Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-03-13
DIR. CALEY'S LECTURE

ntOuuay evening tHe OuilS Ieopi|
Building was filled with large and
sppreciative audience to hear Or.
Galley OIL the second period OF Christ Z
life. viz. the Public Ministry or as he
put it "The Proclamation" the first
being tha private life on Preparation
which was trestod last week and The
third, the Passion on Preparation which
will be amplified two weeks hence.
Christ came To teach E,en by example
how TO live and the great purpose
was to establish the Kingdom OF hea.
ven on earth. given by Cod among
men. He said that 10 spite Of the
four great religious parties, the Phar-
Isles, the saddncees. the Scribns and
the Essences, who opposed Him there
was eodly remnant Of The trne Is
rael such as Zacharias and Elizabeth
Joseph and Mary and many others.
The Public Ministry naturally divid-
es into three periods, the first lasting
fifteen months and ending with His
rejection at Nazareth the Second about
q year and ending with the rejection
at CaDernarnm and the third rejection
at Jerusalem. The first might be
termed the foundation Of the Kingdom
the second the organization Of the
Kingdom, and the third the maniies-
tation Of the Kingdom.
John the Baptist in his recognition
emphasizes three great aspects of the
Kingdom. He was to establish; what
was to be universal, spiritual, sacri'
fetal.
BY His frat miracle Christ shows
2 real interest in mankind. Social
work without spiritual work is doomed
to failure, and likewise spiritual work
without social work will never prosper
it is combination OF the two that
means success.
He called attention to two characters
80 often mallgned by those unsamllar
with the Bible, Nicilemns and Mary
Magdalenn; the one . true man and
not q coward, the other q woman re-
stored TO her right mind and not an
0utcast.
He gave for the first titne an ont
line OF the three PERSONS in Lhe Trim
ity and its special relationship TO
man, the love OF his father, the sacrifice
OF the son, the service and power or
the Holy Spirit. He is described rs
the discovrrer OF the individual, the
Old Testament message being to The
people as a whole.
To Nicidemus he revealed Himself
az the Messiah; the Woman OF Samaria
WAS the first TO learn the great truth
that tho Messiah Of The Jews was not
only to be the Savior OF the Samaritan
but the Savior OF all mankind.
Tue first rejection at Nazareth WAS
because He taught tbs great truth that
the Kingdom Of God was universal,
not national. During this time He
manlests interest in the social aud
spiritual welfare OF the individual,
breaches the gospel and heals tile sick.
The second period lasted about
year, mainly in Galilee, with his home
in Capernaum. The first thing was
the call Of the disciples TO active
servica TO be apostles. Then fol-
lowed three missionary journeys
the first when he went with his diciples
10 heal the sick and proclaim the Cos
pei as summarized in the Sermon Oh
the Mount; in the second he first mani
tested His power over the forces Of
nature by the s,illing OF the tempest;
during the third He sent the Apostles
out by themselves to prepare them for
their future work. When lie preached
in the Synagogue at Capernanm that
His was spiritual Kingdom and not
political one the result was the same
rejection.
During the third period He began for
the first time to speak about the church
and that He was to die. Not until they
bad confessed Him as the Christ were
they to know that He Was the Messiah
and on the Mount OF TRANSPORTATION
He proved to them that he was 10
suffer and die. when he talked with
Moses and Elijah about His death.
The raising OF Lazarus from the dead
iniuriated the leaders ut the Sanhe-
drim, so that price was put on His
head.
Briefly but graphically DR.. Galley
spoke OF His life during Holy Week
and the triumphal entry into Jerusa-
lem on an ass. the auimal OF peace.
He came not rs the warrior on war
horse but az the ambassador OF peace i,
aud when he beheld the Holy City
breaks forth into that beautiful lament,
for He, only, knows of the destruction
that awaits the doomed city, The JOY OF
every true son OF the Israel He WAS
then rejected for the third time at Jeru.
sanm, because it was to lie q sacrifcial
aud not q martial Kingdom.
Dr. Galley closed with an account OF
the beautiful Legend OF the monk who
placed the crown OF thorns OH the altar
on Good Friday changed to garland
OF flowers on Easter Day.
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