Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1894-08-25

CNerO WIFI bllut hullC! OLi eN1u no
Tim making trough for my father
and mother to eat out OF when they get
oldH'
But this young man Of the text was
not Of that character. Ho did not belong
to that school. / can tell 1t from the
way they mourned over him. He was to
be the companion Of his mother. He
was to be his mothers protector. Ho
would return now Some Of the kind
nesscs he had received IN tho days Of
childhood md boyhood Aye, he would
with his strong hand uphold that form
already enfeebled with age VIII he do
itP No In ono hour that promise 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 He
cried out to the mourning one, "Weep
not, Z" and then, touching the bier on
which the son lay. he cried out, young
man, l say unto theo ariseP And ne
that was dead sat up.
learn two or three, things from this
subject, and first that Christ was q
man. You see how that sorrow played
upon ali the chords Of hisheart think
we forget this too often. Christ was o
man moro certainly than you are, for he
was a perfect man. No sailor ever slept
in ships hammock moro soundly than
Christ slept in that boat on Gennesaret.
In every nerve and muscle and bone
and fiber of his body, In every emotion
and affection of his heart, in every nc
ton and decision OF his mind he was o
man.
He looked off. upon the sea just as you
look off upon the waters. He went into
Nfarthas house just us you gointo q
cottage. He brcathed hard when he was
tired, Just as you do when you arc ex-
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 1t would be for you to
become pauper. He felt just as much
insulted by being sold for 80 pieces Of
silver as you would if you were Gold for
tho price Of dog. From the crown Of
the head to the s9leof tho foot he was a
man, When the thorns were twisted
for, his brow, they burt him Just as
much as they hurt your brow If they
were twisted for It. He took not on him
tho nature of angels He took on him
the seed Of Abraham: "Ecce homoP'-
behold the mani
But ! must also. draw from this sub
ject that he was.a God Suppose that &
man should attempt to break up a fu-
neral ,obsequy. Ke would be seized by
the law, he would DO imprisoned, If he
we're not actually slain. by the mob be,
fore the officers could secure him:e. II
Christ had been mere mortal, would
lie have right 10 come IN upon such o
processioni n Would HE have succeeded IN
his interruptionf He was more than q
man, for when he cried out Il say unto
thee, ariser' he that was dead sat up
What excitement there must have been
thereaboutl Tho body had lain pros
trate. 1t had been mourned over with
agonizing tears, and yet now 1t begins
to rove in tho chroud and to be flushed
with life, and at tho command of Christ
he rises up and looks into tho faces Of
the astonishcd spectators
Oh, this was the work Of God! l
hear 1t In his voicei see it IN che flash
Of his eye; behold 1t In the swapping
of deaths shackles; see 1t in the faco
of the rising sIumberer; hear it IN tho
outcry Of all those who were spectators
Of the scene If, when see my Lord
Jesus Christ mourning with. the. be-
reaved, put my hands on his shoulders
and say, my brother, now that l hear
him proclaim supernatural deliverahces,
I look up into his face and say with
Thomas, MY Lord and my God l." Do
you not think be was q God? A great
many people do not. believe that, and
they compromise the matter, or they
think they compromise 1t They say ne
was very good man, but he was not q
God. That is impossible He was either
God or o wretch, and I will prove 1t
If man processes to be that which he
Is not, what Is he? He Is a liar, MIN
poster, q hypocrite- That is your unan-
imous verdict Now, Christ professed
10 be q God He said over and over
again he was God, took tho attributes
Of a God and assumed the works and
Offices of o God. Dare you now say he
was not? He was God, or he was 1t
wretch. Choose ye,
Do you think I canpot provo by this
Bible that he was God? If you do not
believe 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 it. Then / can
demonstrate that be was divine I can
prove he was Creator, John +. 8, AL
things were made by. him, and without
him was not anything made that vas
made. /" He was eternal, Revelation
xii, IS, ~ am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the end, the first and the
last " can prove that he was omnipo-
tent, Hebrews /, 10, 1.-THE heavens are
the work of thine hands. :" / can prove
he was omniscient John Il, 95, lie
knew what was in man. (" Oh, yes, be
Is @ God He cleft the sea- He upheaved
the crystalline walls along which tho
Isaelites marched He planted the
mountains He raises up governments
and casts down thrones and marches
across nations end across worlds and
across the universe eternal. alnnipo-
cent, nnhlndered 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 fainting
and death shall make the world quake
at Its nod. That voice that groaned In
the last nanQ shall swear before the