Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-08-28
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THE HUMANITY OF CHRIST.

When witness is placed upon the stand
to testify in case, he is expected to tell the
whole truth and nothing but the truth. The
witness who bears testimony for Christ Jesus,
must tell the whole truth as we'll as nothing
but the truth. He must testify both to his
divinity and to his humanity. The Saviour
of sinners is both God and man. We are not
able to explain how this can be; all that we
know is the fact. The Bible most certainly
teaches that Christ is God, and it as certainly
teaches that he is man. The divine nature
is incarnated, or as it is expressed by the
Apostle Paul, God is manifest in the flesh.
In the fullness of time-about eighteen
hundred and seventy years ago, and about
four thousand years from the creation Of the
world-the Son of God become the Son of
man. Prophetic announcements concerning
this event, declared that virgin should con-
ceive and bring forth son and should call
his name Emanuel-God with us. In the
sacred history of the fact, we are told that
Jesus was born of the wife of Joseph, and
that his conception was through the influence
of the Holy Ghost; whilst as yet Mary his
mother was only espoused to Joseph. His con-
ception and birth, although miraculous, most
certainly did take place. The time, place
and circumstances Of his death, are very def
nitely stated by the New Testament histor-
ans and were very clearly predicted by Old
Testament prophets. He was the son of a
poor and comparatively obscure woman, and
spent his early life amid humble circum-
stances. No one during the Saviours stay
upon earth questioned his humanity. His
enemies found fault with him because he
claimed to be God as we'll as man.
We should understand this subject, for it
is one of vital Importance The divine ma
ture and the human nature are united in
Christ, not in the sense that the two natures
are blended together so as to form one new
compound. There is one person but two ma.
lures, the divine and the human. Some have
taught that the body of the Saviour is hu-
man and the divinity constitutes the soul.
This is gross error. A human body with
out human soul could not be regarded a
human being That creature we call man is
composed of soul and body, both these are
human, and it takes both to constitute hu-
manity. When the Son of God became the
son of man, he took to himself a true body and
a reasonable soul. The only difference be-
tween him and other men is, that Jesus was,
by his miraculous conception, free from the
contaminations of sin, and in his life, he was
obedient to the law of God even unto death.
Jesus was hungry and thirsty and tired as
other men. His soul was filled with anxious
cares as is the case with other men. His soul
was rent with anguish, and his body filled
with intense pain. He had all the feelings
and sympathies of man. He was a man Of
sorrow and acquainted with grief:
While we may not be able to explain, or
even understand, how the divine nature and
human nature could be united in one person,
we can easily see that he who would under
take to redeem sinners, must be such per-
sonage. No mere man could make an atone
ment for sin. The work is too great. The
preceptive requirements of the law must be
obeyed, and its penal demands satisfied. The
redeemer of sinners must be both God and
man, that the honor and dignity of the law
may be maintained, and that the claims of
justice may be fully met. AS man, he obeyed,
suffered and died and as God, he gave dig
nifty and worth to the obedience and suffering
rendered and endured by his humanity.
81 AM Nor ALONE am never lonely"
said an aged lady, who had willingly and
gladly consented that her only child should
leave home and 60 to a foreign land as a
missionary.
81 should think you would be very unhap-
py," said her friend, "to be left alone in your
old age. Perhaps you may not live to see
your daughter return"
A sweet and peaceful smile lighted her
countenance as she replied, ut will be only a
little while before we shall meet to part no
more. Why should be unhappy? I'm not
alone. Jesus is with me-
The words still linger in my memory, 81
am not alone Jesus is with me-" What a
lesson to repining, despondng Christians !
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