New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-03
THE sTERNNEsS OF CHRIST

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Professor Huxley proiessss great ditae1lty in q
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and fharsess hypocritess II there IL any
painted 10 his stcrnsst aspect IN that Gospel which
Professor Huxley probably rejects n which CHRIST ths
Gospel IN which, while hanging the cross Ae CON-
hsa ~ %Sthss e The care Of The enper lie
sess q Jerusalem reaches DE highest poIpt q blank
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precisely % Il hey Ssd neglected i' 70 serve Himself
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judgment on Ananias and sappkira, and OF that dis.
position to assert love for the unseen God without
which y .wscpingly condemned as essentially mon
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unto wreths Be not overcome Of evil, but overcome
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re after the law, and commanded me to be sTitten
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sDosoS e the nss wSs he and then
himself to pull down bis barns and build srcster,
and congratulafes himself having much goods laid
very night SIs soul should Be- rcared q him ' oo vet
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sociate with tho covetous. Nay, even riches are
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mon you viii despise God, That covcleusness is
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as opposed % We life IN righteousness.
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sn the contrast between cSrsf saying on tho cross 10
those who had gwen Him % the Jews 20 cruelty;
ana the deliberate declaration that those who bad been
with Him 70 the days q HIS ministry and had not
assocatins, would have more 70 answer for than the
wfchodcst mon TO whom no sucn reyeisHon o. div,ns
tSan tho s' Close coSnecSon Of the saying Come
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and rest unto your souls; FOR Ny yoke T. easy :1a
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presence End he'd not had their hearts touched
more marvellous mixture Of stern contemplation WITH
r 81 Johns Episss the same attitude 4 Uniformly
taken toward those who, having known Jesus Christ
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sternncss toward any attempt to bend His teaching
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purposes when g. Peter attempts priest sgansHs
progssy Of his Masters ban s. not Ss u sno
hce be meets with far the sernest aud most peremp
tory eensure which he ever Incurred Yet no had hut
, whics our Lor would build HIS Moreover
Peters threetod denial was treated with fSe nncs
recover himself and far recover himself as % Ss
to give strength to S' Gss's ss Behind 1
satan thou art offence unto mo for thou ssyoress
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then then to dictate 70 Il that humiation yss unworthy
OF its dignity was an attempt to combine spiritual
snbmlsson with tho preposscssons OF the world which
Lord would not tolerate t0s y af ss
s,a and IL was evidently because Peter. with all bis
dealing in his attempt 60 condition that Christ should
not suffer what Ii humaed the disciples even 70 think
Of Him as suffering. that 50 scathing rcouhe was
administered to him. 80. =. a.
Tha sternness OF Christ Was. then. ELECTED II It's
Ordinarily cali hypocrisy; next, though not in such
uncomWomisng terms. by that open consciousness
which Is the obvious antagonist o. AL spiritual lia and
ercc which Indicated the supremacy Of unspirtual de-
sires over III hearts OF the people and last aud With
spirit Of the world creeping into heart that he'd
IDENTIFY owned HIS own spiritual authority, and that
IN reality at His own disposal In other words Christ
was most stern with those yho made pretence nj
being religious stern, but not 50 sfer with those who
ana not even make prcence Of IT, who simply passed
PIN by as II He had touched no spring In their hearts
bt IIs was most disposed 10 chasse. most disposed 10
rr,,nd desnIy.-because He In this case that a