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PROVINCIAL SYNOD OF CANADA. 
 
 SERMONS PREACHED 
 
 IN 
 
 CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
 The Presence of the Comforter in the Particular or National Chnrch," 
 
 A SBRMOS PRBACHHI) HY 
 
 The Rioht Rev. HENRY C. LAY, DD.. LL.D., 
 
 Bi.-iiiop OF Easton, Ml)., r.S. 
 
 THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME," 
 
 A SERMON BY TUR 
 
 The Rtoht Rev. TH0MA8 A. JAaGAR, D.D., 
 
 Bishop of Soithkrn Ohio, 
 Montreal, Sept. i'^th, 1H8H. 
 
 HUB UI SHED BY REQUEST OF MEMBERS of the PROVINCIAL SYNOD 
 
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 Montreal : 
 
 THE GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY, 
 
 1883. 
 
 
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 PROVIN'CIAL SYNOD OF CANADA. 
 
 SERMONS PREACHED 
 
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 CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, 
 
 MONTREAL. 
 
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 The Presence of the Comforter in the Particular or National Church," 
 
 A SKi;.\t(iN I'HIJACIISI) IIY 
 
 The Rkuit Rev. HENRY C. LAY, DD., LL.D., 
 
 Bismir iiK Fastos. Mi>., U.S. 
 
 "THE NAME ABOVE EVERY NAME/' 
 
 A sioHMoN nv Tin; 
 
 The RKiiiT Rev. THOMAS A. .TAac^AR. D.D., 
 
 lilsHlll" (IK SnlTHKKN OllI", 
 
 Montreal, Sept. V4th, ISS.i. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY BEQUESTOF MEMBERS of the PROVINCIAL SYNOD 
 
 THE GAZETTE PRINTING COMPANY. 
 1883. 
 
SERMON 
 
 OF Tin: 
 
 BISHOP OF EASTON. 
 
 Til.' rninlnrtrr. wliic, is tlir jFulv (il,,, t, whuiu il,,. Fatlicr will sen.i in niv n.imn : He -hall 
 — John '.">'■'« '""■ '' "'^' '" '" ■"""" "'""''"'""•"i''''-wliat.-<M-v.T I have .-.liii unto you. 
 
 I •im |K^rniitf(^il to-ilay by the iiivitatidii (tf yoiir M('.tro|Kilitaii, Ki^'Iit Hev- 
 crciid Fatlicrs, Rfvcrciiil iJn .lircii. an<l Bn-thron of tlu>. Iu.ii.scIk.KI .if laith, to 
 .S|«'ak fu yiiii of tli(f tliiiiL's cnnccriiiii^' the kin-.'iloin of (ind. 
 
 Aii.l surely no tlicinc can Ik* mom con'.'riions with tluMxTasion than tliat 
 sutr'-'cst.'d in fh.^ text; n.. truth more protitahle to he iterated in the inteivom- 
 rnnninn of sister chunlies. than this familiar oms that the. Holy Ghost . the Lord 
 and Life-(;iver , is (ner present to preside alike ..ver <.ur ennsiiltations and our 
 active ministrations. 
 
 True It IS. that our Levi's assurance and promise came, with a s]K'.cial em- 
 phasis an 1 iH^rs.inal application to tlu* individuals who were to lay tli(* founda- 
 tions : nay. who were themselves to he the foundation of the New .lernsalem. 
 
 r.ut true is it, also that the church in all the au'es, its nders, its le-islators, 
 its ministrants. have a share in this i.romise ,,f .Ijvine illninination and .su[H-r- 
 uatural i;uidance. 
 
 When Cicero s(.mewhere. had occasion to use the (Jrei^k word Paraclete he 
 
 Jiaused to add thai its menniri'i- u us t,^,^ l.,r,r,. t,, l.,v 
 
 
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..nl. It was an an„n,at.un ni' .iu^ ..uuv.-llou. ...,uM.r.l...n..von..ss „f ,l.a, ,i,U« 
 ill tlir (hnstian t!u)ii;:hl. p. , i,.., i,, ..11 
 
 ^.^.n. ;.r».H.. »;';— ;r'7"::::-:i'n:';!;:i>'-'' 
 
 the, u.auilnM n.anuv-ot ^U.^^nv^ ^^^> \h Lira 
 
 1'""'""- .• u-i,.it ■! T'ltron waM to his 
 
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 Au,l unw that Ih., :. tu ._u wa. aistrihut,, H.s olhr.-s. 
 
 ^::-;::;;i:r;;:;:;J::s;';:u;r^^^ ri::;;;;^'.. th^, ... h. h. 
 
 • 1 ,i,,,i,,.' thn three. aii«l thirty years. 
 
 ;:;:r;;;;r;;::.;;:i.:r-.-.7-;;-:;;-:;::-,:;r:::"i,:;: 
 
 •htty. , i.,.,.s„nal ( 'nnitWrter, the Kternal f^pint 
 
 Were it not iur th.s eouv.etion tliat a ' ^^""^ , ,. .^^ c,mu'\\ at 
 
 .,f W.,lo,n. is as really present "-'''^''7 t^^u uM .W ar '^^^ of the .nth, or 
 
 '"*'" '■"'''TZ ' r V? e " he Lord « lu.l nf Elijah, an,l of I'at.l. and of 
 wore we nut hoM to . n . ^^hen.Ist^ ^ve unworthy on-'^ wh<. 
 
 Athanasius,ana of the An.hean '^ " r, ' hi^ s t is Western worM,mi,ht 
 are set to .ui.le the religions ^ ."-^»' V '^s M '>" '' O Lord .end hy the hand 
 shudder at so -reat responsdnhty and sa> as M... t . . 
 
 of him whom Thou wilt send." i,,,rira. v of the 
 
 I.tus pat,se just hero -VT^''r ' ^ T^^t^^^^ - --'^-^ *'^ 
 
 ,,,„M,,,HS whieh in Canada and the Unde.l ^tahs as , 
 
 ^■"t are in a t.ew w„r,d,of vast territory ;":^-;;;-^;--;;^;;- .li!: 
 beneath its hran,dies the ^eneratioiiH that are to be. 
 
Tim tares ar(^ lic.iiii: sown on rivory liaiid witli onoriiioiis iruliistry: anil if 
 onrrycs arn Imldcii so tliat \\a\ fail to rccnisiu/A: our siiiiitiial opi^irtimitics nnd 
 tn iiri'-oc«ii|.y tlio soil, thn slii'sivcs nlliiMiitclyto !>(> ^.'Hrncrcil will iioi \h: jilnasiii^ 
 to tlic I-onl of llid Iliirvi^st. 
 
 ( Ml r social and nclcsiastic al i< mi lit ions arc iin!ik(» those of tlio days '.'cmo by. 
 Wo scciM to need llll^ I'cnti'costul /il't nf tonu'iies to reach the men of many 
 nationalities, the aliori^'ines ami tll(^ iiniuit:ranls. [n tlu* se|iaralion of Church 
 and State, which throu'.diont most of the ( hristianera had iM'cn in close alliance, 
 we are thrown hack iiiMin the voluntary olf(^rin_'s of the faithful for the su|)i(ort 
 and extension of the church ; and our htnirts am ri'ady to hreak sometimes Uv 
 cause \\{: seem to U^ losin;; our power of MISSION. No money is laid at the fe<(t 
 of the A|iostles,to hedisiKMised with n^terence to the •.'r(^atest <:ikh\ of t he greatest 
 mimlH'.r. After the utmost endeavour of our Missionary Socie.ties, we setiin littln 
 ahl(^ to send the (nis|Mil sa\e to those who can dt^fray the costs of it.s ministra- 
 tions, 
 
 (•ne\(iryside w(< recot;nise needs [H^culiar to the a^re and country: felt 
 necessities in which \\(\ have few precedents to t:ui<h\ us, recpiirin'^' wise adapta- 
 tion and prudent in\('ntifiii. 
 
 We are confronted with an unlielii^f of singular audacity, imnetratinj^ all 
 lM)].ular literature and infectinj.' even the illiterat*^. Time was, within tho 
 ministry of many am<intr ourselves, when the Christian and the unheliover 
 could, before they jiarted asundc^r, join hands and say oni> framnenl of tlio 
 Creed toirc^ther, I helit(V(» in (iod the Father Almii;hty. But now, alas! Inti- 
 delity has hecoUK* Ath(Msm pure and simpler, or else utters the lani;ua^'e of 
 cuntemptuous A^uocticism. 
 
 Neither may we shut our eyes to the in<rease of jiractical irreli<_'ion and 
 inditl'erentism. Copies of the Bihle. are multij.lied, hut it (>.nters less an<l less 
 into the popular readiiiL'. Churches and mt^etiii>:-h<'iis(vs stand in rivalry in 
 every villa^'e or at every cross-road, hut church-Lroiuir is more and moro 
 iieirlecttHl. What revolt is then* a,i:ainst the restraints of Sunday nwt from 
 trathc and travel : a.irainst the in.lissoluhh^ness of the nuirriatre hond ! 
 
 How is dislxdief in any life after death p.videni'wi by the vast increase of 
 murder and suicide* ! 
 
