Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1893-05-02

cent reitefation and says, without him
was not anything made that was made"
Then he was n God.
The Bible says at the name Of Jesus
every knoe shall bow. All heaven must
come down ON its knees. Martyrs ON
their knees, apostles ON their knees. con-
fessors on their knees, the archangel on
his knees. Before whofn1 A manS No.
he Is God. The Bible says every tongue
shall coufess-Bornesian Malayan, Mex
ican, Italian, Spanish, Persian, English.
Every tongue shall confess TO whom2
God. The Bible says Christ the same
yesterday, today and forever. IL that
characteristic of humanity2 DO we not
change7 Does not the body entirely
change In seven years7 Does not the
mind changer Does not the heart changei
Christ the same yesterday, today and for
ever. He must be God
Philosophers say that the law Of gravi-
tation decides everything and that the
centripetal and centrifugal forces keep
the world from clashing and from demo-
lition. But Paul says that Christ's arm
is the axle on which everything turns,
and that Christ's hand is the socket in
which everything isset. Mark the words,
"Upholding-upholding all things by the
word Of his power" Then he must be .
God.
CHRIsT's OWN TESTIMONY.
Then look at what Christ says Of him
self. Now, certainly every one must un-
derstand himself better than any one
else can understand him. II ask you
where you were born and you tell me,
II was born in Chester, England" or II
was born In Glasgow, Scotland" or II
was born in Dublin, Ireland" or II was
born in New Orleans, the United States"
you being q man Of integrity, should
believe you. If I asked you how many
pounds you could lift and you should
say you could lift 100 pounds or 200
pounds or 300 pounds, should believe
you. 1t is O matter personal to yourself.
You know better than any one else can
tell you.
If ! ask how much estate you are
worth, and you say $4,000 or 100000
or $500, 900, believe what you say. You
know better than any one else. Now,
Christ must know better than any one
else who he is and what he is. When
ask him how old he is, he says, Before
Abraham was, I am." Abraham had
been dead 2,02S years. Was Christ
2,O2s years oldp Yes. he says he is older
than that. Before Abraham was,
am" Then Christ says, IT am the Al
pha." Alpha is the first letter of the
Greek alphabet, and Christ in that ut
terance declared, II am the A of the al
phabet Of the centuries" Then he must
be God.
Can man be in thousand places at
once? Christ says he is in thousand
places at once. Where two or three
are gathered together in my name, there
am in the midst Of them" This every
whereativeness, is 1t characteristic of a
man or of a Godp And lest we might
think this everywhereativeness would
cease, he goes on, and he intimates that
he will be in all the cities Of the earth
he will be in Europe, Asia, Africa, North
and South America the day before the
world burns up. "Lo, ! am with you
Away, even unto the end of the world.'
Why, then, he must be God.
Besides that, he takes divine honors
He declares himself Lord Of men, angels
and devils. Is he2 If he is, he is a God.
II he is not, he is an impostor. A man
comes into your store tomorrow morn
ing. He says: II am the great shipbuilder
Of Liverpool. have built hundreds OF
ships" He goes on to give his experience.
You defer to him as man Of large ex.
perience and great possessions. But the
next day you find out that he Is not the
great shipbuilder Of Liverpool; that he
never built a ship; that he never built
anything. What is he theni An impostor.
Christ says he built this world. He built
all things. Did he build them? If he did,
he is a God. If he did not, he is an i'm.
postor.
A GOD OR AN nPosToR
A man comes into your place of bust.
ness with Jewish countenance and q
German accent and says: II am Roths.
child, the banker Of London. have the
wealth of nations In my pocket. loaned
that large amount to Italy and Austria
In their perplexity." But after awhile
you find that he has never loaned any
money to Italy or Austria; that he never
had large estate; that he is no banker
at all; that he owns nothing. What Is
he? An imposter. Christ says he owns
the cattle on a thousand hills; he owns
this world, he owns the next world; he
owns the universe; he is the banker OF
all nations. Is he? II he is, he is God.
Is he noti Then he is an impostor.
A man enters the White House at
Washington. He says, II am Emperor
William Of Germany. l am travelling
incognito. I have come over here for
recreation and pleasure. own castles
In Dresden and Berlin" But the presi-
dent finds out the next day that he Is not
Emperor William; that he owns no cas-
ties at Berlin and Dresden; that he has
no authority. What is hes An impos-
tor. Christ says he is the king over all
the king immortal, invisible. II he is,
he is God. II he is not, he Is an i'm
postor.
Strauss saw that alternative, and he
tries to got out Of II by saying that Christ
was sinful In accepting alteration and