Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-28

fervent desire can not conceive a reve-
lation of God which appeals more
strongly to the human heart than does
the light of the knowledge of the glory
of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Men do not wish. far less expect, any
thing better than He. They no longer
say, Art thou he that shouI come, or
do we look for anoitherg'- They want
no other He whom the prophet called
"The Desire of all Nations" meets
fully the deepest yearnings Of the
soul. Multiplied millions sing with
Richard Watson Glider,
III Jesus is man
And only mani say
That of all mankind cleave to Him.
And to Him will cleave Away.
III Jesus is a Cod
And the only Cod swear
l will follow Him through Seayen anc
hell.
The earth, the sea, and the air"
Christ is the best revelation of God
we can have. and He is equally the best
exposition of man. In Him dwells the
fulIness of the Godhead bodily, and in
Him is seen the fullness of man
hood at its highest power. The in
carnation shows us to what heights hui
mainly can be raised. What value must
attach to a being for whom God will be-
come incarnate and with whose nature
divinity can dwell untarnished and UNI
limited What interest must be involved
in world with the inhabitants of which
the Eternal Son forever Identifies Himself
by taking and retaining their naturei
What post of responsibility for the well
fare of the universe must that order OF
beings occupy, the Captain of whose sal
walton is the Only Begotten OF the Faith
err
We can not think of religion which
thus reveals God and exalts man as be-
ing less in its purpose than universal II
is the religion of the 'Son OF Man" and,
hence, must be designed for all mankind.
Such an one as Jesus can not be tribal
deity or national idol. 1t was most APP
propriate and natural that among the
first to worship the Babe of Bethlehem
were wise men and peasants, men OF
wealth and men of poverty. men of learn
ing and men of ignorance, Gentiles and
Jews-all the classes and extremes Of
humanity. 1t was prophetic Of the scope
of His plan of salvation. When the an
gels sang, "Glory to God in the highest.
on earth peace, good will to men" on
the day He was born, men might have
been sure that on the day He disappeared
from the world and assembled into heaven
He would say to his followers, go into
all the world and preach my gospel to
every creature" The Era of the Incarna-
ton is and must be the age Of evangelism
and missions. The incarnation Is too
large a fact to be confined to provincial
lines and ethnic limits. To acknowledge
1t in sincerity is to accept the commits
sion of a worldwide apostolate, restricted
only by the limitations of our powers and
the breadth of our opportunities. II He
has come to us, we must go to all with
the story of His coming: If He has ap-
peared among men, the fact is too great
for silence or for any sluggish method
of proclaiming IT to all who know ii not.
If Jesus is God manifest in the flesh,
then love is the heart OF the universe.
and all men should be made acquainted
with the great truth.
ct say to thee, do thou repeat
To the first man thou mayest meet
In lane, highway, or open street.
THAT he, and we, and all men move
Under a canopy of love
AS broad as the blue sky above;
''That doubt and trouble, fear and pain
And anguish, are all shadows vain.
That death itself shall not remain:
''That weary deserts we may tread.
A dreary labyrinth may thread
Through darkways underground be led,
"Yet If we will our Guide obey
The dreariest path, the darkest way
Shall issue out in heavenly day;
"And we On divers shores now cast
Shall meet our perilous voyage past
All in our Fathers house at last