White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1925-02-13

The following sermon was oellv-
cred by the Rev. R. j. Snowden
in the Presbyterian church, Sunday,
Feb. 1st, following the communion
service and is published by request:
In speaking about this feast ]
would revert your minds to the child
rem of Israel before the Lord brought
them out from under the hand OF
Pharoah and his taskmasters. They
we're to eat the Pascal Lamb with
loins girt and staff in hand ready at
any moment for their departure. "This
night" saith the Lord, u will pass
through Egypt and against all Gods
of Egypt will I execute my Judge.
ment and slay the first born. I will
show my power, authority and SOW
ereingnty over every God, proving
that am the living God and stead
fast forever. The blood on the Intel
and side posts of the door will be
the token of salvation for my people,
and when I see the blood shall pass
over you. You shall pass over into
safety while your enemies shall pass
into destruction"
The Red Sea was salvation for the
Isralites but destruction for the
Egyptians. Moses was their deliverer
through God; so he stands prorni-
nently before us as the champion of
the Lords people. This eating of the
Pascal Lamb was to be kept as a
memorial throuhgout their genera
tons. When their children would ask
them, "What mean we. by this ser
vice?" they were to say, "The Lord
brought us out with high hand and
outstretched arm from under Pharaoh
and his taskmasters." 1t was a great
event in the history of the nation and
one that should never fail to be re-
membered throughout all generations.
1t was one of ways then of rernem-
bering notable events.
Abraham Lincoln will ever be re-
mcmbered through historical records
and monuments as the man who abol-
ished under God the slavery in Amer
lea. When black man hears his
name and sees his monument, he re-
members with gratitude his deliverer
and benefactor. When we read of
Washington and see his monument,
we remember the man who destroyed
a foreign yoke and won the independ.
ence of the American nation. These
two characters represent worthy
achievements in the history Of the
American nation and they will ever
be remembered by. the American PEG
pie with pride and gratitude.
| A great tragedy was about to take
place to save not only Israel but the
world. Christ was the only one who
could bruise the head of the old SER
pent, the devil, and deliver men from
his bondage and fear. Before that
great and awful crisis, Christ gather
ed his little band of followers
around him for an evening meal. He
instituted a memorial feast in the
breaking of the bread and the pouring
out of the wine that was kept as
a memorial throughout all genera.
tons until His return, whose RICH,
it is to reign by virtue of His
Office as mediator, and sacrificia,
death. The shadow of the cross
gathers around His sacred head
He knows what it to befal
him and to keep the tragedy
OF the cross and the love and deliver.
dNCC WHICH That Cross 6ymOOl1ZeS tOI
His people as memorial to the enc
of the world, He breaks bread te
symbolic the wounds to be inflicted
on His body and pours out the win.
to symbolic the pouring forth O.
His blood on the cross for the sal
walton of the whole world. When WI
eat this bread and drink this cup w
do show forth the Lords death til
He come. He was the true Lamil
slain before the foundation of tn,
world, which was symbolized in every
sacrificial offering. When your child
rem ask you, what mean ye by this
service?" We shall say The Lore
wrought mighty victory on tn.
cross for His people by Staying tn,
dragon, that old serpent called tn,
devil, and brought us out from under
his bondage; slew and conquered al
their enemies" This feast is to (
memorial throughout all generation.
of that great event until the crown
ing day.
Christ our Passover is sacrificed