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DIVINITY OF CHRIST.

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armed with the power, the authority of God a
power eternal and authority supreme
Christ stands before the people Great men have
stood before the tribunal of the people and preached
to it what they were their schemes and their hopes
Yes they have stood before the tribunal of the peo-
pie, some brave as lion because they felt their
just, some wavering lest the cause they
espoused might be killed by the breath of the peo-
pies scorn. Serene and calm Christ faces the peo-
pie the old Jewish race, welded to their traditions
and their treasured memorials, and, aye, welded
most of all to a dogma which was craven at the
head of the tables of Sinai-the unity of God.
Christ stands before the people, and he does not
finch as the angry cry salutes Him: GLOW long
dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou be the
Christ, tell US plainly" There is hush, stiffness
of expectation and clear and strong Christs words
come: 81 speak to you, and you believe not the
works that [ do in the name of the Father, they
give testimony of me- The blind see, the deaf
hear the lame walk the dead arise. [ and the
Father one" Yes, yes the speech of Christ to
the people making known to them who He and
the object of His mission was not clothed in the
mists of obscurity, but clear the at
day and strong and mearless as the eternal hills
II and my Father are one"
But above the people, there is another tribunal,
the governing power magistracy, which concen-
trates in itself the glory, the justice the enlight-
trine that is not in accordance with the laws or
traditions of the country must appear Christ
stands before the council of the elders the priests
and the princes of Judea. He is accused of being
a disturber of the peace, innovator who would
make away with the traditions, rites and cere-
monies which into the very heart of
the Jewish race. But mark you, all these charges
but light in comparison to the charge which the
high priest, rising in his place, makes. There is
hush in the tribunal hall the words of the high
priest fall upon the listeners 81 adjure thee
by the living God that thou tell US if thou be the
Christ, the Son of God"
All! What moment that was as the words of
Christ in reply, without hesitation and with
out fear, II am" supplemented by this further
speech: "and you shall see the Son of man sitting
on the right hand of the power of God and COM
ing with the clouds of heaven"
The tribunal of the Jewish race hear Christ's
reply and pass their verdict. "He is blasphemer
and is guilty of DEATH" and wild shout of appro-
baton rings out from the populace confirming the
councils sentence.
1t is Calvary, and Christ is dying upon cross.
The thief dying beside Him has asked for mercy
and it has been given him. Across the face of the
heavens inky blackness steals, the earth shakes
to its very foundations and the rocks above old
Jerusalem are split like matchwood. Back from
the land of shadows the spirits of the dead come,
come to weep and to shudder with heaven and earth
because their God and the God of Nature is dy-
ing. A centurion stands at the foot of the cross.
He is Roman soldier and in his heart throbs the
bravery of that ancient race. Now his bronzed
face is pale, the sword trembles in his right hand
He gazes in dismay around him. It is darkness. It
is horror. 1t is CONSERVATION. And then he gazes
upon the Cross, and his ashen lips speak these
words: Indeed, this was the Son of God" The
people take up his words, "This was the Son of
God" and horrorstricken. they rush away to hide
themselves from the silent form hanging upon the
Cross.
1t is the Resurrection morning, and Roman sol
diers guard Christ's tomb. "Go guard it we'll lest
his followers might steal away his body and say to
the world he has risen" Such were their instruc-
tons. With Roman courage Roman vigilance and
Roman perseverance, they guard it. A heavy stone
seals its mouth and within is dead body. a dead
body yes, but body in which resides the Divinity
The stone is rolled back and Christ comes forth
with power, Divinity which is from
eternity unto eternity Christ has risen, Christ
has triumphed over death, sang the apostles in
that oden day, bright with the light the peace and
the liberty of God. Christ has risen. Christ has
triumphed over death, sang all the Christian ma
tons from Calvary's day to now. 'fHe is God"
Christ is God and His Church is Divine The
Catholic Church, the daughter and spouse of
Christ demonstrates the Divinity of her founder