 Brethren, I am no [H'ssimist. I have not a doubt or a fear as to the ulti- 
 mate issue. 
 
 r am not insensible to the nuuiy tokens of (iod's favor and blBssin>r in the 
 wonderful relitdous activities of the day, in the jrrowth of our own communion 
 in tho land, and in the examples of self-sacriiice and saintliness already in- 
 scribed ill the comi)aratively brief annals of your Church and of our own. ' 
 
 ^ou will jiardon m(( if I uriro ujH^.n you my own jirofound conviction, that 
 while We devoutly recogni.se tho mercies of tht* pa.st, and hoi>efully anticipato 
 tho hasteniiior of Christ's kinu'dom : for all this, never in tho history of par- 
 ticular or national dmrches, n(3ver has a graver resp<jnsibility re.sted on men 
 that now rests u[)on ourselves. Never have the bishoi)s and priests, to whom 
 
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 is (Milnisti^il ill \ :iriiiiis iiii';i>iiri' llir ()\ci^it.'iit of tin' Muck ; iicv.t Ii.iM' ilraidiis 
 uii'i l.iviiiiii. ciiLM'-'i''! Ill liii' -i.'iv i'o (ii tliM iniri>latiuii (,!' liic Cliiiirli, ii:i<l 
 
 u,,.;,t,T II I iIkiii \\i^ III jiniilnil tiin'rasi ami nt'iii'a\''ii-ms|)iiri| wisilmn. 
 
 ( »r til \m\ liiMir ilrtiiiitt^ ; til cxi.n'ss liinlo il ist ilict 1 V till' thiiU_'lil w liirii lailii' 
 
 tci INK wlifii I lir^t kiirw that I w a> t<> aiMri'ss fiiis vciinraliln SvikmI. I l)cli.'V(i 
 the liiiir-. ilniiaii'l llial w Aiiii'fii an < iMiiriiiiii'ii -ilii.ulil rise In llii^ nli'\ati(>ii 
 nt'tiiat uliiili iiii'ii 'all NlatcNiiiaii->lii|i in pnlitiial aliairs, diily vtutrsiiiaiishii) 
 (ilcvatdil, < 'hii-liani/i'il. ami s|iiiiliiali/. '1. 
 
 It iiiiiilir> the |iaticiit >lnil\ i if llic past. tliK rari'l'nl ciliscrNatinii ni' tiin 
 I ivsiiii, Ihi- wi-i' pn'\i>iiiii lit llic fiilniv. It iinplii^s l(-_'islat imi in tin' li'_'lil "f 
 (■•iTiial primipii's latlirr tiian in tin- lirat <<l' ti'in|Mirarv and Inral ruiitrnvciNV. 
 
 It nii'iin-that mitrnntrnt u M li -iinrailir I'tliirt- tn iiin-t tiic prcs-iiiL' nccils 
 iif ;lin ill. Ill-, ur havi' iv.'ani tn tliat _'iTat law nf .iraliun ami >>( pinu'ros wliirli 
 il.inamls that r\rr\ i^Hmt whirli is tii cinluni iiiiist imt Im si^lf-ilcti^riniiuitc, l)nt 
 inii-t iiavf its ^cnil in itself aftt'T its kiml, ami si« i«'r|M(tiiatt' its lifo in tliat 
 uhirli >liall siiriTcil it. 
 
 Ami liiiv I inii^t iiimmU speak iVuiii the -taml-pnint of yniii- >ister eliureli 
 in the Initeil State.-, as oiit^ wlin has im riu'lit tn s|K'ak, exrept that in an l'"pis- 
 enpate of aliniist a i|iiarteri.f a e(?ntiiry, he eniilil imt hut have ileep seanhiii'-'s 
 iif heart ami l■llllllllunt^ nlteii with thuse far wiser than himself, tuuehiiiL' tho 
 ■_'ra\e respiiiisiliijity whieh heL'ins, althiiii'_'li it i1<m',s imt eiul with the, ehiiif 
 pastuis in Lruiiliiii: ariirht tho Church nf (In.l. Vmir own intelliireiire w ill supply 
 the liiuitatiuns nr variations necessary ti> he nuule in passiiiL' heymul our 
 (iw n liiiiiU'rs. 
 
 I lielieve. then that tho reinnl of the, Chiinli in the liiileil State- ilnrinj-' 
 the last reiitury, ami it is my imprt^ssiuii that the .same may he allirmed of tho 
 < anailian ( hureh, is a reennl not so m ich of thou'jht as of aetivity. 
 
 On every siilo there, have, heen pre,ssin«_' demamls fur ministrations imjK'ra- 
 tivoly iiecileil. With th(* Maet'iloiiiaii ery rin'.'iiii: in their ears, tho men of (unl 
 euiilil lint hear to siH'inl their ilays in the, retreat of the closet or the stmly. 
 
 'I'll meet the ileinaiiil. our Camliilates furHnly Onleis liavo hecii hiirrioil, 
 iiflen alas I v, ith little theolou'ii al furniture, into the, tielil of active jiarochial or 
 missiiiiKiry work. Our workii'.-- aroa has steadily '.'lown ; whereas twenty-four 
 years at'n, we. in the rnitod ^'tates, had a sinjile .Missinnary IVisImp w(>st of tho 
 ^Mississipjii, that numher has t eon increased to thirteen, and is likely to lio .still 
 uuuniented. 
 
 .\ctivit\ has luiiineiitly characterized the wnrk of our Diocesans. As a rnhs 
 every church or station is visited once a year. The I}isho]is have l)e.on ahiin- 
 daiit in sermons, uffen daily sermons fur weeks toLiether. 1 rememhor that ono 
 nf iiui- I'.ishnps, l.y 111. means a yniiiiL' man, told me- that in a year ho had s|K'iit 
 hut three weeks at home. 
 
 .\iii 1 mi-taken in suppo>in'.:- that the same may he allirmed of your own 
 i'.ishnps and cleivy ' For we hav heard tidinjrs of y.nir journeys throu^'h 
 rniiLdi seas fimii islam! to island, of your ex|K'(lition.s in canoes, nn sleduos 
 
and oil sikiw-sIkx'w, (if your nitv<sii>.'t< ciirritMl within (ho Antic cinlo, of your 
 iiiuj.'iulirciit (lislaiiics iraNciMMl which iiuulc thikSd >,{ iis wiio ihoii^'iit oiir- 
 schcs rxuTt lit iiiissiiiiiary travel, to lay ..iir haihls ii|>^iii our luoiith.s. 
 
 I am far frmn ilispara^'iiiv' tlio work that lias Ihm-ii .loiin in laying' Innnda- 
 tioiis ami in cstahlisjiin^' institntions within voiir honlcrs ami oiir own. 
 W(* ha\o not l«(.n ncv.'li'_'cnt or imliircrcnt in tlicso rciianls. Nor am I ilclicicut 
 in n^MTcncc tor activity in its salutary intlncncc. if wn loutrast tho l■'.a^it(•rIl 
 anil Latin churches, we sec how a ( omparativc orthodoxy disunited from enter- 
 prize, may result in sjundier, and how intense reli;.'ious eiieriries e,\er at work 
 luay keep in life and \ it^or a lnHly, seemiiiL'ly |ioisoned thron^;h and thronvh 
 with the casuistry of hiiruori. 
 
 V<in will not th(*n inisjudtre my allirmation, that while other iharacters 
 have not ht^en wanting, activity rather than contomplation has Inark(^d (jur 
 administration. 
 
 SeeiuL' then that the sjx'citic ne<'ds of the au'e and the land in \vhi( h wo iivo 
 demand of us can^fully considered jH.licies a.s wc^ll its industrious work, with 
 what humility and self-distrust should wo apply oiirselvos to the.se. <lntie,sl Yo-s, 
 and with what courage tool If .\linii.'hty (tod hy His MIcssimI Spirit <liselo,sBs to 
 ns an evil that sjionld 1h^ remedied, a iloticit^ncy to ho .snpplit^d, liow holdly luay 
 W(i approach the throne of jrraco and a.sk of (io<l wisdom to meet the exigency ! 
 
 A chilillik(^ leliance in the |iromi.M'S oft-rt'iH'aied, of an enahliii<r, illnminat- 
 inir Spirit will show itself alike in conservatism and in eiiterprizo. It will lead 
 us to lH>ar a constant w itness to th(( nnalterahle elomcuits of (jur holy rolijiion, 
 althoujrh all th(^ world may jeer at us a.s dotards: it will lead us also in tiling's 
 varialde and discretionary, to accoiuinodato ourselves to tlie. character of tho 
 times and the temjier and I'ircum.stance.s of those to whom wf. ministor. It 
 hecomes us to he as stuhhorn and nnyieldini: as the rooted rock, and vet as 
 tlexihle and a''coinriiodatiM' as the iilade of ]>olishe.d ste(d : and it is our con- 
 lidence in the jiresi'iue of (Jod the Holy (ihostwith His I'hurch whirh now 
 makes ns refuse all surnMider or compromizt'., whlio i)resently it prompts us to 
 readjtist our ixilicies, hecomin^; all thing's to all men, if hy all means we may 
 save Some. 
 
 Suffer me tlien to mention .some of the particulars to wliich, leaning' on the 
 arm of the Divine \\'isdom, we. have ne^'d to direct our thoughtful intfllij^ence. 
 
 1. Wk are Seit to Brau Witness on this Continent to a Rei.kjion of Fait 
 
 AND History. 
 
 Wo may well he thankful that we hav(< in the acts of tho Apostles, a faith- 
 ful account of their interpretation of thoir commission, and of tho moans on 
 whiih they relied for the conversion of the nations. 
 
