The Canton times., 1894-08-31

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was man more certainly than you
are, for He was a 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 His
body; in every emotion and affection
of His heart; in every action and
decision of His mind, He was a
man. He looked off upon the sea
just as you look off upon the waters.
He went into Martha's house just as
you 60 into cottage. He breathed hard
when He was tired just as you do when
you are exhausted. He felt tired after
sleeping out a night in the storm, just
like you do when you have been ex-
posed to tempest. twas just as hui
initiating for Him to beg bread as it
would be for you to become pau
per. He felt just as much insulted
by being sold for thirty pieces
of silver as you would be if you
were sold for the price of dog. From
the crown of the head to the sole of the
foot He was man. When the thorns
were twisted for His brow, they hurt
Him just as much as they would hurt
your brow if they were twisted for it.
He took not on Him the nature of
angles; He took on Him the seed of
Abraham. ''Ecce homo!"-Beholdt the
man!
But must also draw from this sub
ject that He was God. Suppose that
man should attempt to break up
funeral obsequy; he would be seized
by the law, he would be imprisoned, if
he were not actually slain by the mob
before the officers could secure him.
If Christ had been a mere mortal,
would He have right to come in upon
such a procession? Would He have
succeeded in His Interruption? He
was more than a man, for when He
cried out: "I say unto thee,
arise! He that was dead sat
up" What excitement there must
have been thereabouts! The body had
lain PROSTATE. 1t had been mourned
over with agonizing tears, and yet now
it begins to move in the shroud, and to
be flushed with life; and, at the COM
mand of Christ, he rises up and looks
into the faces of the astonished specta-
tors. Oh, this was the work of God!
l hear it in His voice; I see it in the
flash of His eye; behold it in the snap
ping of the deaths shakels; l see it in
the face of the rising slumberer; Ihear
in the outcry of all those who were spec
tators of the scene. If. whenI see my
Lord Jesus Christ mourning with the be-
reaved. put my hand on His shoulder,
and say, MY BROTHER now that I
hear Him proclaim supernatural de-
liverances, l look up into His face and
say with Thomas: "My Lord and my
Cod Do you not think He was a
God? A great many people do not be-
lieve that, and they compromise the
matter, or they think they compro-
mise it. They say He was a
very good man, but He was
not God. That is impossible.
He was either God or wretch, and l
will prove it. If a man processes to be
that which he is not, what is he? He
is liar, and impostor, hypocrite.
That is your unanimous verdict. Now,
Christ professed to be God. He said
over and over again He was God, took
the attributes of God, and assumed
the works and offices of God. Dare
you now say He was not? He was
God. or was He wretch.
Do you think that can not 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. Suppose you do believe it?
Then 1 can demonstrate that He was
Divine. can prove He was Creator,
John i, 8: "All things were made by
Him; and without Him was not any
thing made that was made" He was
eternal, Rev. xxi, 13: 81 am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the
end, the first and the last" can
prove that He was omnipotent, Heb.
i, 10, s'The heavens are the work of
Thine hands," / can prove He was
John ii, s5: "He knew what
was in man" Oh, yes. he is n God.
He cleft the sea. He upheaved the
walls along which the Is
raelites marched. He planted the
He raises up govern
ments and cast down thrones, and |
across nations and across
worlds and across the universe,
omnipotent, unhindered,
and unabashed. That hand that was
nailed to the cross holds the stars in a
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 |
pang shall swear before the trembling |
world that time shall be nolonger. Oh,
10 not insult the common sense of |