New-York tribune., 1874-06-01
CHARACTER AND MIRACLES OF CHRIST.

ministrations.
CHARACTER AND MIRACLES OF CHRIST.
TIE Rev. b. Caeerer, D. D.. at Association Ha'i
The Rev. Geo. b. Cheever, ID. D., delivered
the ffth Of of lectures the evidences OF
Christianity at Association Hall, last night. The
preacher entered demonstration from the character
and miracles OF Christ. suggested and Illustrated by
comparison OF passages from each Of the four Eyange
ists beginning with Luke Xxx, 44: "David therefore
caeth him Lord how is he then his sonP and Mark H.
2s "Lord also OF the Sabbath" and Matthew xxvi 10
1.-The woman with the alabaster box OF ointment"
Some memorial observsnces established in honor
OF Christ and his predictions to their being per-
petual fixtures OF His kingdom were cited and COM
pared with the complete fnlfllment In the experience
OF and history OF Christianity thus far the pur
pose of them all, and Of Christs kingdom among men,
being also demonstrated romJohn XXX 81 and from the
development and results Of the alteration and love OF
Christ in human hearts; beneyolence superhuman,
divine inuite comprising eternity, and all created in
teigences, mankind first and most directly, be-
cause lost by sin, and to be renewed in holiness
These representative examples said Dr. Cheever, are
illustrations Q) Of Lords habit Of demonstration
concerning himself carrying men straight into the Ola
Testament TO study his person. and verify his references
there; ( Of the divine honor and authority assumed
his own right being himself the owner and Lord OF
Gods commandments and institutes OF government ana
worship: 9) Of the kingdom Of love and alteration
set in himself God manifest In the hesh Win new
OF his lite DEATH and resurrection, ana set up
to absorb in himself the power and glory OF those al
ready established Of God in the Old Testament whether
temple sacrifices, worship Sabbath prayer or praise
the alteration and love eliminating In himself IN MS
divine personality; (D of the divine foreknowl
edge requisite IN predicting, and divine power In real
izng and carrying out TO demonstration things without
which, fulhl. the gospels and the Old Testament
scriptures would lalke be proved forgery; (0 the
object and purpose of all this the production OF beef IN
Jesus the Christ that might have eternal life III
Him. The examples are as suns shedding light aud
demonstration; and the declared purpose in John xx
81. is the central orb. and law Of gravitatiop,
by which all the and stars move In harmony.
The first Is that of David in the Book OF Psalms the
Lord said unto my Lord, Christs searching question Is
this David, therefore, calleh him Lord; how is He,
tben His Som ~ Think upon this mystery of Goodness
How He be the Son OF David, who is the Lord OF
David Yet you acknowledge that the Messiah is 10 be
of the lineage of David aud He must, for thus 1t Is
written of Him. Then Of necessity. the human and
divine in Are you prepared for thisf Will you
recognize the divine under the human investiture Or
because when He comes, 1t Jesus of Nazareth, whose
father and mother we know will you reject Hun De-
termine yourselves Search the Scriptures for they
Gods testimony concerning me, the Lord of David
and the Son OF Man the King of Glory, and the Man
numbered with ransgressOs despsed and rejected Of
Such the seals foretold to you OF God which
you must find me. for such come, God hath
sent me- The mystery itself, which perplexes you,
studied prayeruly becomes tie most irresistible Of all
demonstrations. From the beginning our Lord vindi
Gated these extremes of dignity and meanness as be-
longing to himseli and it hard to say which
demOuslIatod earnest, OF Win greatcst intenSlty
and power the glory the shame. For If
lowllness the worship of angels attended on it,
and the command Let ali the angels of God worship
Him. Ant the very beginning Of the fame OF Christ was
In the demonstration Of shs miraculous power, and
painy and exercised sovereignty even over
the Sabbath OF Cod ana therefore the supremacy OF tue
DecaOgue The extremes of humiliation III cOndemDa-
ten ana contempt suffering death, afterwards
Now the strong point flame of "a burning
diamond in the focus OF "a compound blowplpe-that
these two things remes, apparently impossible
bnatons are absolutely essential elements the very
anchorug and foundation piers any possible bridge
between the Old and New Testaments, which be-
Ueypg souls could travel either Of which having
absent the whole of divine revelation would sink
And vet no forger would have dared lay the first
one of such pier on the side either Christ
of Sorrows being their God, their Messiah, their
Messiah King Divine being the Son OF the Carpen
ter and claiming the shame OF the crucifed To have
built such claims for mere man. or TO have aeknOwl-
presented Him the Jews their God, even mad the
story such superhuman CHARACTERISTICS been within
Tne claimant Lory, the possessor OF such at
tributes. acting thenceforth under form ana fashion
countrymen could lot endure the mOrtlca-
tion OF the lowliness OF their Messiah,
thouoh without that humiliation the asumpt-
ion of regal grandeur would have demonstrated pre-
render on examination OF the Scriptures and their
srannJ man The humiliatiop suffering shame death
and the virtues OF unility patience, forbearance
forgiveness essential the grandeur But the
assumption Of divine dignity and the claim OF aiyine
honor by such person could have been regarded only
AS blasphemous, the proof of impostor, if men did
Humility or piety, in connection with that claim of
divinity in a mere man, would be simply impossible
YET here they are and mig ghty.
Him who bore sins and carried our sorrows the
innocent Sufferer, answering not again; the Lamb,
dumb before her shearers and at the time, the
Am before Abraham-the Lord OF Eternity-the Being
whose right was to be honored OF all men, even as
they honor the Father such character ana such
claims could never have been received as