 It was no part of their plan tu proclaim a new philosojihv, siihversive of the 
 ey stems then in favor. They went out as heralds to proclaim certain strangle 
 things which had actually come to pass. While hy no means inditferent to the 
 
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valno of what w(^ now rail scipntific Ihoolo^'v, in its projx^r plare, they pro- 
 poumlfd as the. foiiiulatioii of all tlunir teatliin^.', a vciitahlo hi.-story, whort'of 
 Jesus of Nazaretli was tlu* centn^ 
 
 And out of all the events which make uj) that hiistory, they s(>leote(l ore 
 which is the keystone of th«^ arch, the artic'e with which the rest must stand or 
 fall: " Willi (ImoAT Powkk (i.wi; rm; Acosti.f.s \VnNF>s into tiik Kksiurfx- 
 TioN." They ur>.'(^d, now on the testimony of reliahle witnesses, now hy refer- 
 ence to ancie..t propiiecies, and atrain from re-^nlts which admitted of no other 
 exiilanati<iii, that ( hrist must needs have sull'ered and risen ajrain, and that Ho 
 did actually die and ])resently nnivi*. 
 
 It was at the oih'm sepulchre tiiat they entrenched themselv<'s. Herii they 
 foi^nd their stratetric pusition, from which tlie\ could not h((])ersuaded to renK)ve 
 into the oikmi ti(Od of dialectics. 
 
 There was no mistahiuL' their challen^'e whether to Jew or Heathen. If 
 tlieir cho.sen ])osition could he carriiMl hy assault, if they could not maintain the 
 truth of Ciirist's resurrection, then was their witness hdse, their preaching.' vain, 
 and the Christian man dtduded into a ^'roundless hoiK', of all men livinj,' the 
 most to he pitied. 
 
 For it is only thus that a life beyond th.i trrave can he so [jroven as to ho 
 hnilded on with assurance. Who knows not the uncertainty concernin<,' it of 
 men who (Earnestly desired to helieve if.' Who has not jiitied the se^ekers 
 after (iod, c<,nfessin>r that after they laiil aside their hooks and their de- 
 monstrati(»us, douhtand uneasiness still recurred '.' 
 
 But i)m\ mortal like ourselves, shall actually die, and die with the promise 
 on His lips, that he will prov(t in His own i.erson that death is not invincible. 
 If i>resently He that was dead eyhibits Himself alive, and hy many infallible 
 proofs shows that He is no<.'h.,st,hut flesh and blood; if He places beyond douiit 
 the identity of the dyinir and tlu^ risen Jesus, the "I myself," in form and 
 Wound, in tone and jresture, in all'e lion and in work, then do all the antecedent 
 improbabilities a<.'ainst the life afterdeath scatter as mist in th,'. presence of this 
 sinjrle indisputable fact. 
 
 And by this resurrection, Jefuis is declared to be the son of (iod with 
 power, and riv'ht reason itself demands that we accept without t|ue9tion His 
 revelation of the rerhns which He has (explored, and whence He has rettirned. 
 
 " He that bciieveth and is baptized, shall be sav(Hl." Bclitneth what? wo 
 may ask. Believeth ari;:ht in all the mysteries which jiresent themselve.K when 
 we seek to draw out a systematic theolo^'y '.' Ndt thus did St. I'anl interpret it : 
 "If thf)U shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord .lesus, and believe in tbinti 
 heart that (n.d hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved." Such is 
 his paraphrases. 
 
 Nothing' is plainer in lie orijzinal documt^nts of om- holy rehsiion than the 
 distinction, now so oi'Um Ibr^rotten, between Faith an<l Koctrine— tliM Faith 
 which saves, and the Doctrine which jKirfects. It ori;.'inat«s in our Lord's own 
 commission to the Cliurch. A2tostle^; were to baptize intothe thrice holy name; 
 
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 that is the Faith, of all men to bo inoxorahly roquirod, under penalty of eternal 
 l<)«s ; anil tht-.n IIo hids thorn inij'art to men thu.s saved, the fulness of Doctrine: 
 "Te.a('hin<r them to ohser\-eand to do all thin<:s whatsoever I have commander! 
 you." 
 
 And did nut the undivided Church thus interpret its mission and its 
 true |X)licy ? Wliat is the lanjiua^'e of its universal creeds, hound with deter- 
 mination and impartiality, alike on men of culture, on the illiterate peasant or 
 the i^rnorant slave '.' 
 
 We find there not a technical theolo<ry systematized and formulated ; but a 
 declaration of belief in Go<.l as havin<,' revealed Himself in the three-fold person- 
 ality of His one nature, and this interwoven with a brief statement of his- 
 torical facts connected witli the death, uprising and ascension of One known 
 puiong men as . testis the son of Mary. 
 
 Now bretliren, the device of the arch-enemy in our day seems to lie to 
 change the battle-ground, to draw us out.side of our entrenchments of fact and 
 history, and to make us contentl for the truth and excellence of our religion on 
 the grounds f)f antecedent fitness and probability. For well knows the enemy 
 tlia* tliis n^Hgion (^f ours is for the many, for women and children as well as 
 men, for laborers as W(ill as students; and none of these are incapable of form- 
 ing a judgment in i)lain matters of fact. But once jx^reuade them that the faith 
 which accejjts the fvcts of history is absurd and unreasonable, unless they can 
 solve the metaphysical questions which underlie those facts, and they Ixigin to 
 waver with every wind of doctrine. 
 
 I trust I need not disclaim any lack of reverence for the philosophical en- 
 quiries of the age, adorned hy so many illustrious names, or for the study of 
 scientific and sjxjculative theology. All these have their place and their value. 
 
 Nor do I tliiuk that the Christian host is so weak and its safety so pro- 
 carious that it can barely endure a seige, and must in prudence decline the 
 challenge of its adversaries into the o^xm field. By all means maintain the skir- 
 mish li'H'S, go forth to meet an honest adversary who demands only a fair field 
 r)f controversy. But ne\er for one moment evacuate the divinely apjx)inted key 
 of the situation ; never accept a cartel of battle in which you consent by impli- 
 cation to a surrender of that historical basis on which Christianity is securely 
 jilantcd. 
 
 Piir(l(.n me, if I seem to jiress with unnecessary explicitness, a class (jf 
 truths familiar to every Catholic Churchman. But frankly, I Ix^lieve we Angli- 
 cans have not escajied this snare. 
 
 1 hear the (Y)mplaint fnjin many Bishops that in the schools of the prophets, 
 christian ajwjlogetics have (exchanged the ancient for a modern meaning — they 
 have become (h^jirecative, explanatory, cond)ative of modern speculations rather 
 than atiirmative of fact and evidenct^ 
 
 There was an old-fashioned curriculum accctrding to which our young men 
 were taught methodically the reasonahle grounds on which to rely for holding 
 the genuineness, the authenticity, the ins{)iration. the uninterrupted preserva- 
 tion of the Holy (Scriptures. 
 
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 Tlioy learnod tho oviflenros from monuments and i)rofano history, from 
 undoMitriuMl coincidences and jjatriislii- (juotations. Tliey studied and learne<l 
 tlie fallacies of tlie two jjreat ar<:uments against Ciiristianity which contain "in 
 u'erm and iK)tency" all that their successors in unlxdief are ahle to say— tho 
 illustration alone hein-r varied— Hume's denial of the credihility of the sujjer- 
 natural, and (iihbon's attempt to exjilain sujK'rnatural phenomena hy natural 
 causes. 
 
 We would not luive our voun;; men then ne<rli>rent of the controversial 
 literature of the day. But its charm of novehy may lead them to depreciate 
 the. value of the historical argument wliich has heeu written too fully and with 
 two much ability to he alt(^red in its main outlines. Surely our students before 
 they launch out into the more modern dis|iutations touchinj; the knowablii and 
 unknowable, should ho well ^Mounded in the actual facts on which our faith 
 depends. 
 
 We should 1h'. slow to criticize our move enunent eontroversialists. Eampton 
 Lecturers and the like, who <:o forth to meet the honest objector uixin his own 
 frrounds of si)eculative diHiculty. But their very symjiathy and <,'enerosity for 
 the amiable sceptic may help to promote the erroneous impression that for the 
 truth of our messaK<* we rely more on loiric than on testimony. 
 
 But m(jst of all, I fear that the merely sjieculative spirit of the a^o crmps 
 into our jiulint and imjjarts tinddity and cloudiness to our utterances. 
 
 (Jod Ik( thanke<^l for our <;lorious Comnnmion otiice, wonderful alike for its 
 reverent thoutrhts of(;od, its utter repudiation of all creature-merit, its vivid 
 representation of the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of tiio world. 
 
 " Who made there (by His one oblation of Himself once oflorod) a full, jxir- 
 fec't, and suHicient sacrifice, oblation, and satisfaction for tho sins of the whole 
 world." That tru;nj»et j,'ives no uncertain sound. Tho blast from Sinai which 
 made the i)e.ojile tremble for fear ofjud^'uient, was not more loud and clear than 
 this wliich proclaims mercy by reason of tlie Atonement, a fact accomplisliod, a 
 critical incident in the world's history. 
 
 But an-, our sermons as boldly aeseverative of fact and certainty? Do wo, 
 believin^r in a commissi(jn and a message handed from hand to hand from tho 
 b"ginninj.', bear witness, sj)t>ak with authority, atiirm positively? Alas! how 
 d(x>s the sermon tend to lose these characters and to Ix^ converted into tho ele- 
 gant essay or the eloijuent (jrati(jn, instead of a distribution to hungry souls of 
 the very food of life? 
 
 Lot us then. Brethren beloved, in our several places tell the siniplo-hoartod 
 peojtleof this land, that in the matter of the Faith which saves, not all the men 
 of (iermany or of Boston have altered tlio real (|uestion to iH^letermined. If 
 Christ be ri^en indeed, the visible j)resence of the Sun of HightoousnesM of 
 itself, disj)erses the shadows of speculative uncertainty. I proceed to observe 
 further. 
 
