The New York herald., 1871-03-13

ana identified with himself all those who were Will
ing TO receive its instruction. We would remember
hat he was sent to revive the law; the law was not
70 pass away. The Gospel was not to originate.
THE GOSPEL BEGAN
In the Garden OF Eden and became complete in the
person and work of Jesus Christ 1t was set forth
IN words In the preaching OF Ills disciples and pre-
served in words IN the writing OF evangests letters
OF the apostles. The law was simply the Gospel In
germ; the Gospel was simply the law In develop
ment John the Baptist stood In his ministry
midway between the swelling OF germina-
tion and It's putting forth above soil. Jonn
brought to mind all that was IN the law,
that which In the precept appealed to the con-
science, that which In the promise appealed to faith
He called upon the people who had lost the true
view Of the ancient religion, and departed from the
correct practice OF the ancient religion TO turn their
minds, 10 como back to the comprehension OF the
truh and come back to the practice OF the precept
him
STRIKING oBJRcT,
and made his ministry attractive. He gathered the
people around him and it seemed that they were i'm
pressed at once by the truth lie needed not to re-
their memory. He needed not to set forth anew the
promises, but simply to recall them to their minds
ths There had ID
nothing like 1t exacted before There mad been puri-
ncations practlsed in the Jewish ceremo-
Of the Jews then in existence Let let us try try
to look upon this symbol with strange eyes, Sup
pose that one who came out OF some heather land.
where religion, except the religion OF nature,
was not known should see man standing by the
edge Of the water and another by him. They both
step few PAGES INTO the current. one bows and
lifting water in his hand pours 1t over the other,
ana then the two come forth from the stream.
The heather man would be inclined TO think It either
some act OF sorcery or
SOME ACT OF SUPERSTITION
II he were a very intelligent heather, and above
faitn In sorcery, he might be utterly at loss to
comprehend any possible explanation OF the singu-
lar act. Let us look upon Y with all our intelli.
hand and placing 1t On the headY Is there virtue
thereby transmitted from the actor to the recipient
deep mine Of thought underlying this. We
may have thought 1t somewhat beneath
It re snosId descend, to such % slplicty Those % eI
you who have been abroad may have seen a woman
sitting in & carriage. she lsoks Ike any other
| have seen before. Everybody Is bewlng. She is,
they say, queen. She Is simply visible sign OF
nationality, tangible object for patriotism. so the
nation gathers around her, for she Is nothing more
! than as a figure head OF snip, and yet they wor
ship her as the representative Of the nation. Step
| ints a court room.
NAN is CALLED TO TESTIFY,
but they are unwilling to accept his testimony.
lays it down and testiles. Does the act OF kissing
the book inspire him with the spirit OF truths An
accepted, when, behold he lifts his hand but does
not Kiss the book. Could he not testify Just truth
fully Win MS hand by his SIDE, No. there IS power
people They therefore entered into the
| gagged Jesus came down. The question occurs, why
should He thus present himself to John the Baptist
| What were their r,lations? l have not yet tho
roughly satisfied my mind as to the view that John
entertained OF our Lord do not believe that our
Lord had at any moment lost consciousness OF HIS d
vinity for all those who believe IN His divinity nam
tain that He was, and continued TO be- divine per
| son. lie took an mpersonal human soul. John
! said, Il did not know him. do not think there
| was any possible reason why John should deceive
| He did not know Jesus We can easily that they
| were apart In ordinary life and
JESUS WAS NEVER RECOGNIZED
| by anybody In Jerusalem but His parents II they
ever came together in Jerusalem 1t was no. In such
| relations that John should identify the person
How does IL happen, then, that when He approached
John John endeavOred 10 prevent Him rom entering
upon that Officer There was something Singularly
| attractive and Impressive III the personal appear
| ance OF Jesus, and John felt that One had come
whom it was not possible to baptize. Jesus spoke
| unto hun and ne submitted.