The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-10-12
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the Jew.
Hut I'VE hundred ysars before Christ
this inspired prophet was vouchsafed = :
vision Of another life Efar-reachlns N 1ts
effects zechariah was . chief mover
IN tbs restoration Of the Temple 9 fter the
return from the Babylonish captivity.
There was little. II any. enthusiasm io1
tho people were dlsheartened
They had grown faithless toward tnels
Temple and their God. In spite OF ~
this. zechariah foretold no: only the Duliu-
Ing again OF the Temple. but that TINS
was coming when the music Of GOO = o 's' =
sphere should not sound remotely from
tho tinklirE bells OF the High Priest WIZ Ill
in the VEIL but out in the busy street.
amid the stir Of traffic OF the world
there should be upon the bells - tne
horses Holiness unto the Lord
The prophecy began to be realized when
at the death Of Christ the "Eell OF tho
Temple was rent in twain. Then and
there the old Temple, with Its distincuon
between clean and unclcan. its types and
ceremonial, priestly caste and separate
life from the common daily lie. vanish
ed
God. in the ordinary human lie. - the
nav Temple. This is the meaning OF the
incarnation. The world has been very
slow to perceive It.
Have you ever thought in your strus-
Cling work a-day life what this means
Have you ever thought that IT = your
right and made quite possisls Tor you to
live up to the sense Of an Infinite rather
hood as Christ lived up to and in It?
This is the gospel; this Is the salvation
which. through the gospel IL preached
unto you. This is tho faith which
alone oyerco,nes tho present evil world.
OF flesh and sin.
The law OF the gospel, therefore does
not require you or me- to be great OF
grand or world renowned, but only this:
TO be faithful ana full OF loyalty to GOD
in Just those relations OF Afs where
He has placed US.
BE 70 followers Of Cod" st. Paul
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writes. cas- dear Children and then Inn
mediately he shows them how they arc
to follow Colby being pure IN cor
rupt ago: faithful as wives; tender a.
husbands; obedlent as children; trust
worthy as slaves; considerate as mas
ters All the seemingly abstract phtlo-
sophy Of the Christian life IL thus put
into the plain, practical duties OF every
day nfe lie sums 1t all up IN the
charge, Brethren. let every man where
In he Is called, therein abide with GOD.
Christianity is already. In spite OF
naisconception and ignorance and mis-
takes. working powerfully in tho world
to-day. The hunanities of our modern
life is making life sacred; the manifold
institutions OF charity, extending even
to the care OF dumb beasts; the world
wide sympathy to every appeal OF hu-
man suffering; agitated by every prob
lem that concerns the. rights and we'll
being OF man-aro ali directly In line
with the glorious future which zecharfah
dimly foresaw when he wrote. there
should be upon the bells Of the horses
..4oliness .untolEthe Lord"
It must be admitted. however. that
the world Of mankind is capable OF be-
ing improved. We see in the world to-
day minds evidently in darkness. grop-
ing. stumbling, unhappy and often des-
rerate. We see selfishness lurking er-
erywhere-in capital In labor. in every
form Of business In politics. In the
church and even in the holy ties Of do
nestle life There is much light. hope,
p,,rity and unselfishness, but 1t Is clear
" to be seen that society might still
be improved.
what will help II not the faith that the
destiny Of man is to be something more
than that OF an animal? Something
which our Lord has made possible for
us. even to be heirs of God and Joint
heirs with Christi" What can help. II
not the hope that in and through this
present life there Is kingdom COM
ing, which shall be for all who will enter
an eternal uplifting, carrying them over
death into Immortality? What can help
il not the pure love Of generous and
honest sympathy? These are capable OF
making sweet even the bitter waters Of
our social life.
IT is for you and for me to seek with
all our might to bring about the realiza-
ton of this prophecy of zechariah; and
to hasten the day when there shall be
put upon the bells Of our horses, 'Holi-
ness to the Lord What nobler work.
what aim more worthy Of your manhood
can be set before you?
1t is not necessary that you should be
preachers or hermits. in order to bring
the street into harmony with the Tenn
ple. But it is necessary that you should
be true men and women. living above the
mere toiling and moiling and bargaining
and fretting and money-making which
absorb your attention every day. The