Telegram-herald., 1889-06-10
THE SlVIOR'S YOUTH
ssr2on Preached by Dr. FaLn2gs,
Sunday, June >, ls53.
TIE CHRIST CHnDS DALI WME
8s Describes q CaFist stIiags Lad. aaa
Maids IhAt 1as L1ras th4EseLss
4hsa 49, ths Saass - ~ 12A IA
Ma = H-a-

y szooK1xs. Jazs "A vast colcoGrss Z
psopls. 1l-iEg al Las aEadA.ss F.-a5es, lsAsasd
~ ths sp@aasg saxsiozy AZ 6Esokiya rsber-
a@sls thas 1asFsins. Th.s ssztos, t-s Rev T.
De Wiz I@1nAss, D. D, expoaasiz1 tas pas
s-g- a J1Aa zaa1s ths uaSTlrnen Seszs q
Chris wfiuh ne world its.ssr eould Got hays
ss.Ea1ss4 The s15t@cE q Dr. T-llnaze's
ssrssson sas -Cl-TLsG, ia -l4@s LII. TO
sc1k Us 1is ssxt LAKE a, 80 ~Aa1 tas eal1
gr~~, a4ld s@zzi stEoug IA sgEit, a--s4 slza
sssioaa zna TIA zf.as - God w2s upon
od1aL rhs prsacAsr sa4ds
Abous -.<lst /. village iad spz2x- fkers
+ f0r shs Go-1 ps.t a saieacs aaoTs sna4 go
tsa esnE-riss 1ng aboaE Chris bee~oea Ia
fsncy s.aa usslnboot VI aaE KIND or = by
~4s asf Ms NJ ssauilss by az az. or id
n1srs setsis upon han froIa tls start al t1s
hhaa4.Lsas q martyriomt We have Ca EAis
subtsct snly . 1ttis zlzss.xg. few s4v1nlses,
b<xs ana tAars "a Eniuap9rtans '-perhata=
C1ncs<ning What boon.isd taAt ooyhood oR
bsxA s.i-.s - have whDss kbr2rss II looks
sxsd xtiois sA.serbas q canvas Aad sculpture.
Before ms iaf4as Christ ia Mays srnas, or
tskau< an nrsE aleep Ia Tie ro1sh outAoaa=
al 40 pafntxrs boz. aat 40 have Paul
Vsrc1s.ss ~Huiy Family" and Ferugiiso.
~Sanasy,' and Ansctico IL kiesobs's IN
Jana Chs4t, . aad kUbeas' -AdoratiCn q tia
Nxd.s aud TLntorets Alteration u tho
Ma.ris ani ChiriAnsi 5o's "Atorstion u tEs
n..xt.s Aad EAphas.s Madonna and Or
za.cnAa "Aa8nnA- end An-iilO's Ma
xxa.ss AID GAh0nnas bY al tbs saools of
pzAE-n.y IN az Hghts and s.a1Ies and with al
ssys. Of abrasive feature 4ni impressive
surroundings; sas pen and pclscn and chisal
bava win tsg exceptions, psSssat oy Christ,
shs vsllnsse al Yea by tkros con toiGed svi-
dssnces thfnk can CONS u a. accurate
IN ksa of whas Christ a boy 81 We
ezn of ubat Christ was ~ a man.
First We have tho brizf blolo account.
fhau 80 hase tins prolonged acoouat of what
Chrsss al thirty years u axe. Now yoa
hsse euly u EinEcy that account somewhat
sfsi yosa tlad what hs was &C ten years OF age.
