The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1893-05-05

heart change Christ the same yes,er- |
day, to-day, and forever He mast he a
God.
Philosopher say that the law of
gravitation decides everything, and
that the centripetal and centrifugal
forces keep the world from clashing
and from dcmolition. But Paul saws
that ChriDt's arm is the axle on which
everything turns, and that Christ's
hand is the socket in which everything
Ia set. Mark the words. ''Upholding-l
upholding all things by the word of
Ills power" Then lie must be God.
Then look at what Christ says of Him.
self. Now, certainly every one must
understand himself better than any
one else cap understand him. II ask
you wheSeyou were born, and you tell
me, II was born In Chester,
England" II was born In
0lasgrw, Scotland" or II was born
In Iubiin, Ireland" or ~ was born
Ia New Orleans, the United States.
You beiBg n;n Of integrity, should
belidFc yRp. !. I asked you how many
pound - cyuld lift, and you should
say yo( eonld lift 100 pounds. or 200
ssnta1S ~ pcuud~. ! should believe
you lf1s matter personal 90 your
self. You know better than any one
else can tell you. II ask how much
estate are you worth, and You say tl0,-
900 or siOO, 900, or s5O0,OoO, / believe
what you say. You know better than
any one else. Now, Christ must know
better than any one else who lie is and
what He is. When ask Him how old
He is lie says: before Abraham was, !
am" Abraham had been dead s,02s
years Was Christ 2,02s years old? Yes,
He saws lie Is older than that. Before
Abraham was, I am" Then Christ says
~ am the Alpha" Alpha is the first
letter Of the Greek alpha bet, and Christ
in that utteranoe declared: 81 am the A
of the alphabet Of the centuries"
Then lie must he God Can man
be in thousand places at once?
"Where two or three are gathered to-
gether in My name, there am ! in the
mids. Of them" This evefywherstive.
ness, is it characteristic Of man or of
God9 And, lest we might think this
verywherativeness would cease. He
goes on and He intimates that He will
be in all the cities of the earth-IIc will
be in Europe Asia, Africa, North and
South America the day before the world
burns up. 40! am with you always,
even unto the end of the world" Why,
then, lie must be God.
xl.x II. Al rx.o Ify,pa hpnnvc
He declares Himself Lord of men,
angels and devils. Is He? IL He is, He
is a God II He Is not lie is an impos-
tor. A man comes into your store to-
morrow morning. lie says: Il am the
great ship-builder 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 possessions. But the next day
you find ont that he is not the great
ship builder of Liverpool. that he never
built a ship. that he never built any
thing. What is he then? An impostor.
Christ says He built this world; He
built all things Did He build them?
II lie did lie is God. IL Nc did not lie
is an impostor.
A man comes into YOUR place of bust
ness. with q Jewish countenance and a
Gsr,D.n- accent, and says: 81 am a
Rothschild, the banker of London:
have the wealth of nations in my pock-
ct: loaned that large amount To Italy
and Austria in their perplexity." But
after n while You find that he has never
loaned any money TO Italy or Austria;
that he never had large estate; that
he Is no banker at all; that he owns
nothing. What is he? An impostor.
Christ says lie owns the cattle on a
thousand hills; lie owns this world; He
owns the mex, world; He owns the uni
verse; He is the banker Of all nations.
Is He? II He is, lie is God. Is He
not? Then lie is an impostor.
A man enters the white house at
Washington. lie says; ! am Emperor
William, Of Germany; | am travelling
incognito; ! have come over here for
recreation and pleasure; own castles
in Dresden and Berlin" But the presi-
dent 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 he? An
impostor, Christ says He is the King
over all, the King immortal, invisible.
IL He is, He is God. II He is not, He
is an impoS,or,
Strauss saw that alternative, and he
tries TO get out of II by saying that
Christ was sinful in accepting adora-
trta 70 no
out of II by saying that Christ-not
through any fault of his own, but
through the fault of others-iost His
purity OF conscience, and he slyly init
mates that dishonorable women had
damaged His soul. Any thing but be-
lieve that Christ is God.
Now you believe the Bible To be true.
II you do not you would hardly have
appeared in this church. You would
have gone over and Joined the Broad
way Intidel club, or you would go 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 a whole Bible and take 1t all down
as you swallow a ripe strawberry.
have shown YOU what inspired men
said Of Christ. | have shown you what
Christ said of Himself; now Ii you be-
licve the Bible, let us go ont and see
His wonderful surgical,
alimentary, marine mortuary. Surgical
achievements Where is the medical
journal that gives any account of such
exploits as Christ wrought? lie used
no knife. He carried no splints. lie
employed no compress He made no
patient squirm under authorization.
lie tied no artery. Yet behold Him.
With a word lie stuck fast Malchus
amputated ear. lie stirred little dust
and >pittle into salve, and with II
caused man who was born blind,
and without optic nerve, or cornea
or crystalline lens, to open his eyes
on the sunlight lie beat music on
the drum of the deaf ear. lie strG ght
rnrd a woman who through contraction
nf the muscle had been bent almost
double for well nigh two decades. lie
made a man who had no use of hi
limb for thirty-eight wears shoulder hi
mattress and walk OFF.
Sir Astley Cooper, Alternately, Nalen
tine Mott stood powerless before
uithcred arm; but this doctor of omnip