The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-12-26

tnlnS more than wonder. It Is q fact
which is as clearly substantiated a:
any in the history OF God or man
Angels and men. friends and enemies
the good and the bad. all unite In bear.
ing testimony to the birth OF Jesu.
Christ OF the Virgin Mary, and In Beth.
glehem Of Judea. And that Christ Is
God even the world not let full. Hu.
mainly would enshrine It; we would
dream 1t; we would wake to believe It
we would follow 1t wherever 1t should
lead US. II Z; Is
The Lords Divinity.
4. Prophecy is not less tenacious Of this
fact. and certainly It ought to. convince
any reasonable person OF the truth MOI
only OF the Humanity. but also Of thu
Divinity Of our Lord. Take 1t an
read for yourselt,and II you want to bt
convinced. you vii, be. Go back to tn.
time when man lost the image OF His
Maker. and you will read the FIRST
prophecy Of mans restoration THE
seed Of the woman shall brulse the ser.
pent's head."That is to say one Of Ewes
descendants was to arise who should
destroy the power and dominion which
Satan had gained over the human race
Jacob one OF the patriarchs. predicted
that the ,sceptre shall not depart from
Judah, nor the lawgiver from between
his feet until Shiloh come: and unto
Him shall the gathering OF the people
be-" Moses said. THE Lord thy God VIII
raise up unto thee. prophet like unto
me; In Him shall ye trust"
Malachi, the prophet, who wrote the
last book In the Old Testament, said:
But thou. Bethlehem! Ephrata-though
thou bellttle among the thousands of Ju.
dab, yet out OF thee come forth Him
that Is to be Ruler In Israel" In every
particular all these prophecies have
been fulfilled. The time and place OF
His birth and the manner OF its ac.
complishment have been plainly re.
Yealed When the fullness Of time came
Jesus Christ was born Of the Virgin
Mary In the little town Of Bethlehem.
according to the scriptures, and the
sceptre departed from Judah, and He
has become the spiritual Lawgiver and
Ruler of all the Israel Of God, and unto
Him have gathered a great company Of
people in all lands and among all ma
tons. Like Gods rainbow these prom
lses and predictions have been fulfilled
these promises OF u rcdemeer were
ever seen shining bright amidst the
gloom and darkness, the ignorance and
superstition. the sin and misery Of q
fallen world, with one end resting over
Eden and the other over Bethlehem;
the one pointing to the fall and the
other to the rescue OF our race.
And US we read and see the fulfill
ment we can but exclaim, Thou are
the Son OF God; thou art The King OF
Israeli"
Human and Divine.
And now In addition to the testimony
Of men and angels, Jesus Christ Him
self claimed to be both Human, as well
as Divine. He speaks Of Himself as
being "the Son Of Man" over. sixty
times. and over fifty times He calls
God His Father and as though He
would teach still more plainly His
equality with God. He distinctly de-
clared. ~ am in the Father, and the
Father In Me. He that hath seen Me,
hath seen the Father" II and Ny
Father are one"
All this would have been nothing
short OF blasphemy IL He had not
proved His claim by His ability to work
miracles and SO He did work miracles
over and over again, and that, too, In
His own name and power. The dead
heard His call and came forth from the
grave. The wind and waves obeyed His
voice-the blind opened their eyes to
look upon Him-the lame leapcd for
Joy at His coming. And yet He slept,
He wept. He prayed and He hungered
as other men do. "He was tempted In
all points, as we are. yet without sin.
Surely this Is enough to s.nvlnce any
one that Jesus Is none other than the
Son Of God"
But these are not the only proofs OF
the reality OF our Lords Human and
Divine existence. The existence Of
Christianity in the world Is the most
saving fact that was ever made known
to man. Christianity Is not a phllos-
ophy concocted by clever brain. Chris
tlanity Is a Divine religion which
stands for Divine reality. No mere
myth or fiction could have created such
n benencent institution as this we call
Christianity. Something surely must
have happened to have developed so
great and blessed n power on earth.
We can account for Christianity only
on the ground that "the Word was made
flesh and dwelt among U.s."
Christmas.
II We could only realize more clearly
than We do the reality OF Incarnate
Truth am sure we would vie with
the angels In singing Gloria In E1-
celsis-" am afraid a great many do
not even try to realize the fact We
celebrate to-day; for It is no uncom-
mon to hear II said that Christmas Is
dlsappointing-a time when many run
Into undue festIvlty-a time when men
are tempted to pamper the flesh and
starve the spirit-n season when men
are led to forget that "the kingdom OF
God is not meat and drink. but Right
eousness and Peace and Joy in the
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