The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-05-12
HE IS OVER ALL.
Or. Talmage Discourses on the Di-
vinity OF Christ.
Testimony OF Inspired Men-what Christ
said of Himself His Wonderful
Supernatural Achievements
and Parental Love.

IN AdAG HtA NUN ~ 49, -
Dewitt Talmage took for his subject
''Over all forever" the text selected be-
ing Romans. tx. 5: Christ came, who is
over all" DR.. Talmage said:
Tor 1000 years the world had been
waiting for a deliverer-waiting while
empires rose and fell. Conquerors came
and made the world worse instead Of
making it better; still the centuries
watched and waited. They looked for
him on thrones: looked for him in
palaces; looked for him in imperial robe;
looked for him at the head of armies.
At last they found him in barn. The
cattle stood nearer to him than the an
gels. for the former were in the adjoin-
ing stall. while the latter were in the
clouds. 4 parentage of peasantry. No
room for him in the inn. because there
was no one TO pay the hotel expense.
Yet the pointing star and the angelic
cantata showed that Heaven made up
in appreciation of his worth what the
world lacked Christ came, who is
over all. God blessed forever. Amen. :"
But who is this Christ who came? As
to the difference between different de
nominations of evangelical Christians |
have no concern. If l could, by the
turning over of my hand. decide
whether all the world shall at last be
Baptist. or Methodist. or Congregation
a. or Episcopalian. or Presbyterian. !
would not turn my hand. But there
. are doctrines which are vital to the
soul. II Christ he not a God. we are
idolaters. To this physiological ques-
ton devote myself this morning, and
pray GOD that we may think Alright and
do Alright in regard to a question in
which mistake is infinite.
l suppose that the ma jority Of those
here to-day assembled believe the
Bible. 1t requires as much faith 20 be
an infidel as to be a Christian II is
faith in a different direction. The
Christian has faith in the teachings of
Moses. The infidel has faith in the
free-thinkers. We have faith in one
slass of men. They have faith in an
other class Of men. But as the majority
OF those, perhaps all of those here as
semblea, are willing 10 take the Bible
for a standard in morals and in faith,
make this book nv starting point.
suppose you are aware that the two
generals who have marshaled the great
armies against the deity of Jesus Christ
are Strauss and Eenan. The number
of their slain will not be counted until
the trumpet Of the archangel sounds
the roll call Of the resurrection. Those
men and their sympathizers saw that II
they could destroy the fortress OF the
miracles they could destroy Christian
ity. and they were right. Surrender
the miracles and yop surrender Chris
tianity. The great German eNeCete
SAYS that al the miracles were myths.
The great French exeCete says that all
the miracles were legends. They pro-
pose to take everything supernatural
from TIE Bible. They prefer the mira
cles Of human nonsense to the glorious
miracles OF Jesus Christ
Thev say there was no miraculous
birth in bethlehem. but that it Is all
fanciful story. Just like the story of
Romulus said To have been born of Rea
Silvia and the god Mars They say no
star pointed TO the manCer; i was only
the flash Of a passing lantern. They
say there was no miraculous making
Of bread. bat that il Is a corruption of
the story that Elisha gave twenty
loaves OF bread 20 100 men. They say
TIE water was never turned into wine.
bit that i Is . corruption Of the story
that the Egyptian plague turned the
water into blood. They say ii is no
wonder that Christ sweat great
drops OF blood; he had been out
in the night air and was taken sud
denly III. They say that there were no
tongues OF FIRE on the heads of the
disciples at the Pentecost; that there
was only a great thunder storm. and
the air was full OF electricity which
snapped and flew all around about the
heads Of the disciples They say that
Mary and Martha and Christ felt it i'm
portant 10 get up an excitement for the
forwarding OF their religion, and so
they dramatized a funeral and Lazarus
played the corpse, and Mary and
Martha played the weepers, and Christ
was the tragedian. ! put II in my own
words, but this Is the exact meaning of
their statements They say that the
Bible IS a spurious book written by su-
perstitious or lying men. backed up by
men wko died for that which they did
not believe.
Now, I take back the limited state
ment which l made a few moments
ago. when l said II requires as much
faith to be an infdel as TO be Chris
tan. II requires a thouSand-fold more
faith to be an infidel than to be Chris
tan, for If Christianity demand that
the whale swallowed Jonah. then
skepticism demands that Jonah swal-
lowed the whale, I can prove TO you
that Christ was God. not only by the
supernatural appearances on that
Christmas night, but by what inspired
men said Of him. by what he saws of
himself, and by his wonderful achieve
rnents- Christ came. who is over all"
All. does not that prove too much? Not
over the Caesars. not over Frederick,
not over Alexander the Great, not over
the Henrys. not over the Louises? Yes
Pile all the thrones Of all the ages to
gether. and nv text overspans them as
easily as a rainbow overspans a
mountain tc@b. Christ came, who is
over all" Then he must be God-
The Bible says that all things were
made by him Does that not prove too
much? Could it be that he made the
Mediterranean. that he made the Black
sea, that he made the Atlantic, the Pa
cifc, that he made Mount Lebanon,
that he made the Alps, the Sierra Ne
Tadas- that he made the hemispheres,
that he made the universe? Yes. The
Bible says so. and lest we be too stupid
to understand. John winds up with