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 2. Wb Ainc Sirr t( 
 
 lilJAi: WiTNRSS (IN THIS CoNTINKNT TO A ReI.KUON OF 
 
 ArriKiitiTATivii Inti:i!I'I!i;tm'1()N. 
 
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 That till'. Hdly Scri|.tiirt's contain all divine- triitli necessary to he. helit^ved, 
 and that in ascertainin^r their nu^anin;.', every man ninst use his privatt^ jiulj;- 
 inent, are ]ir(i|><isitinns which all orthodoy Protestants unite to allirni. I know 
 not how they can he denied with any show of reason. 
 
 And yet what is more misleadinir than thi'se, very anxioiiis when haldly 
 stati'd, and a|>i)lied to till* jiractical prolilems of faith and dnty in disreirard of 
 the <:rt^at iirincijile, of Anthority ! 
 
 Surely the menihers of the Icjal ])rofession onizht to stand hy ns here. They 
 rev(^r{>nce tlie supremacy fif law, statute and charter over tlu^ commentaries 
 the^nvin. They recojinizc! the fact that a lawyer \\(irthy of the name must uso 
 his individual intelligence and imhistry, and reason outtouclusions for himself. 
 
 l:!ut sviiat means that vast array of hooks which constitute, tlieir workinj? 
 tools'.' They stand there as witnesses, that liowheit we must in all (|uestions 
 of human ri.L'hts, ;.M direct to tlu* fountains of oriirinal law, and howheit we 
 must form our own jud;.'meiit t(juchinir the true interjiretation of tin- law, yet 
 does every consideration of iirudenc(^, modesty and common sense. re<|uir(( that 
 our Conclusions should he. jjuided hy the consentient wisdom of those, who, lus 
 juilu'es or as law-wi'iters, have adnunistered or expounded the. law. I cannot 
 concei\(^ the ]iossii)ility of an intellJL'ent counsellor at law,hy virtue of his ritrht 
 of jirivate jud<_'ment, takiu'/ uji the or^'anic law of his country, itinorinir all that 
 he. mi'.'ht learn from cfintemporary history as to the mind of its framers, care- 
 less of the. famous oiiinidus of jurists and the catena of judicial <lecisions, indif- 
 ferent to the historical oulcomo and to the political and social institutions in 
 which that oriranic law fonn<l it.s form and exjiressiou. 
 
 If tlie. interjiretation of Tloly Scripture he jtlaced on tlie same level with 
 that of human constitutions, common sense re(iuires that the private jud<j:ment 
 should defer to authority and lie iruided hy it. 
 
 Now when \\c transfer this duty of n^vereuce for authoritx, so evident in 
 thinirs secular, into llu- realm of spiritual truth, a new (^lenient comes in to con- 
 lirm and identify it, I mean tlu^ truidance of the Ti^ai'hiu;.' Sjiirit. 
 
 The late Kishop of North Carolina, Pr. Atkinson — it is just thirty year.s 
 since 1 listened to his consecration sermon preached hy your \"enerahle Metro- 
 lM)litau, and on a text which was the. thtin>_' k(y-note to the Fl|piscopate tlien 
 l)C'_'un, "the. spirit of ])o\ver and of lo\c and of a sound mind." Bishop Atkin- 
 son, in a jirinted sermon, iiresciiteil an ar^'ument souu^what (pu this wise. 
 
 Here stands, as in our text, an unfailiii'-' promise to('hrist's |k'o|i1c. that the 
 < 'oniforter shall '_niidtithem into all truth. 
 
 So then, desirim: to helieve ari:_'ht in s.. me article i.f the l-'ailh or in some 
 imi)i.rtant doctrine, I claim that jn-omise. KTuptyintr myself as I may of pride 
 and prejudice, ^'ivinj.' all faithful diligence in the way of thought and study, I 
 
 i-\dv: ■ a- liiquiry aliu prCSClitly roach a cuiivlliiion. 
 
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 T l.avo at loasf ho,,,.., <rro,„„l to l.o,,. that it i. tho Spirit who has ^M,i.h>,.l „,o 
 U, M, houov,.,r ,ho f„ar of h.rki,,,. s.-lf-will or i„t..lkvt„al pri.lo ,„av cast a .lonht 
 
 A.ul „.,u 1 joi„ ...ysdlto oth.-rs who ,H.„.Ic.,r tho .sa,„n d.op .„attors. We 
 Ht„.l> apart a„d pray a,,arl to th. sa,u. 'lVa.i„.r. Wo ,.o„,o to^^other to ,.o,..- 
 
 \ZZ ZT!T '"' "•'' "'^" "" •■ '"" -''-^'-'ti-^lly tl'<' sa.„.. I an. n.oro 
 lioiK^Iiil .still tliat I am Spirit-taiiLrht. 
 
 M.jt let that rinlH u i,l..„ : ],., it o.nl.rar.. all tho .,.„t„ri. s an.l the ,.h„n.h..s 
 
 nl:;:Tz " ;"•"';'-''•;"- -ho,.o„.,„oro.. ti,o Ho„.an Jz': 
 
 1 n^: ,•"•"■ " ^!'-^^ '"•• '^ ''"''""^ = '"- i'TosistihloiKH.on,.s 
 
 tho ar-n„u„t ol ,lH..r ,„>a„nu,ty ! Thoy ditlcr in „,a,.v ,„i„or thin.^s But tho 
 ^n>sta..,.a truth, th.. ;>;.„. ,,;,,,. „ ,, o>,^u,l,us\r,,,J U^^ .a , a , 
 tlK.M, ,.,..,. ,.. arr.v... at n, sav, .....Ivr th., .„i.la„,.o of the Spi,.it of Truth' 
 
 r...i.'!n ,!::;;:'::;: z:z;T;zr'r' "rr"" ^"""^'*^- '" "-"-^ ^"■ 
 
 ; =^^^^ 
 
 d ::;;ro ;:?'■' r'"'/"^^'''^^'- ''^^ ""- '■'-♦-'"^' .ravitatio., t 
 
 ^ . rr . r^ ?,^^^^ ^"••' ^"•' ^'-v.... a..,l JU.llaro.o„. 
 
 > '01.1 up o, hKlu awa} s,, anthor,tativu a testimony •' 
 
 ■-nio's''';;!!'';;;.:"''''?:.''" ^^T ^•"'■"'^' •"-">' -^ *•-- ^riHiant and in. 
 a «IH-..nlat,vo unholief of the „i.ieto«„th .-entury invented 
 
 heno u.; , I'l '"^'•' : ""'•"■"• •■'^•'^^'^ ^^^ ^"'-""t for Chris ian 
 
 1'1.«. ..nu ,a . Aiul have not all such ar.u,„e,.t.s been answered in advan.-e" 
 
 thes'i'ii:;;;;:: :;;;c ""• "■ ^ "^"•^^^^■'-^■"^ ••*• ^'- p-'ticuiars to which 
 
 ,.«„ il rT*''^' ^"''"^'■'':'''' *^'"^t^"* '0- 'ne in a railroad ear, onee sai<l to ,ne " Your 
 
 w t;:;LT fr;'"' ^•^""■"^" ^^^'^'■"^•^'•>- - ^"^^ pastoral "pisu^- 
 
 toTi ,;:^ ;'h:;:"'1-:7'' ^ -Pl-eoneof your strongest text'is that 
 tl.isK:;,;Co;o;:r' ;■'""'■''"'• ^^"^^ • l-vesatistiedmyselfthat 
 
 tratioi. trivia J i '' " ''"'''""'- '"'" ^^""■"■^* ^''^t'" '^^l'*'^ i'l-^" 
 
 ua.ion, ti.Mal ,u. ,t ,„ay seem, shows the temper of the time*. 
 
 vM.imsie!.rini''""V"''^'^""'' ^' '"^"^- ^'^ An,eri,-an understan.ls it. Anv 
 « h msi, al nterpretation which suits the „,a„, the ,„..d, or the hour a , h - 
 . .PU3 as had a. us doctrinal deve.opn.ont as is that of the P.ohahle^i^ir n, 
 
 No: 
 
 It srt ';;::':::- :)::'"■■;'■"■" -"-"»'^™ ■■"■■i-^.-f "■» 
 
 sacraments a>i hemg b<^sides si^ns and to!-;.,:^ act- h 
 
 liicii giaoe is ieaiiy 
 
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 exhibited ai.il conferml : in all these we are bound to maintain that they are 
 tliin^'H adjudicated by the authority of the ag.^^, and that unless some now 
 element comejs into the estimate the thin<:s ancient must prevail. Here let us 
 stand like an unvil when it is l)eaten u|>on. 
 
 The rnnservative witness for which I have pleaded is not, however, the 
 oidy duty incumbent on us. I observe further. 
 
 ;■>. Wk iiavh nkho as Lic<iisi.ators and 1'astoks of Amkrican ('iirrunKs to 
 Adai't Oihsei.ves with Wish and Benevolent Flexihiiitv to the Cik- 
 (tmstances oi' oik position. 
 
 The Church has, indeed, an organic law ; V>ut it is in bold and brief out- 
 line. Very few and simple are the rules imposed by our blesserl Lord as of 
 inevitabl(( and universal obligation. 
 
 Kites and ceremonies need not be tlie same and utterly like in all i)laces, 
 and the same is true of policies and administrations. Invention has its place in 
 ( 'hurch work as in all other work. Enterprise in the sense of exploring new 
 titOds and re-a<l.iusting our instruments should bo the characteristic of all 
 religious endeavour. 
 
 The Parochial system of England is something mi rinnri.% I reverence and 
 admire it. 
 
