San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-17
SKINNING OLD SATAN.
And Whooping Up Jesus--Goes Into
Figures, and Taking Testlmo-
ny--The Case Submitteo
to a IurN of Sinners

| Especially reported Tor the LIGHT.
The Christian church was crowde d
to its utmost capacity last evening,
by an audience interested and
anxious to hear Mr.. Lockhart on the
theme announced tor the OCCASION
'"The divinity of Christ"
The subject Is one worthy the most
profound attention of every thought
full mind, and the speaker had espec-
! tally and urgently invited all skep-
tics and Jews to be present. How
many awaited themselves of the invi-
| tation we cannot say, but we can say
| that those who did not do so were
largely the losers thereby.
1t would be impossible within our
limited space to do full justice to the
mastery discourse. Mr.. Lock hart has
to be heard to be appreciated. He is
no ..sensationalist, filling the people
with chatf and feeding them with
husks, but" "a workman that need
eth not to be ashamed, rightly divin-
ing the word of TRUTH
Notwithstanding the crowded con-
ditiOn of the mouse and consequent
discomfort, the audience gave most
earnest attention to the speaker for
almost if not quito an hour, proving
that the cold, old story" has always
power to charm.
Mr.. Lockhart said: Miracles
can be classified under three
heads. First. - Power - Such as
raising the dead. Second-Knowl-
edge-such as speaking the things
that mans wisdom can not teach.
Third-Foi acknowledgement as fore
telling future events. In this sense
all the prophets were workers of mir
acles.
But you say a miracle is contrary
to the laws or nature, therefore there
is 10 such thing Bound nature!
Your knowledge is limited! You can
not even tell where the spider gets
material for it's web-how the rose
tree gives US red rOses-another white,
both fed from the same soil. The
God of nature alone holds the key to
the store house of natures mysteries!
The learned Duke of Argyle held
to the opinion when God wished
to do anything, he had but to
touch some of the hidden springs of
nature" Shall we, who daily over
come laws OF nature, limit the power
and will of Almighty God?
Christ is divine in the light of full
filled prophecy. What constitutes q
prophet? A man can foretell events
from contingent circumstances, rea-
soning from cause to effect, bat only
an inspired man could have foretold
the birth, mission and character Of q
being, hundreds of years before that
person is born. The accuracy of the
prophecies too overwhelming to be
guess work. The birth of Christ fore
told by Isaiah 7:l4, 753 years B. G.
The place of birth, by Micah so, 900
years B. G.. His character, his re-
ception, by the people, all put plainly
before US in Isaiah So! % 753 B. G.
His trial is also as plainly depicted
as that given by his immediate disci-
Piles.
His kingly lineage and power all
foretOld. The royalty of the house of
Judah declared 800 years before judah
ever received the scepter, Gen. 40 10.
Up to the coming of Christ that royal
ty remained intact, the Jew under
any and all circumstances ackpowl-
edging the kingship of Judah. Christ
the last king of the tribe of Judah,
none since. The Jew withouta nation
or country; he himselfa living miracle
in proof of the divinity of Jesus of
Nazareth.
The price of Christ's betrayal defin-
itely told $50 years B. c., and also
what would be done with the money.
Zach. II, 1918.
David said 1000 B. &. Psalms SO, q,
that gall and vinegar would be given
given him for meat and drink, and in
Psalms "a, 90, that not a bone should
be broken. The Romans had a Gus
tom of breaking the bones of those
crucified to hasten death. When
Jesus was approached for this pur-
pose, he was found dead, and not 8
bone was broken.
His grace is told in Isaiah So, 8, to
be with the rich. Matthew and Luke
both record that he was laid in a new
tomb belonging to the wealthy Jo-
seph of A ramethea. His clothes were
even disposed OF by the prophet, Ps.
%, Is, aud Ealvary's summit witness
ed the fulfilment of this prophecy.
The time of Christ's coming foretold
by Daniel 8, %. According to the
standard by which prophetic time is
calculated, day for year, Eek
6. Number Ia, "a. Daniels prophecy
brings us down to the exact age, ac-
cording to corrected chronology, as
established by the worlds accepted
chrOnologists, Arch bishop Usher, at
which our Savior began his ministry.
What says the infidel to all of this.
That Christ was a smart man, studied
the Old Testament and fitted him
self to the prophecies. Can q man
choose just where and when he shall
he hOrDo