Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-05-20

ont'. "heIe TWO Or three Are gathered to-
eether in Ny name. there am / in the midst
q them This eyerywherea,iveness. l. it
characteristic OF a man or ot a Goi2 And
Est We might think this eyerywhereativeness
would cease, He goes On. and He intimate.
,nat be will be III all the cities RI the earth
lie will n II Europe. Asia. Africa. North and
South America the day before the world burns
up. "Lo.I an with you always. even unto
the end Of the world" Why, then, He mist
be a God.
Besides thai, Ea takes divine honors. He
declares Himself Lord OF men. angels and
devils. Is He: If He Is. He Is aGoi, IfHe
Is not, He Is RI impostor. 4 man comes into
your store tomorrow morning He says
II am the great shiptuiIder Of Liverpool. I
Fave built hundreds Of ships" He goes on
II give his experience. You defer to him as
a man OF large experience and great pos
sessions. But the pext day you find out that
he l.. ~. the great shipbuilder Of Liverpool:
taat he neter h"ils . ship thai he lever built
anything. What is he then: An inpostor.
Christ says He built this world. He built all
things Did He build them: II He did. He
Is a God. II He did not. h IS an impostor.
4 man comes into your place Of business
with Jewish countenance and q German
accent and says 4 am Rothschild. the
banker, of Londen hasa The wealth of
Shtlons il mt pocket. l loaned that large
amount to Italy and Austria in their ~perrIer-
lty. But after q while You find that he has
never loaned any money to Italy or Austria
that he never had q large estate that he il
no hankc- g all tina, He owns nothing.
what Is be? An impostor. Christ says He
owns the cattle on d thousand hills HI owns
this world He owns the next world He
owns the universe; lie is the banker of all
Nations. Is He? II He is. He is7a God. Is
He not? Then He il an ifrpe~tor.
4 snat1 erfef@ the White House at Washing
,2h. He says Il am Emperor William. of
Germany. | am travelling ~incosnito. / have
come over here for recreation and pleasure.
/ own castles in Dresden and Berlin" But
the president finds out the next day that he
is not Emperor William that he owns no cas-
ties at Berlin and Dresden that he has I'd
a"th-ri'. What is he? An impostor. Christ
says He is the king over al. the king immor-
tai. invisible. II He is. He is a God. If He is
not. He Is an lmpostor.
Strauss saw that alternative. and be tries
to get out Of it by saying that Christ was sin
tul IN accepting alteration and worship.
R"lah 'stea II get olt Of it by saying thai
Ihrist-not through any fault Of His own,
but through the fault Of otners-losr His
purity Of conscience. and he slviv Ultimate
'aat dlsholorable women had damaged His
>oul. Anything but believe that Christ ii
God. NJ" You believe the Bible to be true.
II You TO not. You would hardly have APP
IeaFed IN this church. You would have gone
over and Joined the Broadway Infidel club.
or you would 80 t. Boston and kiss the foot
OF fne statue Of Thomas Paine. You would
hardly come into this church. where the most
olus are the delnded souls who believe in a
"hole Bul" AMI take it all down as easily IA
you swallow Il ripe strawberry.
| nave shown You what inspired men said
OF christ | have shown YOU what Christ said
OF Himself now. If you believe the Bible, let
us 90 out and see His wonderful achieve
nlen1s surgical. allmentary. marine. mortu-
airy. Surgical achievements, Where is the
medical journal that gives an account of such
exploits as Christ wrought? He used no
knife. He carried 40 splints. He employed
no compress. He made 10 patient souir1n
under cauterlZatlon. He tied no artery. Yet
behold Him With a word He struck fast
Malohus amputated ear. He stirred a little
dust and Spite into q salve and with it
caused a man who was born blind and with
out optic nerve or cornea or crystalline lens
20 open his eyes on the sunlight. lie beat
music on the drur, Of the deaf ear. He
Strengthened a woman who, through c~ontrac-
ton OF muscle. had been bent almost double
1or we'll nigh two decades. He made a man
VINO had no use of his limbs for 80 years
shoulder his mattress and walk off.
Sir Ashley Cooper. Abernethy. Valentine
Mott. stood poweriess before a witlered arm.
but TINS doctor OF omni pOtent surgery. comes
IN and he sees the p~aralytic arm useless and
ii1eless at the mans side. and Christ saws to
1AAi, tolltltH loEtH tNlne Dan1. and ha
stretched 1t forth whole as the other. He
| was q God.
Al1lnentary achievements He found a lad
VINO mad come out of the wilderness with five
loaves OF bread for a speculation. Perhaps
the lad had paid five pennies for the five
ioaVeS ana expected to sell them for ten pen
Mes. ana so he would double his money
Christ took those loaves of bread and ner-
formed u miracle by which He fed 1000 fam
lshlng people. and / warrant YOU the lad lost
nothing, for there were twelve baskets of
gme taken up, and if the boy had five
ioaves at the start WaTrant you he had at
least ten at the close.
The Saviour's mother goes into q neigh
Dor mouse to help get up q wedding party.
by calculation she finds out that the amount
of wine is not sufficient for the guests. She
calls IN Christ for help. and Christ. not by the
sioH oeeay OF fermentation, but by a word,
makes 80 gallons Of pure wine.
Marine achievements He turns n whole
school OF fish into the net of men who were
mourning over theft poor luck. until the boat
Is SO fullt they have TO halloo to other boats
ana the other boats. come up, and they are
laden to the waters edge with the game. so
that the sailors have to he cautious in going
rom larpoard to starboard lest they upset the
ship.
Then there comes a squall down through
the mountain gorge. and Gennesaret. viii,
iohg locks OF white foam. rises 10 to battle
$50 ''at 1tpS iltC u trough 1nIStl1IS
a sea- and the loosened sails crack in the
tornado. and Christ rises from the back part
VI The ooat ana comes walking across the
staggering ship until He comes to the nraw
ana there de wipes the spray from His brow
ana nushes the crying storm on the knee Of
ai9 oiiilpotence. Who wrestled down that
euroelydon? Whose feet trampled the rough
Galllee into q smooth floor?
Lei philosophers and anatonists go to
Westminster Abbey and try t. wake ND
queen Elizabeth or Henry VIII. No hu-
man power ever wakened the dead There
Is a dead girl in Capernaum. What does
tnrast DO. Ala that she should have died 50
young and the world So fair, Only twelve
years OF age. Feel her cold brow ana eoId
hands. Dead. dead The house is full of
weeping. Christ comes, and He takes hold
OF the hand Of the dead girl. and ins-an.i-
nsR eyes open. her heart starts. The whita
my o. death bushes into the rose Of lifa and
health She PUSHES into the arms az 80
TelolclnS Kindred. Who wokeup that daath2
VINO restored her 70 nfe< Arnan2 Tell
1 !. % me iunatics II Bloorninedale asvlum
4 was christ the Gof.
oos slerf comes 4 test which mora .hau