St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-27
Analysis of the Whiteman
Law, Which Governs the
Next Election.
A Sudden Death, Which Prob
ably Resulted From Too
Much Morphine.
Local AmusementS and Other
Matters OF General
Interest.
THE POWER OF JESUS.
Unlike Nature, He Can Forgive
Sins and Heal Wounds.

Unlike Nature, He Can Forgive
Sins and Heal Wounds.
At the Church of Christ yesterday
morning, Rev. Mr.. Lahmon preached an
interesting sermon on the Power of
Jesus" He said in substance:
Jesus forgiving sins, healing dis
eases and accused of blaSphemy."
Mark, H.. LIP. We must make Jesus
welcome guest TO our country, our
homes and our hearts, else he will be
grieved away. With Jesus healing was
minor matter. His foremost mission
was to preach. We hear of remarkable
healerS. of men and women with strange
clairvoyant and magnetic powers by
which they seem almost to drive out
disease. We hear of faith cures and
mind cures and science cures. If
l am not mistaken, some of
these methods claim affinity with
Christ and the apostles methods.
Christ seems never unnecessarily TO
have invited opposition. On the con-
trary, he frequently enjOined silence.
In one mighty word he Invaded the
realm OF satan. asserted his divine
position and lifted himself in lofty Sc
renity above the carplng ScribeS. This
l say was a step forward. and it was 4
claim was now made. He had thrown
down the gauntlet and his enemies were
not slow 10 pick it up. Not that he I'M
necessarily gave OffenSe or that he pro-
posed To defend himself by force, but
that in his Judgment the time had come
10 declare himself openly and to make
bold his position. Immediately they
said; This man speaks blaSphemieS.
Who can forgive sins but God al0ne?"
At that moment the shadow of the cross
seemed to fall on Jesus. He read
their thoughts, He felt their OPP
position like Il chill on His soul, and He
aStOnished them by asking calmly why
they reasoned so. y little more reason
ing might have convinced them that He
was a Searcher of hearts, and that He
saw their sins as plainly as those of the
sick man. The impOtent palsied man
was blessed with faith: the able-bOdied
ScribeS were cursed with hatred. Such
contrasts are continually found along
ChriSt'S pathway ana that of his church.
His opponents were Silent, and He con
Iinued asking them whether it was
easier to forgive sins or to heal diseases.
intimating that to the Son of Man, to
the Son of God. to the Supreme
Man, all such works are alike easy.
What relation does sin bear to disease?
We may not with our mental philoSO-
ply and medical science be able to an
swer these questions fully. but we
know that the Bible puts sin at the
root of all disease, and makes them
both stern and mOurnful facts. Some
one has said, every Scab on the brow of
that leper is caused by sin. 1t is sin
that has caused our deafness and our
blindness and our dumbneSS and our
lameness. According to Genesis death
came when sin came, and disease seems
10 be but the approach of the death.
When Jesus strikes at sin He lays the
AK at the root of the disease. Possibly
His power 10 forgive is the secret of
His great power to heal. Our ply
sicians resort to drugs, and
baths. and surgery and electric
shocks; they demand time and
the help of nature. and send their pa
tientS to the Hot Springs, and to Flor
ida. and TO California for a chance of
climate. Jesus says, l forgive you; 10,
YOU are well. He is the fundamental
physician, plying the Sould that is
whole to make and inhabit the body
that is whole. Possibly here is hint
Of what our life shall be in that world
where no sickness is and where health
goes hand in hand with the marching
thousands of years.
\ word about forgiveness and I close.
Nature never fOrgives. Jesus says, Il
pour healing balm into your wounds
and there shall be no scars. Are you
dying? Nay, you shall live. | am Lord
of life. l have conquered death. In my
presence there is no fatal wound to
either soul or body. l forgive sins; 1
heal diseases: l stay the hand of DEATH"
The presence of one who forgiveS is
proof of Providence high over nature
and her cold realism; Providence that
sees and has mercy; that lives and loves
and reipnS Snnrpme