The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-01

purely human aud historical basis. To call
sinnsra 20 rrpsntancs Wa his y dean'sp-
Sien Of his Me wo,k. To rseash .sh.t msn
Must sspsnA was ths task which hs latd o.
~ a'seiplsa lie s:lsd men % sessrs ns
obey ths spirit Of his lier, mssknsss and
humility, rather than d0Qnas desc tps!ya
OF bic place In ths GOdhsad, 10 bear snois
v CROSS rather thsn Va believe In ths
u.y:.ioa! hsnsA.s q ~: d:sth, q b con.
obss.vs ss,smonisA and subscribe cseedsi
TO follow him In doing good rather than
htd0 behind him 10 escape puntsausnh
And W. plead that Jesus bs taken for what
he claimed 10 BE-, . servant Of man Who
sonship By ths purity and nobility Of hi:
own character. He made his life . royal
service Of love BY which he ransons many.
for he lifts them out Of Sin aud SORROW.
because he edHoAtss what's divine In them;
chief among his disciples. The vlao: In
which Jssus put himself WAS that Of .
shepherd, who ont Of the bounty OF bis
own ltfo leads men into the kinado'R OF
heaven by laying hold OF whnt IL moat
aptrtsua! in thsi. hearts and unfoldine -
And there II a place In nature and history
for such an educating manhood.
10 u, then, Jesus was = sublime man
with Nm eduoattve ministry, which helps
each one Of 40 TO realize the divine posi-
bility OF our nature. Science finds room
In The cosnos-in nature without and In
human nature withtn-for no other poSssn-
age; free but reverent criticism sees NO
moe than this Ia The gospel records; the
Psychologist discovers In human nature The
ness; athe historian traces no other Agency
through human AFFAIR."; the interpreter Of
mans religious experience asks for nothing
from Jsaus but The spirit OF q life, that. by
the subtitle contasion Of personal influence.
shall lift ths sinner out Of his sins. All
other Views tangls NJ In hopeless confusion.
because they carry Ne beyond the limit Of
experiences into unnatural realms. Just a.
aoon - We move jesus Of the plane Of hu-
msntty, We are confronted with innumsrn.
bic ditnculties-Had Jesus two wills OF ons2
Was his Ignorance Senl or hotitious2 How
by thinking Of Jesus ~ . descending deity
smptisd OF his Godhood that We can pat q
real meaning and q t,uc glory into his
temptation. humane ministry. and heroic
death. but rather BY thinking OF him % an
ascending nan
Again. Jesus IL most ssrviosabls to 10 o.
the measure Of what W may become and
40 an sncou' aesnsnt toward what We oaRht
to bs, not when We sst him apart 40 a God.
man. bat when Va look upon him a. akin
70 %; for only IN this way can 70 make
Bio for Thorn. By this into prstotion, w
bring him close to us TO hslp rs all live ~
he lived. We take away the mystic auroois
to end the real man. who lifts MS TO our
best self. All that We need and all that
Jesus can do for Ne 10 oomprshended under
this sdueativs mtnistry.-a sublime life Of
purity and love dsvelo ping In us purity and
love. He saves % he Inn parts his spirit.
The true ministry Of Jesus ID not Ux-
haustsd| but only just beginning In its
pursst influence and largest measure. The
inclusion of Jesus among human beings 40
greater and more spiritual power, because
u brings him nearer 10 our Aealt, ~ . mere
Inspiring personality. This 10 not do.
tLronin9 Jesus; this ID not throwing away
the spiritual resources Of The gospel. To
: .a.a, Of . 1s:s' y. 80 H !. purely historic chad ams
illustrative Of the promise and potency OF
human nature, 10 to sxplaia providence %.
oordina TO . sublimsr plan by seeing In him
The type Of manhood toward which all
Tho ages point. 40 We look on him We SAY.
God has had In view from the beginning.
and. In touch with this glorious example Of
what wo may become, our hearts burn
within 10 with . mastsrful eAthusiasm. We
make The divinsat use Of the cross whom We
see In II The revelation Of what . human
soul can achieve. and. BY the inspiration 90
created. 70 forth on 'selves to crown with
the beauty Of Ao!inessr the oalvar,es on
which we stand: 70 resortito Jesus for In.
orease Of life ia divinsr far than to appeal
TO his blood 10 appsase a wrath and covor q
guilt which do not exist.
We shall love Jesus still. not because BE-
purchased Gods love. but because he Is
lovely. revealing the things in US that are
lovely. and that thel sfore pertain to ous
eternal life. We shall love him still. not
because he conquered Satan in underworld
combat. but because he shows ua how to
uproos tho Gin IN on, own hearts. We shall
love hin still. not booause he OF ems for u
. door Of escape from hell, but because ht
sends ~ out 10 abolish the prison houses OF
vice, Ignorance, and sorrow; not because he
was the second person in the Goahead, but
because hs stirs ~ TO bs eodlike. And 10
!ovs Jesu. a. . fellow 'man. bern as We were
born and separated from ue BY no super
natural qualities, Is TO apprehend and M
propriats the spiritual excellence which he
embodied and illustrated; and W thus re-
inforce evsrv divine aspiration within us
by coming 10 feel that We can aud must
live Is he lived.
Instead of Z magical use of Jesus name
to propitiate An angry God or TO secure for
10 4 hotictious mort, We demand 4 rational
use Of IL 10 win 10 activity and ftuitfulnssa
ali that IL best in Us. W. plead for a re-
tn n 70 the simplicity Of the gospel with its
all that God demands and Hl that man
needs, that repentance 10 the doc; into the
kingdom. that love 10 its motive power.
that peace 10 The seward of purity. and
that service ID ths highway to blessednsss
We urge that Jesus be set In our midst %
one. who. In absolute surrender TO
The viii Of Heaven and In
perfect loyalty to the Love of Humanity.
showed ~ how TO live divinely. And when
Va tear OF the obsourine masks behind
which mystical speoulstions have hidden
him. and SEQ him face TO face. we behold a
lovelinass passing into service. = sympathy
pouring itself forth In helpfulness. a purity
making clean every look aud word. a idel.
Ivy rising into sublime hereism. And the
longer we stady the character of J.sus and
oom mune with his spirit, the miQhtier BE-
comes our snthusiasm 10 livs in like sss OF
spirit. and the easier IL ID for ~ to b.
obsdient to the heavenly vision.
Remedy for General Utility.