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ton. and one of these is in suffering
and Dr. Palmer was expressed in both'
First in action. Let me speak of him as
he stands related to three grand instl-
tutions all which he himself recorded as
divine First look at him as the head
of the family We are not at loss 10
know what was DIR. Palmer's conception
of the family. He has given us the idea
himself. 1t is found in one of the richest
and NEST precious little books | have
ever seen. Originally the writings ap-
peared in the Southwestern Presbyterian,
and l read them then in my earliest
manhood. Afterwards they were gather
ed together by the little family which
bears his name And let me say to you
who are heads of families in this con-
gregation tonight, and who desire to
know the way in which to discharge
your duty and meet your obligations, as
1
of families, get that book and read it.
According to his conception, God made
man in His own image and in His own
likeness. God then made this lovely
helpmeet for him, united them in sacred,
! holy union, and thus they stood forth
( twain, yet one flesh. 1t was for the man
to love his wife and his duty to stand
! as the responsible head of the house
hold, not only responsible for it's tenn
poral affairs, but responsible to a very
large extent for its religion, too. He
was to be the priest in his home. He
was to offer the daily sacrifice of prayer
and thanksgiving, and the little ones
given to him were to be nurtured in the
Lord. This family is to be the type of
the great family of God in heaven.
Nov then I say this was his own
ideal. l have but one thing TO add, and
that is that Dr. Palmer, as you know,
was q man to be true to all his ideals.
What he expressed on the written page
he ever lived in daily action, and if you
ask how he appears to us as husband
and father, as priest in his own house,
l answer by taking the reply from his
own words. Get that book and read it.
! HIS RLATIoNs TO THE CHURCH
"In the next place. we look at DR..
! Palmer as he stands related to the
church of the living God. This institu-
| tion he believed to be Divine. He held
! that it was purchased of the precious
| blood of Jesus Christ; that it had been
one in all generations; that it sprang
| from that old and grand 'Israelitish law
on which Christianity was engrafted,
| and that Jesus loved and honored it by
maing it part Of his mystical body.
| DR.. Palmer felt that in this respect he
could follow in the footsteps of his Re-
| deemer. Now let us contemplate
! his magnificent service in this
| church. / come now to speak of DR..
| Palmer as a preacher of the gospel of
Jesus Christ, and l know well the mag
nitude OF that theme. The first thing
| that strikes me is his absolute fidelity
| TO the Bible He believed that this
! book is Gods word. and he was as true
| to it as ever was the needle to the pole.
/ Men elsewhere might preach other
things if they municipalities, science,
poetry and all, but this man preached
Jesus Christ and Him crucified. The
| next thing that strikes me is that his
preaching was largely theological. You
| recollect that Dr. Palmer in the early
J part of his life taught in the theological
| seminary. You recollect that that mind
of his regarded theology as the very
! queen of sciences. You take the doc
| trines as they appear in any theological
i tract, the doctrine of the certainty OF
| God, the doctrine of the free agency Of
man, the doctrine of the justification OF
| sanctifcation; you take the doctrine OF
| Jesus Christ suffering for sin. and you
will find that DR.. Palmers preaching
embodied these doctrines. He varied his
manner of presentation. changed his il
Illustrations, but always he was faithful
to the theology that had been taught him
and his preaching from beginning to end
! was intensely Calvinistic. And not only
| this. There was charm in that preach
| ing. | had almost said magical charm
Wherein did it lie? One thing has struck
me-Dr. Palmer's abundant use of the
metaphor. He was not one who related
anecdotes, not one who drew up pathetic
scenes, but a man who talked in a
| metaphorical language Just as natural
| ly as birds sing. | remember picking
| up that wonderful work of his on
prayer, and on d single page | counted
| N'ShI oCht'hS'o' anu OLA VI tht oCuIcuCcs
out of eight contained distinct meta
| phors. When DR.. Palmer spoke of the
church being subiugated by the world
he would say you must not chain the
| bride of Christ to the chariot wheels OF
sin. When DR.. Palmer illustrated the
necessity of humility in prayer he would
say: Why, even the bird stoops on the
limb before it scars away into the air.
/
| tinually poetry and tie human mind de-
| lights in poetry. He did this not because
| he studied to do it. 1t came to him
naturally and therefore pleasantly, and