The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-17
PHASES OF CHRlST'S CAREER.
He Came rs Prophet, a Priest and a
King to the World

The theme discussed by Rev. B. +. Nor
ris at the Christian church yesterday
morning was 1.-THE Three Phases of
Christs Career" He took as his text
Acts 3:22. For Moses truly said unto the
Fathers, prophet shall the Lord your
God raise unto you of your brethren like
unto Me: him shall We hear in all things
whatsoever he shall say unto YOU" and
said:
Christ came holding the relation of
prophet. priest and king; these three po-
sitions comprise all of the types of leaders
| in the Old Testament. The Old Testament
is type of the New, and in each are the
three departments: Firstly, prophetic;
secondly. priestly; thirdly. kingly.
THE Old Testament is the schoolmas-
ter that brings us up to Christ and fills
three typical designs. 1t reveals God to
man, reveals man to himself and is re-
former.
I'm the Old Testament the prophets
revealed truth, made known God S desires
and pleasure and revealed mems weak
ness to them that they might rally, re-
form and grow better These three ideas
answer even in our own day. Christ APP
pears for the same purpose. God does not
hate the human race for their shortcom-
ings but loves them, as the scriptures tes-
tify: For God SO loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son that whose
ever believed on Him should not perish,
but have everlasting life This shows His
love for all people, and Christ came to re-
veal that fact to mankind.
"A boy leaves home and is in danger of
becoming stepped in immortality and vice.
The father is anxious and is willing to
send the boy money with which to return
home. He gets no message, so he leaves
the boy to come to his senses. The boy
at last realizes that a pleasant home is
waiting for him, SO returns.
Christ came to reveal our future home
ana present happiness to us. He came to
reveal the perfect moral standing This
Christ reveals in the best form for man.
Christ has revealed all we shall know
of the Bible. If they add the proposed
book to the Bible 1t will not add to that
which We already know, but may throw
some additional light upon what we al
ready know. We should pay better atten-
tor to the Bible, for we gain no new re-
lgious thoughts without study. We must
learn and progress: we must go to the
fountain of life. light and liberty
Christ reveals man to himself. He came
as a reformer, to rouse to a sense of duty.
We must rally round the standard of NOR
atty. as He is anxious for us to observe
the laws and covenants.
I'VE also see Him as priest. He came
as a mediator between God and man; to
came as the atonement, or to make God
and man at-one-ment, or in unity. 1t was
to move the human race, as a lever, God
ward, that He came. When He was on the
cross the people Knocked but when He ex-
PRED their mockery changed to awe and
wonder, for He died for principle, and
showed His earnest devotion to duty.
Christ was a sacrifice, and for sacri-
ficp there must be an altar; the altar now
is the human heart, or mind. Christ came
to inspire confidence in God We must
have confidence, and if guilty must make
confession to God as the Israelites did to
the priests. Thus we see Him as a
priest, reconciling man to God.
'In His capacity of king God made laws.
AS in barbarous states the king takes the
lead in war, so Christ leads along the
straight and narrow way and Eliminates
the path. He dies for us and goes first to
Immortality, in which path we will fol-
low.
1--WE have a battle with temptations;
we will often feel discouraged and realize
that our strength is inadequate. Rest in
God and confess your faults. Ask God
for strength and inspiration and feel His
blessed presence driving Away our sor-
rows sins and troubles