Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19

Him. Weighed down by His griefs He ap.
peared to be fifty years old when he was put
little over thirty His psinfu, osa.n aeso
these impressions all recede TAR INTO the
background as we behold Jesus the man
going about doing good. Luke 3: IL, ID.
worms Of the dust over the Kindness OF
our deeds, and for ourselves may the sad
ness and the trials OF our life vanish before
the higher duties Of love to our felloWHen.
Mey da sn saS mans
fold question Is answered by three pas
sages of Scripture. III Cor. 8: 8; Phil 2:
5-11: Heb. 2: II, 10. And, finally. to sweeten
man Jesus. hear 1t said. We have an high
priest which can be touched with our In
firmities. for He was tempted In all things
like as we but remained without sin. Heb.
4: Is.
Biblical-.Junior Studies" by Mrs. D. B.
Thomas.
Christmas! What blessed. what q
happy day for the world! High and low.
to the other are rejoicing at this season
over the birth Of the Savior Of the world.
We cannot understand the strange birth OF
Christ. No one can. It was q miracle.
The greatest. grandest and most compre-
a man. to be the Savior Of the world.
Christ was divine. He was God. He had
divine and spiritual nature. At His birth
He took also human nature. and 80 be-
came man at the same time He was God.
he was Goldman.
MANS Cordtion."-Man was sinner.
He disobeyed God and broke His law.
The burden Of gilt was upon him. Death
stared him in the face for God had said:
I'm the day thou eatest thereof. thou shalt
surely die
IA Savior."-God out Of His great love,
provided way whereby man might escape
death. Jesus Christ consented to come to
earth In order that whatsoever believeth
on Him might not perish. but have ever
lasting life" In order to be our Savior.
He gave up heaven with all its glory and
happiness. took a human body and lived
on earth among men as a man. His body
was tempted. suffered and died the same
as ours. The physical body was necessary
that He might enter into all Of our ex-
periences. st. Paul says Heb., v:15): For
We have not an high priest which cannot be
touched with the feelings of our infirmities.
but was in all points tempted like as We
are. yet without sin." What a comfort 1t
is to know that Christ was tempted like as
we are, that He suffered, that He expert
enced the weakness of the flesh AS a
result, He can sympathize with us. We
are tempted to do wrong. Christ was
tempted also. Thus He knows how we feel
He appreciates our weakness. He ministers
to US and strengthens us by His spirit in
our hours Of trial temptation. Having ex-
perienced our condition, He is now our
Unforeseen, pleading with the Father for
He is our Savior because He became q
man, and suffered as man for the sins
OF His fellow men. Let us be glad and
rejoice at this Christmas time that Christ
was born Of the Virgin Mary" that He
took upon Himself a human body In order
that He might suffer and die for u.s. and
redeem us from sin and death.
Suggested hymns, Luther League Hymnal.
SO. 81, sc. So
Daily Bible Readings.-December 20. "
Advent-Psalm, xxxiii1-5: Colossians. Ill:
16 IL Monday-Galatians. iv:14. Tues
day-Psalm cxliii:1-12 Wednesday-Acts,
x1if:3S-8. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., iil-2l.
Christmas-Luke, ii:l-2O. SaturdayJohn,
1894.
j. W. K. Young had charge Of the meet
ing at Zicn's Luther League last Thursday
evening. The subject under consideration
was Home Missions" and the pastor, Rev.
Luther Hess Waring. gave out a great
deal of interesting information about home
missions. The league is expecting a visit
from Rev. A. E. Gringel It's organizer in
the near future
A call to become the pastor of the church
was extended to Mr.. Gringel some time
ago.