The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-12-26

& s.s s al-
words place the happiness OF life son a
wholly new basis. The evangeiic SUMO
ton manifests the tenderness OF Els
heart. Jesus Christ was tender towards
the fraternity of men with one another
whsA He gave His personal favor and
credit in return for good acts done unto
che another Whatsoever you shall do
to the least OF these, my brethren, you
will have done it unto Me- (Matthew.
xxv)
Jesus Christ was tender towards sin
ners. I am not come for those that ere
in health, but for those that are SICK
(Matthew, ix.) 'Zaccheus, hurry down,
for will dine with you today est.
Luke, XIX 'Magdalene, many are for
given thee, because thou hast loved
znuch.' duke, wiz AS no one cor
Gemns the woman guilty of adultery
neither does ne, but bids her go and sin
no more LJOnn, VII
"He washed the feet of His disciples,
lie prayed for His executioners from the
cross Of Calvary, Father, forgive them.
duke, XXviii.} Jesus Christ is all intel
iect and ali heart. Love and light doui-
nate His being. He would fold His arms
and press the whole race upon his bosom.
The will is the seat of ones determina-
tons. Jesus Christ desired to be &C.
knowledged as God, loved, served and
adored as God. What design! I'm
agine if you can what all that means.
He willed all this. His will was deter
mined from first to last in spite of all
obstacles. This will was absolute and
certain of itself and by itself, and, there
fore, Jesus Christ employed no other
means.
Jesus is unique. He stands out in
history great personality proposing to
himself and publishing abroad certain
specific ends. He labors necessarily to
gain those ends, and after life struggle
He gains His ends by His will power,
standing by His declaration of His pur-
pose to the suffering of death itself. His
triumph will spring not from power and
the use Of the sword, but from crucifix-
ion. When / am risen again l will go
before you into Galilee. The cross will
be His standard. He leaves the conflr-
nation of His whole life to the test of
rising from the dead.
HE taught in sentences and parallels
without any particular order or apparent
skill, just as occasion offered, and with
out philosophic or scientific method
The instrument Of His success. was His
oznnipotent energy and will, His person.
ality. His word He gave to all as the
truth, the way and the life. He lived by
lt; He sowed it and the world lived by
it.. Jesus Christ was sincere because
He believed in Himself with absolute
certainty, and united chaste and loving
heart to Intelligence always sublime,
profound and clear. The charm of
Jesus Christ in the Gospel is that He is
seen from without wholly as He is.
Jesus Christ was sincere. He said He
was God; therefore He believed He was
God. But He could not believe this if
Ee was not Cod For no one can be de-
ceived as to the consciousness of ones
own personality without being beside
himself Now, Jesus Christs the whole
Gospel proves, was sincere and reason
able and not beside Himself, and there
fore, He was not deceived as to His per-
sonality. But He thought Himself God;
therefore, His thought is invested with
objective reality-He is God. From His
sincerity men have accepted His divine
personality in all ages. Such is the
Christ, Son of God, whom we all adore
at Christmastide With an earnestness
and tenderness which are too often alb
sent the rest of the year. Our whole
lives ought to be sweet season of
Christmas love and alteration, prepara-
ton for the Eternal Christmas above,
where Jesus reigns forever in glory.