The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1884-01-08
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Christ.


What can be stronger, motive 10
frn trust and reliance ON the nsercies Of
our Maker than the giving os his Son TO
sufer for us2 What can make Us love
and esteem even the most inconsiderable
OF mankind, more than the thought that
Christ died for himf Or what dispose
US to set . stficter guard npon tie purity
of our own hearts, than our being mem
bers Of Christ, and part OF the society
of which that immaculate person is the
headf But these are only specimen
Of those admirable endorsements Of mo.
rality which the apostle has drawn from
the history Of onr .tlessed Saviour,
ADDISON.
/, Let mans innocence be what it viii,
let his virtues rise to, the highest pitch
|of perfection, there will sill he in him
go many secret sins, 90 many human
frailties, so many offences OF ignorance.
passion, and prejudice, so many un-
guarded words and thoughts, that with.
out the advantage of such an explsna.
tion and atonement as Christianity has
revealed to US, it Is impossible he should
be saved, ADDISON.
He walked in Jqdea eighteen hundred
years ago: : his sphere melody, flowing
ir Wild native tones, took captive the
ravished souls of men. and being of 9
truth sphere melody, still flows and
sounds, though now with thousand. fold
accompaniment and rich symphonies,
through all our hearts, and modulates
and divinely leads them. CARLYLE.
In like manner did the King eternal
immortal, and invisible, surrounded as
be is with the splendors Of wide and
everlasting monarchy, turn him to ouI
humble habitation; and the footsteps ol
God manifest IN the flesh have been on
the narrow spot OF ground We occupy
and small though our mansion be amid
the orbs and the systems Of immensitv
hither hath the King OF glory bent bi:
mysterious way, and entered the taber.
uacle OF men, and in the disguise of 9
servant did he sojourn for years under
the roof which canoples our obscure and
solitary world. Dr. T. CHALMERS
Across chasm of eighteen hundred
years Jesus Christ makes q demand
which is beyond all other difficult to
satisfy: He asks that for which philos.
ophsr may often seek in vain at the hands
Of his friends, or father OF his chill.
dren, or bride of her spouse, or mar
of his brother: He asks for the human
heart: He will have it entirely to him.
self: He demands It Internationally
and forthwith His demands 10 granted
Wonderful! In ticfisucs OF time and
space, the soul OF man, with all its pow,
ers and faculties, becomes an annexation
to the empire Of Christ. all who sin,
cerely believe in Him expert nee thai
remarkable supernatural love towards
Him. This phenomenon is unscceunt.
able; it is altogether beyond the scope
Of mans creative power. Time, the
great destroyer, n powerless to extin.
tguisb this sacred fame; time can neither
exhaust its strength nor put limit tc
its range. This it is which strikes me
most. l have often thought OF it. This
it is which proves to me quite convinc
Iingly the Divinity OF JesN. Christ.
NAP LEON I.
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, ani
l myself, have founded great empires
but upon what do these creations OF oul
genius depepd2 Upon force Jesus
alone, founded His empire upon love
and to this verv dav million. would dl,
for Him. ! think l under
stand something OF human nature; anc
tell you, all these we're men and | an
q msn none else is like Him! Jesu,
Christ was more than a man.
NAPOLEON I.