The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-29

But lnlS fcuDS tuau pi VIC eeAs WAS
not of that character. He did not be-
long to that sclool. l can tell
it f:om TIE way they mcurned
over him. He was to bs the COM
panion Of his mother. He was to be
his mothers protector. re would re-
turn now scme of the kinavesses he had
received in the Gays Ct childhood and
boyhood. Ave, he would with mis- strong
hard upheld that form already erfeebIed
with age. VIII he 60 u? No. In one
hour all that promise of help aod com,
paniopship IS gone. There is world ol
anguish in that one short phrase, The
only son of his mother, ard she q Wild
ow."
Now, my friends, i. was upon this
scene that Christ broke. He came 10
without any Introduction. He stopped
the procession. He had only two ut
terance to make-the one to the mourn
ing motber, the other to the dead. lie
cried out 10 the mourning one: weep
not" ard then touching t5" bier on
which the son lay, he cried Out:
.sYouug man, | say unto thee arse!
And he that was dead sat up"
J learn two or three things from this
SUBJECT, and first that Christ was man.
You see how that sorrow played upon
sll the chords Ct his heart. think we
forget this often. Christ was a man
more certainly than you are, TOR he was
q perfect man. No sailor ever slept in
ships hammock more soundly than
Christ slept in that boat on Gennesaret.
In every nerve and muscle and bone and
fiber OF bis body, in every emotion and
affection of his heart, in every action
and decision ofhis mind be was a man.
He looked cf' upon the sea just as you
look of, upon the waters. He went into
Martha's house just ss you 60 into cot
tsge. He bresthed hard when be was
tired Just as yvu do when you are ex-
hausted. He felt after sleeping cut q
night in the storm Just like you do when
ycu have been exposed to tempest. 1t
was lust IS Eumlliatlng for him to beg
bread as it would be for you to become
a psuper. He fell iustas much insulted
by being sold for 30 pieces of silver as
you would if yeu were sold for the price
ofa dog. Fiom the crow d OF the heac
to the sole Of the loot be was 9 man.
When the thorns were twisted for his
brow, they hurt him just as much as
they hurt your brow, # they were twist.
ed for it. He took not on him the nature
OF angels; be took on him the seed OF
Abraham. s'E.ce homo"-behold the
man!
But 1 must also dcaw from this snb.
iect that he " as God. Suppose that
q man should attempt to break up fun
erai obsequy. He would be se'zed BY
the law, be would be imprisoned, if be
were rot actually slain by the mob be-
fore the officers could secure him. II
Christ had been a mere mortal, would
he have right to come il upon such a
procession? Would he have succeeded
in his interruption? He was more than
a man, for when he cried out, 81 say
unto thee arise! he that was dead satup"
What excitement there must have been
The BODY had lain pros.
trate. It had been mourned over with
agonizing tears, and yet now 1t begins
to move in the shroud, and to be flushed
with life, and at the command of Christ
be rises up and looks into the faces OF
the astonished spectators.
On, this was the work of a God. l
hear it in his voice. see it IN the flash
of his eye. I behold it in the swapping
of deaths shackles. I see it in the face
of the rising slumberer. 7 hear it in the
outcry Of all those who were spectators
of the scene. II, when I see my Lord
Jesus Christ mourning with the bereav.
ed, put my hands on his shoulders and
say, my brother" now that hear him
proclaim supernatural deliVerauces [
look up into his face end say With Thom.
as, my Lord and my God" DO you
not think he was a God? A great many
people do not believe that, and they
compromise the matter, or they think
they compromise it. They say he was
q very good man, .buths was not God.
That IS Inaccessible. He was either a
GodraG q wretch and I will prove It. If
slnan processes to be that which he Is
not, what is he2 He is llar, an lmpos.
tor, hypocrite. That is your unanl.
NOUS verdict. Now, Christ professed to
be God. He said over and over again
he was a God, took the attributes ofaGod
aud assumed the works and Office OF q
God. Dare you now say be was not?
He was g God, or he WAS a wretch.
Choose ye.
Do you think I cannot prove by this
Bible that be was God? Ifyou do not
bslieve this Bible, Of course there is no
need of my talking to you. There is no
common data from which to start. Sup.
pose ycu DO believe Ii? Then can
demonstrate that he was divine. [ can
prove be was creator, John i, 3, "All
things were made by him, and without
him was not anything made that was
made" He was eternal, Revelation
xxi, Is, 81 am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end, the first and the
last" I can prove that he was omnip'
otent, Hebrews i, 10, ''The heavens are
the work Of thine hands," I can prove
that he was omniscient, John Ii, 25,
':He knew what was in man." On yes,
he is God. He cleft the sea. He up.
hesved the crystalline walls along which
the Isrealises marched. He planted the
mountains. He raises up governments
and casts down thrones and marches
across nations and across worlds and
across the universe, eternal, omnipotent
unhindered and unabashed. That hand
that was nailed to the cross holds the
stars in leash of love. That head that
dropped on the bosom IN the faintlng and
death shall make the world quake at its
nod. The voice that groaned in the :ast
psng shall swear before the trembling
world that time shall be no longer. OA
do not insult the common sense Of the
RAGS By telling US that this person was
only man, in whose presence the par
alytic arm was thrust out well, and the
devils crouched, and the lepers dropsed
their scales, and the tempests folded
their W,ncs. and the bows satchel Of q