Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-02-24

ness and mercy CT God towards His
fallen creatures.
The Scriptural biography of Christ
is therefore not only equal but superior
TO any other historical record, in evei-
dental value And now, who is the
Christ of the Gospels? He is the Eter-
nal son CT the Eternal Father, pro-
claiming Himself 10 be God, speaking
with the supreme authority OF God, acl-
ing with the Omnipotent power OF God.
STUDY THE BiBLE.
You have read many a time your
family Bible 1 have no doubt. Read
it again, every day, and be more and
more convinced, hIst, that Christ most
explicitly proclaimed His divinity, en-
phatically declaring His pre-existence,
Before Abraham was, l am; bearing
testimony to his divine origin, in the
bosom oil the Father, before the crea-
ton of the world; tesJifying TO his
community of essence with the Father
in very plain words, 4 and the Father
are one approving Peter who told
him: thou art the Son OF God; calmly
but firmly replying, Yes, l am, to
the High Priest who asked him if he
was really the son Of God; challenging
the Jews who took up stones TO cast
at him, TO believe his words, if they
would not believe his words; positively
announcing before the High Priest his
future advent On the clouds of heaven,
as the Supreme Judge OF the world.
Read the Gospels, and you will be con-
WINGED, second, that Christ spoke with
the absolute authority of God, pro-
claiming a moral law in his own name,
as The Supreme Legislator Of the world;
imposing his religion, not by way OF
argument or discussion, but by way OF
his own command; matchmaking the
pharisees with the full authority OF
sovereign Judge; foretelling, through
his omniscience, the downfall OF Jeru-
salem, the ruin of the Temple, his
passion. his death and his resurrec-
ton three days after; promising saliva
ton TO Zacheus and to the penitent
thief as one holding the key OF heaven;
f0rgiving sins in his own name, as the
God whom the sinners had offended.
Read the Gospels, and you will be con-
WINGED. third. that Christ displayed the
omnipOtent power of God. In the be-
ginning. God created the universe by
his word: BE light made. And the
light was made" Such was the word
of Christ. He spoke, and nature obey
ed him. He spoke, and the laws OF
nature were suspended. He spoke,
and the substances were transformed
or drawn out of nOthingness. He
spoke. and incurable diseases were
healed. He spoke, and the power Of
death restored it's victims. He spoke.
and the devils themselves were forced
to obey his command. By his word,
he stilled the storm, forced the water
to bear his weight, and wlthered tlg
tree. BY his word, he changed water
into wine. created bread to feed five
thousand people and created piece of
money to pay the didrachma. BY his
word. he gave sight to the blind. loos-
ened the tongue of the dumb, opened
the ears of the deaf, made the lame
walk. straightened up the cripple, made
the lepers clean, and healed all kinds
of infrmities. BY his word, he sum-
moned back the departed souls OF the
widows son, of the daughter Of
Jairus. and of Lazarus, and they rose
from their coffin to glOrify him. BY
his word. he commanded the devils to
90 out OF the unfortunate who were in
their clutch, and the devils had to
quit.
When he healed the sick, raised the
dead or commanded the evil spirits,
he never appealed to superior prin-
ciple whence he would devine his pow
er. He always spoke in his own name.
His word was the word of God.
He died at his own hour for our re-
demption: he rose on the third day,
and. before going back to heaven, an
nounced his future coming as our judge.
He is the God of heaven, the God of
the earth. the Gcd OF the universe.
| He is our God.