Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-03-26
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ihi> Is what strikes me most. 7 have
OFTEN thought Of it. This it is which
| proves TO me quite convinc,ngly the
divinity of Jesus Christ.
l 40 not Introduce this testimonv
shere because l deem it necessary RI
prove the exalted character. and the
DIVINITY of our Lord, but for the pur.
pose OF showing In what estimation h4
Is held 10y the scholarly and the great
even among those who do not call him
LORD, ana thus giving additional EN-
| phasls to the vast volume of testimony
mat Is before the world today gathered
from his devoted followers of every race
ana of every land beneath the sun,
II Is nue that many have expressed
| surprise that such a character >hould
nave been rejected by his own nation
| an" some have pretended to find i'm
that Tact some ground for rejecting him
now, but n little reflection ought to
convince the candid mind that, viewed
| III the light of the worlds history, such
conclusion is untenable, for IL has
oeet the way with men often to reject
the nobest aud best.
Blinded by their prejudices. and
stuhg 10y the refusal OF the Nazarene To
accept the crown and assist his people
M throwing Off the Roman yoke, they
killed him.
In the words Of another:
They Knew not that that hungered
man owned all the olive gardens and
all the harvests that shook their gold
on the hills of Palestine,
Ihey knew not that the worlds that
lighted up the eastern night were only
the gllttering belt with which he clasp.
ed the robes of his glory.
They knew not that the ocean Law in
the palm of his hand like dew -dr,p
in the vase of a lily.
They knew not that all the splendors
OF the MONDAY were only the shadow
of his throne.
lhev knew not that suns, and
moons, and stars ana galaxies, march
ing on for ages in cohorts of light. AS
COMPARED with Christ's lifetime, were
less than the sparkle of Il fire fiy on a
summers night.
Omnipotence sheathed in human form.
Omn'science hidden i'll human eye.
INFINITE love concealed in human heart
Eternal harinonies subdued into human voice
Honor cloaked in shame
The royalty of heaven passing in earthly dis
glise,"
Many of the greatest infidels of
modern times have honestly admitted
the purity, greatness, and the wisdom
of Christ, while at the same time DENY.
ing his divinity, aud rejecting him as
the savior Of the world
Even the notorious Thomas Paine
said: Jesus Christ was virtuOus and
an amiable man"
But such AN admission eXplodes the
very foundations of infidelity, for such
character would not lie. He could
not knowingly deceive the people, and
he could n OF be self.deceived in those
things concerning which he made such
emphatic declarations, and gave such
positive pledges to his people.
Hear him: "For God so loved the
world, that be gave his only begotten
Son, that whOsoever believeth in him
should not perish but have everlasting
life"
II am come to seek and to save that
which is LOST
~ am the way the truth and the
lite."
''Come unto me, all We that labor and
are heavy laden, and | will give you
rest
Him that cometh unto me, | will
IN nowise cast OUT
an my Fathers house, are many
mansions; if it were not so, l would
have told you go to prepare u place
for you. And ii | go and prepare
place for you, | win come again, and
receive you unto Qyself; that where I
am, there We may he also"
"All power is given unto me, in
heaven andIn earth"
"And 10, I ain with you Away, even
unto the end of the world
Now if Spinoza's estimate of Christ
be correct, that: "He Is the truest
symbol of heavenly WISDOM" and If it
be true, as Strauss says, that:
- lie is@Ythe highest model of
religion within the reach of our thought
then surely the wor DIS of Christ
which | have quoted constitute an i'm.
foundation upon which to rest
our faith, for it is unthinkable that the
most exalted character the world has
ever seen, should be also the greatest
inipostOr.
From this point the way Is Gear.
Above us is cloudless sky; beneath
our feet we feel the solid ground; before |
u. is II plain straight road.
Therefore the devout followers OIL
Jesus Christ may fling their doubts to
thP W1nuS, AS lneF Siauly respond 10
the invitation of the Master: Come |
unto me- and march forward with
songs of rejoicing toword the "city |
which hath foundations, whose builder
and maker is God
Every true follower of Jesus Christ is
sure of a happy future. We may not
know much about the furnishing OF
the beautiful mansion that our LORD |
has prepared for us, but we know that
he has prepared it, and we know that
he will come and personally conduct |
us to it, for he has solemniy pledged |
himself to do SO, and what the Christ
has promised, omnipotence will per-
form.
eve know not what we shall be,"
says J ohm, "hut we know that when |
he shall appear, we shall he like him,
for we shall see him as he is"
There is much that we would like to
know, for as the human soul is consti- |
tuted, it would be strange If, even when |
facing eternity, it did not stand with "a
question on its lips.
h. hat Il