Mexico weekly ledger., 1892-03-10

| DlpoSut tkC tiutl1 W HAL ilO IL,
no "peradventure." ''He spoke al
ways with the certainty of absolute
knowledge and as out of the depth o.
his own being" He spoke with
authority. He seemed always to
have the confidence that, however
his words might be received by
| men, these words would, even as
the word of God abide forever. No
wonder people said He taught as
one with authority and "not as the
Seribes and Pharisees." No wonder
Jerusalem was stirred at His COM
ing and cried out, ''Who is this?"
No wonder they asked "Whence
hath this man this wisdom?" Did
they not know Him? Yes. They
had seen Him at His trade, they
knew He came from Nazareth
despised, dark Nazareth. How
came it that this man, this son of
toll, raised with No advantages of
learning, and no means of culture,
famed out at once as the world s
greatest teacher? Where did He
learn this doctrine He taught, this
doctrine that has been called "beau-
tiful as light, sublime as Heaven,
| and true as God?" Whence had
He this wisdom indeed? How
came it that ''never man spake like
this. mani" But one answer can
be given. He was more than man
He was God. Never man spake
like this man, because never man
like this man, had coupled with hin
divinity.
| III. This man also lived a per-
feet life and is thus not only the
worlds greatest teacher, but it,
greatest exemplar. Says one
''Back of His speech was a life
Behind His marvellous doctrine was
a marvellous character. His deco
was as pure as His speech, anG
both were without spot and blemish
He united in Himself the divinest
precepts and the divinest practices. ,
Remember the character of those by
whom He was surrounded. In al
age of gross wickedness, amid cor
ruption that had changed God:
house to a den of thieves, He
stood up and defed them to prove
that there was upon Him ONT
spot of the surrounding iniquity
(Which of you convinceth MT
of SIM" were the words HI
openly asked of all mankind. L
is something strange for corrupt
age to produce man wholly pure
Did you ever think of it? Je
sus never repented, for He hat
nothing to repent of. He wept
but for the sins of others-not fo
| His own. He held Himself up a:
the model of all possible attain
ment, the perfection of all moral
excellence. Christ has had enemies
I-enemies who have fought Hi
gospel and opposed His doctrine
| but we have yet to find an enem,
who can point to one instance il
which Jesus sinned. 1t remains
| yet to be shown that there was. on
instance IN His life unworthy o
, full and complete imitation. Nov
other men have lived nobly anC
died honored for virtue and mora
uprightness. But the purest an
best, and most sanity, have man
l tested imperfection and eonfesse'
it. And so to the whole of mankin
: there comes His word, Except y
repent We shall all likewise perish.
:, Yet He never repented. And thu
again the question comes, Who j
this that amid all the sin and in
: perfection of the age excepts Hin
q self? How came He to be the or
o spotless soul in all the suceessi,
I millions of the race? How came inn'
r eence and purity to, be mirroret
f amid all that surrounding corrul
!, ton, in this one character? There
n but one answer: He was mo-
Of than mantle was God.
ol ". He was miracle worke
e This young Galilean carpent'
g healed diseases, cleansed leper
S gave sight to the blind ana ralse
F.; the dead, and upon these works E
o rested His claim to belief. II
challenged men to investigate the
n and calmly said, Though ye b
S lieve not Me, believe the works, al
n believe Me for the very work
V sake" Now other men have wor
IS ed miracles, but always in another
g name. They have always acknov
e edged their dependence upon son
Y higher person. Jesus wrought H
!, miracles as if from the riches Of Fl
- own resources and by His own i
l. herent might. His words in tin
4, of miracle working were, II S;
5. unto thee, arise ~ will, be tn
W clean" Lazarus, come forth
C. There are the commands of co
W seious power. There is no d
ir pendence expressed in ther
Is But all this working of miracles
b questioned; [ know it. But que
D. toned at an utter disregard of
y