Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1886-04-20

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the truth than there is with one, who
asserts merely on his own authority,
that no atonement of any kind is neces-
sary But who is there to mediate ?
Who will atone7 In the early ages
among the Hebrews, they killed an
animal, which must have been typical,
for the death was in every case an I'M
conscious fate and in no case a free,
moral action. 1t could die, but never
voluntarily offer itself as sacrifice for
sin. An angel could not serve as
Mediator because he sustains no di-
rect relations to our race. He does
not know humanity with its tempta-
tons and burdens, by experience and
communion, but only by description
and observation Therefore, if Re
demption should come to the human
family, not in mechanical but in a
moral way, the Mediator must be
human, a participant of our nature
St. Paul speaks of the Mediator as 'the
man, Christ Jesus" He was real
man and sinless. The Scriptures pre-
sent this attribute of sinlessness as es-
sential to successful and acceptable
mediatorshlp. This is doubtless on
the theory, that pestilence cannot be
rooted out by one fits own Victims that
tyrant cannot be dethroned by one of
his own captives and an Indebtedness
cannot be liquidated by one who has
nothing wherewith to pay. The one
who shall be able to- mediate must be
one who has escaped the plague that
has infected all the other members of
the human family. If Christ Jesus
could have been convinced of single
sin, it would have terminated his fit
ness for the mediatorial work. The
Mediator who would respond to human
needs must be, what Jesus actually was,
"holy, separate from sinners and made
higher than the heavens"
Thus we are led on step by step.
We have the humanity, the sinlessness
and in the expression "made higher
than the heavens the divinity Of the
Mediator" There are those who say
1--WE need no other Christ than one
who shares our nature, the ideal Of
humanity which all should initiate and
constantly try to approach" 1t would
be well if we did adopt more of Christ's
character of His uprightness and
truthfulness, moral courage and love o.
justice, if there were less policy and
more principle. Yet the divinity is nc
less fact than the humanity The
divinity of Jesus Christ is felt with
power in the experience of all who
trust and love Him. GAS a present
perfume is better argument than that
of chemistry in proof of odors; as
the shining of the stars is better
proof of their existence than the figures
of an astronomer; as the restored
health of his patients is better argu
ment of skill in a physician than labor
ed examinations and certificates; sc
the power of Christ upon the sou
transcends in conclusiveness any con
victions of the intellect"
My friends: Jesus gave himself
ransom for ALL" The Hindoos withou
the Gospel turn to the Ganges ant
other sacred streams and fountains o
India for cleansing from sin and guilt
beseech you all to make use OF thu
one fountain.
"Drawn from Immanueps veins !;
the blood that alone can cleanse anC
save. The extent of Budha's offer i
Nirvana, or Inconsistencies. Th
Christ, the Mediator, extends to pee
pie, of every realm and cline, eterna
life as the gift Of God and the gladnes
of the future.