Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-06-13


mission on earth is also oursY il so.
here Is highest aim. Who, then is
Jesus? What His mind3 What His
misslonI For His mind may be ours
and His life purpose ours.
Jesus OF Nazareth, truly a man,
Low In the cradle His life He began,
Lived before God. both in pattern and
plan.
Righteous. obedient one"
We partially grasp Christs humanity,
put we stumble at His divine nature.
And SO We do not let this mind be In
us; We cannot enter. in because of
unpelief Angels proclaim the truth:
Fear not, for behold bring you good
tidings OF great joy. which shall be to
All people. for unto YOU Is born this
day In the city of David a Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord" His name
shall be called Jesus, for He shall
save His people from their sins ''And
the child grew and waxed strong In
spirit, filled with wisdom and the
grace OF God was upon Him" At
twelve years we find Him in the tenn
pie. He spent twentyieiRht years In
Nazareth, subject unto carpenter;
mere is patlence--not human, but d.
vine. At first His divinity puzzled
US ana now HIS Humanity puzzles us
lion, the fact that He ever livcth to
make lntereession for us and HIS 10
| am with you Away. even unto the
end,' all call us to careful study of
His mind. and mission.
Jesus of Nazareth, nailed TO a tree,
Dying that we, by His death might be
Bearing the curse for you aud for
me.
Dying a. ransom. for all"
His life on earth we cannot deny.
But He was tempted in all points
IKE as we are yet without SIM" and
THIS same Saviour says to you and
20 me; ~ am the resurrection and
the life Because live We shall live
also" Before Abraham was, | am"
II and my father are one" "Ie that
hath seen Me hath seen the Father"
II am the door; by Me IL any man en-
| ter he shall be saved and shall 10 in
and out and find pasture" Conse-
quently not the birth. not the life. not
| tue death, but the resurrection OF
| Christ, is the stupendous fact OF all
history. II is also the most carefully
guarded and best substantiated fact IN
all history. With the great apostle. we
eMclaim. but now is Christ risen"
| We worship not a dead. but a living
Saviour. The same yesterday. today
ana forever "A present help IN every
| time OF need" He was sinlcss. "Hc
| was wounded for our .transgresslons."
lie was bruised for our iniquities, the
chastisement OF our peace was upon
nun, ana by Ills stripes we are healed.
We watch Him on the Cross as with
bleeding brow and pierced hands. lie
looks lovingly down on the jeerlng,
cursins mob, who had crucined Him.
ana we hear Him lovingly pray, Pa
Their, forgive them, for they know
not what they do" and we again SAY
may we let this mind be In u.s. once
more we read In Johc, seventeenth
chapter. AS Thou hast sent Me into.
| the world. even SO have | sent them
| INTO the world, and you and are each
one OF them" and this loving Sa-
| Nlour has sent US into the world upon
ths same mission. Even so, that God
sent Him, Christ in the temple at
twelve years OF age. said twist we
not that / must be about my Fathers
business some OF us have attained
our score OF years, some two score,
others three score. and even n few
three score and ten. Are we about
our aFther's business?
Jesus Is cod: the glorious bands
OF holy angels sing
Songs of adoring praise to him,
Their maker and their king.
He was true God In Bethelehem's crib,
on Calv'ry'G cross. true God,
He who In heaven, eternal reigned
In time on earth abode.
Jesus is Cod there never was
A time when he was not.
| B9hn1less, eternal, merciful
The word the Sire begot.
Backward our thoughts, thro' ares
stretch.
Onward, through endless bliss
For there are two eternities,
And both alike are His.
Jesus is God: oh. could now .
But compass land and sea,
| To teach and tell this single truth,
How happy 1 should be.
oh. had l but an angels voice.
would proclaim SO loud.
Jesus, the good, the beautiful,
Is everlasting God.
For we know the grace of our Lord
Jesus Christ, that though He was rich,
yet for our sakes he became poor that
We through His poverty might be rich"
| Jesus came to do His Fathers will.
He came came not to be minstered
| unto but to minister" "He came not
to call the righteous, but sinners
| ~ 'NbNAAhHNNs came NOT only
To save, but TO seek that which was
lost" He came not to condemn thu.
world. but to save It," He went about
doing good.
This being Christ's mission, and we
being Christs own redeemed children,
His mission should be our mission,
| We read. THE common people heard
| Him glndly The multitudes thronged
Him and trod. one upon the other, in
the press, and Jesus had compassion
upon them, for they were as sheep
without a shepherd. and fed them. He
| touched the blind and they saw. He
| touched dumb lips and they spake,
| deaf ears and they hearc. He wept
with Mary and Martha. who mourned
brother dead. He spake and Larazus
came forth from the grave He cried
aloud and life once more kissed the
lips Of the rulers daughter. He touch
ed the bier OF the widow OF Main, and
the son lived again.
| Hark the glad sound. the Savior comes,
The Savior promised long;
Let every heart prepare a throne,
| And every voice song.
on Him the Spirit, largely poured,
EXerts his sacred fire;
Wisdom and might, and zeal and love
His holy breast inspire.
| He comes. the prisoners to release,
| In Satan's bondage held