Milford chronicle., 1893-05-05
MILFORD, DEL, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1898.

/ better than any one else can tell you.
If ask how much estate you are worth
and you say $4,000 or S1O0, 900 or $500, 900, ]
believe what you say. You know bettei
than any one else. Now, Christ must know
better than any one else who he is and what
no IS When ask him how old he is, he
says, Before Abraham was, am" Abra,
ham had been dead 2,O25 years. Was Christ
2,O2S years oldi Yes, be says he is Older
than that. Before Abraham was, am. u
Then Christ says, lam the Alpha" Alpha
is the first letter Of the Greek alphabet, and
Christ In that utterance declared, Il am the
A Of the alphabet Of the centuries Then
he must be a God.
Can a man DO in thousand places at
once' Christ says he is in q thousand
places at once. Where two or three are
gathered together in my unme, there am !
in the,midst Of them" This everywhere
ativeness, is 1t characteristic Of a man or Of
a GOdi And lest we might think this ev-
erywheroativenessw 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, 10, am
with you alway, even unto the end Of the
world" Why then, he must be God
declares himself Lord Of men, angels and
devils. Is hei If he is, he is n God. II he
is not, he Is an impostor. A man comes into
your store tomorrow morning. He says: Il
am the grent shipbuilder Of Liverpool.
have built hundreds Of ships" He goes on
to give his experience. You defer to him
as a man Of large experience and great pos
sessions. But the next day you find out
that he is not the great shipbuilder Of Liv-
eEpool; that he never built ship; that he
never built anything, What is he thenG An
impOstoF. Christ says he built this world;
be built all things. Did be build themP
II be did, he is a God If he did not, be is
an impostOr.
EARTHLY nfPosTORs.
A man comes into your place Of business,
with Jewish countenance and German
accent, and says: Il am Rothschild, the
banker of London have the wealth Of
nations In my pocket. loaned that large
amount to Italy and Austria IN their per
plexity." But after awhile you find that
be has never loaned any money to Italy or
Austria; that he never had large estate;
that he 8 no banker at all; that he owns
nothing. What is hee An impostor
Christ says be owns the cattle on a thou
sand hills; he owns this world; he owns the
next world; he owns the universe; he is the
banker of all nations. Is he9 If he is, he
Is God. Is he not2 Then he is an i'm
poster.
A man enters the White House at Wash
ington. He says: II am Emperor William
of Germany. l am travelling incognito.
have come over here for recreation and
own castles in Dresden and Ber-
lin" But the president finds out the next
day that he is not Emperor William; that
he owns no castles at Berlin or Dresden;
that he has no authority. What is he2 An
impostor. Christ says he is the king over
all, the king immortal, invisible Ifhe is,
he Is God. If he is not, he is an impostor.
FOOLISH THEORIES OF UNBELIEF.
Strauss saw that alternative, and he tries
to get out Of it by saying that Christ was
sinful in accepting alteration and worship.
Renan tries to get out Of Il by saying that
Christ-not through any fault Of his own,
but through the fault Of Others-lost hts
purity Of conscience, and he slyly intimates
that dishonOrable women had damaged his |
soul. Anything but believe that Christ is |
God. Now, you believe the Bible to be |
true. If you do not, you would hardly 1
have appeared in this chunch. You would 1
have gone over and Joined the Broadway |
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 q whole Bible and take it /
III down as easily as you swallow ripe /
strawberry.
have shown you what inspired men said /
If Christ. have shown you what Christ
iaid Of himself. Now, if you believe the
Bible, let us go out and sec his wonderful /
lchievements-surg alimentary, ma
.ine, mortuary. Surgical achievements
Where is the medical journal that gives any
.ccount Of such exploits as Christ wrought
lie used no knife. He carried no splints.
lie employed no compress. Hemade no pa
lent squirm under cauterization. He tied
10 artery. Yet behold himi With a word
le stuck fast Malchus' amputated ear. He
TIRED little dust and spittle into a salve
nd with it caused a man who was born
blind and without optic nerve or cornea
II crystalline lens to open his eyes on the
unlight He beat music on the drum Of
he deaf ear. He Strengthened a woman
Who through contraction of muscle had
,een bent almost double for well nigh two
.ecades He made a man who had no use
f his limbs for 3s years shoulder his mat
ress and walk Off
Sir Ashley Cooper, A0ernethy, Valentine
fott stood powerless before q withered
rm; but this doctor of omnipotent surgery
ONES in and he sees the paralytic arm use
sss and lifeless at the mans side, and
'hrist says to him, stretch forth thine
and" and he stretched it forth whole as
be otler. He was a God.
THE MIRACLE OF THE LoAvEs
Alimentary achievementsi he found
I'd who had come out Of the Wilderness
18th five loaves Of bread for a speculation.
,erhaps the lad had paid pennies for the
We loaves and expected to sell them for 10
ennies, and so he would double his money.
hrist took those loaves Of bread and per
,rmed a miracle by which he fed 1000 /
finishing people, and ! warrant you the
ID lost nothing, for there were - baskets
( fragments taken up, and If the boy had (
We loaves at the start warrant you he :
ad at least 10 at the close.
The Saviour's mother goes into neigh
or's house to help get up q wedding party. {
y calculation she finds out that the amount 1
wine is not sufficient for the guests. She 1
Ills in Christ for help, and Christ, not by '
le slow decay Of fermentation, but by a {
ord, makes 180 gallons Of pure wine. d
Marine achievements He turns whole v
.hool of fish into the net Of men who were s
ourning over their poor luck until the d
oat Is so fun they have to halloo to other
pats, and the other boats come up, and q
ley are laden to the waters edge with the
anne, so that the sailors have to be cautious
/ going from larboard to starboard lest
ley upset the ship.
Then there comes a squall down through !
le mountain gorge, and Gennesaret, with =
ing locks of white foam, rises up to battle u
, and the boat drops into a trough and !.
lips a sen, and the loosened sails crack In
le tornado, and Christ rises from the back :.
art of the boat and comes walking across
le staggering ship until he comes to the