 An iiitell'gent and travelled Roman Catholic layman once said to mo, "I 
 would if I iniild supercede your Church with ours. But as things are, were I 
 an Englisiuiian I should vote against disestablishment : and for the reason, 
 that mider the pamchial system every community, however small, is provided 
 with an educated iKTson, who seeks to giuird the iioor against the results of 
 their own ignorance and improvidence, and who brings to their relief the in- 
 telligence, the sym])athy, and the wealth of the more favoured class." 
 
 But surely it was a strange exi)erinient to transfer tiii- Parochial system 
 bodily to regions where there were no parishes. (»ne can but mar\el that it 
 has succeeiled so well. 
 
 But its defects an^ manifest. It ha., scattered the resources and the 
 policies of tlie Church among numcruus indeiiemlent authorities. If too much 
 centralisation lie an evil, too much ditfusion is an evil als... Much ol our work 
 i^ purelv missionary, and how nuuh do we need some iK)wer in bishop and 
 chapter", or other central authority, to survey the lield as a whole, and cnltivate 
 it as a whole, with a common treasury on which to draw for the necessary 
 means. 
 
 1 do u..t know bow it is in ( inada, but we in the United States are learning 
 that our inherit(Ml meth.Hls do not sutiice to reach the men of various races and 
 nationalities for whom we are responsible, an<l to the solution ot these practical 
 iluestion> (earnest men are directing their energies. 
 
 Again, we are a very busy people. In a quiet, pastoral comnmnity it may 
 be well for the .'urate to ring Ins l>ell and i)id liie iK'^iiie io liieii .iany i-raycrs. 
 
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 •....in o„r .•i,i..,s sM.I, ntt.M.h,,,..,. on full ..rvicr. i. soon to Ik, hasot uith diffi 
 cultics; in tlK. .•.Hintry it is irnpossiMe. *" 
 
 Pma >. IIuu to nt.hz,. tlu. /.al an.l n.dn.try oftlu, laitv, nion an.l womon in 
 pnva... s,a.,.,„s. ..„„.,.,.-...,.... n.,i.o„s asso.iat,. an.i t,. ,iko, aro ::ZZ 
 
 Thyro isa::rav..,iHiri,.n,y in yonr .luir,.!. as in onrs. \V,^ arc an armv 
 -.tl.uM, ,!,. ,n,hs,.nsal,l. a.l.jun.t of an an.hnlan.v ..o.,.s. Th.r. "n, as3 
 
 wthoroxplidt or in.,,li..it. woro in -snh«f nnr . u 1 r '. I '"'^tractions, 
 
 status or th. .>r.ani. 'strn^tur. > 1 ^ C^A,: i'''!";^ •^'^*"^^'"^' "- ^i-*"-! 
 were ne«le..l for enrichment and HexibiHt' "f te ' '" ^'"'^"""' ""*' '"'^"^^'^^ ^ 
 
 .vo:!;;::-i;;:;;:;;:;ir2- 
 
 mons reoon. mediation. '' ''■ '""^ ^'''"J' "nani- 
 
 We have not marred tlio ol.i ..nner li,,oL- h„f • i ■ • 
 restoration of tn.asures lost «n.i. a .,. V V ' '"' '*' f''^''*'^' '^>' *'^« 
 
 -*..i.a,.,,a„,;,;,:;;;;;;:::':;:;:;'— -:--;j;.;;|. k> .,„.. 
 
 i.«™;:™:;::,;vM:"'r'r,!;;,''"''t ' ■ '""■"■' ^' > '•' »■ 
 
 n.^»n» ™u,,t l,„ /M, , , , ;' """* "'■ ''"'" '•"■""■■■"■ '!>"< ■■«' 
 
 ,„1.-,, n.i ., ,. ""■ "-'" "' a"<.rtaiii„l ,|» , ,,..,;,.; , 
 
 '■■'-"'■■"»■"-•« "an.il„»Lar,„„ll K-lri,.l l.la.K '"" 
 
15 
 
 In <'on('lu8ion, H^^tllren holovwl in the Ix)r(l, I xm assiiro<l of your conrnr- 
 runro in ^onio i>art at h^ast of what ha« h(Hin spok(Mi. 
 
 As wti lofik hi^foro us, wo .s^H^ tiiHo|K',n door; as w(< look aiound iis, wo mkx 
 th(* many advorsarit*s familiar to tiio Christian workers of all thti a^'cs. 
 
 Our fcot an* planttxl on th(< rock of th(* 11ivin(^ testimony, and around us are 
 tho jK^rvadin^ lijrht and comfort of tho Divino S[)irit. What arc dillicnltics and 
 hindranceH hut incontivos to a morci careful study, a nioro sclf-donyini; activity 
 and a mf)n) earnebt dovotioii? 
 
 May CkA s{xx'.d you in your savTwl ministricsl May (iod im[iart a wisdom 
 to you hy which wo in our turn may bo odiliod! 
 
 And as time f;oo8 on may tho A{)08tolic Churchos of this continont ho more 
 and more knit toj^ether in the bonds of fraternal lovis antl in hi^'h devotion to 
 Him who was dead and is ahve again and who liveth for evermore! 
 
SERMON 
 
 ir iiii. 
 
 BISHOP OF SOUTHERN OHIO. 
 
 ■• Wlu'retori' <!(m1 ;iUo hiith liiulily oxiltod Hum; aii.l nivin ITiiii .1 mime whicli i^ ab^vo every 
 iianu- : that at tlio iiau.o <>( .Te.-u.-. ovfry knee ■^IkimI.I Low of tliiiiK? in hfavcii. and lliiiiK.- in earth 
 HndthinKs undor the earth, anil that every tungiie sh.mld confess that Jesns Clirist is Lord, to 
 the trlory of (iud the Father." Kpis. rhillipians. idi. II, !'. lit, II. 
 
 Wli-'ii I.foiiunl" ihi Vinci \\u>[ Iiiiis.lic4 liis '.'icat |. i. tiirc nf tlit< L;i>t Siijiiht, 
 lu^ privately iiiiscilcd it to atVi.ifl, and iiixitcl his iiitiriMii. " l';x.|iiisitt\" 
 t'xclaiiu.'d tlic trifiiil •' that wine nip .scciii.- to .-taiid out I'rniii the talil<i as 
 Mdid. -httfiiiit: .Mlvcf." ■riic aitist, seizin'.' a hriish, ami Mottini.' niit the nip, 
 said, "I meant that tlie ti-ntv (dthnst shoiiM lirst and mainly attfaid the 
 .ihserver'seye; whatever dive-ts attention In. 111 Him must, he. 1, lotted out." 
 
 .leMis rhrist is tl entral li'-'tiiv of ( 'hrisiiaiiity. No prearhin:.' is true to the 
 
 ,,ri-iiial whieh does not make, him prominent. You iiii>s the real i>ower and 
 puri.oseorthe(losiH.l, ify.Mi suppo.so thai it is a system otMry, hard . lou'inas— 
 a mereco.leid'morals, or that its truth depends upon some dortriiu^ of inspira- 
 tion, or the.Tedihility ,.f miracles. Christ is ( 'hristianity. It is the revelation 
 of a iMTsoiial, divine and everiiviii- Saviour. Witli Him it stamls (,r falls. 
 
 Whatever, theivfori^, in our (.reachiu'.', or in your conception of Christianity, 
 diverts attention from the person of .lesus, ou;_dit to he blotted out as invlevant 
 
 and >vide of tin' real issue. 
 
 St. raid's teachiivj, like Leonardo's masteriiicco, everywhen^ makes i>ro- 
 
 niinent the '.ilory of .lesus. I take my stand hefon^ His ^dowimx words to the. 
 
 Philipiiian Christian^, and claim for the •• name. \vhi<'h is ahove every name" 
 
 your worship, love and sei\i<'e. 
 
 The words are part history and (lart pn:ii>hecy— part proiihecy fullilled 
 
 and heiu:_' fiiltilled— ami part yel ripeuim: out of the futun^. 
 
 Thiit "*")<1 hath hi'j.hly exalted Him, :ind ^dven Him a name which is 
 
 ahov.n-very namti" is a fact (d' history. Paul wrote, it under t lie full li;.dit(d' 
 
 Christ's reivnt ministry on tlu^ earth, and in the full t:low of His miiihty Ke- 
 
 surrec'tion and •xlorious Asa'iision. li was true then. After the laiwe of eijihteeu 
 
 ce.nturie.s it is truer still to <lay. That name has had a history which has more 
 
 than verified all that St. i'aul claimed for ii. 
 
 o 
 
IS 
 
 TliMt •' at the iiami' (if.Icsiis every knee slioiilil Imw — ami every tonvrue eoii- 
 
 t^■.^^ thai lie l> l.onl" VV a> |irM|iliecV . 
 
 lint that pn.i.lieiy lia- Imcii already ^n larirely ami lui'.'htily tiillilleil, in ihn 
 Miliiiii»inii nf iiiilUdiis U> Christ, tliat in tiie present fultihnent v.(^ liavn tht< 
 ple.L'e of the full aeconiplishnielll hereafter. 
 
 riie lirciphecy interpret^ the farl. We will ((intinn ourselves tn lhe>e two 
 piiiuts. 
 
 l-t. The faet — that " ( IihI has driven him a name v\ hirli is almve everv name." 
 •Jml. 'I'lie. mi^anin;; of the farl: •• That ai the name <if .lesiis every kne.t< 
 shiiuM Imiw." 
 
 l.ndU first at the fact. " ( mkI has hi:jhly exalted Him ami ;.'iv('n flim a 
 name vvhieh is ahove every name." We cannnt know what that exaltation is 
 whifli he has n^aehed throiijili His Kesurrectinn ami .\scension into heaven. 
 He has entered. I helieve, as our forerunner, '•within the \eil," a n< I from "the 
 de[ithsofthe .Most Holy I Mare, ' His voice comes hack to us diMlariiij:, " behold, I 
 am alive for ever more." " Anu'els and ])riiici]ialities ami fx)wers an* maile 
 suliject unto Him." 
 
