The Lakeland evening telegram., 1917-02-26
At The Lutheran
Church Yesterday

The pastor of this church Rev. w.
f. Pugh. chose as his text for the
morning sermon st. Mark 10: 1924.
coupled with st. John II: 4, 5, his
way to Glory" He said in part, The
glory and honor that the natural man
seeks is not the same as the glory
that Jesus sought. Mans glory is to
he used by him for his own honor
Jesus in his life and prayer desired
only TO be gloritied in order that His
Fathers glory may be greater TO
attain proper glory for man. ii is
necessary that he labor and often
times suffer before he is crowned with
success. II was not different with
our Lord Before he could again be
glorifed with the glory that he had
with the Father before the world
was. il became necessary that he
walk through the valley of the shad-
ow of death. His pathway to glory
lcdu Hill ny tllt way VI 'h' 'iohN'
The pathway that he was to walk
was marked out by the Father III his
holy word In phophecy, and in his
tory, and in the very forms of wor
shin there was a foreshadowing OF
how he should come into the world
how he should come into the world,
live. suffer, and die. Isaiah calls hml
the man of sorrows, who is acquaint
ed with grief Abraham Offering up
his only and well-bleoved son Isaac
is a fore -shadowing of our heavenly
Father Offering up his Son on Cal
vary. Joseph sold into Egypt by his
brthren type of the treachery OF
Judas in selling Jesus for thirty pices
of silver. jeremiah who was misun-
derstood and suffered reproaeh ana
physical injury at the hands OF ms
countrymen, type of the wrong that
was wrought against Jesus the inno-
cent One. The Old Testament wor-
ship in its form and substance was
, type of the life and death of the
Saviour. Only spotless sacrihces
were to be brought by the people in
4 their worship Jesus was offered
a spotless sacrifice. the Lamb of God
that taketh away the sin of the world
ing their shadows on the pathway
of the Saviour. The shadow of Satan
in his great temptation in the wild
crne@. He was tempted to doub,
his Fathers care, he was tempted tt
dare Gods protection and at Satan's
behest east himself down from thu
temples dome in order to win tn
plaudits of the rabble, to give his
divotion to Satan rather than to God
having the false promise made b,
Satan that He would thereby viii
the dominion of the world. The need
ful lessons: that we are to learn from
- the story of the temptation, that We
should trust Gods providing care
that we dare not throw ourselves II
the way of needless bodily or spir
itual dangers. or as Samson of Ole
We shall fallIt was shown also how
Jesus had the enmity of the rulers
and priests, the misunderstanding o
his disciples. the failure of hsi owl
brethren and family to understand
his mission. Thus does jealousy
lack of vision. of love. the prevalence
among his disciples of selfishness. al
cast dark shadows on the pathway o
Jesus as he by his word and Spiri
woud hasten the completion of hi
glory. when all things shall be sui
jected to him. and brought under hi
feet.
But there are shadows of good o.
his way aso. In all his suffering an,
lonsomeness in the world his Fathe
was with him. On our pathway ais
God is with US Even though we wall
through the valley of the shadow o
death he is with US. and will delive
from every evil thing. Angels min
istered to the Master in his times o
awful trial. God sends his minister
ing angels to keep his own that the,
dash not their feet against stone
The pure gospel is preached today
the gates OF the nations OF the cart
are open to the entrance of his sery
ants who bring glad tidings Of grea
joy. All shadowing forth the tim
when he shtll come again in hi
glory. to take his faithful ones I
reign in glory with him.
At the evening hour the paste