, 1879-08-17
WHO: IS CHRIST? :?

HUMANITY
The following answer to the query, Who
Chris:2 was recently given By Keshub Chupac
Sen, the head of the Brahmo somat, in India, il
an address to an assembly Of .Hlndoos:
Though We arc H:ndoos, We cannot help ad
mirng the superior and exalted ethics whcl
Christ brings to U.s. You cannot dcuy It: 70,
sciences attest 1t. Ancient philosophy bows be
| fore it.. A greater than Socrates has taught us
| this lofty ethical code; and We are bound 10,
| truths sake to accept t1is legacy from Christ
creed and cast, as to fl!t. supremacy OF the
| ethical law embodied in Chrfst's teaching and
character. II you indians hesiratc or refuse to
accent Christ, it is not because you dislike
! Christ's ethics. It Is not Chris;'s humanity
| that is q stImbl'ng-block IN your wav, but his
so-ca1led divinity. His heavenly spirituality, GOT
his human morality, stands IN the way Of your
accepting him.
1T appears tome that Christ believed earnest
" and consistently in what should, In the ao-
divine humanity. Christ not only believed this,
but he carried it. theoretically and practically,
to the uttermost logical sequence. But what
was this do triae2 Christ struck the key-uote
OF It when Lie announced His divinity before an
astonisbed md amazed world i a these words:
II and my fa'her are one" he lived, moved,
and had His bein. In God. Not breath He
drew, but It was from the Lord. Not drop VI
l!e-b!ood was there 10 Him, but it came from the
very fountain OF life and vitality IN Heaven. &c
said He heard, HI touched, as We see, hear. aud
ruuch. But lie aIways felt that the root of His
being was God Hlmself,-a fact of which We are
not always conscious. He had His life rooted IN
divinity. He felt aiwass that the Lord was up-
deriving His whole existence. Aud, therefore,
without eauivocaiou, and with all the boiduess
and candor of conscious implicitly, Hc pro-
claimed unto the worfd that Ht was Que with
God. Bat He asserted the doctrine Of spiritual
oneness, not onlv with reference to the Goihead,
but also with regard to those around Him. He
was present, not only in Isod, but also in the
hearts OF His disci pies What was His PRAYER
to His Father regard ng Lis peor]e before be
allowed Himself to BIZ cru:ided? Some time
before that event occurred Christ went to His
and In Thee. that they also may he one in U.s.
Thus, IN Comprehensive unity, He sought to
include God, Himself, and all mankind. :.
For 1900 years men have been trying to
find out tue dead Christ under the stone. Bus
the Spirit Of God has marvelouzly rolled away
the stone, nnd Christ is not there. Even for
three days Christ could not consent to live on
earth as dead Christ buried under the stone
So the Lord took His Christ unto Himself,
and has in all ages discounted ana disappointed
those who have searched for tile dead Christ on
Garth. Where, then, is Christ now2 He Is liv ug
In all Christian lives, and in all Christian tnf,-
ences at work around us. or the Gead Christ
speak not. or what use is dead Christ to Us
into your hearts and affections, your daily life
and character: Do you nos see Christ existing
throughout Chrstendom, like an all-peryading
lcayen, myster1ousiy md fmperceotsbiy leayen-
ing the bias Of millions OF men and women?
You cannot resist His influence, ysu may deny |
His doctrine, you mar even hate and repudinte |
His name, but He goes straight into vour heart !
and leavens your ityes. He does not care to in |
quire what doctrine you believe, or what dogma |
ou accept nor even what sort Of life you lead,
You mas b. the basesr Of Sinners. You may be I
opposed tomauy Of His doctrines, |
The truth that is in Christ will, pvrforce, over