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Show I Ml.MM. SKIlVltKS. K Tho JMtlnltjr of flitl.l mil 8JKllon ihromli 11 lm. I Itellglout services were lieU at Hi" I Tabernacle, Halt UkeClly, Bun lay, H December tllh, 1502, camtnvntlnj at . I o'clock I. n.i IWJent Ansm M. Ill Cannon prc-sldltiK. ...... M The choir mu tho hymn beglnnlnm Thecholriini! lord llwo will brmtbenlMr' H lamtjreieriri.De' I l'r)er wai ottered by '"" 0l R Woo l. L lupoid Ibe feat nedcemer die, U) ALrotaolairioeaiiaf, Th, Prieslhool of the Nlnotoontli K arJ offlcUUnl In luo administration i of (lit Bacramotit. Eg) rl.mil CIIIRLW W. I'KMIIOSS U waa tho speaker. He commenced ty B reeling John 1.1.14. Tlilt, ho laid, la iottlon ot the record kit by John, tin botoyei B disciple, ono of tho Twelve. Itlstobe supposes! Hat llieao aoclol witnesses B of tho IrtrJ wero well acquainted B with Him who Ho wa, whence HE He came aud why lie came. In thll I ago, meu suppose themselves In poe- acialon of a meat deal more knowledge of divine Ihlnfia than Ihrrn was In thsdaytoftho Lord, but If thl were Hue, It In lingular that tbvrs ! an much contention aruoner men In re ifanl to what la thu pure Uoepel of Christ, liven today there ara eminent preauli-eraon preauli-eraon trial for teohlnit what olherj consider contrary to thu truth, and the judirna themselves alo illrl Ji-J In their onluloni about the own they ar to try. Tho Aiwallea certainly kiieweomethluir. iltlfrillo aboul thesu thlngi, nnd If we understand what they hate reoorded, we loo may obtain ob-tain delllluknowleilne. At to the character of Christ, we have the testimony of thoeo who knew Him beat, tint lie wn not only great leacher, a, ureal extmplar among men, tutthat He waa the Hon ot (lod, who cauio from (lid and wont back to Hod after Ilia work wet lln-lahrd. lln-lahrd. John iakt of Him aa the "Word" of Uod, who wo In the " beginning. be-ginning. " According to John there la more than one Ood, startling aa thla announcement an-nouncement may eeem to modern theologians. John certainly In Ihe portion we have read apenka of tiru dlitlnct periona acd taya tilth ore Uod. And In the account of the baptism uf Jeaua, we aro told that the Holy ahoat reatrd upon Him an I u voice ealJ: "Thla la my beloved Hon." Hero are three dlatlncl subitnncn, ami Ihoy are all of Ihe tlodhcad. In the account given byMoaiaof the creation woaretoIJ Uod ealJ. "Let ua make man alter our llkenem," whlih Indicates plurality, Allthlnga were made by Him whom John calle the "Word," and further, "In Him wa light," to that thla per eon waa cerialuly more thau n human being. With thla agree Ihe revelation revela-tion given by JoFepli the I'rophet, that Ihe light of the world la through Itlin. All Ihlnga are of Uod and by Juaui,tha light and the llfeot men. livery man who come. Into tlie world haa n portion of the light of Christ, wblcli la the Hplrltot truth, whu cornea fromUjd and leadt to Uod, and all luigiit by following Ita re; a be led Into tho presence of Uod. Hut there la also left with man a tree agency. And there lean evil Influence, na there la a good Inlluence, neither of which It forced upon man. There la disposition among people to da away with the Idea uf a perianal Uod and k notional devil. The tan-denoy tan-denoy of modern thought It tuatcofta good principle and an evil principle, but It eeema only reaaonable loupiou that, If there aru good aud evil prltict I plea, there must bei Peraoua embodying j these principle. Wo read that Chrlat I arter Hit baptlam, waa templed b Hatan. And tb tempter waa g not a mere principle, but a Jcraon. Jcaui argued with htm, E talking to him, G Jiua It Ihe only begotten of the H rather, tho exprme Image of Itlm, and V. nt Jeaut la a vreoii, to the Father Is. II Man waa made In the llkemaa of the II Kcitber, but Christ waa the ezprona 1 Image of Him, because He was the 1 firstborn, the beginning uf tho creation, cre-ation, the firstborn according tu tho aplrltandthe only begotten wevnllui: lo the flesh. Theae Ideas conveyed 111 the