The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-08-22

were seated at their table, Win chaseu
silver and all the luxuries, and their
little son sat upon the floor, they saw
the son whiting, and they said; my
son, what are you doing there with the
knife?" "O," said he, "I-rm making
trough for my father and mother to
eat out Of when they get oldl"
But this young man of the text was
not of that character. He did not be-
long to that school. can tell it from
the way they mourned over him. De
was to be the companion OF his mother.
He was to be his mothers protector.
He would return now some of the kind
nesses he had received in tie days OF
childhood and boyhood. Ay, he would
with his strong hand uphold that form
already enfeebled with age. Will he
do it? No. In one hour all that prom
Use of help and companionship is gone.
There is a world of anguish in that one
short phrase: "The only son OF his
mother, and she widow"
Now, my friends, it was upon this
scene that Christ broke. He came in
without any Introduction. He stopped
the procession. He had only two utter
ances to make; the one to the mourn
ing mother, the other to the dead. de
cried out to the mourning one, Weep
not' and then, touching the bier on
which the lay, he cried out; Young
man, I say unto theeI Arise' And ne
that was dead sat up
learn two or three things from this
subject, and, first, that Christ was
man. You see how that sorrow played
upon all the chords of his heart.
think we forget this too often. Christ
was man more certainly than you are,
for he was perfect man. No sailor ever
slept in ships hammock more soundly
than Christ slept in that boat on Cen
nesaret. In every nerve, and muscle,
and bone, and fiber of His body; in
every emotion and affection of His
heart in every action and decision OF
| His mind, He was man. He looked off
upon the waters. He went into Mar
thas house just as you go into a cot
tage He breathed hard when He was
tired, just as you do when you are ex-
4 hausted. He felt after sleeping out a
night in the storm just like you do
when you have been exposed to tenn
pest 1t was just as humiliating for
Him to beg bread as it would be for you
to become a pauper. He felt just as
much insulted by being sold for thirty
pieces of silver as you would If you
were sold for the price of dog. From
the crown of the head to the sole OF the
foot He was a man. When the thorns
were twisted for His brow, they hurt
Him just as much as they hurt youi
brow, if they were twisted for 1t. dc
took not on Him the nature of angels
He took on Him the seed of Abraham
"Ecco homo!"-Behold the mani
But must also draw from the sub
ject that he was God. Suppose tina
a man should attempt to break up |
funeral obsequy; he would be seized b.
3 the law, he would be imprisoned, If h
were not actually slain by the mob be
fore the officers could secure him. l
l Christ had been q mere mortal woul
l He have right to come in upon such
procession? Would He have succeede
4 in His interruption? He was more tina
Z man, for when He cried out: 81 sa
= unto thee ariser he that was dead sa
S up." What excitement there must hav
f been thereabouts The body had lai
g prostrate. 1t had been mourned owe
J, with agonizing tears, and yet now
|: begins to move in the shroud, and
e be flushed with life; and at the con
s mand of Christ, he rises up and looks il
Y to the faces of the astonished spectl
d tors. o, this was the work of Coz
J, hear it in His voice; see 1t in tn
d flash of His eye; l behold it in the snal
g ping of deaths shackles; see it
's the face of the rising slumberer;
IL hear it in the outcry of a
d those who were spectators
the scene. If, when I see my Lol
y Jesus Christ mourning with the b
Is reaved, Iput my hand on His shoulder
j. and say, "My brother" Now that
k hear Him proclaim supernatural deli
n erance, look up into His face and Sc
Il with Thomas, my Lord and my God
ID Do YOU not think He was q God?
it great many people do not believe tina
o. and they compromise the matter,
Of they think they compromise it. The
n say He was very good man, but /
III was not a God. That is impossibl
is He was either God or a wretch, and
h. will prove it. If man processes to
W that which he is not, what is he? {
III is liar, an imposter, a hypocrite. Th
lie is your unanimous verdict. Now, Chri
er prafessed to be God. He said ov
ol and over again He was a God, took t.
10 attributes of God, and assumed Il
d. works and offices of God Dare "
a now saw He was not? He was Go
n. or He was a wretch. Choose ye.
m Do you think cannot prove by Il
It. Bible that He was God? If you
not believe this Bible, of course the
ed is no need of my talking to- you. The
IS, is no common data from which to sta
in Suppose you do believe it? Then C
n. demonstrate that He was divine; / C
f. proye that He was Creator: John 1,
ad s'All things were made by Him; a
he without Him was not anything ma
en- that was made" he was eternal: RI
ly %, IS, 81 am Alpha and Omega, the
to ginning and the end, the first and
nd last" / can prove that He was o
n nipotent: Heb. 1, 10, 'The heave
ke are the work of Thine hands," i c
ou prove He was omniscient: John 2,
ot ssHe knew what was in man" oy
ng He is God. He cleft the sea. He
ey heaved the crystalline walls alo
so which the Israelites marched.
les planted the mountains. He raises
ng governments and casts down thron
cir and marches across the universe, ct
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