The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-08-20


get this too often. Christ was a 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
fibre 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 on upon the sea just as you look
on upon the waters. He went into
Martha house Just as you 90 into
cottage. He breathed hard when
he was tired, Just as you do when you are
exhausted He felt after sleeping out a
night in the storm Just like you do when
you have been exposed to a tempest. IL
was just as humiliating for him TO beg
bread as 1t 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 II you were sold for the price
of dog. From the crown of his head to
the sole of his foot he was a man. When
the thorns were twisted for his brow,
they hurt him Just as much as they hurt
your brow, If they were twisted for il.
He took not on him the nature of
angels; he took on him the seed of Alb
raham. "Ecce homoW Behold the
man.
But must also draw from this subject
that he was a God. Suppose that a man
should attempt of break up a funeral OBJ
sequy; he would be seized by the law. lie
would be imprisoned, if he were not actu-
ally slain by the mob before the officers
could secure him. If Christ had been a
mere mortal, would he have a 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, - say unto thee, ariser he
that was dead sat up What excite
ment there must have been Whereabouts
The body had lain PROSTATE IL had been
m burned over with agonizing tears, and
yet now it 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. Oh, this was the
work of a God l hear it in his voice; |
see it in the fash of his eye, | behold it
in the swapping of deaths shackles [ see
1t in the face of the rising sIum berer; |
hear it in the cutlery of all those who
were spectators of the scene. If, when |
see my Lord Jesus Christ mourning with
the bereaved. ! put my hands on his
shoulders, and say, My brother"
now that ! hear him proclaim super
natural delveranceS, l look up into his
face and say with Thomas, my Lord and
my God Do you not think he was a
Godl great many people do not be
lieve that, and they compromise the mat
ter, or they think they compromise it,
They say he was a very good man, but he
was not God. That is impossible. He
was either God or a wretch, and | will
prove 1t. If man processes to be that
which he is not, what is he2 He is a liar.
an imposter, hypocrite. That is your
unanimous verdict. Now, Christ professed
to be a God. He said over and over again
he was God, took the attitudes of God
and assumed the works and offices of a
God. Dare you now say he was mott He
was a God, or he was a-wretch. Choose
we.
Do you think | cannot prove by this
Bible that he was Code 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 dem
onstrste that he was divine. | can prove
he was Creator. John /: 3, "All things
were made by him; and W ithout him was
not anything made that was made He
was eternal, Rev. %: 10, 81 am Alpha
and Omega, the beginning and the end,
the first and the last" l can prove that
he was omnipitent, Heb. / 10, The
heavens are the work of thine hands" |
can prove that he was omniscient, John
2: 25, He knew what was in man. Oh
yes, he is a God He cleft tile sea He
upheaved 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 across the
universe eternal, omnipotent, unhindered
and unabashed. That hand that was
nailed to the cross holds the star 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 rembliug world that
time shall be no longer O, do not insult
the common sense of the race by telling
us that this person was only a man, in
whose presence the paralytic arm was
thrust out well, and the devils crouched
and the lepers dropped their scales, and
the tempests folded their wings, and the
boys satchel of a few loaves made ban
quet for five thousand, and the sad pro
CessiOn of my text broke up in Congratu-
lation and hosanna.
Again, learn from this subject that
Christ was a sympathizer Mark you,
this was city funeral. In the country,
when the bell tolls, they know all about
it for five miles around, and they know
what was the matter with the man, how
old he was, and what were his last exper-
fences. They know with what temporal
prospects ne mas lGIJ MS family. Ihere
is no haste, there is no indecency in the
obsequies. There is nothing done as
mere matter of business Even the chill
dren come out as the procession passes,
and look sympathetic, and the tree-shad-
ows seem to deepen. and the brooks weep
in sympathy as the procession goes
by. But, mark you, this thatI am speak
ing of was city funeral. In great cities
the cart 1oStles the hearse, and there is
mirth, and gladness, and indifference as
the weeping procession goes by. In this
city OF Main, IL was common thing to
have trouble and bereavement ana death
Perhaps that very hour there were others
being carried out; but this frequency of
trouble did not harden Christ's heart at
all. He stepped right out, and he saw
this mourner, and he had compassion on
her, and he said: Weep not
Now, have TO tell you, o bruised souls,
and there are many everywhere (have
yoL ever looked over any great audience
and noticed how many shadows of sorrow
there areO, l come 20 all such and say,
Christ meets you, and he has compass
sion on you, and he says, Weep not. "
Perhaps with some it is financial trouble
oh you say. lit is such a silly thing
for man to cry over lost money" Isit5
Suppose you had large fortune, and all
luXurles brought TO your table, and YOUR
wardrobe was full, and your home was
beautitied by music and sculpture and
painting, and thronged by the elegant
and educated, and then some rough mis-.
fortune should strike you in the face. and
trample VOur treasures and taupt ,so,,,,