The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-04
mOis a prodigy. l know men and l toll
you that Jesus Christ ia not a more man.


diyinOst symbol! Higher has tho hui
man thought not ropched-a Gymbol o.
perennial ininitO ~charactorP
1.-THE gifted Lord Byron, scamp and
rake that he was, GontssSss III ever man
was God aud God was man, jesus
"Ihos %S' words of Charles Dick,
ems are the verdict OF his
heart. 4 commit my soul to the mercy
oil God, through our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, and / exhort my dear
children humbly to guide themselves
by the teachings Of tho New Tella'
ment, "lha list Of famous namOa with
their quotations might DO multiplied q
hundrediold OF those who have boon
considered sksptiG or unorthOdoN. To
these we might add the glowing TIT
bu,es OF millions Of those who have t0lt
and known the tender compassion OF
JNsuS and tho power Of His love and
lie, They are tho universal testimony
Of the consciances OF men to tho truth.
They are the testimonies that must and
will find expression, They arc the
hUnest judgment Of PLATE over again In
his verdict OF Christ when he said, u
lind no fault in Him at all
"But the verdict OF Plate is not only
that OF the generations past, but 1t Ia
also the testimony OF our own hearts,
Candor aud honesty with our hetter
selves, from the simple narrative OF the
gpSpel-protound In Its very simplicity,
We cannot but rHiterate the verdict oil
nflaNn What = liz ~ nnHiNv UOnlnnaa
Roblsness, selt.Sacriacing love and help.
lesaness aud devotion to tho interestso OF
humanity! What teachings foil from
liis sacred lips OF larger lie and spe'
Cially those two guiding features in tue
|ialhsrhood OF God and universal
brotherhood with the great lifo.motor
love to bind them all together. He was
A revelation Of tue God-heRrt to man.
"What a death he died. It was the
greatest tragedy this world ever saw.
We mead not try to and out the divine
GounsOls or just why or how Christ
died. But the glorious fact still re-
mains that He lived and died for man
that man might DO r%econciled with God
and freely Rccep. salvation with ito
moro abundant life and glory.
"When we look at all these things
with tho eyes OF sound. sane, healthy
men, taking the larger view Of lie aud
privilege, we cannot help repeating tho
verdict OF plato. Il find in Him ne fault
Ut ALL and add TO il tho verdict Of
Centurion aud cry with him, Surely
THU was tho Son OF God oh, tho
cruelty OF undermining tho 'founda.
tions OF faith 10 which the heart OF
man so earnestly and truly lie lsd.
"Now, II tho simple record OF tho
gospels, the testimony OF tbs genera
tons aud our own hearts reveal Christ
as the revelation OF God TO man. what
ought we to do with Him and what
ought our attitude toward Him boz
A MArrEs FoR THOUGHT.
Common sense, honest reason, bsat
judgment, our best interests and vel.
fare call Tor a careful and honest uluGy
Of this question. Christ is to-day, this
yory hour, in tho hall OF Judgment. On
one eide cold, calculating judge. on the
other Plate, aud Jesus is surrounded
BY those who would dsthrone aud
cruelty Him airo4h. That face oil Jesus
still bears its look Of infinite love and
pity, itB shade OF sorrow and grief, aud
lie ansWers nothing TO tbs railing ac'
cusations brought against Him. II lie
would say u word It would be, For tho
very worka' Iaku. believe me-,
''Iis glorious life was a bitter sting TO
the selfah, worId.lovinG pharisees. The
man and Selt.pleaier took the small
Wow Of life, iooused all upon his per.
sonRl gain and Savn Up the Christ.
Whata an opportunity that was for him
10 vindicAte his views OF righteousness
and justice.
THAT great scen0 Of Munkatschy's
Christ before PLATE is being re.enac,ed
Ia this city at this worry hour, and is
none the loss real because spiritually
enacted. Each Of no becomes q judge.
What think ye OF Christ? In our lower
baser selvesis an angry crowd OF base do
siros, selfish ambitions, ~Gowardly sug'
reslionS and manly hOiitations. sha.
thcy conquer or will you prove yourself
atruo man and a true woman? ask
Won In Gnd'A name. Pilates question,
what will 20 do with this Jesus, which
10 called Chri.t2' However much We
may dislike y, We must moot this issue,
Tho future ia AZ real Us the now aud
that future most certainly hinges on
the preIont. There arc bu. two things
that we car do with Christ-crown Him
or cruelty Him. Wo either accept or
reject Him, and to reject Him is to bo
ten thousand times worse than they
who would cruelty Him thon attor q
verdict such as was given.
"fn justice to the love Of Christ aud
In Justice to humanity. and in justice
to Yourself, ihore il only n thing that
may DO done, and that is to fully and
Internationally accept Christ as your
Savior and Master. / ask you not to
accept a church or creed, but receive
the Lord Jesus as your friend, upholdCr,
redoemor, Savior. Then a now mean.
lug aud powor will DO given your life,
and you will DO purcr. better, Lrucr,
and noblor and tho eternal grind Of life
will DO turned to an eternal Joy"
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