, 1873-12-29

n dream Of vision. Laatly John written. ue waa tto
ns ns' IT s n II 5'4' 5 ssh na Mary @
family h!story, nays not a word Of ilc anpcrnnt.
should lAvo boon Of ncRlc,!abls value to Ills palonu
theory OF ohrist Il A. A. tho inrNrnntad togoa.
vontnre that ach being Joss lvod, That o lived
At to timo asl did tcaeh aud that ho was cruoiGoi
nbont the time and under tho. circumstances which
universal history has held and allowed,
So daro rrce'sno that my first point Ia mnte that
Jcs!,s was not myth.
Tle question would 10 rropostcrous in any other
leht uhn TINT Of theology. but slleplugy has put
f9r1 thsosss ard 9kss a question
y Of criticism Whit It. woal Mary o eosher ervsf Of
Jeaus, have thought Of sueh question us thia3 1Io
other children ara born aud maturoh, and tla do
not aay sogmaticnly hut upon Tho whole tenor Of The
ao nn III ea
allow.
! ala rcfer only to two or tl,rco which aro con-
olnsive upon tho QUO punt wish 10 make.
mlat premise, however, to snllco my own acsire
to 10 wholly honest with nyaelf and eaunl1y frank
sn a a s ssooey sesGls nas ps asf or Gi
tn his behalf, should 10 compelled, grounds Of
ro ,roason to d'seoeye M md rejoct TITS cain
could no. believe and allow that tho source and ai1p
The God of religion, could cvo tho seat and centre Of
hs and for Thirty yeara IN tho sse,anco ,, Of
tts Of orr human lot. THO only conception Of God
which to tho necessity of ehur SCIENCE PHI
oaoplly universal religion, is TINT Of bong whose
commodatlon to humanity 1Io could not bo born into
mc for ie is The source OF tne nor into spuco for
nut In tho llfc Of Jesua tho providence Of God has
loft room for auc ahock to human ronson such
pSrpen1.l annunF W M Of oil natnra aws a, tho nova
No n1nn Knows just what is meant by tho theory Of
tho Trinity, OF the rrecise sanso IN which any man
q So Uniserso hesere1esa M Tia i eam Is
tho foundation postuato Of all orthodox Christcn-
Tie theory, doubt, has lis remote warrant In tho
accounts Of tho supernatural or unnatural birth Of
Jcsna.
Mary ia not only tho best Witness but tho only pos-
Rbe wltnosa In tho casc and sho novor ao up any such
Calm for her son. There ia no account IN a! tho
Chriatian records of Mary having intirnacd that tho
this which In itsef might be deemed conclusive, her
Wolo relation to Jesus and conduct toward him pos
Che subjected lin to tho ordinances Of her race such
as circumcision md to tho ordinary fanily conditions
with The rest OF her chidrcu.
Temple whom. Ae is rerortol TO have boon 1a
years Of age sllo was surprised md annoyed il not
nb'nt Ills Fathers business" abe wan nj loss to ac
count for his strange conduct for The Evangelist adds:
nThey "nesstood not the saying Which spohe unto
Eynngclat tells Of tho angola revelation to Mary
before her conception and Of Josepha dream
perfectly clear to both fnther and mo.hor. They
ta.y Insisted IIe should leave the Temple with them,
sn 5S,nsang g,a ,1 Nazsroh tho Gospel ads
After iic began Ills ministry Ills mother and brctli-
Ie'i dill not understand Him, mud followed Him to
hold Of Him; for they said, = uo ii hcsldc Himself"
G as the he, orgina, has ~ H. T. crazy Nov.
that knowing Ills miraeuious conception and 1a al
the pledges and purposes of Ills life which wcro based
upon this unnatural generatiou-hs own mother at
Hmm IL hnyr
have been remotely uneasy concerning him as to the
rccsudo OF lila conduct or tho or his mission.
hh 5 L. L. md ,HSa suSs es On
' strange ii aneSsgsIthe laagHaso of alsappetn!-
WY hast thou forsakcn mo9" I'LL; Th; man, 5 iu; iosn
Of Mary who lived lifo of euting arntng sleeping.
early ngo of 33 s lie worlds Prototype Of manhood
only upon tho ground Of his 1uro humanity and tho
whole moral ra!uo OF lis Mse example and In
anraaon Is based On the fact OF history tlAs ho was
sIy - i5eai ihoasht, for which crave w,oo hour In
o,a ona nan mn.ane ma man Of hts race III
he pore law Of .nd dhso so sot t aas
with emotion aa to mako It and enthusiasm
to his followers. but superstition has turned tho
man 10 u,ne ,ncoanio, TO God disauis;d in order
70 plny dramatic part. Thie thoolcgo juggery haa
sst Sfan M Is Of 10 ass4uv To- Cog
both religion and morality.
Wc arc coming to Clrist-lct us thank God
for tho criticism which has made 1t possible
from dtGeront point Of view, upon purely
rattonal Gass aud 70 We behold Him human and only
and more worthy to take Hia place ut tho horixon
line OF hope who1e NM touches God nnd mnkes tho
inlmtnonce Of Goi In nun 10 longer hope hut
history Tie orbit OF Jesus in fixed. Tic fact Ia tts
explanation. sha We ask why the Creator did not
mike the earth rather than the the Of light
and hent? Wo know that Jesus is the finite whoss lie
is the perpetual suggestion Of tho nhuito.