Democratic messenger., 1894-08-25

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bowl. One day his hand tremblcd so
much he dropped it. and it broke. and
the son, seated at the elegant table i'll
midfioor, said TO his wife. Now We'll
get father a wooden bowl, and that he
can't break. So a wooden bowl was
obtained, and every day old grandfather
ate out of that, sitting i'll the corner.
One day, while the elegant young man
and his wife Were seated at their table,
with chased silver and all the luxuries,
and their little son sat upon the floor,
they saw the lad whiting. and they
said, My son, what are you doing
there with that knife" .Oh, said he,
lin making trough for my father
and mother 10 eat ont of when they get
oldr'
But this young man of the text was
not of that character. He did not belong
to that school. can tell it from the
way they mourned over him. He was TO
be the companion of his mother He
was To he his mothers protector. He
would return now some of the kind
nesses he had received in the days of
childhood and boyhood. Aye, he would
with his strong hand uphold that form
already enfeebled with age. Will he do
it: No. In one hour that promise of
help and companionship is gone There
is world of anguish III that one short
phrase, 1.-The only son of his mother.
and she n 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, and then. touching the bier on
which the son lay, he cried out, Young
man, / say unto thee arise.' And he
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 a perfect man. No sailor ever slept
i'll ships hammock more soundly than
Christ slept in that boat OH Gcnnesarct.
In every nerve and muscle and bone
and fiber of his body, i'll every emotion
and affection of his heart, i'll every ac-
ton and decision of his mind he was n
man.
He looked of upon the sea just as you
look off upon the waters He went into
Martha's house just as you 20 into n
cottage. He brcathed hard when he was
tired, just rs you do when you are cx-
hausted. He felt after sleeping ont u
night i'll the storm just like you do
when You have been exposed to Il tenn
pest. 1t was just rs humiliating for him
tn beg bread rs it would be for you to
become pauper. He felt just rs much
insulted by being sold for 30 pieces of
silver as you would if You We're 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 rs
much rs they hurt your brow if they
were twisted for il. He took not on him
the nature Of angels. He took on him
tho seed of Abraham. ''Eccc homo!'--
behold the man!
DuI i liluSt tASO lIiN lIOIL tlliS SUu-
jcct that he was God. Suppose that !,
man should attempt 10 break up "a flu
neral obsequy. He would be seized by
the law, he would be imprisoned, if he
were not actually slain by the mob be-
fore the officers could secure him. If
Christ had been u mere mortal, would
he have right to come i'll upon such n
procession: Would he have succeeded in
his interruption? He was more than q
man, for when he cried ont. Il say unto
thee, ariscr' he that was dead sat up.
What excitement there must have been
thercabout! The body had lain pros
trate. 1t had been mourned over with
agonizing tears, and yet now it begins
to move i'll the shroud and to be flushed
with life, and at the command of Christ
he rises up and looks into the faces of
tho astonishcd spectators.
Oh, this was the work of God!
hear it i'll his voice; see it i'll the flash
of his eye; behold il in the swapping
of deaths shaclles; SEQ it i'll the face
of the rising slumberer; hear il in tho
outcry of all those who We're spectators
of the scene. If, when l see my Lord
Jesus Christ mourning with the be-
reaved, put my hands on his shoulders
and say, my brother, "now that hear
him proclaim supernatural deliveranccs.
look up into his face and say with
Thomas, MY Lord 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 very good man, but he was not -
God. That is impossible. He was either
a God or wretch, and will prove it.
If a man processes to be that which he
is not, what is he? He is liar, an i'm
postor.a hypocrite. That is your unan-
imous verdict. Now, Christ profcssed
to be God. He said over and over
again he was n God, took the attributes
of God and assumed the works and
offices of God. Dare you now say he
was not? He was "a God. or lie was i.
wretch. Choose We.
Do you think cannot prove 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 he was divine. / can
prove he was Creator, John i, 3, "All
things We're made by him. and without
him was not anything made that was
made He was eternal, Revelation
xii, l3, Il am Alpha and Omega. the
beginning and the end the first and the
last. can prove that he was omnipo
tent, Hebrews j, 10, The heavens are
the work of thine hands. | can prove
he was omniscicnt, John ii. -. He
know what was in man" oh, yes. he
is God. He cleft the sea. He uphcaved
the crystalline walls along which the
Israelites marched. He planted the
mountains. He raises up governments
and casts down thrones and marches
across nations and across worlds and
arroSS tho u.tiynrSn eternal ounIiinn-