Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-07-16
darkened home, the saddened heart,

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and His tears of tender sympathy
flowed. A wise and wise-hearted man
who is constantly dealing with youth
full culprits has said THAT his own aim
is to call forth what is best In the
boys; to awaken a sense Of honor,
manliness, a noble ambition in them.
Tl is what Jesus did. Love divine
in rIim reached down to sinful, bro
ken men in order to lift them up and
heal them. He awakened hope and
resoluke endeavor. He made men
feel that they could be pardoned and
begin a new life. He took them. by
the hand, as He did the girl who the
neighbors said was dead, but Jesus
declared was asleep, and said,
Arise" And this fullness of love
found it's browning proof and glory in
the cross; so that, when you speak Of
great love, you naturally point to
Calvary.
Now all these and many other quail
tiles were united in Christ. Other
men have been great because of some
one rare quality Of personality; Jesus
possessed them all. Therefore, He
has never ceased to interest the world.
From the day He returned after the
soul-struggle in the wilderness. to the
banks of Jordan until He died on Cal
vary, He lived without seeking it in
the public eye. After His death, in
stead of forgetting Him, men became
more interested in Him. The eyes Of
the world have eve ceased to look
upon Him. Theologies have come
and gone; the church has had it's ups,
and downs; but Jesus is always the
centre of interest. There stand on
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fresh from the press. They are a
dictionary of Jesus, what He said and
did. And they happen to stand along
side of a volume on Jesus Christ and
the Social Question" It suggests the
unfailing interest Of thoughtful men
in Jesus. They are never satisfied
| with what has been said and written
regarding Him. There will be other
dictionaries, other lives of Christ, in
the coming years. And when great
social problems are discussed, the
| question of the home, Of work and
: wages, Of capital and labor, of human
Brotherhood, men will turn as they
(! do now to the Gospels to study afresh
what Jesus said. Let there be dis
covered the merest fragment of some
ancient manuscript containing in mu-
| tilated form some saying of Jesus and
the news of the discovery is tele-
graphed around the. world, and the
fragment becomes priceless. How are
we to explain this undying interest
in Jesus? Not in any of the outward
circumstances or conditions of His
life. How limited and meager it was!
A life of poverty; a brief life; begin
ming in a manger, ending on a ros
A life outside the circles OF libraries
and great thinkers, outside the circles
of wealth and social position. The
secret of it's unique command upon
the interest of men is given in the
text: 1T pleased the Father that in
Him should all fullness dwell"
The hope of the world is in Him.
To Him we bring our burdens and
perplexities. To Him we come for
comfort and strength. To be in vital
relation to Him is our highest privi-
lege. Having Him as our, personal
Lord and Master we have LIES high
est prize. He is Gods richest gift to
the world. He is the ~clearest inter
probation to humanity of the infinite
wealth of love and wisdom and power
of God. The divine heart beats in the
speaks through His lips; the divine
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divine life is impaired through fel.
lowship with Him.
The leadership of the world be.
longs to Jesus. The fullness of God
dwells in Him to accomplish the eter.
nal purpose of God; the establishment
of the kingdom of love in human
hearts. He has been equipped for the
service of leadership. To Him has
been given fullness of vision hat He
may e the way; fullness of power
that He may overcome every obstacle;
fullness of love that He may win me1
and make them follow Him. He wht
died on the cross will occupy tn,
throne; the despised and rejected O.
men will receive universal praise ant
love. To hasten the day when al
shall know Him, when the eterna
purpose of redeeming love shall b.
fulfilled in the kingdom of Christ i
supreme duty. To that wor]
we should ~consecrate our lives. l
should kindle our enthusiasm. Jesu
should be supreme in our though
and speech, our affection and devo
t ton. May He be Jul leader! Ma.
we gladly, enthusiastically follo1