Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-22
MEDIrATION.


\ The Wonderful Words of Christ: "And
h came to pass when Jesus had ended
Aese savings tn people were aStonished
4 1t His doctrine. Matthew Wi. 2s.
Then came the officers to the chief
priests and Pharsces and they said unto
hem Why have ye not brought Him?
4 The officers answered; Never man spake
. Ike this man. John vii. 45-iG.
Whatever may be said of the wonderful
4 laractcr OF the works wrought by Jesus
4 hrist may be said with deeper emphasis
the words he spoke. Momentous as
trc the deeds of Christ they were not
\ early as momcntOus rs his words. If we
lNe ever imagined that Christ's claim
H divine mission rested
laiHy on the miracles we
&c much mistaken. The miracles or
! sgns, as witnesses TO Christ, were
iaitcd and temporary The testimony
a His words is universal and permanent.
4 ile works he wrought proved him to
n thc great power of God, much more
~ the words he uttered prove him to
the wisdom of God. Thoughtful men
\ sAo listened to him were astonishcd at
\ ae whole character of his teachings, its
tugth, its breadth, its depth, its height.
Is simplicity charmed them, its authority
leId them in awe, and even the foes of
le'us were compelled to confess that
never man spake like this man"
iae divinity of Christ whatever that
ihoguous phrase may mean
ioes not rest nearly us much on
is works AS on His words. In
ICED, II Jesus had never wrought one of
aose supcrusual deeds, that flashed his
enown like flame of fire through the
engll and breadth of Palestine if he had
leaied no sick, cleansed no lopers, stilled
70 tempeSts, fed no hungry multitudcs;
''ul With these words of his Cchoing in
our ears, we should be compelled to ask
le Old question, "From whence hath
as man this wisdom 7" There are many
remens OF wonder in the words of
'csus. We should remember that He
'"S reared in an obscure northern vii
sse away from the center OF culture and
az opportunities of education. There
va no Gamalicl in Nazareth at whose
NY Dc might sit and study the weighty
.al'erS of the law. Jerusalem was
ae home Of culture and
EholaiShip. The temple courts
egtc the colleges of Palestine. lions
W. Was the only university of the Holy
.Aud' Nevertheless, Jesus comes from
Y rude hills of GalllOG and facing the
s'ufe OF Jerusalem, the learning OF
NESTS aud doctors and scrihes, speaks
1VFoN that have the double effect of
aatnllng the common people and OF AS
Vuishlng the learned and CruditC. Very
fanNI al 80 10 good
saehers, but there was preacher who
-Aeu so simple, SO tenderly, that plain
pp'e ana even little children could uu-
oelst'nd him, and yet, withal, dealt with
l1n stupendous questions in those quiet
t@h words that the learned doctor
sal the cultured scribe and the
\, tlloe who had been studying the law al
~ usNS were aStoundcd. II Is an eaSll
.N.'r 70 dress common thought in
-o'seous robes; but the graHdcst tri-
.Ga ol tho truest omtoIy il 10 speak
5,'N'te truth IN such language that it shall
,''oiAe the human intellect and sauctlfy
ID Auu'un heart. This was the triumph
IN, s,nN' simple, direct, ineligible, ton
ue words Of Jesus are the best
.eh words in all the world The
U OF common men has a place In
-. "eIofy here and there ior
t,, sentences from other great
,,' -gNers' Here sentence from Pinto,
lex vne from Socrates, aud one
b0 hpictctus- philosopher aud slave;
.cG Wy world Of common men has a
y fA'nah IN Its memory for all the words
a nssus' aud il every bible was burned
N Eu,tOW II every printed word spoken
,sp' ,us was consumed 10 lire, II would
40 Qlhcrencc, for these words are
~ 49, ~ 10 deeply In the hearts and memo
IN, VI men thar they can never more be
,n, wonderful indeed, for they contain
4, utleiest compass complete moral
5i ~ perfect code Of ethics. The words
.pes,a,,s cover all the ground ana are
nam OF Improvement. No
.ros. even among skeptics and
,ersnar' arises ia amend the ut
sea,ly Of Jesus. II we would
tbe I, understand how wonderful were
;bint o.os OF tho Son of man we must
hesr,s laelr power on the minds and
grn,,.s " men. What have they not
'lae ~ ID these last twenty centurlesg
,h,p. u, mon on the mount was mightler
aal ~. y. miracles, for II became the eter-
Asnss OF truth, That one word 10
8e.n,, am the resurrection and the
trsse.,as Mlghtler than thousand res.
~ men. Coming ages viii 70