Evening journal., 1916-02-03
The Supremacy of LOUe
Sermon preached in the Tabernacle night by Dr. Lyon

would forget all about the goodness
Of the heavenly Father and wander
away. worshipping heather gods and
goddesses: then the Lord would send
a great prophet with both word of
warning and a message OF affection.
Let the wicked forsake his way and
the unrighteous man his thoughts,
and let him return unto the Lord and
He will have mercy on him. and TO
our God. for He will abundantly par
don" Time after time the people
would reject these prophets. stone
them, scourge them. and put them to
death, and yet God. with His patience,
would send others, renewing His
pleading. promising TO forgive their
sins. II they would only return.
But not only through the works Of
creation. through the endowment OF
mind and heart. not only through His
laws and the prophets has God mani
tested His love, but supremely He has
evidenced His affection by the life
and teachings OF Jesus Christ See
Jesus as He went about healing the
sick, feeding the starving. stilling the
storms and raising the dead, and you
get a picture OF divine compassion
and mercy. Every word be uttered,
even the scathng rebuSes against the
impenitent and hard-hearted were
shot through and through with His
spirit Of love.
Yet all Of these facts and evidences
together are not enough to give to
the human soul a complete revelation
of the love of God. All Of these COM
hined are not sufficient to dispel the
stubbornness and WOO The affections
/ of the heart that has been hardened
by the decetfulncss Of sin. We are
thrown back upon the words OF our
text 10 get a view Of the supremacy
/ of love We find II in the death Of
Jesus. the only begotten Son of God
No matter how great the miracles
that Jesus had performed, the Won
derful truths He had uttered and tho
marvellous life Of unselfshness aud
service and sacrifice He had lived
/ yet II He had shrinked from suffering
death then men throughout tho cen
turios might have questioned the SUI
premacy OF His love. The words of
our text make this matter plain. II
says. God commended His love-
That word "commends' has a mean
ing in the original that it is impossi-
bic for us TO express in a single Eng
/ lish word. 1t literally means. Goo
has put His love beyond the shadow
OF doubt The death OF Jesus mani.
tested the sublimity OF love first o
all on account Of the supremacy OF
the person God in Christ reconcileC
the world TO Himself. II was no
then a third person that died fol
mankind. but the Father Himself wal
making the sacrifice OF His Son.
few years ago King George. o
Great Britain. went TO India TO b
crowned emperor. Al that time ther
was a great cholera scourge swoepin
over the northern provinces, and tn
king made large subscription to tn
! funds 10 cure this plague. All th
. newspapers OF India praised the ger
erous liberality Of the king. SUI
y posing in addition to this the king ha
= sent his own royal physician. den,
, ing himself of his services. to go {
4, those provinces TO give his skill an
b experience in combating that dis
ease. His generosity would hav
been even more evident SuppOsin
in addition 20 this the king had him
self laid aside his robes Of state an
gone into the plague-stricken dis
tricts. and given his own time an
> strength i'm nursing the victims Of th
disease. and at last he himself woul
= have been stricken down and dieG
, Then the whole wide world wOul
have resounded with praises OF hi
b devotion and affection for his people
The fact OF his exalted position woul
e make the sacrifice that much tn
4 greater. That is just exactly VIII,
I Jesus Christ did. Multiply earthl
+ kingship by inhnity. and you can b'
e hold the greatness Of the love O
n God as revealed in Christ Jesus, OF
h Lord
j. But not only was the death
Christ supreme on account Of IN
e supremacy OF the person, but also {
o account Of the supremacy Of the pu
n ipOse: il was TO save lost man fro
e. sin The papers a few summers al
ie told about society girl, who vi
d boating on one OF the inland LAX
J. with her pet poodle dog. The di
n became frightened and jumped owe
a board: the foolish girl herself sprai
y out OF the boat to rescue the dog al
'e was drowned You may admire h
o courage, but do not think very mu
J. OF her common sense. The purpo
II was not worth the effort and the sa
: rifice
a Some years ago a terrible plag
2 was sweeping over the city Of Par
o and the physicians seemed powerle
: 10 stay its ravages. At last a co
II ference OF doctors was called. and {
, unanimous opinion was that the on
: hope OF discovering the source OF {
disease was for some physician
make a careful investigation OF d
dead body Of some victim. They /;
knew that 10 come so closely in co
tact with this contagion would mel
for the doctor who did IL almost ce
tain death. was proud to say tn
it was a surgeon, whose name vi
Lyon, arose and said: Cent
men. I will volunteer 10 perform th
duty" He went to his lawyer al
made his will; he then went to h
home and bade goodbye TO his wi
ana children and went TO the di
secting room. where all night he !
bored diligently and carnfilllr di.nnl