Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-12
SERMONS OF INTEREST IN CHURCHES

ministers and missionaries have done
up to date When the Christian mis-
sionary tells the poor Hindoo 'heathen'
an India that Jesus Christ Is the only
begotten Son of God, the average mild
Hindoo replies only by his bland smile.
1t means the silent question, How
many Sons of God have you known
or heard Of. Mr. White Preacher
Occasionally the Hindoo is not so
silent, and bombards the missionary
with theological questions born OF his
naturally spiritual and philosophical
brain-the subtlest i'm the world-at
wliich the missionary finds himself in
the tightest corner. He Is asked what
constitutes q Son Of God? And IL he
he reply that a Son of God means an
Incarnation OF God, he is asked to de-
fine an incarnation and to describe
the process by which he Is born In
human flesh. The poor missionary
curses the moment that made him
catch such a Tartar. For, in a few
minutes, he collapses, so poorly Is he
equipped in the knowledge of the
science OF the Divine Advent on earth.
The idea of sending such ignorant
preachers of Christianity to land the
breath of whose people is the very es-
sence of what Christ taught, is verify
the idea of carrying Goals to Newcas-
tle In fact, all Asia, excepting its
Mohammedan part. is pervaded by the
religious conscience and consciousness
of its entire center, India, whose re-
ligion and philosophy is wholly Christ
ian in essence. Even the first preach
ers Of the Gospel were forbidden of
the Holy Ghost to preach the Word in
Asia, for the simple reason that Asia
was already saturated with the spirit
Of Christs teachings. In Acts 1876
occurs the passags: Now when they
had gone throughout Phrygia and the
region of Galatla, and were forbidden
of. the Holy Ghost to preach the Word
in Asia.
Instead of trying to take what
meager light they have of Christianity
to ESSENTIALLY Christian India, It would
be more profitable for the missionary
societies to borrow the light from that
land blessed with many Christs, to il
Illuminate modern Christianity. one of
the nobliest religions ever preached on
earth, for the benefit of the doubt be
logged souls of the West. Instead of
proclaiming that Jesus Christ Is the
only Incarnation of God, it would be
more profitable for these preachers end
their countrymen to know what an III
carnation of God Is. That knowledge
will make Christ's religion more
potent instrument for spirtualizfng
the materialized minds of Chrstendom.
Otherwise. the cry of The only begot-
T, ten Son of God sounds as convincing
as the soapmaker's cry about his soap
being the only best on the market.
"The proofs of Christ's being Divine
Incarnation are many and various.
Among these, his miracles do not
at all count. The physical phenomena
that Christ performed do not necessar-
lily prove his Divine birth. These
phenomena have been performed, can
be performed and are still being oc-
casionally performed by Yogis of India
and were also performed by even
Christ's disciples. But because OF
these miraculous performances neither
the Yogis nor Christ's disciples can be
called Incarnations of God. These
saints and Yogis are radiant express
sions of God, no doubt. but Divine In
carnations are more powerfully radiant
manifestations of the Deity. Incarna-
| tions of God are endowed with more
or less perfect God consciousness.
which means that their consciousness
becomes a connected part of the con-
| seriousness OF. the universe which Is q
4 manifestation Of the Universal Sou
which the All-pervading God is. Christ
possessed this universal consciousness
through his individual consciousness
merging in 1t and throbbing with its
heart, pulsating with it's pulse. Christ
gave another proof of his divine birth
by his absolute and unshaken love of
| God under the severest tests. Another
/ proof of a Divine Incarnation is his
| love and compassion for humanity as
a whole. And that Christ possessed it,
| is evidenced throughout his acts and
preachings.
"And the best tests of love is sacri-
| flee for the object of that love. And
| Christ sacrificed even his miraculous
powers, aye. even his body, for that
Absolute Love that he possessed for
humanity. Here was the greatest
proof of his Divinity. The miracle
worker who raised the dead. walked
over waters. healed the sick by touch
and command. could have escaped
from the hands of his tormentors. That
would have been a very small miracle
to perform for such as he. But he
would not flee. That he did not flee
but submitted to the tortures of the
crucifixion for humanity. was what
stamped him as one of the most radi-
ant emanations of the Creator of all
creatures. There on the cross he per-
formed the supreme miracle for
which he had been sent down to
earth, while he thought and spoke of
his Beloved all the time. His compass
sion for the beloved ones of his Beloved
was llm1tless. his love Tor man did
not stop even at his enemies who were
torturing him as never was man tor
tured. And he called out to his Be-
loved to forgive them for their ignor-
ant actions. Infinity in the expression
of Infinite Love was on the cross in
the shape of that finite-looking human
form. He suffered the agonies of the
crucifixion to show to the world his
limitless love for man. so that the fu-
ture man would be filled with the les
son of that undying love Of God and
man which he manifested and try 10
follow in his footsteps. That that les
son has been received by the world is
evidenced by his being the worshiped
King of all hearts through these two
thousand years and today-the most
convincing proof of his Divine Son.
ship"