The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-01
arraign every noble reformer thar history has any
record OF. You must

arraign every noble reformer thar history has any
ISSUE AN INDICTMENT
against Noses S ana Abraham ana JACOB ana isaac
sell the Son OF God. Here l am compelled 10
pursue Inherent line OF argument l do not
deny II. He did assume that. But the question
TO DE decided is Was He right or was he wrong 7
He insisted He was the Messiah, long sought aud
PRAYED Tor ana predicted by the grea: men OF the
matter beyond the possibility OF doubt. Jesus
was right and the Pharisees wrong. He came
IRON the
COURT OF HEAVEN,
armed with the documents OF power and the world
would not read them. They SAID, ''ls IT possible
family. a man without education. not brought up
beneath the shadow Of the temple-ls IL possible
that such man as that Is able TO make the
world tremb!e beneath His ieet or change
the destiny OF the racer Is 1t possible
that he Is Emmanuep, GOD with mani. Yes
brethren II Is not only possible. but true. Look;
there lies dead child; they are carrying him out
10 tne naria place: there Is any uea'n t ,nss
sightless orbs II ray oil conscious light Jesus, Tue
prisoner, VINO Is under indictment ior calling MN
sell the Son OF God. and who proposes by TINS IN
cident TO prove that He Is the Messiah, goes TO the
bier ana puts HIS warm hand beneath the cold
Are they empty wordsY No. The boy Is getting
up-dead. what leland next you see MN ID MS
hypocrites, ye Pharisees and sadducees are ye the
sons OF God ana not TINS manY Is That man no.
6odyS He can lift the boz np and you cannot.
Jesus in that act proves HIS claim. He was right
and tnat part OF the Indictment should De erased
He said ne was King of Israel, too. Wen, II
alter eighteen hundred years have gone oy ne
should come into our presence, we should &C
knowledge Him to be King OF Israel, and yet. II
was in no worldly sense tnat lie made himself
King. Jesus never assumed TO himself any tenn
porai power; the one doctrine He preached was
humill y. ESTABLISHMENT Tor the SAKE OF spiritual
exaltatlon. Jesus said, 'Serve one anotner.' ana
order example He washed his
disciples feet and in the same breath proclaimed
Himself king; but lie did not want C9sar's seat;
all lie wanted was the love OF man. Ills
HIGHEST AMBITION
was TO serve men, to lit Them up. think have
SAID enough to prove that benlnd the accusation
were conspraces-dark, dreadful and bloody. |
know where it began-three years before, IN the
Sermon on the Mount and they worked with silence
and the cunning OF sefpents till on the WedneS-
IN dark chamber IN Jerusalem, and before morn.
ing had liked the plan aud suborned the wit.
nesses-Daniel Robani, Jonn Zorobabe. Raphael
RoDani ana Capet These 1Our Infamous
men, who, by the ring OF metal, could lie ION!
We dreadful FOUR against your God who cries out
III Ills last moments. 'Fatner, forgive them, they
know not what they do" Well, eighteen cen.
turies have gone blythe prisoner suffered death
where now are those lour wltnessesY
IN UNuTTERABLE OBLIVION.
Where are the Pharisees and Sadducees? Gone
beneath the shadow OF darkness and lOrgetu-
ness. Where Is the great Caesar and POntlus
PnateY Where is the prisoner, who with false
testimony was convicted, VINO by cruelty was
nailed to the treeY Eighteen centuries have gone
By ana the prisoner Is immortal; within the limits
OF civilization there is who Is not taught to
with reverence. Brethren, let us give to Him
our allegiance and Affection. He mas on lived HIS
enemies, ana has SAID, II Will be with you always,
even unto the end OF the world"