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since become the resting place OF the
song birds of human life and joy
return and say TO 1.-The man Christ
Jesus" IF thou be the Son OF COD,
the Savior of the world, there must be
no hesitancy in thy speech, no mistakes
in thy answers" l hear him asked,
who is the greatest in the Kingdom
of Heaven" Listen TO that marvel
Gus answer: And Jesus called little
child unto him and set him in the midst
of them, and said, Verify [ say unto
you. except We be converted and become
as little children, We shall not enter
into the Kingdom of Heaven" 1 look
into the face of a pure, innocent, un-
contaminated child, and l say TO my
self. IF there be any place or condition
where all is pure and innocent, then
childhood may well be it's type" | beg
you to notice that there is wide uni
verse between childlikeness and child
ishness. They are at the opposite poles
of thought. Everything great and true
is in it's last analysis simplicity itself.
One OF the marks of great intellectual
power is the ability TO make that which
is seemingly complex appear simple, as
witness the power of Gladstone. Mark
also this mans answer to that question
about woman who had been the wife
OF seven men. This question was the
stock in trade OF the willy theologians
of the Sadducees: eye do err, not know
ing the scriptures nor the power of
God. For in the resurrection they nei-
ther marry nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in Hea-
ven" And those men grown gray in
the study of their scriptures were made
hot hob %hCI
hands of this Galilean peasant.
/ would remind you that if ''the man
Christ Jesus be not the "Son of God,
the Savior of the world, +" then he was
nothing but an i1literate, untaught poor
carpenter from miserable little village
in Galilee. "A river rises no higher
than it's source" and "out of nothing
nothing comes are trite sayings very
applicable here. For the greatest diff
f1culty is by no means on the side of
Christianity. In vain will you seek 20
account for the life, words and ever in
creasing influence of Christ Jesus ex-
cept in the one way, that he was what
he claimed for himself the Son of God.
Il and my Father are one" You can
not patroniZe Jesus Christ. And Chris |
tianity rejects with scorn the statement
that he was only good man." He |
claimed to be God. His disciples and |
immediate followers boldly asserted the |
same. If he were not God, then L I'M |
hesitatingly say he was the vilest of |
men, the greatest impostor that ever /
drew breath. by their fruits We shall |
know them" was Christ's own test of |
all things, and we glory and rejoice in
having the man Christ Jesus judged |
by his fruits" l shall apply two more
tests and then conclude. 1 do so be-
cause they are of a nature that will ex-
pose any weakness in his answers.
say to this "Redeemer,' God with u.s."
II am, a sinner; 1 am conscious of the
presence within of this dreadful mala-
dy, sin; in vain 1 struggle to get rid of
it; am conscious that it is killing me-
What will he say? Will he, like the |
quack theologians of earth, tell me, Go |
and hide yourself in a cave and con-
template" Cover over your corruption
with nice moral veneering," Or do as
the poor materialist does, wiring your
hands in anguish and bemoan your sad
fate? Had he given me any such an
swer / would have no doubt about his
claim" Impostor" would have been
written all over it. Listen sin cursed,
life-weary man, to the Incompatible an
swer: Eye must be born again New
life, new vitality, a new being born
from above, born of God" But whose
the life, oh Christ? Mine" Whose
ever shall confess that Jesus Is the Son
of God, God dwelleth in him, aud he is
Go6.'' IF We abide in me and my words
abide in you" Instinctively | know this
is the only way-the right answer-for
in myself I find constant failure. Who
shall lift me above my meaner MS lure
hTIt foT. haT oh I
What is the principle of this new life, |
thou Master of men? What the ener-
giving source of this new vitality? And
the sublime answer is, 'Love"-Go1-
born, Aforementioned love, the purest,
noblest flower of earth. Before the
man Christ Jesus / am prepared to
bow, and with all my iife's homage say:
My Lord and my God" If love be not
as the touch of his garment, what will
life be when 'of his fullness have we all
received and grace for grace?" I come
to him and say: Master, pardon me,
and 1 will ask but this once more Thou
hast told us that 1T is expedient for
you that go away and am weak and
fearful lest in the darkness of earth I
lose my new found life I listen and
there comes to my heart that blessed
assurance: 10 1 am with you Away
even unto the end of the world" II
viii pray the father and he shall give
you another comforter, that he may
abide with you forever" I say to him:
Those are grand promises, oh Christ,
but have they ever been tested and
tried since thou didst send the Holy
Spirit, the Comforter? What is the
history of my Church? How readest
thou?" And I look back and 1 see
twelve ignorant fishermen, clothed with
this power of the spirit of 1.-The man
Jesus Christ" going forth undaunted to
win the world for their Master. Hav-
ing as their standard a shameful cross.
as their God a crucified Nazarine. as
their weapons the simple story Of his
his life, death and resurrec-
ton, and I find in the golden age of