The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1896-06-13

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20 friends. be men, deep treasure in you'll
hearts
An honest shame. and, fighting bravely, fear
Each to incurred the censure of the rest.
OF men so minded more survive than die.
While dastards forfeit life and glory BOTH"
Jesus notes the same common fact
and locks it up in Hebrew paradox
with his knowledge of the souls sur
vival of the body, and the superlative
value of righteousness,-truths that
made death boon to the martyr, or
as the devout Hebrew would call it,
"a kiss of Cod" No, we cannot think
that Jesus drew his Homeric thought
from Homer, the thought that he
clasped with truth divine in, HE that
! findeth his life shall loose it, and he
that looseth his life for my sake, shall
find it.
Nor, to come little closer, can we
think he had read the Odyssey and
got hint from it where Minerva in
instructs young Telemachus how to
accost the sage he may meet on his
journey:
search for some thoughts thy own suggesting
| mind
| Others dictated by the heavenly power.
Shall rise spontaneous in the needful hour"
1t would be absurd to say that he
must have had this in mind when he
tells his disciples, before he sends
them out to preach, that they will be
arrested and brought before magis-
! trates for trial; but not to fear, or
premeditate what they shall answer,
for words shall be given them by
their heavenly Father in the hour; or,
when he replied to Peters confession
of his messiahship, "Flesh and blood
hath not revealed this unto thee, but
my Father who is in heaven"
And yet, | repeat, there was no
common character shown by the Mas
ter, if, finding an old form of truth,
dry and dead, in the minds of his
hearers, he raised it from the dead
by the might of his own spirit and set
it shining in the heavens.
But what was his answer to the
critics of his time when they asked
chow knoweth this man letters having
never learned?" He was a graduate
OF none of their schools, belonged to
none of their parties, cited none of
their authorities, save the familiar
book on whose word interpreted by
their schools, they learned, and cited
this often as critic. Sitting in judg-
ment over them all he taught as one
having authority in himself and not
as the scribes resting on the author
| ity of others. What did he say to
these learned, and really perplexed,
fellow countrymen, when they asked
for his credentials of authority, and
source of power and thoughts
| marvel at his answers, at his
faith in the trustworthiness of his
own mind, the fullness of his con-
seriousness of indwelling power, his
separateness and independence of all
human institutions so sharply con-
trasting with his modesty, self-ab-
negation, and sublime humility. my
doctrine is not mine,' he says, "but
his that sent me. If any man will do
my will he shall know of the doc
trine whether it be of God, or whether
| speak of myself" And again, MY
Father worketh hitherto, and | work.
The son can do nothing of himself,
but what he seeth the Father do; for
whatsoever things he doeth these also
doeth the son likewise. |
can of mine own self do nothing, as
| hear | Judge. 1t | bear
witness of myself my witness is not
true. | am come in my
Fathers name, and ye receive me not;
if another shall come in his own
name, him will ye receive. How can
We believe who receive honor one of
another, and seek the honor that
cometh from God only9 Be,
lievest thou not that | am in the
Father, and the Father in me-? The
words that | speak unto you l speak
not of myself, but the Father that
dwelleth in me he doeth his works.
Believe me that l am in the Father
and the Father in me; or else believe
me for the very works sake He that
belieyeth on me the works that do
shall he do also; and greater works
than these shall he do, because | go
unto the Father"
Strong, bold words these, indica-
ting some open way between the
Father spirit and his consecrated
child; some other way of speech than
through bodily ear, some direct way
of reaching the conscious mind other
than by air waves of ordinary hear
| -; MD he know a WaV but nartlv