Hcrlpturea aro different from those that , have obtained currency In Ihe wurld, aud It la Important to thoHnluta to I uudcritnud thla correctly, lor Christ la our mediator, our aavlor. He camu i Into the world aa we have dune, borne by a woman. He grew up,lled, fluttered and died. And, If theae Ihlnga are not true, religion la merely aiujth. If Chrlat waa only a great teacher, the Neve Tcttamerit la not true, and each one may at well mako a religion for Miuaelf. Jiaua claimed thai lie waa with the Father before the world waa. He claimed to be the lieht I and the life of thu world usd tout Hla I dlacllct to priacll ralvutlon In Hla (I name. The people of the nlnettenth M . century medio havelheiiotruthaagaln proclaimed, that they may not be ltd J) away by worldly phlloeophy. j The niieaktr mentioned how tho I world had abandoned Ihellrat prluclplra of the Uoaiel and then tcatirivd that tho ij Uoipel had been rentored again In thla i age through thu l'rojhct Joaeph, tu J whom the Hon of Uod appeared and 1 revealed the truth, and now In thla l Church everything la done In the IS name of the Hon, If CnrM came to the wotld In order to f RlveHlun-elf rv a ejcrltlce. Huuldaa I voluntarily. Our llret parenta ihoao to 1 trauagnaa the law ol Uod, und diuth 5 waa Introduced Into the world, but i j all die through that trauagreailou, ! llleahall come to all mankind through . thu work of Chrlat. Kor In thu rwur. I lection all ahull rice. He died that nil S might Ihe. He died that men j may bo ridecmed from thilr aim. i Uiath, torrow, tullerlngaeiltt In the j world aa n tonaeqiieucu of tho liana I gnaslou. Theae experlencu came U1 I a curcv, but they proMd a Uuitlug, tor j It was ueceenary that we ahould have tf txperkneu ol time thlngi, And i through the ealvailou brought by Ij Chrlat, wo have a full redemption from t "11 uvlla, through Hla ntouemout 1 there la a pottlhlllty for all to become. I laved. The aacrlrico ot Chrlat waa 1 typified throughout thu whole Mosaic 1 UUpeneatlou. Everybody ran be n 1 artaker ot thla erfect talvatlou, If ho a ""L" ny oll"T thecominandiueutxd 1 tliuOotiwI. Tortpentofour tine and i be baplltid for the romlatlon o( fj them and receive, the Holy Ulioat I thatUtheaoiinl aa preathed liy Ihe I flrfct Aktlta aud that la the Uoapcd aa J preached in thla age by the HalnU, und A M we have obeyed It, we have received the teatlmnny In our heirlt concerning concern-ing the truth of II. We are here to aerve Ihe l.ord. ' All men will hear Ihe (lo.pcl. Thoe who have not heard It here In thla werl I, will have the privilege of hearing hear-ing It hereafter. Million of eraon among both Jew an I Uentllea have n .1 hmM thu name of Jcmi, but tliey ahjll hear It. Jiaua wnt tu nroach the 1)011 to Ihe aplrltt In prlain, anJ Hlw follower! have done thu ram, and Ihua Ihe lima ahall rome when nllthall have beard about Jeaua and cnowle Ige that Ho la the Lord. Atto ua, It lnecoary that wo nre In Chrlat, fur ho othori thali i ratae.1 In the Ural reaurrectlon. "Illefawlanlholy la hu who ha part In the tint reaurrectlon, for over lhoe tho aecoud death haa no power, but Ih reat ol the deal llvrd not un'll the thouiand yearaahonld Iw nulihej." II we are III when He appear, wnahall horalaed among the bleao I anil holy. Jciu ahall change our vile bjdlot nnd fahlon them like unto hla Klorlflod lody. Hut In order to obtain thla, faith alone la not aulllolent, unleia It l Hlng faith, reiulllng In ohe Hence to (JoJ'a commandinonu. TlieUltli thai It nu more thau a conlewlon of belief I not aaavlmc faith. We mint be tuptlied Into Chrlit, not only by wtor but by tho Hplrlt, that we may I o ono wlm Chrlat, unlteJ with. Him aa tin; branchetwlth tho vino. Thetinpel liaa been rratoreJ that It ahall be priachc again tu all men, an I all may know that Chrlat la the Hon of Uod, to whom all mutt look for alv. l""'- .... The choir and congregalbn Joined In ringing Ihe hymi 1'ratia u lb rnaa Hho eotnmane.1 wtlh Jebo b. Jt.ua anoloted tha IToptiat aod Ceer. Jlouedictlou hy III tt-r J ihti Morgan. |
