Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-04
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THE GLORY OF THE NAzARENE.

By Rev W. e. Tilroe.
And we beheld His glory.-John
liza.
That a citizen of the earth, some
nineteen centuries ago, certain Sy-
rian Jew. one Jesus of Nazareth, lived
a life that was a life Of glory is the
thing that is here said. Other things
are said but our matter of talk Is
this. 1t is not theological vision,
but a plain record. "The Word was
made flesh, and dwelt among us, and
we behsld His glory"
The glory of the Christ life may be
seen earliest, possibly, in that 1t Is
the only one of its kind. 1t was a
unique life. Jesus Christ was one,
only begotten." In all the ages He
has no fellow. When Napoleon said
mot one is like Him." he had this
vision. 1t is of the genius of great
ness to carve a niche for itself, to
fly in its own orbit, to evermOre walk
lonely Moses, Aristotle, Caesar, Shake
speare are memories of the forgotten,
and live among the dead. SO there
was never another like the Son OF
Mary. Reverence is born of respect,
and worship of the Christ may well
begin by finding Him among the soil
tary few. History can neither be
written nor read without mention of
His name. Jesus of Nazareth is even
now Jesus of the planet.
The glory of the Christ life IS seen
also in its transcendence. 1t is biog-
raphy evermore parting from men and
carried out of their vision. The
darkness comprehended it not The
world knew Him not His own re-
ceived Him not" Men face the Christ
not only with mortal opposition, but
with mental collapse. They reject
Him as surely that they are little as
they are wicked Their logic falls in
a heap. They walk by faith or stag
ger to the dust. Unless they believe
on His name, receive Him, are given
right and power to be sons of God
are vertically born again, they never
catch the glory of the Christ.
No man worships down. No man
worships at level To his own mind
every man worships up. 1t may be
stick, or star, or beast, or the vision
Of his dreams, but 1t Is always and
forever up. A Christ who is not
above, beyond, elusive, infinite, will
never receive sacrifices Or hear pray
ers. He may have virgin birth, work
miracles, rise from the dead, ascend
the skies as the stairway of His home,
and I need not doubt or be alarmed.
could not do Him reverence were He
not somehow superhuman. Such a
Christ may astOund me, but He does
not surprise. He is the very Christ I
would look for, my Master, the Lord
of my life. Such is the Christ of God,
the transcendent Christ. And we be-
held His glory
When scientist will study sunshine
he runs 1t through prism and CON
fines it to the limits of his desk. The
thing that foods universe does not
vanish or change in two feet square
So the immortal Christ, light of the
world, shut up in the short years Of
His Palestinian abiding, shows still the
primal glories of the eternities and the
Fathers house. Does He bring grace
and truth to the earth? He Is full of
grace and truth" Does He speak with
men? Never man spake like this
man" Is He accused of wrong? Il
find no fault in this man" Does He
feed the multitude from lunch box?
They gather of the fragments by the
basketful Does He heal the sick? 1t
is not matter of visits, mumbling,
and income, but men take up their bed
and walk, Is there an hour when
speech is folly? He answers not a
word, and the mighty of the earth
marvel. Finally, with His life at His
back and His face to the sky He cries
in triumph, 1T is finished, and meets
the Eternal with His record Always
and everywhere he is the Superlattve
Christ
The alarming message of Jesus is
that He is the last and farthest reach
of the mind and hand OF God To 20
farther would be to do worse, to be
less wise and loving, to set weakness
in the seat of power, and to furnish
the earth at last the thing it is hungry
for, real excuse for sin. God who
! might have done more and better for
His children and withheld His hand
would be dumb on His own judgment
| day The Superlative Christ is the ex-
haustion of divinity for the good of
men. Unique, transcendent, unsurpass-
able, the same yesterday, to-day, and
forever" we behold His glory.
VALUE OF ELF-CoNTROL
By Rev. De Witt L. Pelton, Phi. D.