 Hut thou;_'li we. cannot know what the ulory is which lies within the veil, 
 wo do know that " (Jod liatli hi^rhly exalt(^d Him,' in relation to this p^e^sent 
 world, hy ;_'ivi!< - Him "a name which is ahove.evcry nanu^" 
 
 When I'aui tells us that " < iod hath iiiven Him a name," he does not iiKWely 
 a.ssnme. that the name which wa.s ^dveii to Christ at His hirth wa-s <i(Kl-^'iv(>n. 
 
 The anjrel said to Mary, "Thou shalt call His name. Jesus" "for He shall 
 savti His |KM)ple from their .sins." 
 
 I'aul means to teach that (iod has reali/.ed that name .lesus in fact. That 
 H(* has made Him in very truth a Saviour. 
 
 We say of a man who has achievecl reputation or jxiwer in the world that 
 h(i has made a name for himsi'lf. Raphael made, a name for hiin.self in art, Na- 
 iwleon in arm.s, Bacon in philosophy, (iod has made for , lesus Christ a name 
 t»y showing: Him to he in reality that which He was called at His hirth, a .lesus 
 — a Saviour. 
 
 It is to-day a namt* ahovci every name for sacrediiess. ( »nly the brutish 
 and depraved in civili/ed communities presume to use it li;_'htly. There is a 
 sense of its purity in evt^ry decent man which makes him recoil tVom such a use 
 of it. Xo form of profanity is felt to be more shamehd or I'csented with anuicki^r 
 indii.'iiation than ]irofanity in the nanu* of Jesus. 
 
 You may say that this is oi ly be<'ause of the associations with vvhiih Chris- 
 tians have surr<iunded it. l'>ut how, I ask, does it hapfieu that this name is so 
 ]KH'uliarly sacred in its associations? 
 
 Is it not btH'ause it is " a name above every name," for ;_'oodness, ri'_diteous- 
 ness, moral iH)wer, and a certain winninii attractiveness vvhi'h <lra\vs to it en- 
 thusiastic, devoted love? 
 
 Tak(* ijodilniKK and yon must admit that it is bonn<l np with His name. 
 T| iy_ tjifiTTWjiwtjy a.hove. eve.rv name, for 'Hirft nns'.utisli d*.ivotion to the weliure oi* 
 humanity. 
 
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 It is notUv thinkiiiK'niily cfClirist's ,,ul\\!ir.l iiiiiiistrii's in tliosr wniLlcTful 
 works nfhriilii.- «liirl. a).|H.ar ill all liis r.mta.t «ith th.^ alili.t..! that wo 
 rraliw tiindri-th fnr His ^.'chIh.s, ; l.iil rallMr iii thai . ..mi.a.-siuii {><r liuiiuin 
 no,Mls whi.l. iiuikcs itsrlf f.-lt i.i His wnnis au.l -Ifcls, aiM in tlu' wh(.K» spirit 
 
 (,f His liff. 
 
 H(^ Imn.mI luai. as uku.. N.> s.^rii muM rhill tli.^ aniur ..I that lw\r. no 
 iianlships w.ary it, nu ,,rrj,.air.> ..f rank, .lass, ,,r roM,|,tin., nstri.l it. Mn,laM. 
 iivrn turn it from itssa\iiiir, n'trmcratinu' pur|«.M.. Kva tl.o ii._'i.tMmu' tlasli.'s 
 nf His indi-^'iiatinii atraiiist livpnrrisy an.! wn.iiv, irlnainr.! .,iit nf a h.art lull ..( 
 j.ity, and left Him wccpiii'^' .>vit the .Icrnsal wlii.li lir ammnnv.l. 
 
 H.'L'avt^ Hiiiisril' ui.loth.< w.irk cif sa\iiiL' lu.ii IVoin lli.Mr sins an.l w.irs, 
 witlian intinito palicnc*. i t.Mi.l.-r as a mother's iirart ) whi.h n.'V.T hm-oiLmI in 
 .lis^'Ustor.lis.'oura-.Mni'nt fmn. th.'ir nnwnrthin.'ss, th.'ir injnstir.-, ..r th.-ir Imso 
 
 inv'ratitiuU". 
 
 H,< surn'n.l.Mv,! Ilinis.-lf at last t.. tho Cmss, that «.^ mi-ht hcluno m His 
 lovo, anil tinil in Him an inlinitt^ ami siitli-icnt Savi..nr. 
 
 I'.nt His ^'..(.(Infss .lid not .'ii • th.^r.^. Ml iho-s.^ swct intln.Murs .,1 .harity, 
 whi.h sin.v. Ho livd have, .anso.l ..ur « il.lorn..ss w..rl.l U> " rcjoi.v an.l l.l..ss..ni 
 as the r..s..," an. insoparal.lv ass.M-iat.Ml witli His nam.'. 
 
 Ho has aris..n, in tho spirit ..f l..v.-. whi.h m..vos human hoarts t.. .I.mmIs ..t 
 kin.lncss an.l .•..mpas>i..n, an.l still u'.k'S ah.>ut .L.inj.' -.mmI. 
 
 Thatbpirit.as an a.tiw \v..rkinv' loroo, was unkn..\vn t.i tho w.irl.l boforo 
 Christ ' It has ont.'.ro..l n..w with a mi-hty h.-alin- i.owor int.. our .ivilization, 
 and put pitv who.ro .rut'ltv uso.l I.. al...un,l. n.a-lo human lito sa.To.l, lilt.'.l 
 woman out .> .U.^:ra.lati..n, al..,lisho.l slav..ry,sot n.o.. fVoo,tr.,n. tyranny, su,K.r- 
 stition.i-noran.o; pr.)vido.l asylums an.l h.uUin-ministnos.an.l blosso.l allovui- 
 tions fi.rovory form of human sull'orui^' an.l .lostitntion. 
 
 It is truo that hi^'otrv an.l suiRTsntiou havo wn.u.jht mu.'h .•ruolty in tho 
 nan.o of Christianitv, hut th.-y wor.. n,.t ..f Christianity. Thoy woro. i-norant 
 ,H>rvorsi..ns an.l abu'sos ..f its true spirit. "AH thr.m;_'h tla- .larkost iK.r....l o 
 tho mid.Uo a.'os," savs Mr. Lo.'ky (n.. partial witnoss tor Chnstuinity), " ami.l 
 forooitv an.l fanata.'ism, an.l brutality, wo may traoo tho. sub.luin- ,ullu...n.(, .,t 
 .atholiV .'harity, blondin^^ stran.'oly with o.vory oxcoss ..f violon.o an.l ovory 
 outburst of iK>.rsocutinn.' 
 
 Tho la.'t is that tho. Spirit of Christ, whi.h n.. h.most thinkor .'an p..ssibly 
 assooiato ^vith '.Tuolty an.l b]o,.,l, w..rko.l throned, tlm.so earth horn olou.l. ami 
 hurst forth in tho suushino ..f that hottor an.l broader sontunont ..f humanity 
 whi.h wo fool an.l a.t up.)n to-day. 
 
 (iathor up thou, in vour thou-ht, all that tho. primipl.^ of univorsalbr..thp.r- 
 iHH-Ml has .lonof..rnuu;kin.l; all tho .■ompassionato. .l.v.ls an.l unsolhsh hvos 
 which roli^'i.m has inspinnl; all tho alloviati.-ns of pain whuh so tono.l s..ns.- 
 bi-itios havo pnanptod; all that l..vo has dono t,. ,athor nU.. ds prote.ct.n,' 
 anus,no,dooto.l,sutrorin<r, and orphan .■hil.lron ; all tho rost..rat..ms t.. virtue, 
 hope, an.l happiness whi^'h our c-ouutless institutions of mon.y have a<-h.ev.d 
 . . .. .,..„.,, ,,.,,..1 nj.as Koarlv ns vou .an th.' uual.ulablo }-'.'od to 
 
 Uiiii V> ;;Oi: j.:'-- !:.li<^ -Mti i 
 
n.uMkin.l. y"'i nniMt ..-iv.- th.. .rl-n t.. tli.« lunnn w]>i. li. fur -.'nu-hw-, is al.-.vo 
 i\ct\- iiaiiii' — .Icsiis. 
 
 TaU.' ,w/''.""-'— M1..1 it is Matin- a tniiMii uhirh iiu int.-lli..',.i,t inaii vmM 
 ,i..nN that r..r ri'.'hl.-.,us,i.-> tli.. iiaiii.' ".I.'sns' is - al"A.' rv.'ry iianav" 
 
 ■riin.r u.iv -.Ml,,,. ..'ivat i.aiH.s ill pau'aii histmy of n,.i, snIh. li\r,l an.ltaiiL'li. 
 ;, |,,f,v viMiir. I'.nl Cirrn, ..xi,n— c's III.' tnin.l ..f t hat a-.' in ti,.' u-.nls - In 
 Av n mils ,|„.,..M,alllH.al.sMliit,M'<rl'rti,,M urhavr nnt as>H — n ; u-l.avn 
 
 ...,.,,, .„-I«ll''l- ltlKls<.ul> hrrl, .■XI.n11l„l..l l,y |,l.|ln>,.|,l,.T- ul,al M|,i, a 
 
 ..he \M.uM l>r it'll, CIV -liMllid \<r -Hell ;« nil,-." 
 
