The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-02-12
Evidence Of the Divinity Of Jesus Christ


some time & / referred 10 the Sc
lnrI,pn ~ Rev. Edward r.. Hale. -
-, Il big gun i'm New England as u
rnt.a 0f letters and an T|nit1ri&n. q re-
jcctcr Of the Lord Jesus Christ AZ the
true son Of God. He Is no doubt non
cat in his rejection of Jesus Christ a
Divine, just as the Pagans and In
lGcis are honest, but he is not the
lnun 10 be the chaplain in the United
:,tates senate unless it is now q body
Of Infdels, ComptiSts, Pagans. Chris
ii n Scientists, etc. ! see it mentioned
that In thc last rcViSal Of the Unitarian
creed III New England all the passages
Iu il that were taken from the Bible
Ifcribing 10 Jesus Christ the eternal
s7DnShip or the Divinity Of the Lord
and saviour. were stricken out. ]
ncve. read but one book by Hale. q
literary attempt, ana il abounded IN
err r., aud was rather poor stuff. /
never read what he says now. ana must
get my view of him in his attitude to-
Nards tn" South from q very able
editor Of the past, Rev. DR.. McKel"ay.
in the Charlotte "Fgcsbytcrian stand
ard" Some time since he wrote of the
..,t@ England sccDtic in this wise:
10 is a~ntI-SCutnern to the core. In
his recent series Of papers in the out
look, covering the period of q hundred
yc.rs, George Washington is the only
..tatncTn man hat receives his com
nenaatien. The southern statesmen
III the first half as we'll as the last Of
Tie Nineteenth Century We're all Of
I~ilip.ti&n size. From the standpoint
II ii acc,arian. Or. Hale is on record as
to some Of the bittcrest u~tterances
;gaI::@- the Evangelical churches that
any one has p"nncd in a score OF years.
read his address to the Unitarian Con-
v~cntiGtI that met in Washington some
fpu- ca Ave years ago. II" accused the
l.~van3elicals roundly of hypocrisy IN
protesting to believe in the Evan8el-
iaal creed while at heart they We're all
lnitari1ns-"
/ believe d man # hat revolving
stripe IS really beneath the contempt
al any true Southron. His opinions
upon politics ana religion are not Wor-
thy OF consideration. a scotfer ana q
Slandcrer OF people Incomparably su-
Bcrior 10 him and his tribe, he is not
"a proper man Il be put in charge OF
even ii Republican senate composed
for the most part of mediocre mem
beers and Trust advocates. And yet the
North adIaires and honors this .eveI"F
ana despis.r T., and Southern men SUB
side quietly at his triumph over truth.
Revelation and nineteen centuries II
Christian records, progress ana cX-
tending power and Influence IN upllft-
ing man in the scale of being.
There are many abslprd things in
TINS NpI H. -NiliDil5 tItCAil - ll' A'NN
Of q chaplain for the L. 5. Senate who
is not Il believer in Jesus Christ III
any true Christian sense. What Is the
exact complexion religiouSly Of that
BODY rs now constituted is not known
to me. 1t is presumed To be Chris
Iian, but how many of the members
are sincerely such | know not, but
there are probably some of this class.
F1rom the fact that they have Il sceptic
or religious pretender as their chap
lain would be grounds for suspicion
and Il conclusion that they We're not
themselves soundly Christian. No man
can possibly be Il true Christian in any
proper sense VINO steadfastly rejects
the Divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ.
King of kings and Lord of lords, very
Goa as wei as vary man. How can
man believe in Christianity VINO de-
nounces the blessed Saviour, the son
ot Go13 If Jesus Christ is not the
Son Of cod, of Divine nature, and CO.
equal with the Father then he was
the greatest pretender, false prophet.
and religious fraud who ever wore the
shape u man, in heNflesh, n went
about preaching n false religion 70 be
guile and beiool the credu.ous people.
Some Two OF three years ago / pub
liShe1 a tWO-cOlumn article in the
Charlotte Observer, upon the Divinity
If the Saviour. The morning after it
appea-ed, I received a letter from an
I%IlBla%IIlilG'Ii lilCh III ma A'bNOs ~
which ne stated that he was "a years
of age, was born in the great city of
London. and had been a member of
the church since he was fourteen
years old He was pleased to say.
that he appreciated the value, the ex-
cellence OF my article SO highly that if
d man # ~pecuniary means he would
publish my paper in Il pamphlet edi-
ton and scatter it through the United
states. I am not about to touch upon
that article, but to refrr to n particu
lar witness for Christ as the eternal
Son Of God. John the Divine was the
beloved disciple of the Lord Jesus. He
outliVed the other disciples many
years and cache the advanced age of
SO or 81. There were two of the
Fathers who knew him personally II
one Of these, some eighteen years of
age. was a disciple and pupil, and sat
at his feet. His testimony is preserved
end accessible to all seekers after
truth ard knowledge, John lived at
Il time hen there We're sceptics and
prctenders not altogether unlike he
Unitarian sort. He wrote his Gospel