Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1908-12-26

Of the Jews he was enshrined in the
holy Of holies in the temple at
Jerusalem, for the Gentle world en-.
throned upon the Mt. Olympus.
God was not one with man, man
was still unreconciied to God But
as God reveals himself in human
flesh, in the person of His Son, Of the
Virgin Mary born into the world, a
tIuer, profoundeg, more gladstone con.
ception OF God was revealed TO
human hearts and minds. SO true as
God was He, anointed OF the Father
as our chief prophet and teacher our
only high priest and our eternal king.
so real the life Of Col in HIN that
those who fellowshipped with Him
most closely, beheld IN Him the
glory as OF the only begotten Of the
Father His life so full Of truth and
grace, that those who had the eye Of
faith to see Him, as he was. saw the
Father also.
His birth remains a mystery Still,
matter of faith rather than Of rea-
son The manner Of his coming lato
the world is not our CHIEF concern
touching the person who is called
Christ. The great central truth that
He is God manifest in the flesh, EN-
manuel, God with us" is the matter
with which we are most concerned.
The secret remains with the Mother
Of Jesus, who kept all these sayings
concerning Him. and pondered them
in her heart. But in the development
and unfolding Of His life. It became
more and more manifest that He was
truly God as He was truly man.
Proofs of his divine sonship crowded
all along the path of His life. He
lived and loved, lalbored and suffered
for other sake, as never before nor
since has it been true of any other.
On the basis of His works He chal-
lenged men TO believe in Him, with
the assurance that whosoever did
should have eternal life. "If do not
the works of my Father believe me
not, but If | do, though you believe
me not, believe the works; that we
may know that | am in the Father
and the Father in me.,,-Emmanuel
God with us-God incarnate in the
person of His Son.
The birth of Jesus of the Virgin
Mary, may explain how He came into
the world and was made man, but if
He be not divine as we'll as human,
Emmanuel, God with US, why shall
He be called Jesus, that Is. Saviour
How is he become God our Saviour"
All else we believe and hold concern
ing Him in redemptlons work rests
back in the fact that He is Emmanuel
and so the promised Messiah, the
Saviour of the world The wonder of
His person, witnesses to the truth
as 1t Ia in Him, by the wonders OF
His love, the wonders of His power,
doing and suffering
The question of the Saviour's birth
OF the Virgin Mary, need not, should
not disturb the faith We have in
Jesus. Other truths are Of more
weight. If we can see in Him more
than man. more than human wisdom,
love and power that which only God
can be and do--if we can see in Him
God working for the accom-
ppnching of His purposes OF love,
God revealing himself in human flesh,
made one with us for the perfecting
and clarifying of fallen, sinful human
nature, let us hol fast the profession
of our faith without wavering, for If
He is our God and Saviour and He
is for us, who can be against us. Il
am persuaded" writes st. Paul, that
neither death, nor life, nor angels
nor municipalities, nor powers, nor
things to come, nor height, nor depth
nor any other creature shall be able
to separate us from the love Of God
which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. ="
I Doctrines are for the intellect, but
the faith which saves lies deeper than
all doctrine, in the person of the
son of God incarnate. 1t is his mis-
sion to save even to the uttermost
all them that come unto God by Him,
and to this all his teachings and works
bear witness. But His mission is in
vain if He be not Emmanuel, God
with us. He saves. AMI can save His
people only as He is the word made
fesh-God manifest in the flesh
Let much OF our Christmas Joy be