The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-05

nouncen.ent aud the pastor OF uhe chuict
introduced Or. James Atkins OF NashVliie'
Tenn. ile Is iurtie. known as ah e'ito'
oI Sunday school literature, and is u mar
of distingulshed and scholarly abihtIes a.
was may manifested by his splenild ei-
fLrt lie ul0h has text from Jonn yl.ib
"lhe officers answered., never man spdN
like tbs man.
The basis of the sermon was the ms
tudcaI incident as recorded IN the atoNp
chAptar, where tho Phar sees endcaVoieu
TO send BODY Of officers to take ON
In charge for some presumed complain.
agaiingl His teachings, bur he oihcels, ar
tsr falMng in tGer MISSION, reJuIhei, anu
losl IN amaGement at the things they ma.
hoard reported To their super.oFs in tnt
words of the text. The points mace wer,
clear and well rounded, AMI spoken in
voice strong and perfect IN enunciatloh
lne minister said in substance:
Now. my friends-icr ! trust we are
all frlends--we miss much If we ran ie
coneiosr Christ as a teacher. Never han
men been grouped about one man a
teacher and hung about him 10 eaten th'
gracious words that came from his moutt
asi they d.d Christ on this and other oech
sIons. They saw in Him q power sfaciou'
and majestic, md q perSuaslvehoss a.
teacher as was never seen before Ineu
are two qualities in our Savior to which
we must give attention He was telchei
of the lnimltah,e kind. the divine son o.
God. II is rot satisfactory 10 doal WNh
Him as divine teacher and 10 hnd no. ~
ina, unique N Him lie mas qnail'ies
which separate Him from all others, Suci
mon or. Plato Aristotle. Cicero anu Fran
as Bacon have heel measured apart from
other terchers owing 10 the.r unique uoc'
trines. but Christ being divine as Wen "
n man possessed qualities ana degrees OF
magnitude over them all. He was me
btoa.est an1 Hottest teacher the wofio
hiss ever seen, but beyond this there IS
something that lifts Him above all 9TH
oia. Beng divine. He used the inductiv'
MS well as the deducliye methods ia iils
teachings. The greatest OF all lhductiN'
philosophers is Bacon. ana he said tha'
n.eA have undertaken the use of the snduc
tive method irs eah of the heinctive, one
method being within the reach Of human
reason while the other In It's perfection Is
divine,
Teach your child all YOU may from
books and give | i'm the theories of right
doing. but II viii be of little avail unless
he has discipline associated with 1t. II Is
always TO the man who has undergone aus
cipllne that we 90 when we want the True
man. and not the man solely Oh theory
/ would uoi give q red cent for any theory
/ possess. or 81 Others, II not consecratcd
hv diyinc example and sanction.
| '"Therr cane to cur Savior cases OF
| social kind, and among the questions was,
| III man marrles several timcS, whlch
| VIII be HIS WIG AT ine NesulTeCtluH. III
| reply He told Hts ques.iopers, YOU know
| not what yon talk Of. for In the resurree-
| ton they reither marry or are given Ia
marriage. but are all tho angels of God.
again question Was put TO Him 10
! try Film as teacher by two parties d.
rectly In opposltion--the Herodites on one
| Side and Scribes and Ptarisecs on the
ether, Is II lawful 10 pay tribute TO Gaze
sar?' they asked Him. Tley handed Him
penny aud He replied, Renter there
4 fore unto Caesar the things that are Gaze
sar's.' and in saylng this He said that
there Is no conflict between universal
! principle of political economy. He thereby
! rose at once as emsnertly the superior Of
His wise questioners. Such political
economy from that day 10 this IL stamped
hv the moral impress OF the man who
/ uses II. He allowed the great Caesar TO
have the tribute money as a necessary
means to ruin his government.
"We and aOthlng To draw from his tn