New-York tribune., 1905-08-17

that? And we will never be able to do any good
them. unless we love them because they our
own flesh and blood. unless We feel the inaLeIi ,,
ought to be Of the household OF God. And we
ought to feel it even especially for ths p7oP's
That is the first thing We see here Jesus making 2,
the first place it gives great hope to the sin
ful and 1t sets great example before those WHO
Then the second thing we see is this: We Jesus
F Feang Il E with s p Pas sod e and dhG man He Game up
from Nazareth. What had he been doing Ihersi S5
worked at the trade Of carpenter IN that little
country town he had s nsneea crs yne o She psope in
the neighborhood: He had done their work ana
ma1her and of the younger members Of the family
He had lived in the common Telatlons Or. OF HI1,S bSI
TO that again. From this time forth the whole Ire
thing: He was to be the Son OF God. and to bring
in His Fathers kngd9m II was as Il s5S 6S Who
are INV brethren9'' and looked forward and said,
'Lo. come 10 do Thy WILL Sod Sod ais IncSf9 SfV
Father" and We see Him. as say, breaking VIII WITH
ScB Jas Baf5 H aRd Mds flying fbeing caed aie 81 God
Do YOU know why most lives OF Christ are 60
HnaseSSS m m sc pr4otarosy sne SS unlike What What We a
Gospels? II is because they are sra STalT an Gs WIS NJ,
totally ignorant. We do not know anything OF tae
We do not know the kind OF clothes He wore; we
do not know His type; We DO not know ths @ coios %
His voice We do not know Him after the flesh IN
any kind Of way or degree az ia az & and we % are spend
days in tryng to fhink up or nSh up os. .e sE s
f6e fs Of 0 JesGs .as are doing something that has
nothing in the world 70 do with the Christian re-
came to 6e baptised Of John in the Jordan. and Z
Of John in the Jordan that He is manifested 10 the
world and offered to us for our salvation
EVERY LIFE NEEDS A CRISIS.
Now I will just say one word about that. There
OF the baptism. % T m in ths lie Of Jesus when He broke
with the past and faced new life with al its re-
naturally passing from childhood into youth pass
burdens OF mature life but I mean something
different from that I mean crisis IN wh1cn
up ali his responsbilites in the presence Of Al
mighty God and looks back and is done with the
past. and looks forward and says Lo. come 10
\ great many peoples lives are lost no doubt
in other ways Lives are lost by passion, lives are
lost by pride, lives are lost by obstinacy: but I
believe more lives lost by sheer lrresOlution.
lost by nothing at all. than are lost by AL kinds
times and seasons so over their heads as the BOOK
OF Daniel SAYS the way they go over the heads Of
H. ~ Is Oe siT tbysSd s9 sn9 s9 tb 81. 'S t + S
their lives and nothing has been done; there IS
lasts nothing that keeps its value in the sight Of
Cod. They have got 10 the end Of their DAYS and
they have never really made heginning
..atonemeut. some people also dislike The word
% d Ror hTer % a W9eia 5 rEhS W. T.h o any
look at this thing Is il not the fact that life IS
sis does not come in it in which the person delib-
erately fgces alt its responsibilities. and faces
Socrates his life to Him" And for us say for Us
that conservation inevitably takes the form OF an
chsnce of having two religions: we cannot choose
spiritual life Of some other kind At the place in
which stand in the worlds history we have no
choice. have either 10 attach ourselves 10
Christ or, # We do not. We know that We arc
throwing away any chance of having spiritual
life It al.
HEAVENLY ATTESTATIONS GIVEN
Then the last thing we see IS this the third
thing We Jesus casting Himself Cod in
prayer. because Luke tells rs He was praying We
receiving divine attestatiOn and The gift OF the
Holy Ghost. We see Jesus casting Himself on God
voice that said Thou my Son. my beloved. in
whom am well pleased, and the gift OF the Holy
the voice that Jesus heard IL is called voice from
Heaven. y voiee from Heaven does not mean a
and the Important thiEg notice IS that the voice OF
God spoke 10 Jesus IN Ola Testament woFls: Thou
art my sen These are words out OF ia second
Psalm. MY beloved in whom / am well pleased"
these are words out OF the f0rty-sec0nd chapter
~ As.iie14 ne I-riF ,i5 Nulcr sluAr IN WptNr el
the fsa4n ana words ot the prophet, and that
means that Jesus, In order To give His disciples an
idet or ts own spiritual eXpe rlence ON this 0cCa
fCrty-secoud chapte- OF Isaiah: in that Psalm and
own Consciousness OF what Tie Father said to Him
on this great occasion. FaT the very reason that lie
does attain Ia His sovereignty by service. Christ
does NOT ask less. but more. than an earthly king
could ask. and lie commands and demands and
wins q loyalty and allegiance that no earthly
TvH besiIes thAt heavenly attesfatiou Jesus
recetved "a heavenly gift The spirit descended
Upou Him tn the form cf dove aud rested upon
itiui Now what Is the gift OF the Hoiy Ghost .
" E not NecsssdFy lust nov O. say ANYTHING
about II more than that lt e git, ufJpow@r
the Spirit in the Bible Jesus retuRrrA from His
baptism IN the poweF of the HOl9 Ghos.- He