 \,,t ,,i„..,t II,.. |,|,il,,>u|,l,rrs .la.vd lunir..! hinisrlfasth,. i.l.al ..fill.' Mitll.' 
 ul,i, I, I,., tail. 1,1 liUl .l.s„. ,liJ. lie .ian.l In Makr, Ills tnill, „|k,i, His , l,ar- 
 
 ;„.,.. r, au.i rhall,.,,..',. Ilir um-.l In , sit>r.. 11, f sin. Tlial rhalN'i.L'.' Iia> Imm.i. 
 
 l,..r,,n.ih..un,|.| Inrnra.iv -.'.(Miu year.-. - Whirli cf yuu r.,n\ in,vll, i I >ii'. 
 
 ;,n,l 111 ^av tl,.. inill, uhy .iny,. nm l.lirs.. iii.- ■- Kti.'Mu..s l,a\.-nMl t,..(.i, iil'i.< 
 
 tu iin|H.a( r, lii~ I'MMlv. Nn hivatl, -f slan.i.T i,as r\rr ,li!i,i I its liist.T. Nn 
 
 sha.lc.u. rv.n, nla lia.lilinu ..xiMs l(. slain lli> m.-inMiy. K..iii..|,,I..t that >n.l, 
 a .lain, n,ii>l l.av.' staiti.-.l m.-n. aii.l 1.....1, >nl.j... I 1.. t!i.< k...'iu'si smitiiiy. 
 
 V,,u n,av sav tl,at Ih.' .hara.t.T ..f <l,iisl has sin,|,l> Im.,-..iii..^ i.li.ali/.Ml in 
 
 tl,.. i„ii„|^,,| llis.lis.ipi.s. I'.nt St. I'aiil lis.-l .l-s.' n|. t.Ml,.' tin, -Ilirisl. 
 
 His Nvritin..san.a..v|,l..,lasanll,..|itir. N.m.i,,. |..-.lay .iaiins tnr < hnst .livu.or 
 l„,n.,rs,,ra.livin.Ti-.rr..rti,,n than I'anl .!.»■>. It is in.r.Mlil.i.'. thai h...sl,..ni.l 
 lia\.< ■_'iv..n n|, his lit'.' t,,aii i.l.-al whi.'h had n.. ..xislcn.v in fa.t. 
 
 N,,.hara.t..|-..thist..iy has cvr i.r..v..k...l k....n..r . rili. ism tiian Ih.. .har- 
 a.t.T ..iM.'sns, an.l y.'l in ..v.Tv a..'.' .riti.isni has I i, .■.,ii,i«.ll...l t.M..ii,.. ha.k 
 
 lr..i,, its iii\i.sIi._Mti..ns an.l .•<inl'..ss - w.. tin.l u., I'anit in this M;ui." 
 
 II.-. is.lislin.t fV.,inall ..th.T 'mI t.a.h..rs. in th.^ fa.t that H.Uiv.'.l th.^ 
 
 ,i.Jit...,usn..ss uhi.l, h..tau-l,l. ll...uasHi.:,s..ittl,.Tii:ht.'..u.sn..sst,.ul,i.li H.< 
 
 .■alls us. 
 
 T.,1... a Chiistiaii is n.it s.. n,n. 1, 1.. .1., as Christ .■.,n,iiiaMil...l, as t.. Ik-, as 
 Christ was; I., l.f lik.^ Him, puiv in h. ait ; t.. r.'i>r...liiiv in ..nr liv..s His m.'ok- 
 n..Bs, his tuiviviu- l.'i„iK.r, His uiis.'llisli .•harity t.,\var.ls m.'ii ; Ilis taithfuli.css 
 aii.i truth an.l h..ii.'sty— in hii.< t., '• k't this min.l 1k^ in us vNhi.li was als.. in 
 Christ .I.-siis." 
 
 Tak.. „,..,■'///,„»,,■, an.l h..n. a'jain the luun.^ .Icsiis isalx-vf. ...very iiam.^ lU' 
 hasiL.t ..nlv liv.-.l 'h.. ri._'ht....usu..ss whi.'!, 1,.. Iau;_'ht, hut Ho has als., h....u the, 
 mot i..,w..rlui in.vntiv.'. t.. its ,,ra.-ti.-.'.. N.'t ..Xfii His (...rf.'.'t ..xampl.. .■.ml.l 
 hav.. \vr..u-l,t th.. m..ral .han-.'S whi.'h luue att.'n.k-.l Ih.' i"-''H.hin..' .,1 Hm 
 nam.'. H.' has Invn m.-r.^ than an .«xampK'. His nam.Uias t.....n, and is, a 
 -r.'at i,,.,rallnr.'C,w..rkinL'thr..u>rh an.l uinm lli.' .'iitir.'. ran-.' <ir..iir .■ivih/.ati..n. 
 
 Th.'iv hav." h.'.'n ._'reat nam.'s in hist.,ry, ..f kin-s an.l .•..n.|ii('T..rs. slat.'s- 
 m.'ii and r..|nrm.'rs. ,,.,..ts and sa-. s, hut th.^ir inllu..- .^ has h.vn lo.'al an.l 
 
 s.,m.-. ..u.. ilci-artiiK'nt .,1' tliMUifht ..r 
 
 siK'iial. Thuy havti h.'i'ii inHnt-ntiai m 
 •arj 
 
 '" ' Hut' this ..ari.tmtt>r .,!• Na/,ar..th, alter thiv.' sh..rt y.'ars ..f a.tiv.. life, .'i.dinu' 
 j-...,.>-. 4',.^ ^ r.-ss ..♦• ■;i !!i-,!l:.fn!.t..r h('(.am!' a p..w..r wlil.h iias survivcl thr..Ui.'h 
 .•vcrv a-.', an.l in ..very d.-iiartnicnt of.mr hist.iry. 
 
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 W.. .lat.Mi MOW ..rafn.m Tim 1 .rtl>. Kv.r> > , „„„„,,,„„„> 
 
 y,.arnf,mrl.nr,r IL^l-sl nMu'.un, n. th.« wnrM > Insl .. , 
 
 Th.roar..hou>au,lsMMh,sa..asn,all.h s > ^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 faith in U.na th-y lun. .•; j;'';;;^ ,.',,'.,, ..i < l.ns. .nu,,.l 
 
 -:-;:;•: ;:^:;:^;;:::;h:::;;:^ ^ • 
 
 ''''•^;::::n::t;i"s... ^-^^-v rv'':':::;;.^;;::^:;:: .:."•.:::::- 
 
 ;:;;:; r:;\::;:h-:t;:;'J:;.:^i^.:Ma..a.^ 
 
 n..ti.>stuun..sjii,..ra...au.h.n.a..,,.,..^^n^^^ 
 
 .iUvain.r..-uuas ''-^';''; :;^;'::;;'\ ::;..,.;i„.h.a,...h,.s.ni 
 
 "Jvi,,::^;;: '::;;::', ^'-.-f-iT,;;;;;::.'::^;' :;:;;:= 
 
 '" '^''"'•''■- ,.„, , ,„i,ri,th Still ill si.ii." .'f .!..■ iiiilH'li"'' ai'.l ."rriiiK 
 
 .,,;:^;:i::;::r^n:::^;:»:«;-::™r;;-;;;;;- 
 
 IK < u wi- **- .. , '' .i triio mirjK U* < »i n\ir <ul> ■ 
 
 z»'-. ~ "•'" ■","■;"'»'■'■"" ":;■„„, ,,,.„, ».a,.™™.-^ ■' ™' 
 
 •■■" "•"'■•'•■»''-;'?'" v;:';:;:t: ; ' S .-u... ;., «-^' -■' 
 
 ;;;:;;;:r,:::;::..;::: .™. • ..'m". •• "- • '■■•»•■ "• "- ""■""■' ' ' 
 
22 
 
 ncijrliltor, wmv altfK.'ctlu'r withdrawn '.' Will any man say in ilw fa(•(^ of history 
 anfl ((XiKiri(*n((' that a morality worths' of the name woiiM survive* the- extinc- 
 tion of rhristianitx' '.' 
 
 What liccoiMcs of tiic Lord's day rest, with its o]i|Mirtiinitii's fur moral, 
 tiiciital and iihysical rcfrt'>hmcnt, ajiart from tho sanctions of < liristianity '.' 
 I'arts ahundantly show in iilaci'S, where it has dei_'encrate(l into a mere holiday 
 that the worUiiiL'mc^n who need it most are. likely to lose it altot'ether. It he- 
 comes |iolliiteil and secularized. They are cry iuL' out, as recentl\- in N'ienna, 
 for laws to enforce its stricter ohservance. 
 
 1 may \enture also to sutmiit to evi^ry fair and finpartial mind the i|Ucstion : 
 whether the tiucst lilieity and e(|Ualit\' and the hest rijihts and |)ri\ ilet:es of men 
 are not hound up u ith the sniril of ( hristianity '.' I know that tyrants have ruled 
 w ith an iron liand in the uameof ( 'hrisiianit.\', hut the spirit and power of ( 'hrist 
 have heen >t rouiicr than they, and hursliuL' tin* fetters have evci' heeu identilled, 
 as the\ are in I'aiyland and America to-da>', with social j)id;^ress, liheial e(liica- 
 ti(.n, the truest (M|uality of ri^dits anil the hroadest freedom. It is mdy in (hrist- 
 ianity that these hl(\-<sin>_'s ahout w hicli, there is so nuich frenzied discussion, can 
 he maintained. 
 
 Ah, my hretliKui, it is easy tdsee in that which sonu* forms of inlidelity 
 even now oiwnly threaten, w hat the moral power of ,Icsus' naine. is to us all, and 
 "vhat society would relaiL'^e. into without it. 
 
