Evening journal., 1907-03-04
CHRIST AS THE
GREATEST PERSON
tcontInuea I'som FIrst Page.y

at twelve years Of age. asking and
answering questions. He was a pas
slonate lover of the House OF God. He
lregularly attended the feasts. He eat
the Passover with His disciples. He
preached in The courts OF the Temple.
He sat by the treasury and noted the
rich who gave much and commended
the poor widow who cast IN an her
I living. He sent Peter to fetch "a FISH
out Of the mouth OF which TO pay the
Temple tax The church OF His day
was fun OF impurty and imperfection.
/ II the Talmud rs evidence the priests
preached trlvialities, but Christ
heard them, worshipped with them,
was loyal and devout What an eV-
amplel II there IS lack Of oratory or
magnetism in the preacher To-day how
often is made am excuse to stay at
home Christ went to church TO wor-
ship 70 hear the word OF His Father.
and to honor those, though unworthy
who sat in Moses seat
"Bunyan called the church OF his day.
with an IT'S imperfec.ions the Palace
y Beautiful There be met Him who said,
I'm an places where / record my name
7 viii come unto thee and bless thee
When Christ the Deity. the Pure, the
Holy. the Perfect entered upon HIS
lpublic ministry He submitted to Bapt-
ism ut the hands Of John. to fulhnl an
teousness. He oleansed the Tenn
ple Of a den Of thieves. Out OF the
materials OF the old church. ready to
lvansh. lie built the new saying to
Peter 'on this rock I built my church.
1t shall never perish He is the chief
-torner stone. His disciples are the
pillars and ground OF the truth. 10
the poet puts Christ I'm his ant, the
preacher proclaims Christ i'm the
church as founder and builder Of
eatth's greatest institution. We have
The poetic Christ OF Dore, the labor
ing Christ Of Holman Hunt. the tragic
Christ OF Vereschacin. and the Christ
who IS an and in an by the evangelists.
Christ is in history literature. art
law. custom. yea Christ Is IN the
church. as it's head. it's life 10 create
a new society, a now world. Sir
Thomas Moore published to the world
! his Utopia The church IS Christs
utopia. not perfect now but to be
, Christ loved the church and gave Him
self for u, that He might sanctify and
j cleanse 70. with the washing OF water
by the word that He might present II
to Himself a glorious church, not have
. ing spot, or wrinkle. or any such thing
, but that it should be holy and with
. out blemish. This is the ideal. Christ
IN the church to make it real Christ
+. IS the one and only perfect character
now. but ne IS perfectng the saints
= He is calling sinners. He is pardon.
ing penitents. He is showing this
= church the value of the common soul
] the soul Of a child OF a woman, OF &
plebean, patrician. even the creates
crimes OF the evil doer cannot hide
from His eyes the soul diamond.
. traveller in South Africa saw a boz
: amusing himself throwing stones. On'
g fell at the travellers feet. He picke'
It up. Something flashed in It. It wa
3 a diamond. The child was playing witt
It as a common stone The maj
II recognized its value. This commercia
e world calls men hands Sometime
y It does not even recognize their namel
but counts them. and gives each
7t number. Christ sees IN every son an
- daughter OF the race a soul, damon
Of priceless value His life was give
II TO redeem H. His plan includes q
n His purpose Is to save and polish q
Il To attempt 20 add to what Christ wi
- do for a soul is
n TO gild refined gold 10 paint the iii,
v To throw a perfume Oh the violet
le Christianity is better than Buddhisr
le because It seeks to save the whole ma
le and the whole race Other cults pm
+ the golden age In the past. Chris
n places IL in the future. The tabel
nacle Of God IS with men. ana He wi
dwell with them and they shall be Hi
people. and God Himself shall be wit
l. them and be their God. And Go
rt shall wipe away all tears from the
lt eyes. and there shall be no more deat
p neither sorrow nor crying. neithf
ID shall there be any more pain for Oh
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