The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-02
BISHOP PICTURES CHRIST AS
A TENDER, LOVING SHEPHERD
THIS CONCEPTION OF TIL E LORD
SHOULD BE THE SUPREME
INSPIRATION.
Says Presiding officer Of the -he-
dist Conference in Eloqu6
Sermon Yesterday.
swaying his audience from sober Sc

! Swaying his audience from sober ser
! housness TO tears, Bishop Franklin
Hamilton. D. D. LII. D., of Pittsburgh,
! Pa, addressed an audience yesterday
morning that filled every portion OF
I the immense auditorium at the Thorn
son NJ. Z. church, Island. Bishop Ram
lions topic was: That Great Shep'
herd Of the Sheep The text was
! Hebrews 1920, Now the God OF
! Peace, that brought again from the
dead our Lord Jesus, that great shep,,
herd Of sheep. through the olood OF
! the everlasting covenant
! Long before tho time for the COM
! mencement Of the service the vast au-
ditorium was filled. Many failed to
! find seats and the large corridors
around the auditorium and In the bal.
cony were filled with persons standing.
; Seated along the alter rail and on the
pulpit were several. :.
T'e service was opened at 10:45,
and Dr.. II. C. Morrison. president OF
Asbury College, Of Wilmore, KY, the
West Virginia Methodist Episcopal
conference evangelist, offered prayer.
DR.. NJ. F. Compton. district superin;,
! tendent Of the Wheeling district, lead
ih the responsive readings. Rev. W.
Hartlnger, pastor Of Thomson churcn'
made the announcements ana closing
the morning service. DR.. John w.
Hancher, Of New York City, pro
nounced the benediction.
Christ as a Shepherd.
Bishop Hamilton In opening his ser
mon pictured the shepherd OF q great
flock Of sheep, his gentle admintstra-
tons to them as they Craze the noun
tain sides, and the tenderness with
which he directs them back to the
fold in the evening. He likened the
shepherd with Jesus, as the shepherd
OF the people Of the world.
THE image that We have OF Christ
ne said, Il believe is misconceptlon.
The artists who have produced the
famous portraits of the Savior do not
have a good idea of Christian beauty
He told Of his having viewed the mas
terpieces, those Of the Vatican, and In
! the art centers Of the world. In the
courts Of alexander, miscaled the
Great" he said the oldest picture of
Christ In the world adorns its walls,
but, Continued Bishop Hamilton, We
had TO wait until a peasant pictured
/ Him as a shepherd, bent over, carry
ing little lamb. am glad that they
did not picture MY Lord. as con-
queror, nor as an arch angel, or q
student. No, MOI. He is a shepherd
prince A smiling pleasant shepherd!
He is a great shepherd Of the sheep.
"The Shepherd conception Of Jesus
is the supreme inspiration for the day
in which we live. There are better
Christians today than there were in
the apostolic period, and the Christian
church is far nobler than in the print
tive period. But an old test Is sacrl-
rfce and humble heart. Uphold the
supreme test and you can equal the
miracle of the apostles" continued
| Bishop Hamilton.
Forgetting the Vision.
That a number Of the people OF to-
day have lost the Shepherd vision, was
the opinion expressed by Bishop Ham
ilton. In business and in politics, the
desire for riches and power has
caused the vision to be lost. What
Of European rulers? They have lost
the Shepherd vision. The men who
by oath took the promise that they
would be shepherds Of Gods poor,
now are leading them to DEATH" he
said.
The sermon was one OF the most i'm
pressive ever delivered In this city
and illustrations Of sacrifices, that OF
mother toiling by day and night,
forgetting herself that her son might
have an education, and the love OF the
son for his mother. brought tears to
the eyes OF nearly every one IN the
huge congregation.