The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-05-05

which everything isset. Mark the words,
"Upholding upholding all things by the
word of his power" Then he must be
God.
CHRIsTs OWN TESTIMONY,
Then look at what Christ says of him
self. Now, certainly every one must I'M
derstand himself better than any one
else can understand him. If / ask you
where you were born and you tell me,
II was born in Chester, England" or II
was born in Glasgow, Scotland" or Il
was born in Dublin, Ireland" or II was
born in New Orleans, the United States"
you being man of integrity, should
believe you. II asked you how many
pounds you could lift and you should
say you could lift 100 pounds or 200
pounds or 800 pounds, should believe
you. 1t is 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, 600, ! 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, | am" Abraham had
been dead 2,02S years. Was Christ
2,O2s years old? Yes, he says he is older
than that. Before Abraham was,
am" Then Christ says, 81 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 a 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 it characteristic of a
man or Of Godr And lest we might
think this observation-disclosures 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
Why, then, he must be God.
Besides that, he takes divine honors
He declares himself Lord of men, a.gcl,
and devils Is he? If he is, he is Il Cos,
If he is not, he is an impostor. A mar.
comes into your store tomorrow moTi.
ing. He says: Il am the great shipbuildel
of Liverpool. have built hundreds Of
ships" Heg goes on to give his expcricrep
You defer to him as a man of large e.
perience and great possessions. But t,r
next day you find out that he is not IL.
great shipbuilder of Liverpool that i,
never built ship; that he never brnl
anything. What is he then? An impostc
Christ says he built this world. He bu.
all things. Did he build them? If he dit
he is God If he did not, he is an III
poster.
A GOD OR AN IMPoSToR.
A man comes into your place of busi
ness with Jewish countenance and :
German accent and says: Il am Roths-
child, the banker of London. have tie
wealth of nations in my pocket. l lo..io
that large amount to Italy and Austri,.
in their perplexity." But after awhii,
you find that he has never loaned u,
money to Italy or Austria; that he ncyc.
had large estate; that he is no bank; I
at all; that he owns nothing. What /
| he? An imposter. Christ says he ow
the cattle on a thousand hills; he Owls
this world; he owns the next world; i
owns tie universe; he is the banker O
| all nations. Is he? If he is, he is GOO
Is lie rot? Then he is an impostor.
A man enters the White House q,
Washington. He says: Il am Empcrct
William of Germany. l am travelling
incognito. l have come over here to-
recreation and pleasure. own castle
in Dresden and Berlin" But the presi-
dent finds ont 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 he? An impos-
tor. Christ says he is the king over all
the king immortal, invisible. If he is
he is a God. If he is not, he is an i'm
postor.
Strauss saw that alternative, and he
tries to get out oft by saying that Christ
was sinful in accepting alteration and
worship. Renan tries to get out of it by
saying that Christ-not through any
fault of his own, but through the fault
Vt others-lost his purity of conscience
and he slyly intimates that dishonorablc
women had damaged his soul. Anything
but believe that Christ is God. Now yor
believe the Bible to be true. If you dc
not, you would hardly have appeared ii
this church. You would have gone ovel
and joined the Broadway Infdel club
or you would so 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
d ripe strawberry.
have shown you what inspired mer
said Of Christ; have shown you what
Christ said Of himself; now, if you be
lieve the Bible, let us go out and see his
wonderful Acknowledgment, all
mentary, marine, mortuary. Surgica
achievements! Where is the medica
journal that gives an account of sucl
exploits as Christ wrought? He used M
knife. He carried no splints. He EN-
ployed no compress. He made no pa
tent sqnirm under cauterization. Fl,
tied no artery. Yet behold him! Will
word he stuck fast Malchus
amputated ear. He stirred a lit
tie dust and spittle into a salv,
and with it caused man who was born
blind and without optic nerve or cor
nea or crystalline lens to open his eye
on the sunlight. He beat music on tn
drum of the deaf ear. He Strengthened
a woman who, through contraction o
muscle, had been bent almost double TO
well nigh two decades. He made maj
who had no use Of his limbs for SO year
shoulder his mattress and walk off.
HE GIVES POWER TO THE ARM.
Sir Ashley Cooper, Abernethy, Valen
tine Mott, stood powerless before with
cred arm, but this doctor of ompipoten
surgery, comes in and he sees the para
lytic arm useless and lifeless at tn
mans side, and Christ says to him
Stretch forth thine hand" and h