The Indiana State sentinel., 1894-08-22

| long 20 that school. / can tell IL from
/ the way they mourned over him. He
| was 10 be the companion OF his mother
| He was to be HIS mothers protector. He
| would return now some OF the kindness
| he had received in the days OF child
| hood and boyhood. Ave, he would with
| his strong hand uphold that form al
| ready enfeebled with age. VIII he do
/ IL? No. In one hour all that promise
/ OF help and companionship Is gone.
/ There is a world of anguish I'm that one
1 short phrase, The only son OF his moth
er, and she a widow"
! Now, my friends Il was upon this
| scene that Christ broke. lie came in
| without any introduction. He stopped
the procession. He had only two utter
| a7ces TO malSe-the one TO the mourning
( mother. the other 70 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,
I say unto thee arise! And he that was
dead sat up
Christ the Man.
! learn two or three things from this
subject. and first that Christ was a man.
| You see how that sorrow played upon
| all the chords Of His heart. L think we
| forget this 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 fiber Of his body, i'm every emotion
| and affection OF his heart, in every
action and decision of His mind He was
a man.
lie looked off upon the sea just as
] you look off upon the waters. He went
/ into Martha's house just as you go into
| a cottage. He breathed hard when he
was tired just as you do when YOU are
faN~h h,lrr Tod
| night in the storm just like you do when
! you have been exposed TO a tempest. It
was just humiliating for Him to beg
| bread as IL 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 or dog. From the crown of the
head to the sole OF the foot lie was
| man. When the thorns We're twisted for
| His brow. they hurt Him just as much
| as they hurt your brow if they were
| twisted for IT, He took not on Him the
| nature OF angels; He took Him the
! seed or Abraham. 'Ecce homO"'-be-
hold the mani
| Christ the God.
But I must also draw from this sub
ject that he was a Cod Suppose that
a man should attempt TO break up
! funeral obsequy. He would be seized by
the law, he would be imprisoned. IL he
were not actually slain by the mob be-
fore The officers could secure him. If
Christ had been mere mortal would He
/ have a right 10 come I'm upon such a pro-
/ cession? Would he have succeeded in
1 his interruption? He was more than a
/ man, Tor when He cried out. 81 say unto
/ thee arise"' he that was dead sat up
/ What excitement there must have been
/ thereaboutsl The body had lain pros
/ trate. 1t had been mourned over with
/ agOniZing tears, and yet now &c 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 Cod
| hear II in his voice. / see it in the flash
Of his eye. l behold it i'm the swapping
( of deaths shackles. ] see it I'm the face
| of the rising slumberer ! hear it in the
! outcry of all those who We're spectators
Of the scene. IT, when l see my Lord
/ Jesus Christ mourning with the be
! reaved, l put my hands on His shoulders
/ and say, My brother" now that I hear
! Him proclaim supernatural deltVerances
| 1 look up into His face and say with
! Thomas, My Lord and my God" Do
] you not think he was a God2 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 a
! a God or a wretch, and I viii prove it,.
IL a man processes to be that which he
| is not, what is he? He is a liar an inn
postor, a hypocrite. That is your unani-
! NOUS verdict Now. Christ professed
/ to be a God He said over and over
again He was a God, took the attributes
! of a God and assumed the works and
| offices Of d God. Dare you now say He
was n0t2 He was God, or lie was a
wretch. Choose ye
He Was Divine.
Do you think I cannot prove by this
| bible that he was a 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 1 can dem
onstrate that he was divine l can
| prove he was creator. John t. g. "All
| things were made by Him, and without
Him was not anything made that was
1 made He was eternal Revelation xxi
| Is, L am Alpha and Omega, the begin
| ming and the end, the first and the
| last" ! can prove that He was omni-
| potent, Hebrews i, 10. THE heavens are
| the work of Thine hands" 1 can prove
! He was omniscient, John H. p, He
| knew what was in man" oh, yes, He
| is a God. He cleft the sea- He up
| heaved the crystalline walls along
| which the Israelites marched. He
| pldnleu the mountains. He raises
/ 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 stars i'm a leash OF love That
! head that dropped on the bosom in
! fainting and death shall make the world
| quake at it's nod. The voice that groaned
in the last pang shall swear before the
| trembling world that time shall be no
| longer. On, do not insult the common
| sense Of the race by telling us that this
| person was only a man, in whose pres
| ence the paralyttc arm was thrust out
| well, and the devils crouched, and the
| lepers dropped their scales, and the tenn
| pests folded their wings, and the boys
satchei of a few loaves made a banquet
for 5000, and the sad procession of my
text broke up in congratulation and ho-
sannai
Christ in Time of Trouble.
Again. 1 learn from this subject that
Christ was a sympathizer. Mark you,
this was a 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
experiences. They know with what
temporal prospects he has left his
family. There is no haste. there is no
indecency in the obsequies There is
nothing done as mere matter Of busi-
ness. Even the children come out as
the procession passes and look SYM
pathetic. and the tree shadows seem TO