The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-02-19
Revival sermon.


At the revival services which are
in progress at the First Christian
church, Rev Kceran preached the
Following sermon Sunday evening:
"There Is a river, the streams OF
which make glad the city of Cod"
was the text which was found in
Psalms. 46 chapter and 4th verse. Ho
safd: More than one thousand years
before the establishment Of the church
the Psalmist David swept the harp
and sang with Inspiration from tho
spirit of God. about that city which
was to be established, and from which
should go forth such great joy and
In which should dwell joy forever His
heart was filled with joy and gladness
looking down through the ages, and
by that holy spirit, he was enabled
to see, as IT We're, the people of the
living God, gathered from all parts
OF the world, rejoicing dn that JOY
which is unspeakable and full Of
glory
'The subject before MS is the city OF
God. We desire to speak first Of the
city; second, the river, and third, its
streams.
'rhe city Of God. The passage has
reference, no doubt, to the church
of the living God. Zion was the
place which was established by the
Lord himself 1t was typical of the
church, and in the singing of these
psalms, they have something in view
aside from this place of worship
"In speaking of this city. tAe church
~ l.. l.
to take into consideration, first, tho
name Every city must have Il name
and If IT is to have a name, vt is to
be named. of course, by the lord
Turn, If YOU please, to Isaiah G2nd
chapter and 2nd verse, and you will
read, Thou shalt he called by a new
name, which the mouth of the Lord
shall name
! 1--WE find I'm various places in the
old Testament, where the declaration
is made that we are to walk I'm the
lname of our God The Psalmist
says that in the n-me OF our GCl.
we VIII set up our banner And Il
is in the name of our God that we
must expect success, that we must
walk. that we must labor. for the
advancement OF the cause of the Re
| deemer.
"Waen Jesus offered that beautiful
prayer, He prayed that the Father
might keep His disciples i'm His own
name. while | was with them In
the world, ] kept them in thy name,
And. in that prayer He prays for al
the disciples of Jesus Christ i'm al
ages, that they might be kept in His
name.
when we turn to the Acts of thC
Apostles and come to inquire abou
the name Of the city of which ",
are speaking, we read in the 2Ott
chapter and 2Sth verse, Take heed
therefore. unto yourselves. and to al
the hocks, over which the holy spir
hath male you overseers, To feed th'
church of God which He has pur
chased with His own blood" At thi
point I'm his address Rev. Kcerai
cited a number of verses of the Bibl'
in which the name OF the city of Coo
is spoken of and said; I'VE have il
the new Testament the name spokel
of about 13 times" He then gav
the condition of admission to tn,
church, as follows: The first thini
necessary is to hear the GOSPEL of tn
son of the living God. Second, to be
lleVe 1t with all the heart, and thei
to repent of sin, because individual
cannot come into this city with thei
sins. Believing with all our heart
in the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
the last act which brings us into th
city and gives us a right to citizen
ship Is baptism,
'I'he river is the escape channe
A city is not of very much conse
quence which is not located upon
river The river Is q very essentls
thinr 10 drain and carrN off imnnr