The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-01-29

! the hope that springs eternal from the
infinite plenitude of the Godhead it.
| self. All this and vastly more is
brought home to our minds with every
mention OF the sweet, the adorable
name of Jesus. For Jesus means
Savior, or 1.-The Lord Is Salvation
Savior means Messiah, and Messiah
means the whole economy of Creation,
Redemption and Sanctification.
"Thou shalt call hls name Jesus
were the words Of the angel to Mary
in the day Of the AnnunciatiOn. Brief
| the utterance, yet how full OF mean
ing! For 1t summarized the hopes
and expectations of all the ages that
had preceded. From Adam to Abra
ham, from Abraham to Moses, from
Moses to John the Baptist 1t had been
the one sound the world had longed to
hear. There had been kings and saints
and sages and prophets in Israel
whose names were In perpetual bene-
diction, but they were not Jesus, and
could not as a consequence fill the
void and the unsatisfed aching in the
great human heart. u Hence at. what
ever point we glance III Jewish his-
tory, from the days Of the Exodus to
the per4Dd Of the, Roman invasion. the
spectAbis presented yFis uhs- and the
Same. nVArywhsfe a. National yearn-
ing for thS prnAnised Liberator of the
future. Everywhere a straining to
catch but one glimpse, one far-off inti-
nation, of the Star out Of Jacob whose
light still shone below the horizon of
the centuries to be. On all hands
universal dissatisfaction with a state
of things which was radically wrong
because radically incomplete. Such
an unsettled condition naturally
brought about a widespread political
and moral decadence which increased
as the years waned. The havoc OF
!, war, the desolation of double cap
tivity, social and especially moral con-
tact with paganism, the spirit OF greed
! and gain with which the Jews were
, tainted. their constant infidelities tt
!; grace and the loving designs of God IN
: their regard, all combined to develop
a situation of affairs in mournful con-
!, trast with the halcyon days OF tho
T Kingdom under David and Solomon
l So low, in fact. had they sunk as q
people that the advent of the Messiah
! was as much a necessity for them as
, for the infidel world about them. Bu'
r whence was the change to come:
8 There was neither check nor remedy
, within the entire range of natura
t science or mere human expediency
, The dark mystery of mans prevarica.
tion was spiritual and supernatural
e and hence the instrument of rehabli
l tation had to be sought for on high
Though long delayed 1t came with thu
3 coming of the Son Of God, to whom
8 the Almighty gave name expressl!
= indicative Of His sublime mission al
= the Expected of Nations and of tn
d stupendous power which he was t
d WELD in the world. "Thou shalt cal
t His name Jesus"-at whose mention
: every knee shall how in heaven ant
8 upon earth and under the earth. Thu
). the first epoch, an epoch of prepara
e ton in the evolution of the Divin
!, plan with regard to the human race
e eliminated not only in point Of fac
: but equally in point OF profound sic
: nincance in Jesus,-the Emmanuel.
The world needed a Savior. Yes. Blu
n where was He to be sought? Not II
y the Areopagus of Athens. Not in tn
Il forum Of ancient Rome. Not in tn
r Universities of Carthage, Antioch, o
= Alexandria-but in the peaceful an
= retired haunts Of Galillee. In tn
e workshop at Nazareth plying the hum
It BILE avocation of a carpenter. In tn
I'll Temple of Jerusalem disputing wit
10 the Doctors of the Law. On the noun
n tain top at night bowed low in praye
n and bathed in the quiet starlight of a
N eastern sky. Dead upon the eros
sr sleeping His last sleep. with His nam
VI writ large overhead and refiecte
p across the ages to the day of doom.
,f IL PLATE had unwittingly exclaimed
th' all the world: whoever you be, shoul