inimitable reSourc.
Shakespeare employed 1900 differ
ent words for dramatic purposes. MI
Ton employed 5000 different word,
fer poetic purposes Rufus Cheat.
employed over IIao0 6ifenen; word,
fer legal purposes hEi the most o.
Is ksve less than 100 words that -
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