Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1908-10-20
'scan a Man Be A Christian and Deny
the Divinity of christ?''

This subject was treated in an able
manner in a special sermon by the Rev.
J. T. Williams in the NJ. E. Church South
last Sucday night The services were
opened with John Newtons grand old
hymn. 1IIow sweet the name of Jesus
sounds. which for so many years has
been echoed and reechoed within the
walls of our christian churches. The
preacher took for his text Acts XII. 26 -
And The disciples were called christians
firstin Antioch" In opening his subject
he said he would appea to the scriptures
the only authorIty-and quoted literally
from the words of ST. Paul. St. John. ST.
Peter and others. and of Chiist himself,
of which we can only name few pas
sages, such as In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with God, and
the Wordwas God" Jesus did claim to
be divine and the son of God. Il and
my Father are one" If this was not
true he was not good man. as the
Abraham was am If merely good
man and he made such an assertion it
was blasphemy. And now. o Father,
glorify thou me with thine own self with
the glory which had with thee before the
world was !" The apostles all agree that
Christ came into the world to save men
by the atonem mt. HE that hath
seen me hath seen the father" "Can
any man be christian and deny the di-
vinity of Jesus Christi mo" said Mr..
Williams Unitarians deny the mi
| raculous conception, the infallibility and
the impeccablity of the Savior; and,
consequently. His right to any Divine
honors or religious worship. The Uni
tartan doctrine is, that Jesus of Nazareth
was man constituted in all respects like
other men, subject to the same in6rmities,
the same ignorance, Prejudices. and
| frailties That Jesus was not conscious
of His high character till after His bap
tism; that He afterward spent some time
in the wilderness, where he was invested
with miraculous powers. and favored
with heavenly visions like st. Paul, in
which he supposed Himself taken up in
to heaven. and in consequence He speaks
of His decent from heaven; that he exer-
cised His ministry on earth for the space
of a year or more, and then suffered death
upon the cross, not to exhibit the evil oil
sin. or IN any sense to make atonement
| for it but as martyr to the truth, and as
necessary preliminary to His resurrec
ton which they consider as a pledge Of
the resurrection of mankind. who is .
liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the
Christi" IF any man believe not the
Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema.
A man to be a christian must believe il
the divinity of cur Lord Jesus Christ :
1t after leaving this world we enter into
the eternal city we must stand before Goo
| through the merits of our Lord Jesus
Christ. These are they which came out
of great trlbulation, and have washed
their robes. and made them white in the
blood of the Lamb" If we give up
| Christ we must give up everything, in
| life and in death. From the above ire
putible bible testimony Mr.. Williams
| logically deduced that Christ is all and in
all to the true christian. and that, there
| fore the man who does not believe in Hi:
divinity cannot be christian.
Jesus, thy blood and righteousness
Ny beauty are. my g'oripu, dress;
Midst flaming worlds in there arrayed
| With JOY should lift up my head. "