The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-08

empu0n from one habit or one vice, nut
what man ever stood forth a new crea-
ture free from all vice and helpful 20 his
fellow man without Chist. Huxley utter
cd the despair Of the agnostic when ne
said. With The increase Of prosperity
comes an increase u squalor. poverty
and crime and a widening OF the diner
ence between different classes. anc un-
less this state of things can be bettered
and ! see no hope OF its betterment@l
should welcome the advent Of a friendly
comet which would sweep the whole
planet out Of existence
But there once trod this earth a per
feet human being who h. the head and
the hope of humanity, In whom all
things consist and through whom these
differing classes will some day all come
into unity. In tina being God revealed
Himself. Men are looking for God in
places wher lie does not pretend 10 re-
veal Himself. Physical nature Conceals
more than II reveals God. God never
said Let us make the sun or the sea in
our image, The sun has no affection,
Z no strength Of viii, No intellect. n man
is a far better revelation of God Than
sun or sky or sea. Therefore. don't look
for God in physical hut in human ma
ture. The nohlest thing we have on
this earth II man. In the power OF MS
affection. in the l8ftln-ss Of his aim, no.
bility Of his purpose. When you begin
10 search YOU will find an Incarnation
+ Of God in this man and that women, this
hero. this missionary. his mother. this
B saint. until you are brought step by step
up 10 the fullncss Of the revelation Of
I God Himself in Jesus Christ. No man
believes in any more Of God than can
be seen in humanity. Some men have
been won TO faith In Christ by their
wives and when you come to study into
4 their character you will find that these
wives have become partakers Of the
Divine nature by being filed by His
spirit: that all their graces came from
Christ.
"Now we are brought up to Jesus ~
Nazareth. so perfect a character that
His enemies bore witness 10 II. lie SAID
of Himself: Satan cometh and ind
eth nothing I'm me- and TO the Phari-
sees. Which Of you convicteth me OF
sin?' The Judge who condemned Him
said. I find no evil in this man.. and
the Roman soldier who cruciied Him
said. Surely this was the Son of God.
Now think for a moment of the per-
feet humanity Of Jesus. If he had lack
ed a single human attribute. affection,
power to dare or power to suffer, He
would not have been a perfect man and
we would reject Him as the vehicle Of
Gods revelation. Did he lack In sym
pathy? See His gentle hand laid on ne
head Of the little children, of the leper,
Of the deaf. the dumb. the halt, the
lame and the blind. See Him stay the
funeral procession and heal the widows
broken heart by restoring her son to
life. Was He lacking in courage when
His followers saw Him going up To
Jerusalem after He Himself had said,
TIL son Of man goes up TO be betray-
ed'7
There was something SO GodliSe in
MS intrepid courage that they were
aved by his movements. Every human
reflection crowned his charact w. Gtl
could not reveal himself 10 you m i'm
perfect type. Therefore. VIII sn he
walked this earth the every h'aN,Ls
/, were rifted and faith said, m. Is ny
beloved SON.
Every age tina has succeeded Him
p has tried TO depict as well as TO emu
late Him. Artist, sculptor, author and
singer nave spent their highest talent
! In vieinE with zach other to describe
I Jesus Of Nazareth. He represents the
gentleness OF woman and the manli-
ness Of man. When humanity is weak
Il calls out TO Him, other refuge have
I none. hangs my helpless soul on
Thee When II is needed. IL sings.
Thou, O Christ, art all | want When
adrlft, My faith looks mp to Thee He
is the summit Of all hope, the goal of all
aspiration. Christ's life IL Gods life
in terms OF humanity. The highest.
hottest manhood Is divine. This perfect
man tells us that He and the Father
are one. That He could do nothing OK
cept that the Father sent him. He was
always talking TO us about His Father
n to His Father about us, that we
also might be one with the Father.
Soon the heavens were opened again,
this time to receive Him to the Faith
er's bosom. Angels and a~rchanGcls few
10 meet Him, crying, Lift up your
heads, oh We gales, II be We lifted
up, We everlasting hills and the king
Of glory shall come in
From the b~attlements OF heaven
comes the answering call of the cherub
I'm Who Is the King OF Glory and the
heavens re-echoed to the song, The
Lord Of Hosts Then II was that the
captain of our salvation entered the
courts Of heaven and became the hrst
fruits Of those who sleep. And We.
casting faiths anchor. became hopeful
through Him: looking 10 Him We ar
strong. learning Of Him hard hearts he
come gentle and faithless ones faith
full. That anchor holds. In Him 'tu-
manity Is strong 10 resist the tempter
and 10 achieve hirh ends. The captain
Of our salvation has himself stood uH
the lonely vidette and lie cries To Ne
from heavens high battlemcnts BE =
, good cheer, 7 have overcome the world.
All power is given unto me in heaven
and I'm earth. and he hat overcometh
shall sit down with Me on My throne,
az | have overcome n am set down on
Ny Fathers throne
"Oh. how sweet to think OF our Lord
in heaven bearing a human body, a
risen and glorious body such a. We
- ourselves shall wear. and representing
us on the throne Of God. Back 10
Christ Is the frequent cry Of the clos
I ing years of the 10th century. h u Christ
Z is not back in the dark ages. on "a
4 christ is the better ~watchword. Christ
J is I'm the van Of human progress. III
\ Is in the thick Of the combat FOR human
I liberty and human honor and human
{ purity. Wherever there is human toll
= suffering and aspiration. there is
, Christ. Christ the comforter. the
3 brother. the leader. Under his guild,
& ance We have left far behind savarery
3 ignorance, superstition and oppression
y Whit nation now MnmLl ancnnL a mnn-