 I5ack of tht^ moral jiower of .lesus' name there is a certain /'•//,/ ■(;/ itllnic- 
 tiri III xs w Inch in al! time, has i'is|)ired eiithusiastii' loV(\ It is in hrit'l a '" namo 
 above every luina*" fur heart ]"iwer. 
 
 I challen^re you to piuducc* iVom tlu* historic roll of the world's heroes or phil- 
 osojIuTs another name w liicli has entereil, as this has, into the. atl'ectionsof men. 
 
 It is no t merely as a lueiuoiy that it is loved. Tht* memory of the world's 
 •rreatest benefactors ha> nut sutliceil to keep them ali\e in the atfections of men 
 throUliil successive ^'elierat ioUS, but e\iT>' true (lisci|ili* otdur Lord uow loves 
 llim with a feivor as . l.isc and fresh as that which Peter felt when standinj:' in 
 the. Master's presence, he exclaimed, " Lord, thou knowest all thin'.is — Thou 
 knowest that I love Thee." 
 
 His jiower is in that name which means so much for huiuan hearts in all 
 
 time: — 
 
 " No \(iice can sin<_', no heart can franui, 
 
 Nor can the memory tind, 
 A sweeter sound than .lesus' nann^, 
 
 The Savi<iur of mankind." 
 
 Yes— Jesus — Saviourl It is luit merely that the name is sweet and soft. 
 Tla^re is a sentimental use lit' it which loses the force of tin* reality. 1 tell you 
 that word Saviour is a stroui: word. It condiines w ith the liest feeliuL's, thouijlits, 
 and alfectious of my nature, because it hriii'_'~ um to a know led-je of my ( iod, as 
 my fortriviuL' and reconciled I'athei', IhroULih (hrist's atouiuLT death ; hecause it 
 trives me ho{KMif an immortal life with .lesus in (iod's presence; becaiist* it lifts 
 my manhood out of a niere animal life, and heljis me to ove.nume* sin and bo 
 jiure and stioUi: in the better, worthier life of a son ot ( Jod ; because it ^ivivs mo 
 
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 •vw.v li.'ht an.l lifo iron, our l.n.uan natnr.., > ou 1. au a 
 
 :,.,,th to ,1a. mos, IVa.nant vin.u. .lu.h j.l.>.-n jj-r w- | ^ .^,,_^^^,, ,.^,, 
 
 ..iChristianitv.that tla- nanu' U'nu> i> ahoNu 
 
 Ahovccvory uaiH.. It Ntan.l>ni>|.iu i not alto- 
 
 will not own that i, i> .liv-n.- ar. >-, .onuH.ll.a to aauut that 
 
 <_'cthcr hmiian. 
 
 furl nil 'III ■ 
 
 St. Vaiil tflls us. It nirans that 
 
 What tlu'n -lors Ihi. .iiprnn. r • " • iiMuan.l that in tho ronvi.- 
 
 th. nan,, .h'sus is a .livino nan.o; tlud • .o^ ... ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^. ^^^^^,_^ ^_,_ 
 
 „.,„ of His snpronuuy every '^•:7; ''''''''. J 'j a.mv, ■' how t.. Hin. and 
 ,„, shonia nhin,a,..y >n the <"•;;-; ,; 7,: l^,; Vatlu..:- 
 
 ovcry ton^no .onU'ss that Ho .s ho,,! to »'- -^' .unrssarilv fro.n tho tact 
 
 \\V .anno, rosis, tlu'so .on.lusions. llu'v tollow m . 
 
 --i;;::rr:iai;;:;:ato.. ..^ 
 
 tr:ir;..!:;;i;r--.-:a;h':;::i^ -- 
 
 ,„ ...,ao Hin>s.i,v.,nai with .-o.i '!"'>• ;;;;;;'^;^:^;. ,^,„i,,,.,i ,„,, prep... 
 
 ^.,w. tlK.so .lanus, .nstca. V^''' ^^ ;^,, ^ : :.,,,,.te.- an.l .ovks. Tho 
 
 :::;;;ri;;;:\:-::-.-^^^ 
 
 ^■-uXsiit wo ..anno, ro^.t Hin, an,i - -|;-^^-;:; 'x:;';;:: 
 
 ,. .,.s,K., n.aUos with ovory '1-; -; '^ ; :;;;:;L... ir any of yon 
 int..ll.M.,.hntho,uoonthopo,sonal(hn. . .^ ^^^_^^^ ^^^^^,^,,,„^ 
 
 ,,,,i.p....,n.,yioiatotlu3.1an,orol,..rnju ; . ^^ ^_^^^ 
 
 ,,,,,.,,...Mh.,nK.ti.o,;avy..u.ania.rl>s^ uo^^ ^^ .^ 
 
 „ is ,hat whi.h tronhl...! tho tn.u, IMato ^ ' • ahhas " - What shall 1 do 
 
 ''''''^"'' !;,.:;noan,l..,.mnan,lin.at,nhn,os,yonn.us,, 
 
 ■IW-in- forth , ho n.yal.lia.lojH. 
 An.lor.Avn Him Lord ol all,. 
 
 lii\(< aroHM 
 
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 will he fcliall kiKiw ni tli« iloctrino tliat it is of(4o(l ! But tn f-et yoiirMKlf, vdiir 
 wijnls, your intiiuinco, your cxaiupKi aL'aiust Him, i.- to bo j:uilty in a moral 
 M'UM' nf killiii'_' thr I'riiiif of \M'v. ( >h, to lot iiiiu bo crucitiod is to lot liio lirst 
 lioiHis ami iutorosts of humanity i)orisb ; and " how shall we oscaiK'. if wo no^rloct 
 so ^M-oat salvation '."' 
 
 Lot 111(1 rominil you linally that it follows from tbo fart of tho Divino su|irc- 
 maiy of this luimo, that it shall conquor. It stands for oinniiMitont riu'bt and 
 thon^foro <iod, till' ( iod of ri;;lit is in it and movos with it. 
 
 What a thoi. it i.- this for us, who ( ;. tho ministers of Christ aii<l .^towards 
 of tho niystorios ol < iodi aro sot f(jr tbo dofonco of tho < iosj^^r.' As suroly as 
 tboro is a rii:hlo,oiis ( lod in tho biavons, in this Naiuo wo shall staml and lon- 
 quor I Wo somotimos doubt and aro. afraid. Intidolity spnuuls its infortion of 
 donln throu-b many minds and soonis to bo iiaininix jiround at this jMiiut and 
 at that. I'.ut tbo stroUL'th of ( 'hristianity is in tbo" Namo wbirh is abovo, ovory 
 namol " Wo have no causo for foar. Tht ]>osition wbiib commands tbo ossoii- 
 lial wholo of tho faith, and in which allScripturo (inds its unity, is improL'nablo. 
 It is, as wo woro shown so olo(|uontly this mornin<_', " fact and history." It i.s 
 ibodivino [H'rsonality of .losus Christ, and that which it rovoals,aud that which 
 Ho did in it for u> mon and for our salvation, lloro thou lot us takt^our stand, 
 foark'ssly and iMisilivoly, " dotorniinod to know notiiin:_' amoiiu mon savo .losus 
 Christ and Him crucitiod I" I know that tbo words havo. a vory common placo 
 and old-fasbionod sound. I'.nt I am suro that it is tbo truest wis.loin for this 
 a^:o as it was for St. Paul's timo. Tbo ministry whii'b can alono moot tbo needs 
 of our time, nnist bo a iTiinistry of manly mon, till(<d with tbo conra'_'o of con- 
 viction, suriii'jiuu from a relation of livini:, loviiiL', jiorsonal loyalty to a 1"M- 
 ,-onal livin'_' Lord 1 It mn-t meet tbt^ oppositions ofinlidelity by th(^ po>.iti\o 
 settiii'_' forth of the person and work of tbo Lor<l .losus, and not by feeble, com- 
 ]iromises and balf-lu'arted apokv_'ies. It mnst call men up to tho faith of [K'r- 
 sonal devotion to Christ, and nui;_'nify tbo -lory of that service. It must b(< real 
 honest and brave. ■'The name, which is above every namo " nnist not oidy bo 
 ujMin tho lips, but till the. heart, and shine out in tho character and bo retlectod 
 in the holiness of tho life.. 
 
 Such a ministry conuot fail. l>ut whether tbroUL'h us or in sjiiti^. of us .lesus 
 shall coiKiuor. .\s surely asthi^ comini.' day nnist coni|Uer niL'bt, so surely mnst. 
 He, who is lif,. and li'_'bt. subdue the evil. There may be the. darkest ho\irs just 
 bi'toro the dawn. The shadows may rest lou:: upon the valli'V. The mists may 
 writhe anil toss and seek to veil ;ie risimr sun, but the, " day sbiill dawn and 
 darksome. ni;_dit In* passed." Kvcry knee fjball bow, in i>onitence and adoring 
 love now, or in shame and over lastiic,' defeat wb(>n "< iod shall judiro the world m 
 ritrbtoousness by that Man Christ .losus, whom be- has ordaine(|." 
 
 Till udilil i- M'r.\ (■\ il. 
 
 Till' tiiiir.< iirc \vii.\iiii: lute 
 lU' sillier ami keep vinil, 
 
 Tlu' Jii'ini' is at ihf (.'all-. 
 Tlu'.J mliie will) dniu'.s in mercy 
 
 The .luilpe who cmm's with iiiittlit ; 
 \Vh" I'omcs ti> enil the evil. 
 
 Whii omnes tu crown thp rinht I