The Globe-republican., 1893-05-05
HE Is OVER ALL.
Dr.. Talmage Discourses on the Dr.
vinity Of Christ.
Testimony Of Inspired Men-What Chris,
Said of Himself His Wonderful
Supernatural Achievements
and Parental Love.

Dewitt Ialmage took for his subject
Over all forever" the text selected be-
ing Romans, TX. 5: Christ came, who is
over all DR.. Talmage said:
For 1000 years the world had been
waiting for deliverer-waitingw 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 We're in the adjoin-
ing stall, while the latter were in the
clouds A 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
c2ntata 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 | could. by the
turning over of my hand. decide
whether all the world shall at last be
BAPTIST. or Methodist. or Congregation
al, or Episcopalian. or Presbyterian, |
would not turn my hand. But there
are doctrines which are vital to the
soul If Christ be, 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 question in
which mistake is infinite.
| suppose that the majority OF those
here to-day assembled believe the
Bible 1t requires as much faith to be
an infidel as to be a Christian. 1t is
faith in a different direction. The
Christian has faith in the teachings of
Matthew. Luke. John, Paul, Isaiah.
Moses. The infidel has faith in the
free-thinkers. We have faith in one
class of men. They have faith in an
other class of men. But as the majority
of those. perhaps all Of those here as
sembled. are willing to take the Bible
for a standard in morals and in faith. |
make this book my starting point.
l suppose you are aware that the two
generals who have nnarshaled the great
armies against the deity of Jesus Christ
are Strauss and Renan. 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 syTnpathizers saw that if
they could destroy the fortress of the
miracles they could destroy Christian
ity. and they We're right. Surrender
the miracles and You surrender Chris
tianity. The great German exegete
says that all the miracles were myths.
The great French eNegete SAYS that all
the miracles were legends. They pro-
pose to take everything supernatural
from the Bible. They prefer the mira
Giles of human nonsense to the glorious
miracles of Jesus Christ.
They say there was no miraculous
birth in Bethlehem. but that it is all
fanciful story. just like the story of
RoInulus said to have been born of Rea
Silvia and the god Mars. They say no
star pointed to the manger: it was only
the flash of passing lantern. They
say there was no miraculous making
OF bread. but that it is corruption of
the story that Elisha gave twenty
loaves of bread to 100 men. They say
the water was never turned into wine.
but that it is corruption of the story
that the Egyptian plague turned the
water into blood. They say it is no
wonder that Christ sweat great
drops of blood: he had been out
in the night air and was taken sud
denly i'll. 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 il i'm
portant to get up an excitement for the
forwarding of their religion. and so
they dramatized funeral and Lazarus
PLAYED the corpse. and Mary and
Martha played the weeperS. and Christ
was the tragedian- | put it in my own
words. but this is the exact meaning of
their statements They say that the
Bible is spurious book written by SUI
perstitious or lying men. backed up by
men who died for that which they did
not believe.
Now. take back the limited state
ment which l made few moments
ago. when said it requires as much
faith to be an infidel as to be a Chris
tian. 1t requires thousand-fold more
faith to be an infidel than to be a Chris
tian. for if Christianity demand that
the whale swallowed Jonah. then
skepticism demands that Jonah swal-
lowed the whale. l 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 says of
himself. and by his wonderful achieve
ments Christ came. who is over all"
All, does not that prove too much? Not
over the CRSarS. 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 my text overspans them as
easily as a rainbow overspans a
mountain top. Christ came. who is
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