The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1894-08-25

terances to make; the one to the
mourning mother, the other to the
dead. lie cried ont to the mourning
one: Weep not" and then, touching
the bier on which the son lay, He cried
out: Young man, l say unto thee,
Arise!' And he that was dead sat up.
l learn two or three things from this
subject, and. first. that Christ was n
man. You see how thai sorrow played
upon the chords of his heart. l think
we forget this too often. Christ was n
man more certainly than you are, for
He was a perfect man. No sailor yer
slept in ships hammock more soundly
than Christ slept in that boat in Gen.
nesaret. 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. lie was a
man. He looked off upon the sea
just as you look off upon the waters.
He went into Martha's house as you go
into a cottage. He breathed hard when
He was tired, just as you do when you
out u night in the storm just like you
do when you have been exposed to a
tempest. 1t was just as humiliating
for Him to beg bread as it would be for
you to become a pauper. He felt just
as much insulted by being sold for
thirty pieces of silver a. you would If
you were sold for the price of a dog.
From the crown of the head to the sole
of the foot He was n 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 angels; He took on Him the seed of
Abraham. "Ecce homo"-Behold the
man!
But / must also draw from this sub
ject that lie was n God. Suppose that
a man should attempt to break up a
funeral 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 beer a mere mortal, WOULD
He have u right to conn in upon such a
procession? Would He have succeeded
in his interruption? He was more
than a man, for when He cried out;
81 say unto thee, Arise!' He
that was dead sat upr' What ex-
element there must have been
th~ereabouts! The body had lain
with agonizing tears, and yet now II
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! Ihear
it in His voice; / see it in the flash of
His eye; l behold it in the swapping OF
the deaths shackles; l see it in the
face Of the rising slumberer; I hear It
in the cutlery of all those who were
spectators of The enc If, when / see
my Lord Jesus Christ mourning with
the ~bereaved, l put my hand on His
now that 1 hear Him proclaim
supernatural deliverances, 1 look VI
into his face and say with Thomas:
my Lord and my God" Do you not
think he was n God? A great many
people do not believe that, and they
compromise the matter, or they think
they compromise it. They say He was
a very good man, but He was not
God. That is impossible. He wa.
either a God or a wretch, and l will
prove it.
Do you think 1 cannot prove by thii
Bible that He was a God? If you dc
not believe this Bible, of course there
is no need of my talking to you. Their,
is no common data from which to start
Suppose you do believe 1t? Then l car
demonstrate that He was divine.
can prove He was Creator, John /, 3
"An things were made by Him; ant
without Him was not ANYTHING mad,
that was made" He was eternal, Rev
xii, 10: 81 am Alpha and Omega, tn,
beginning and the end, the first ant
the last" i a prove that He wa
omnipotent, Heb. l., 10: 1.-THE heavens
are the work of Thine hands," I cal
prove He was omniscient, John H., rs
"He knew what was in man." Oh
yes, He is a God. He cleft tn,
sea. He upheaved the crystal
line walls along which the Israel
ties marched. He planted the mount
aims. He raises up governments ant
casts down thrones, and marches cros
nations, and across worlds, and acrosa
the universe, eternal, omnipotent, un
hindered and unabashed. That hant
that was nailed to the cross holds tn,
stars in a leash of love. That head tina
dropped on the bosom in fainting ant
death shall make the world quake a
it's nod. That voice that groaned IL
the last pang shall swear before tn,
trembling world that time shall be n
longer. Oh, do not insult the commol
sense of the race by telling us that thi
person was only a man, in whose pres
ence the paralytic arm was thrust on
we'll, and the devils c%rouched, and tn
lepers dropped their sc ales, and tn
tempests folded their wings, and tn
boys satchel of a few loaves made
banquet for 5000, and h sad process
sion of my text broke up in congratula
ton and hosanna!
Again, ! learn from this subject tina
Christ was n sympathizer. Mark you
this was a city funeral. In the coun
try, when the bells toll, they know al
about il for five miles around, an,
they know what was the matter wit
the man, how old he was, and wha
were his last expenses. They kno,
with what temporal prospects he ha
left his family. There is no haste
there is no indecency in the ~obsequie:
There is nothing done as a mere mat
ter of business. Even the childre
come out as the procession passes, an
look sympathetic, and the tree
shadow seem to deepen, and tn