Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1893-05-06

ndel Than Il Chrlstian?-ycrily 1t Seems
So when One Considers tho Wild Theories
of Unbclicf.
BROOKLYN, April 3O.-In the Taber-
nacle this forenoon the large audience
listened with rapt attention to q power
full discourse by Rev DR.. Talmage, who
chose for his subject, Cover All For
ever, the text selected being Romans ix,
8, "Christ came, who is over ALL"
For 1900 years the world had been
waiting for DEMONSTRATING 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 pal
aces, looked for him in imperial robes,
looked for him at tho head of armies.
AT last they found him in barn. The
seattle stood nearer to him than the an
zgels, fol- the former were in the adjoin-
ling stall, while the latter were in tho
CLOUDS. A parentage of peasantry! No
room for him in the inn because there
was no one to pay the hotel expense.
s5Yet the pointing star and tho angelic
}cantata showed that heaven made up i'll
appreciation of his worth what the world
lacked. "Clnist came. who is over all,
Sod blessed forever. Amen.
81 But who is this Christ who Gamer AS
Ito tho difference between different de-
examinations Of evangelical Christians ]
have no concern. III could by the turn
ing over of my hand decide whether all
The world shall at last DO Baptist or
Methodist CT Congregational or Episco-
spalian or Presby torian, I would not turn
lily. hand. But there are doctrines which
are vital to the soul. If Christ be not q
God, we arc idolators. To this Christie
;iis3Jggical question I devote myself this
.norning and pray God that we may
think right and 10 Alright in regard to Il
auestion in which mistake is infinite.
THE FAITH OF TIE INFIDEL.
81, suppose that the majority of those
here today assembled beliero the Bible.
;Ittrequires as much faith TO be an infidel
aso be Christian. 1t is faith in diff
!ferent direction. The Christian has faith
aiiill:tfhe teachingsrt Matthew, Luke, John,
PAUL, Isaiah, Moses. The infidel has
{ faith in the free thinkers. We have faith
iiuone class of men. They have faith in
another class of mon. But as tho major
Siiy Of those, perhaps allof those here as
enabled, are willing to take the Bible
5l0r:a standard in morals and in faith, l
make this book my starting point.
81 suppose you arc aware that the two
seneralswho have marshaled the great
armies against the Getty of Jesus Christ
ares Strauss and Renan. The number of
theft slain viii not be counted until tho
stttJlmpot Of the archangel sounds the roll
cali Of the resurrection. Those men and
vmpathizers saw thatif they could
9 destrIsg tbs FIJI treSs Of the miracles they
could destroy Christianity, and they
were right. Surrender the miracles and
you surrender Christianity. The great
German exegete says that all the mira
Giles were myths. The great French ex-
egete says that all the miracles were le-
gends. They propose to take everything
supernatural from the life Of Christ and
everything supernatural from the Bible.
They prefer the miracles of human non
sense to the glorious miracles of Jesus
Christ.
They say there was no miraculous birth
in Bethlehem, but that it is all a fanciful
story, just like the story of Rolnulus
said to have been born of Rhea Silvia
and the god Mars. They say no star
pointed to tho manger; it was only the
fash of passing lantern. They say
there was no miraculous making of
bread, but that it is corruption of tho
story that Elisha gave 20 loaves of bread
to hundred men. They say the water
was never turned into wine, but that it is
corruption of the story that the Egyp-
tan 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 disci-
pies at tho 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 important to get up an ex-
element for the forwarding of their re-
linion. and SO they dra,natized q funeral
and Lazarus played the corpse, and Mary.
and Martha played the weepers, and
Christ was the tragcdian. I put it in
my own words, but this is the exact
meaning of their statements. They say
the Bible is aspulious book written by
superstitious OF lying men, backed up by
men who died for that which they did
not believe.
THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST.
Now, 1 take back the limited state
ment which l made few moments ago,
when said il requires as much faith to
be an infdel as to be Christian. 1t re-
quires thousandfold more faith to be
an infdel than to be Christian for if
Christianity demand that the whale
swallowed Jonah, then skepticism de-
mands that Jonah swallowed the whale!
can prove to you that Christ was God,
not only by tho supernatural appearances
On that Christmas night, but by whatin-
spired 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 Caesars, not over Frederick, not
over Alexander the Great, not over the
Henrys, not over the Louises? Yes Pile
oil the thrnnec of all the ages tOoether.