The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1904-12-23
THE WORLDS GREAT FESTIVAL
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use an expression of Carlyle's), and an
everlasting amen. The tributes Of three
kings (zingly mem, are here given:
Jean Pail Richter.-''The life of Je-
sus concerns Him who, being the hOli-
est among the mighty and mightiest
among the holy, lifted with his pierced
hand empires of their hinges and turn
ed the stream of centuries out Of its
channel and still governs the ages"
Rosseau.-"How petty are all the
books Of the philosophers, with all
their pomp, compared with the gospels
Can It be that writings at once 50 sub
lime and so simple are the work Of
men? Cane He whose life they tell be
himslf a mere man2 Is there anything
in his character of the enthusiast or the
ambitious secretary? What sweetness,
what purity in his ways, what touching
grace in his teachings What lOftiness
in his maxims, what profound wisdom
in his words What presence. Of mind,
what dellicacy and aptness IN his rePliesl
What an empire over his PassiOnsl
Where is the man, where IS the sage,
who knows how to act, to suffer and TO
die without weakness and without dis
play? My friends, men do not invent
like this And the facts about Socrates,
which no one doubts, are not 50 well
attested as those about Jesus Christ.
Those Jews could never have struck
this tone, or thought of this morality.
And the gospels have characteristics Of
truthfulness 50 striking, so grand, so
perfectly inimitable, that the inventors
would be even more wonderful than He
whom they portray. Yes, If the death
of Socrates be that of a sage, the life
and death of Jesus are those Of Cod
Napoleon BOnaparte.-''E Everything
in Christ astonishes me. His spirit over
awes me, and his viii cOnfOunds me.
His ideas and his sentiments, the truths
which he announces, his manner Of
convincing, are not explained either by
human observation or the nature OF
things. His birth and the history of
his life; the prOfundity of his doctrines,
which prapple with the mightiest diff
culties, and, are Of those difficulties the
most admirable solution His gospel,
his appaTitiOn, his empire, his march
across the ages and the realms; every
thing is for me a prodigy, mystery in
solvable, which plunges me into rev
cry from which / cannot escape a
mystery which is there before my eyes;
a mystery that can neither deny nor ez-
plain. Here 1 see nothing human.
The nearer I approach the closer 1 ez-
anime. Everything IS above me. Ev-
erything remains grand, and Of gran
deur that overpOwers- His religion IS
certainly a revelation from an Inteli-
gence which surely IS not that Of man. "
The earthly life of Jesus was cast
among the poor and lowly, the Outcast
and the scOrned, while the kings OF
the earth set themselves and the rulers
took council against the Lord and
against His Amounted - Now, He IS &C
knOwledged Sovereign ''in suPremls,
King of kings and Lord Of lords p
And now
Prom north to south the princes meet
To pay their homage at His feet"
But at the nativity there were not
only the Magi kings with presents for
the Christ Child, and the angels Of
God chanting the GLORIA II Ezcelsis,
but the humble shepherds occupied the
reserved seats upon the starlt slopes
Of Judean hills
But the great glory Of Jesus IS as the
wOndr0us name implies, De shan save
his people from their sins" Still He
takes lfffle children II his arms, stu the /
dfsconsolate mother ana the distracted I
father hear "only believe stu the 4
sOul-sick and body-sick hear be OF I
good cheer. thy sins are AL forgiven (
thee Magdalens sfin SIT AZ BIS feet 4
and weep, s0ul-Iepers still 90 shouting 4
home the news Of healing the dead 4
come forth, and hearts hear 'Peacel
be stfnl'' OWOnderful Councillort The
Mighty Cod The Everlasting Fatherl
TIE Prince Of Peacei