The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-10-11
APOSTOLIC LABOR.
The Question that Triumphs
Over Time.
WHO IS CHRIST?
Beecher on Waves OF
Feeling.
Do We Require Opiates or
Stimulants /?
THE MON POSSUMUS DOCTRINE.
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THE NON PoSSUMUS DOCTRINE.
A Religious Doctor Of
Finance.
CHURCH OF THE DISCIPLES.

soEE OF THE CLAIMS WHICH CHRIST MAKES
IN HIS OWN BEnALF-THE NINETY AND NINE.
Mr. Hepworth's spacious church filed to over
Rowing yesterday morning; and it is probable there
would have been much greater crowd had there been
formal announcement of the anticipated presence of
The great revivalist George L. Weeks Mr. Weeks has
lately settled here after soourn OF three years in Lon
aon where he has carried on his good work with great
Iuccess Mr. Hepworth selected his text from Isaiah
xiii 1:-tWho is this that cometh travelling in the
Kreaness OF his strength" In general way assert
hat Jesus is tho Hottest and grandes character OF
al time but must have personal conviction OF
that fact before bow In lowliest attitude at
The feet the Redeemer.
When we are at the White Mountains for the first
lime we are told that Mount Washington lifts its head
above all others, and when stand on the rocky
summit we feel that heaven than
ever before and look down all the
,thcr mountains below l think it is
nomethng after the samo way that VIC feel when
we try the character Of Christ. looking at
Him element or history as ono character in tho
midst of group of great characters He seems to us
tcholarly critics to be simply
PEERS,
IN elder brother of tho group and nothing That
the way which the criticism of nddeity in the last
lew centuries has expressed itself
10 page the words of Christ proving his words
the position Flo has right to occupy will try to an
gwcr the question Isaiah puts Who is this that cometh
travelling in tho greatness of his strength" l want
arst to call your attention Christs ideas concerning
His pre-existence You will find remarkable
passage in John, in which this matter is made clear
beyond denial He is in the midst of controversy
With the bgoted pharsees and they ridculng Him
10 His face because He claims to be an authority and
In order to
CAP CLIMAX
pf what they consider His assumption, He says
nVerily, verify, say unto YOU if man keep my
taying he snail never see death No man had ever
Jared TO utter such words before When the Jews
baid very naturally aNow know that thou hast
devil Abraham is dead, and tho prophets, and thou
Eayest II keep my saying he shall never taste OF
death Art thou greater than our father Abraham
which is dead? And the prophets dead: whom
makest thou thysef?'' cannot you the pharisees
looking squarey into the face Of Jesus and presenting
clhis logical dilemma? Jesus answered and said 'Very
say unto you that before Abraham was, am. /" IL
kingly utterance not tho uterance Of mposturc
the utterance of who used His words carry
distinct and well defined suggestion to the hearts or
his hearers And the earthly life OF Jesus only
ages OF tho past, and His life did not begin with the
Manager in Bethlehem. In John, xvii, He says in the
prayer before His disciples And row. Father
gorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory
winch had with thee before the world was Tho
lime of Abraham is of date beneath the shadow
Of such utterance as that and If Christ uttered tho
truth, his life extends far back
MATTER,
and Is hidden in the holy Of hoes which men, not
comprehending mystery, call eternity. Christ came
forth from eternity that He might lead us TO the gores
of the great beyond and it seems to corroboraon
Of this when Christ speaking in the fifth chapter says
10 the pharsees Search the Scriptures for in them
20 think have eternal life, and they they which
Testify of me.n
All through the revelation of God we nnd passages
which in more or less distant way refer TO the fact
that Christ is coming Jesus says, ~ am he OF whom
tho prophets spake" But do not rest satisfied with
that II strikes is with awe that He we call Sa-
vour should have lived in the heart of God in tho be-
ginning OF ala things but what relations to him
al the present time What is Christ to you, my
brother9 Docs He stand to you the relation OF
teacher and guide only Is He not also your final APP
peaif
Here would call your attention to one remarkable
thing, and it is that all other independent OF
their systems while Jesus is part OF His Every
philosopher that has ever lived
STANDS OUTSIDE
Of his philosophy. Not with Christ You cannot
take the life OF Christ of the New Testament with
out robbng OF its distinguishing feature Christ
claims that religion consists in loving Him personally;
IL is enough to believe in the New Testament but
must believe in Him tho central figure Christ
Gays distinctly II the way.o Other men have
said am a way but Christ said ~ am the way; re-
Ngion consists in believing in me-
There is not one poor sheep that finds himself far
away from Christ but who listen and hear the
echoes OF His voice. and the Lord will find His way to
the poor lost lamb and bring to the seat of mercy
IL 10 me cannot better illustrate this than by
having our dear brother sing TO US the "Nnety and
Nine Mr.. Hepworth took his seat while Mr.. Weeks
played and sung tho beautiful hymn called the Nnety
illustrating Chrsts claims and finished his discourse
by saying, 1T seems TO the verdict which the Ro
man soldier uttered finds its its way to lips
Truly, lie is the Son OF God. y