Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-04-22
JESUS
r
Would Attend Ser
vices
At Jewish Synagogue
If In Akron.
Rev. Heron Preached
on This Theme
. 81.
At Central Presbyterian Church
Sunday Night.

Sabbath night, in the Central Presby- |
terian church, was on the theme:
"Should Jesus. the Son OF Man, be in
Akron Over the Sabbath, Where Would
He Attend Public Worship?-Thc
Jewish Synagogue?'
Touching Oh his theme, he
said "The Apostle Paul, him
self a Jew, was very sorry for the
Jews, because they had rejected Our
Lord Jesus, and he affirmed: 81 could
wish that myself were accursed from
Christ, for my brethren, my klnsmen
according to the flesh
"Our Lord, Himself Il Jew, sorrowcd
over Judea's capital with an exceeding
great and bitter cry. He had come to
His own, and His own had received
Him not. %, Jerusalem, Jerusalem
He lamented, Thou that killest the
prophets and stonest them which are
sent unto thee. How often would 1
have gathered the children together,
even as hen gathereth her chickens
under her wings, and ye would not.
Behold your house is left unto you des-
olate.' Jerusalems destruction by
Titus, with its awful horrors, verified
the woe announced Our Lord Jesus
having risen from the dead and ascend
ed up on high, the Holy Spirit has
assumed the mission of evangelzing
the world, and Of Chrlstanizlng men,
To this end, the Christian church ex-
lists. Thus far in her history, the
Christian church represents the in
gathering of the Gentlles, chiefly The
Prophet OF Nazereth has thus far
been despised and rejected of the
Jews. BY virtue Of the promise full
flled on the Day OF Pentecost, our
Christian church, in infinite pity and
tenderness as an elder brother strong
and resourceful visits lovingly anc
with comfort and help the unhappy
and the distressed of his fathers chill
dren.
"On the Sabbath day Jesus woulC
repair to the synagogue, as the Gus
tom was during the years which usher
ed in our calendar era; and If permit
ted to speak to the congregation, III
would expound unto them in all tn
scriptures, the things concerning Hin
self. And so effectual would Lii
preaching be, that afterward the
should say one to another, Did nc
our heart burn within us, while III
opened 10 us the scripturesT
"'Shall Jew and Gentle meeting
From many distant shore
Around one altar kneellng,
One common Lord adoreT
"rhe scriptures teach the nutioni
conversion OF the Jews, ana antec
dent before the second coming
Christ Natural branches broken OF
they shall be restored, Verify the
shall be grated into their own Oily
tree.
"While the air stlll was resonaI
from the joy-bels OF this last Easte
tide, ministered, on two successi,
days, among mourners burylng the
dead. Profoundly grateful was
those grief stricken companies, by re
son of our common faith in Him, wi
was delivered Tor our offenses, M
was raised again for our justlfcatlo
"The late United States Senate
Cushman X. Davis, of Minnesota,
man OF extraordinary ability and
great learning, said short time befo
his death: 4 know human history, al
] know that i'm the first century, son
thing happened that destroyed the c
world, and gave birth to the new. II
resurrection of Jesus would accou
for that change, and | do not kno
OF any other adequate solution that Il
ever been proposed
"The Jews, the miracle OF the |
man ages, God hasten the day
which the scales are to fall from tn
eyes, and Jesus the Son of Mary sh
sppear to them, the chiefest amo