The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-29

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About Christ as a village iad Do aud
about Nazareth We have nothing in The
canonical booEs ana yct % is aa a boy
that We must conrldCr hln There ia.
Cor the most part. lllelce more than
eighteen centuries long about Christ
between infancy and manhood VIA,
kind OF a boy was ho7 was BE- 6cnu-
lno boy 90 an or ana there settle upon
him from the yorJ start ail iho in.cn-
sit'vos % mlriyriomg We have on
this subject only a liit'e guessing a
few snrmiscs. and here and there an
unlmportant perhaps" Yet. by three
conlolnod evidences. / think We can
coma 70 90 accurate an idea Of what
Christ vas az boy o. ne can OF
what Christ was rs q man. First. We
have the brief Bible account. then We
have the prolonged account Of what
Christ vas al thlrty-three years Of age,
Nov you have only 20 mlnify that ae-
count somewhat and you ind what he
waa a ten ycas OF axe. Temperament
never change. A sanguinc tempera-
meni never becomes a phlegmatio tenn
permanent a nervous temperament
never becomes Emphatic tempcra-
menL Religion changes ones aaec-
lions and ambitions. but u Is the same
old temperament acting In a different
direction. As Christ had no religious
change. be was as a lad what De was
a. man only on no, so large a scale
When an trad ton and an ari and an
history represent him a. a blond with
golden hair. I know be Was Ia boy
hood a blond His boyhood vas passed
among grand scenery. as most an the
great natures have passed early life.
|, among the mountainA They may live
nov on the fats. but they passed the
receptive days OF ladhood among the
hllls. Our Lords boyhood was passed
IN nelghborhooa twelve hundred feet
above the level OF the sea. and sur
rounded BY mountains Eve Of six hun
dred feet stiil higher. Before Il could
shine on the village where this boy
silent the sun had 10 climb far enough
up 10 look over the hills that held their
heads far aioft From yonder height
bis eye az on, scope took IN the mighty
sweep Of the valleys. and with another
sweep took IN the Mediterranean Sea.
and you hear 'he grandeur Of the ellis
and the surge % the great waters In
hla matches CHRONOLOGY one day I
see that divine boy. the Wind aurrylng
his hair ovCs MS sun-hroWncd fore
head. standing on a hilltop. looking
on upon Lake Liberals. on which az
one time. according 20 nroiano history.
were four thousand ships Authors
have taken palms 20 say that Christ was
not affected by these surroundings. and
that he from within lived outward
and iadcpondcni oi civumfianccr So
far from ihai helnr true. hc was the
most sensitive being ihs, ever walked
the earth. and % pllo Inyalld's finger
could not touch his robe w.thou,
sirengih golng out of him these noun.
taiaa aGd seas could not have touched
hla eve without irndlauns hls entire
nature with Their magnlaccncc. war
rant that De had mounted and explored
an the fifteen hlla around Nazareth
emong them Hernon. with So crystal
coronei Of perpetual snow. and Carmel
and Tabor, and Gllhoa. and they al
had their sublime echo IN after time
from the Ollyeiic pulpit Many hav,
cried out In admiration OF Christ
"Ecce homo C'nchold the mansD
"Ecce Deusr cBehold the Godr1. hul
close this paragraph by writing Zee,
adoleicensT ('nehold the boyr0.