The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1894-08-30

bowl. One day his hand trembled so
much he dropped 1t, and It broke. aud
the son, seated at the elegant table in
midAoOr, said to his wife, "Now, we'll
got father n wooden bowl, and that he
can't break" So a wooden bowl was
obtained. and every day old grandfather
ate out of that, sitting IN the corner.
One day, while the elegant young man
and his vile were scattered at their table,
with chashed silver and all tho luxuries,
and their little son sat upon the fl)or,
they saw the lad whiting, and they
| said, my son, what are YOU doing thele
with that knift?" "Oh," said he, III
Pm making q trough for my father and
mother TO eat out of whom they get old!"
But this young man Of the text was
not of that character. Ho did not be-
long TO that school. l can toll
it from the way they mourned
over him. He was to be tho COM
panion of his mother. He was to be
his mothers protector. RE would re-
turn now some Of tho kindue sses he had
received in lhe days of childhood aud
boyhood. Ave, he would with his strong
hard uphold that form already enfeeblod
with age. Will he do II? No. In ono
hour all That promise of help and corn.
panionship ls gone. There ls a world of
anguish in that one short phrase, 1.-THE
only son of his mother, aud she wild.
ow."
Now, my friends, it was upon this
scene that Christ broke. IIe came in
without any introduction. IIe stopped
tho procession. lie had only two ut.
torrance TO make-the one to tie mourn.
ing mother, the other to the dead. He
cried out to tho mourning one: "Weep
not" and then touching the bier on
which the son lay, he cried out:
'Young man, 1 say unto thee arise!
And he that was dead sat up"
learn two or threo things from this
subject, and Drst that Christ was q man.
You sec how that sorrow played upon
all the chords of his heart. think we
forget this often. Christ was man
moro certainly than you are, for he was
perfect man. No sailor ever slept In
ships hammock moro soundly than
Christ slept in that boat on Genuesaret.
In every nerve and muscle and bono and
fiber OF his body, in every emotion and
affection of his heart, in every action
and decision ofhis mind he was o mau.
He looked Oh upon the sea Just as YOU
look of upon the waters. He went into
Martha's house just as you 90 into cot.
tage. He breathed hard when he was
tired just as you do when YOU are ex-
hausted. IIe felt after sleeping out q
night III the storm just like you do when
you have been exposed to q tempest. It
was just as humlliatlng for him to beg
bread as it would be for you to become
o pauper. He felt Just as much insulted
haIno For. oc Ill
you would if you were sold for tho price
ofa dog. From the crown of the head
to tho sole OF the loot he was man. I.
When the thorns were twisted for his
brow, they hurt him Just as much as
they hurt your brow, if they were twist.
cd for it, He took not on him tho nature
OF angelo; he took on HIM tho seed of
Abraham. ''Eoce homo!''-behold the
| man!
But must also draw from this snb.
Ject that he was God. Suppose that
man should attempt to break up fun.
eral obsequy. lie would bo seizo by
the law, he would be imprisoned, if he
were not actually slain by the mob be-
| lore the officers could secure HIM. IF
Christ had been n mere mortal, would
he have right to come in upon such
procession7 Would he have succeeded
in his interruptions lie was more than
man, for when he cried out, 81 say
unto thee arise! The that was dead sat up"
What excitement there must have been
thereabouts! The body had lain pros-
trate. 1t 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
he rises up and looks into the faces OF
the astonished spectators.
On, this was the work OF God. II
hear it in his voice. | see it in the flash
OF his eye. behold it in the swapping
OF DEATHS shackles. L sec it in the tace
OF tho rising slumberer. | hear it in the
outcry Of all those who were spectators
OF the scene. II, when l see my Lord
jesus Christ mourning with the bereav.
cd, put my hands on his shoulders and
say, my BROTHER" now that hear him
proclaim supernatural deliverances l
look up into his face and cay with Thom.
as, my lor d and my God" DO you
not think he was 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, but he was not C ID.
That ls impossible. He was either
God or wretch and / will prove 1t. If
a man processes TO be that which he is
not, what is hep He is liar, an impos
tor, hypocrite. That is your unani.
nous verdict. Now. Christ professed to
be God. He said over and over again
he was God, took the attributes of aGod
and assumed tho works and ofllee of
God. Dare you now say he was not?
He was God, or he was wretch.
Choose ye.
DO you think l cannot prove by this
Bible that he was GodP If you do not
beleve this Bible, Of course there is no
need of my talking to you. There is no
common data from which to start. Sup.
pose you do believe II? Then [ can
demonstrate that he was divine. eau
prove he was creator, John /, 3, can
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