Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-10-07

was testified to by their manifest fall with him
in sin, and SO must their rising again in the
second Adam be testified to by their mani
testify walking with him in newness Of life
If the Jew was not allowed to claim to be
the child of Abraham unless he did the works
| of Abraham, and was terribly told that working
evil works. he was the child of his father, the
devil, most assuredly neither we nor our chill
dren, nor our children children, will ever be
| recognized if. naming the name OF Christ. wo
do not depart from iniquity. Other grounds of
claim to kindred with Him are continually nut
! by the tempter into our mouths but let us saw
| in faithfulness one to another, be the church to
| which you belong what 1t may; be the good
cause you support the best in the world; be the
line Of Gods servants in your own family
bright and blessed; be the life of your pastor
| or that Of your fellow members ever 90 sanity;
| if you yourself. instead Of being child Of the
kingdom, are in works q child Of the wicked
one, then will you yourself be cast out.
When once our Lord had entered on His
! public ministry He took an early opportunity
OF describing the holy seed in a manner never
| to be forgotten, manner which, for all ages,
invalidates every claim to kindred with Him
unless it be accredited by kindred action. since
| it alone shows that in the two cases the nature
| is Of the eame kind. Rumors of His words and
| deeds had filed the country side. Though of
lowly craft He was known to be Of royal blood.
and men talked Of this wonderful Son of
David the question ever and anon arose
| whether it might not be the Son Of David who
was to come. His people at home were trou-
bled. His mother and brother came out seek
| ing to win Him back to private life They
| found Him discoursing to dense crowd. which
did not make way for them, but only passed IN
the word: "Thy mother and Thy brethren stand
without desiring to speak with Thee" Hereupou
He put a question which the church must re-
member forever, q question which finally set
tied the point that blood relation, as though
| it were of the closest, and though the blood
were that Of the line Of David, did not con-
stituto any kindred which would be acknowl-
| edged by Christ. who is my mother?" He
asked, land who are my brethrenY' Then Re
| looked around about on them which sat about
him. Here let the church mark the look of Christ
| seeking for His kindred,a look that now passes
round about on this company, that pierces into
the thoughts and intents OF every soul after
this look, not TO tho young men Of the seed.
| Royal did He turn, but there sat twelve poor
men in whose veins ran no drop OF David's
blood, and toward these He stretched
\ forth His hand and pronounced the
words Behold my mother and INV
brethren" Words Of immemorial yalue
which without reversal annulled any claim Of
kindred with Him on grounds OF lineage. Then.
| as II to show that the new and divinsly born
family was now 70 find its bond Of vital union
in new church rites or now church doctrine
| or new church companionships, but in
kindred Of nature, attssted by kindred
action, He added: 'sFor whosoever shslI
do the will Of my Father which Il IN
heaven the same u my brother and sister and
mothsf." MARK well" He says not sis my
Father" That sacred title He evermore re-
served fox the Father Of eternity alone. Bat "a