New-York tribune., 1874-12-28
TILE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.

1 Rtr H. Kraus at 81 Anns Protestant Episcopal Chureh
The Rev. Z. II. Kraus preached yesterday
forenoon at St. Anns Protestant Episcopal Church IN
Eghteenthst, Ffthave. For his text he TOOK the
words: "Wno being In the form OF Coo thought IL not
robbery to be equal with God But made himself OF no
reputation and took upon him tho form Of servant
and was made In the likeness Of man." Among other
things the preacher said
The object of religion may be defined TO be-to bring
peace to man. 1t should to him with the bidding
peace be STILL" and at the sound OF ts voco the winds
should cease and the tempest give way to the calm To
do this 1t must respond the yearnings OF his whole
nature must take man as he is, complex being, and
satisfy the cravings Of each constituent there lie has
affections and with these affections his religion must
sympathze. Nor must IT ignore the TACT tnat man mas
manded religion which has Deity for Its
so son other can Seea1 command Its Introduction
truth" AS Son of God He gives infalieility to HIS
that belongs to His humanity. Strike at this and you
endanger the supersructure; remove this and an ls
Understand tis and hence direct their attacks at
foundation of It's system. The Church has never been
divine element and from the earliest times has affirmed
It the most guarded language Her catnedrals % thun
God. beQotten, not made" Der village churches catch
the strain and millions or volces' weekly muscs %
against sh s ali assnps Of
In the New Testament the central figure, at once
meets u.s. and throughout the 1t IS claimed or
assumed by Himself for HIM by Others that He Is the
Great One of prophecy and God we'll man. HIS con-
slant appeal is to the law and the prophets What saith
the Scriptures the usual introduction to his rej0ndcrs
to The character and manner OF HIS
teachings separate Him mmeasuraby from all teachers
who had gone before. Their relations to God. as ser
wants doing bidding acknowledged by the preface
to all their teachings, "Thus saith the Lord" III!
equality with God the otner hand at least implied
by His claim to be Himself the authority by which ne
where confessed TO human fraty or wrote as though
subject to It, Christ nowhere does. To faultnders ana
open accusers HIS question wasS (which OF you
conyfpcetb me OF elm Z" The common people at once de-
tected the difference between His teachings and that OF
others, His bOldne5s at frat startles u.s. None
are 80 high in authority among men as to be eieded
from His oensure. He claims the right to modify the
lessons of Heaveu-sent teachers. HIS coeQuaty with
the Father asserted in His address to HIS disciples
"He that hateth me hateth my Father Also" such are
some OF claims for Masters divinity In PROOF
1t he refers the prophecies OF which went before
and their perfect fuHlment IN Hmself In further
confirmation of It He works miracles which 6e shows
Deity alone could do. Thus those who would not be
their senses II other Will prevail with us. we
are to believe Hin for His works sake Brethren,
sh0uld days Of persecution return, whore would we
look for In the struggles We might look else
where, but ween we should only fnd them among
those who humble and patient Let us learn or men
such as st. Stephen, whose heroic faith ana cour'
remembered yesterday, or st. John, whose large
hearted love the Church would have US recall to-day
men who, whether living dead and conspicuous Tor
whatever else stand out bold and prominent among
men as examples OF humility.