Evening journal., 1906-12-24
DIR. WYATT ON
THE INCARNATION
Continued From First rage,

NhNls carols VIII he sung this year I
than ever before.
I'm tho text So. John calls attention /
TO Christs Incarnation he says. THE |
word was made flesh and dwelt among
as. lie is called "the Word" 10
establish his eternity the apostle de- !
clarcs that Ga tho beginning was the
word and The word was with God ana
the word was God. This word was
The active agent in creation. All things
were made by Him. and without Him
was not anything made that was made.
Everything however great or small
was made by Him. The highest nngel
and the mc1ncst worm are His creation
The Socinians say lie was only % man.
Arius cnntandod that lie was created.
The apostle designs TO establish His
eternity ana deity and says, In the
beginning was the word ana the word
was God The term word is cXpros-
sivo. By words we chiefly communl-
cate with the world The soul thinks
Wills. feels. but 80 communicates with
men by employing words either writ
ten or spoken. by these symbols cur
thoughts and purposes are revealed
I We might expect the Almighty Father
20 communicate with His children
how shall ;ho revelation Zoe glven7 by
prophcts2 Tic did Tor many centuries
/ There Is "a sense in which every good
man is a word OF God. Newton was
Gods word 10 science. luther was
/ Gods word 90 Germany. Wesley was
Gods word 20 England.
Perhaps we may say Buddha was
q word of God: so was Confucius. The
prophets In a higher sense were words
cf God; for they spoke as they wore
moved hy the Holy Ghost. But Christ
is the worl. He g. the fun and COM
plcte expression Of Gods thought and
purpose concerning man. He said TO
Philip He that hath seen me hath
seen the Father. He who saw Christ
feeding the hungry restoring sight to
the blind and raising The dead. saw
the Father doing the same. He who
saw Christ seeking and saving the los,
saw the Father doing e. The mani-
festations which God has made TO man.
both IN creation and redemption. have
been throush Christ. the Eternal Word.
1.-THE word was made flesh. The ter
flesh refers to His human nature IN
His incarnation He brought the divine
nature into humanity and became the
Goldman. The mystery of the inelr-
nation Is beyond human comprehen-
sion. ST. Pcul declares without con-
troversy great Is the mystery Of g3dli-
ness God was manifest IN the flesh,
justified IN the spirit, seen OF angels,
preached unto the Gentiles, believed on
IN the world and received up into
glory
"The human and divine natures arc
without mixture without conversion,
without division, without separation,
they are distinct. The Eternal Wor
assumed our complete human nature
body and soul. He dwer among ms.
He hungered: He was thirsty; he be-
came footsorc ana weary, He was a
man of SORROWS andacquainted with
grief lie was tempted in all points
like unto us. His death was saerid-
cial and became the moritorious
ground for human salvation. The wori
was made flesh that Cod might show
his uuspealnble love for a porishins
race ST. John says; In this was
manifested inc love OF God toward us
in that God sent His only begotten Son
into the world that we might live
through Him. Herein is love. not
that we loved God. hut that he loved
us. and sent HIS SON to be the propsti-
alton for our sins.
Gle became a child of man that We
might become tho children Of God
"As he partook Of our common hu.
, man nature Tie became our brother
bone of our hone and flesh Of our flesh
, Made acquainted by experience Will
. our innrmities He learned TO sym
, pathlze with us. AT this advent sea-
= son let our thought and affection CEN
p ter IN the imperial Christ There
b great danger lest IN our merrymaidn.
+ ana feastmg w forget the Christ
s without whose birth we would have i'
3 Christmas. To have Christmas ar'
+. have Christ rot is mockery. We nee'
!. TO have q decner sense Of what ili
z birth means. AZ this advent season
e let us hanish scihshness and remcmbs
o eihe POOR and destitute who cannot re-
D. quite as in return. Jesus said; mas
p much as We do It to the least OF these
? ye do SC unto Me
q "Out greet out GUILE out Jealousy.
I. out envyl out desralr!
q Come hope come faith. Come charity
70 Come Christmas. with thy mossas
o. clear.
j. And an thy mirth.
II To teach shat love shall cast out feai
And peace shall reign on earth
~ Death Of Colonel May.