The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-06-24
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4 among all people. he has called sal
walton. He now names wonders and
properly SO, for the salvation by which
the race Is redeemed is full of wonders
| and therefore worthy of admiration
and praise. If blindness in part had
! not happened unto Isarel, they could
have seen long ago that God always
had designs of love for all the families
of men and never intended that his
grace and his covenant should relate
J only to the seed of Abraham after the
flesh.
Visions of the power and extent of
this grace so enthused the large heart
ed David, that he danced before the
Ark, while he saw all the earth turning
from idols to serve the living God If
Michel had been able to enter into his
delight, she would not have reproached
him; but her vision was limited; it was
narrow. If the Jewish race now could
but enjoy enlargement of heart so as
ID enter into sympathy with all man
kind, they also would sing for jov at
the prophecy that all the earth shall be
filled with the glory of the Lord.
The gospel is the wonder of wonders.
Its history abounds with marvellous
achievements.
In the person of its author there is
displayed the wonders of love, wisdom
and power The nations of the earth
need to hear of Gods marvellous works
and living self-denying church should
see to it that this is done.
Tribes that are becoming extinct are
not to be excluded any more than the
great families which like the fat king
of Pharaoh are devourlng other races.
The Anglo-SaXon; the Indian in his
Tepee; the Mexican in his adobe hut;
the Hottentot of Africa or the Canm-
balls of the South Seas need to hear
these wonders of grace.
None so cultured but they need it;
none too degraded to have it; and none
so refined but they may be benefited
by the proclamation.
In the conquest of grace and the en-
largement of his work in the world we
are in the midst of wonders, which we
may see il we will but open our eyes.
The wonder of christianity as a rene
dy for the evils of the world, is that it
sets forth IN Christ the Supreme de-
mands of holiness and love fully recon-
cied with the sinner.
Amidst the storm and surge of
sin, divine holiness rises hike a
wall of adamant to shut up every
avenue to safety and dash in pieces
every false human hope. In the
Odyssey Of Homer, Ulysses is repre-
sented as tossed by day and by night
upon the boiling ocean, more afraid Of
the breakers which revealed the land
than of the pillows which formed the
peril of the sea. In this we see the
picture of the soul driven by the resist
less tide OF guilt against the eternal
laws which guard the universe. By
and by rent is opened in the mighty
barrier when the gentle stream divides
even the encircling rock and by this
unlocked for inlet. safety and shelter
are found 1t is heavens best deliv-
erance through the victory of love, not
by breaking down and overturning
justice but By opening a pathway
through it to salvation as wonderful
in its effects as it is easy of obtaining
The wonders of grace are Illustrated
in the memorable scene enacted on Mt.
Carmel. The forests resOunded with
the wild orgies of idolatrous worship.
as the frenzied priests cry on, Baal
hear US. Now like demons whirling in
the giddy dance leaping over the altar
and cutting themselves, growing more
frantic as the sultry hours slowly pass
and no voice deigns an answer.
Four hundred and fifty hoarse voices
mingling curses with prayers to the
pitiless sun god like so many demons
swell the fearful chorus while Elijah
goads them on to louder cries that they
may waken the god, who perchance Is
asleep or on journey. His time has
come.
Excited priests exhausted with their
own frenzy sink in silence on the ground.
When with twelve stones Elijah re-
builds the altar and places on the wood
the victims for sacrifice, he causes it to
be three times flooded with water.
Then alone amid the multitudes wrought
up to the fever heat of intense ex-
pectation, he offers a simple prayer
|! when the fire descends from a clear
sky devouring the very stones of the
altar. Such was the effect on the peo-
pie, that they fell on their faces unable
to gaze on the light and cry out Je-
hovah is God. When the people have
confessed their sins and put away the
false prophets, the way is clear for the
long desired rain to come. This wonder
of divine power and grace had a sub
l DUNG effect on the people Elijah who
had shamed the king before his people
on Carmel was willing to run before his
chariot, as an act of homage to indicate
4 that no racoupizad him O his cOyarpiup