Arizona republican., 1909-02-19

acter. Nothing perfects character like the study of the Bible. Also that we may be fitted to do Gods work. If you know your Bible you are ready to work in>these meetings, not other wise. John Randolph of Roanoke, who certainly had gray matter in his head, said: could as soon imagine mole writing a treatise on optics and ascrib- ing it to Sir Isaac Newton as that the Bible was written by man alone My faith rests on two pillars; one is, what Christ has done for me; the other, what God has said to me. The final impression of all Bible study is a reve- lation of the face of Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord"
 The evening service again overflow ed the auditorium and everything moved off like clock work. The serv- ices begin on time, continue full of interest and close within reasonable limits so that no one is wearied by pro- longed hours.
 Dr. Dixon's subject last evening was: Why I believe that Jesus Christ was the divine Son of God" He took for his text, Matthew 1:23-"And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us" He said substantially:
 Mary named him Jesus but the peo- pie called him Emmanuel His great mission in the world was to make peo- pie say he was the Son of God. My proposition is this: Jesus was not a prophet of the age in which he lived but of another world who came to this world for a purpose My faith in the deity of Jesus Christ is based upon his claim, his character and his work His claim was four-fold. He claimed to be the Son of man. That idea was not in the world until Jesus brought it. He was not Jew enough for the Jews, not Greek enough for the Greeks, not Roman enough for the Ro- mans, because he was bigger than any of them. lie was the Son of man, the blood of the whole human race ran in his veins. It is more to be man than to be a king. It is more to be a woman than to be a queen. He claim ed to be the Son of God. As Son of man. he was man. As Son of God, he was God All men are not sons Of God. The man who has been born but once is not child of God. It is in the second birth that he becomes a son of God. Jesus Christ was the Son of God in a peculiar sense. He claimed to be God. to have existed before Abra- ham was born; to be the Old Testa- ment Jehovah When the soldiers came to take him in the garden and he asked them, eWhom seek ye? they answered, Jesu of Nazareth Then he said, not T am hefsbut am.' When he said I am he claimed to be the eternal God and the soldiers fell back ward to the ground before him. He claimed all divine tributes. We can not understand this combination of human and divine but we can believe and know that Jesus is both Son of man and Son of God. He claimed to be the antidote for all evil. Others have claimed to find remedies, he alone claims to be himself the remedy The moment you come before Jesus you have rest in your heart even in the midst of confusion.
 There are but two positions pos sble as to the character of Christ Some say he is good. Others say he is a deceiver. I have never heard a man say; I have rever read anywhere of any man saying that Jesus was not good. Men, devils and angels admit that he was good. Ingersoll, Noltalre, Tom Paine, Bolingbroke unite in pay ing tribute to his goodness. If you acknowledge that he was good and de- nv that he was God, you must prove that man can be good and claim to be
 he gnnd was God, for a good man can not pc hypocrite The man who knows the proof of Christ's divinity and does not bow to him does violence to hls lnteIl- gence. The best within us Shrlnks from the conclusion that Jesus was d deceiver His works prove him dlvlhe. The Lords Supper proves his deity IL is 4 memorial of his shame and ap- parent defeat. Nowhere in France will you find a monument of Water loo. Men build monuments to thelr victories and successes. His resurrec- tion is historically more certain than the death of Napoleon or the presl- dency of Washington.
 CT believe Jesus is the Son of God because I have seen him do things which only God can do in the saiva- 
 tion of lost men and women.
 pr. Dixon followed his sermon with the story of his conversion as boy Of twelve years.
 It is necessary to hear Dr. Dixon to appreciate his power. Without trace of sensationalism or egotism, he inn nresses one as a man who is living in touch with things spiritual and eter- nal: as a man whose convictions are well grounded and intelligent. The sermon last evening was the strongest he has delivered thus far and held the audience to the last word.
 These meetings today will be at o'clock and 7:S0 in the evening at the Baptist church. MT. Bristors solo just before the sermon was sympathetic and effective. The church is to be congratulated upon having the benefit of his assistance during these meet inPS