The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05

without him was not anything MADE
that was made Then he was q God.
The Bible says at the name Of Jesus
every knee shall bow. All heaven must
come down on its knees Martyrs on
their knees. apostles on their knees. the
archangel on his knees Before whom?
man.. No. he is God. The Bible
says every tongue shall confess-Borne-
sian, Malayan. italian, Spanish Persian,
English. Every tongue shall confess
To whom? God. The Bible says Christ
the same yesterday, to-day and for
ever. Is that characteristic OF human
ity? Do we not change? Does not the
body entirely change in seven years?
Does not the mind change? Does not
the heart change? Christ the same yes
terday, to-day and forever. He must
be God.
Philosophers say that the law of
gravitation decides everything. and
that the centripetal and centrifugal
forces keep the world from clashing
and from demolition. 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 is set.
Mark the words. 'Upholding- uphold
ing all things by the word of his power
| Then he must be God.
Then look at what Christ says of
himself. Now. certainly every one
must understand himself better than
any one else can understand him. II |
ask you where you We're born. and yoE
tell me. Il WIS born in Chester. En-
gland or. Il was born in Glasgow.
| Scotland. or. Il was born in Dublin.
Ireland" or, Il was born in New Or
leans. the United States You being a
man OF integrity. should believe you.
If | 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 a
matter personal TO yourself. You know
better than any one else can tell you.
| II | ask you how much estate you are
worth. and you say $1,000 or 100000.
or 100000. / 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,O2S years. Was Christ
2.O2s years old? Yes. he says he is older
than that. Before Abraham was.
am" Then Christ says: Il am the
| Alpha" Alpha is the first letter OF the
Greek alpha bet, and Christ in that ut
terance declared: Il am the A of the
alpha bet of the centuries" Then he
| no nl ha in. he,
sand 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 verywhereativeneS is
| it characteristic of a man or of q God?
| And lest we might think this every
| whereativeness would cease. he goes on
and 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.
10, am with you alway. even unto
the end of the world" Why, then. ne
must be God.
Besides that. he takes divine honors.
He declares himself Lord of men. angels
and devils. Is he? If he is. he is a
God. If he is not he is an impostor. A
man comes into your store tomorrow
morning. He says, Il am the great
ship-builder of Liverpool: l have built
hundreds of ships" He goes on to give
his experience You defer to him as a
man of large experience and great
possessions But the next day you find
| that he is not the great ship-builder of
Liverpool. that he never built ship.
that he never built anything. What is
he then? An impostor. Christ says he
built this world: he built all things.
Did he build them? If he did he is
God. If he did not he is an impostor.
\ man comes into your place OF bust
ness. with Jewish countenance and 4
German accent. and says: Il am Roths-
child. the banker of London: / have the
wealth of nations in my pocket: l
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 impostor. Christ says
he owns the cattle on thousand hills.
he owns this world. he owns the next
world. he owns the universe. he is the
banker OF all nations. Is he? If he is.
he is God. If ne is not. then he is an
impostor.
Now YOU believe the Bible to be true
If you do not you would hardly have
appeared in this church. You would
have gone over and joined the Broad
way Intdel club. or you would go to
Boston and kiss the foot of the statue
of Thomas Paine. You would hardly
come into this church. where the most
of us are the deluded souls who believe
in whole Bible and take it all down
as easily as you swallow a ripe straw
berry. l have shown you what inspired
men said of Christ: have shown you
what Christ said of himself: now if you
believe the Bible. let us 60 out and see
his wonderful achievements-surgi
alimentary. marine, mortuary.
Surgical achievements: Where is the
medical journal that gives any account
of such exploits as Christ wrought? He
used no knife. He carried no splints.
IL a. l.