rs1pssaments nsser Change. A san.suIns
kznp1raInenG never becomes . phlsxnaatsc
haupsax aneaE- n nervous temperament never
bccoEsz n lySnpaatic temperament. Religion
changes ones afrac5ious ard Ambitions, bat 10
b The saTrs oli temperament acting IA a dit-
nss4ns dIrscrfon- A. Christ had 10 religious
ehs.nge, 10 sas q a Lad what 10 was y
un2a. Only On &c: 50 largo . zrale. When al
tradition Aa1 IL art and all history represent
hfna a. . hiondse with golden hair. know he
vas IN ooyhood hlonds-
UNuSsFIAxD sroRrcS
We have, beside. an uninspirei book that
svas Tor tho arsG three or four centuries after
Christs appearance received by many IN
spkrsd and which gives prolonged account of
Chrsst,s boy tood Some q IL may b true,
mcst 0f is ua-y bs true, none of 1t may DO
trua Il may % partly built on facts, Or by
The passage os the ases some real facts may
have been sistoropt Bat because book Is
oot divtnely saspGred We arc not Therefore 10
ccnchlde snas there are not true things u IL
Pr~scott's conquest Of Mexico vas not in
spirea. but we believe IL although il may con-
tain mistakes Mac2nhy'B History os Eng
tud" was nos inspired, bat We believe 1t al
though it rasY have been H.arrei with many
errors These cslIlsl apocryphal Gospel IN
which tho boy hood of Christ isdSeit upon / 10
not believe ~ bs divinely inspired. and yet il
may yrsssEss facts worlhy OF consideration
Becanss H represents tho boy Carist Is per-
forming miracles soTrs have overchruwn that
whole apocryphAl book But what right have
So ~ say that Christ did not perform
miracles as ten years OF a.se As well % at
tairtyI 10 was Ia bOyhood Is certainly di-
vine a.s IL manhood Then whils n laal ho
must h&7-s had The power - work miracles,
whether "a did OF Id not work them When,
having reached manhood, Christ turned water
nto wins that was sail % DO tho beginning
of mfrsclssl Dut that may mean that 1t was
sAs beginning Il that sSries cf manhood
miracles Ia a word, think that the New
Ts<tansens = only small transcript OF
whas Jesus did and said Indeed, Tie
Bible declares positively that Il al
Christ did and slii were written tho world
would not CERTAIN the books. So Wa ara ai
liberty 10 oelievo or II Get thoss parts Of the
zpocrvphal Gospel which saws that when ti1
boz Christ. with his mother, passed band
Of thieves DO ted his mother that two ot
them. Dtusachus and Titus by nalle. would
b tho two thieves who sfbsrward would ex
pirs on crosses beside Hin. Was that rn1re
wonderful thaa SONS Ok Christs manhood
pror,hssieSi Or the uniaspiTed story that the
bov Christ ulRto fountain spring from the
roots u sycomors tree, 50 that his mother
WASHED bis coat Ia the stream was
that rrcre urheilevahis than tho man
hood mlrace that changed common water
into marriage bsvcTacsl Or the uu.n-
sfrsd story thai two sick children were re
covered By bathing IN tbs water whore the
boy Christ hal washed. Was that more
wonderful tAan the manhood miracle by
witch tho wornan twelve years q complets
Invalid should havs been ulals strsishs by
toucbing tie frings ot Chriss's coati Or tbs
trlspars<i story that wien a mother brought d
dead child By ths name of Bartholomew :
rary. the mother og Christ. she said; %,
thou piace thy sou e. MY sons bed s1d covei
ham wi-h his clothes and. 50 done, the deas
child oTe1cl his sTas and called ~ita a lout
voice for bread Is that more wou3srfa
than tte uiarhood miracles by wh3ch Chris
rsaniInasei ths dead again and again With
cut xoinx wtere trey we're or even sseiu.
tlreul Way sh0rld W disbeiievs the spo-,ry
rhal View Tssfr1uens when it SAYS taat a boz
ss~rick the boy Jesus ti'l he criei out, or t1
shcrv thas Cariss With other boys made clal
tix-1-uS 81 bi-is sns these clay fCurss too
IL. All lew a~nyf IL thas more Hu1olIev
able than tho Bible scc1uut that Al.am NJ
r,a.is sut q c.sy ant vaLSsd forth . ma
ami sftcrwsris s'ar-i an i-nTn1rtaii NJ
haIf a. zauch * an untisrraklnE - HlaSs
iaryi ant Of clsT - 10 asks a man ont G
clav. Clr The unrspirei s5orT that the e.
Christ tsnk tho elo1hs e a dTsrs shop an
threw tam inro ths fra. ard after to- DYER
protpSr and eisrula-ion brought f1r-a %
cloths IN tisa cc;or t5as the dTer wisl,edf
fs,at more unbeiisvs soia thsn the r'anhoo
rr;r.s,-le in ne wilderness picnie whers fv
f.iz-uias fae si-e - YOUR est ws-n t'Irusd iat
suczch br-si a. fesd Eve thousau
snd chs frzy-uouts fled twelve ha.
ketSf or the nranspirsd ss0rv thsc Josep
80 eashsr a. a carpenter. having orders
MAXI tbrwe Or the kng as Jesuralerl
sr,,g ooiiizl< e-vo T'sars on it. found that ar
A. was tore &c was two sp9ns noo saort, su
a.. h,-- A-cx rlrlf .-ua ,lls - he rhreu