The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-09
INFLUENCE OF THE CHRIST
GROWS GREATER EACH DAY.
WONDERFUL Results in the Last Sew
eh's Years In I~nculcatfng Chri.-
uanify Are Pointed Out.

The Reverend Charles Sickle preached
Tssn n.Sh. at Markham Memorial Presbyte-
This Generation" The text Was 81 rom Sm1is SIN In
cations Xyii. "A; H is Lord of Lords and
N. MIb o. fahsso He said. in part:
world to-day is SO evident that he who de.
niles it must be either a fool or a knaVe
msn, Verg GATED letter. every legal docu-
any sisnihcance in the business or the so-
ciaI world bears testimony to Chrfst's birth,
a "I~orid-wide acknowledgment of his resur-
rection.
But there are weightier things than
these which indicate Christ's influence in
the world in this generation. Not only his
pifth ana his resurrection, but the interval
between influences the world to-day. Caesar
and Napoleon attracted the attention OF
their times. Socrates and Savonarola lived,
SO history says. But to-day they are sim
sally, nothing Is left of them that creates OBJ
legations here ana now.
but the lfe OF Jesus Christ survives.
Men cannot forget It,. 1t is still a pattern
and an inspiration. In his name is the
motto of the Christian world. We can for
get other great men and lose little in the
gel Jesus Christ? :There i is NO oG re sh 3 iGri
no philosophy that could take his place. Not
son. would suf1ce. His life has changed
and is changing the world. Infidels may
ans. but the life OF Jesus Christ has
stunned them from the First Century to the
twentieth.
Jesus Christ's authority as a teacher is
felt in the world to-day. When he was up
on the earth the people whom he addressed
remarked that he taught as one having au-
thoiity. That testimony is still heard even
in this generation. His message has never
grown Old. Indeed. the world has not yet
his marvellous words new truths flash out
of even his most familiar expressions. Christ
himself said: Heaven and earth shall pass
away. but my words shall not pass away
who tuInS to Socrates or Plato to settle
the moral or spiritual controversies of the
DAY? Is il not true that If there can be
Christ concerning any controversy the mat
ter is settled? Jesus Shrist's word is the
authority or his vIsdom-not even the men
who do not believe in him..
Jesus Christ's power survives in this
Twentieth century. He is the king of The
civilized weird to-day. Nearly 1900 years
ago Plate asked scornfuily: Art thou a
King them. To-Day there isn't a ruler in
swer for Christ: Yea. ne Is d King
~ any ruler in Europe or in the United
States shorld attempt deliberately to dis
honor Christ's rsme or prohibit his ser
vice. rebsi lion would be begun within an
hour. No legislator. no man of any au-
thority. would dare to put himself in open
hostility TO the rule of Christ.
Jesus ChriSt's religion influences the
world TO-DAY. II + known d;stinctively as
the civilized world. Mothers teach it to
their children. Strong men go out to fight
their battles. taking it as their shield. Every
assault upon il has been idle. The infldeis
of tie First Century are dead and forgot |
ten. The infdels of the Eighteenth Cen !
tury boosted that they would wipe it nom
century are still at it, But what does it
all mc;.e~2 II moves on with mysterious |
power. 50 that whatsoever falls upon it ia
broken. and on whomSoever II falls It grinds
him to powder.
no period of the world were there SO !
may Christians as now. The last seventy !