The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-12-31

: sacred i ihs DEITY ihst Jew does "
/. ventsw - take ihe nsme ~ God apo
bis iips Therefore when be Wishes !
refer 10 she rr~slsr u calls Han. W
. BY his namr. Kipim. hat ~ anoshs
! nA,se, Adapai
, u 1esns evcr spoke lhe truth i mn.
, have been GA thIr ocrasios. when speak
7 ing under the m,osi sacred cath know
! ~ ihr tewish mind Whist = his Al
swrr' Thou hast ssid. thai 81. +"
J arn the Christ. The Son ~ God Z" A.
3 te continues. 'Neversheiessl Say anl,
: yoa, hereafter " shSli see the ssh I,
msu sitting ON tbo right hand ~ power
/. aud coming IN the clouds ~ heaven
! With llvse words Ne sr.ms u say
. yes, thcr. appears " h. great con
,radiction between my exalted staiiol
! and my present condition. Ncveriho
r less soon outraged divinity shall be- sin
dlcsiedi and then this tribunal befor'
J which | am afraigned shall be summon
ed 10 appear for Judgment before me
the Eternal Judge"
Had Jesus anything 20 gain at this
} time by advancing this claim 10 diyln
! ity and by appropriaiing unto Himself
the prerogaiives Of Godf He knew
very well that the High Priest aud the
members ~ the Sanhedrn would con.
denim Him 10 death on the strength Of
snch claim. were He TO advance IT,
When the applaading mpliitades were
eagerly waiting for Jesus 10 say that
He was the Son of God in order 10
start political revolution and proclaim
Him king. Jesus was silent and with,
drew. When such claim will cost
Him His life, he fearlessly advances il.
After careful study OF the Gospel
narrative IL becomes evident thai Jesus
in unequivoeal terms on several occa.
sions definitely declared His deity, and
made Himself equal with God.
OF course we can escape this conclu-
sion by taking the position that the
Gospels are inaccurate. Enthusiastically:
that the Eyangelists misunderstood
Jesus; that they make Him say things
that He never intends 10 say; that they
project their own personality and
thought into the story, so that we mere
ly have their opinion and not the facts
in the case.
But the objection TO this position is
that il makes all discussion impossible
by begging the question.
The problem arises: Could Jesus be
good man and at the same time ad.
vance claims to divinity. il these claims
were not based upon factf No one
doubts His goodness. Even His enc
mics Ia all lagos are forced TO admit
that He is the most perfect man who
has ever trodden this earth. Few men
of any Importance have ever doubted
His wisdom. The teaching of Christ is
the ideal towards which humanity is
ever striving, yet is never able I, over
take. Men of learning as well as men
of faith are convinced that Jesus has
spoken the last word that can be spoken
on every question of ethics and reli-
gion. His teaching is the key to the
solution OF every problem of life. In
proportion as we put into practice the
teaching of Jesus does life become free
from sin and sorrow. And AS His life |
and teaching recede in time, men are
more and more convinced that He is
the supreme personality of the ages,
that no man ever spake as He.
The stranger walking the narrow
streets of Rome is misled into thinking
that there are many domes in the Eter::
nal City, almost, if not quite, as large
rs the far. famed dome of st. Peters.
So he experiences a feeling Of disap
pointment, since be has heard so much
about Michael Angeles architectural
triumph. But as the tourist leaves the
city for the Albanian hills, one by one
the domes, which from the narrow
streets seem as large as that of the
grow smaller and smaller:
and long before the city itself has been
lost IN the distance, they have vanish
I'd from sight. And now only the mas
sive dome of the master architect stands
,ut boldly against the blue sky; fur
her and further the astonished traveller
journeys, and still it dominates the
horizon. Ard then, and only then,
.he stranger realizes that there is no
,ther dome in the world like unto that
VI the Roman cathedral.
As the centuries swiftly recede into
he past, one by one the men who have
appeared to their generation to be as
wise and as good as Jesus disappear
md are forgotten, while the mighty
personality of the Prophet of Nazareth ,
rows more and more majestic.
But Thee. hut Thee o sovereign Seer Of time. ,
,ut Thee, poets Poet. Wisdoms Tongue
hut Thee. o mans best Man, O loves hest /,
Love,
perfect life IN perfect labor writ,
all mems Comrade. servant. King or !
Priest
What II or yet, what mole, what flaw. what {
lapse,
What least defect or shadow Of defect
THAT rumor, tattled by an enemy, u
4 Inference loose, what lack Of grace a
wen IN torture's grasp,or sieeps.or DEATHS /,
IA. what aIniss may forgive IN Thee,
esus. good Paragon thou crystal Christg'' y
Once more ask, can such wisdom :
nd goodness as stand revealed in the :,
aaching and life Of the Master be re- :
onciled with falsehood and bla phemyf !,
here is only one answer: No, u can ),
OF. jesus is supremacy good ana - !
amely wise. Therefore when He sati- :
es Peters confession; when HI af- =
rms that He was in existence before !,
lbraham; when under oath in the pre-
anna af tba Saubedrin He annhatteatiy