The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-11-14

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an Empire. we cnn vel tes yy,ly
world y:wtse people Of i.lat day or this
day would consider such person a
fraud, preteRdef, a de eiyar APP
pearanecs were against him. !,
Jesus declared that the Father sent
him and that he delighted 10 come IN
obedience to Jehosali's siil,5 to be his.
agent and servant in the outworkng
of a great plnn for human redemption.
Those who deny NIL OF this, and who.
have awakened SO much confusion
amongst Christians, aud have made
the Gospel OF Christ impossible 70, the
jew, should give an account of them.
selves and explain by what authority.
they contradlcted the Great Teacher
1.-THE Father is greater than L. And
when they claim that the death OF
Jesus was, merely,n farce, and that he
as Jehovah merely stepped out Of the
body ofrJesus and perpetrated a fraud
and pretended to be dead and aroused
his disciples 50 to think md SO TO
teach, and pretended later to be raised
from the dead4those who thus teach
and who. thls confuse the minds Of ill
Christendom and Jewry. shoald OK.
plain away, If they can. theiplain state
ment OF the Apostle that God raised
up Jesus from the dead by his own
power on the. third day. Ii
Fart Thou a King Thsa7p
Picture the Great Tcacherj walking
with his twelve Apostles, nondescript
crowd OF. those, who heard him gladly
mot many great, not manYi learned,
not many rich, not many noble. Hear
him telling them-thosc WHO tacknowl.
edge themselves to be ignorant and uh:
learned (Aets ", 1S)-t.iat, IL Truthful
to him, lie would "graneit them to SIT
withihimtin his Throne,r Judging the
twelve tribes of Israeli 1.-The state
mcnt surely seemed fraudulent, and he
had not the heart TO condemn the Jews
who 80 misinterpreted him. ST. Peter
did not condemn them, but distinctly
said, l wot, brethren, that in igno-
rance We crucified the Prince of Life,
as did also your rulers (Acts Ill, ,15-1Tl.
Can we wonder that the learned
Jews ofthat day were confused? They
did. indeed, hear of his mlracles-his
recovering of sight to the blind and OF
strength to the withercd hand OF tile
impotent man; and, In the case. of Lac.
arus, at least. they had demonstration
Of his power over the dead. They per:
ceived Tint these miracles were having
an influence upon the imasses-that
they detracted from their owniestecm
amongst the people. They knew that
many of Jesus sayings were wonder.
fully. wise, and that his teEltelsms: OF
their own Inconsistencies were re,
markhBly sharp. Yet '@ithal, they said,
We ;kn6@s fliat lie ii n 7fraGd, because
ofhis peculiar calm torbe the Messiah
and the Son,of Godn' This claim of'fis
dlscountenanees all Of his teachings
and mighty works. 1t cannot be true
that HI, is, the Messiah that OUT nation
has waited for these more than sixteen
centuries. God would surely send
Messiah u 'suhlciency OF demonstration
ofsGlory and power TO convince the
most Intelligent OF our nation. the
Scribes and pharisees audi, Priests
What, they all dissent from, repudiatt
and denouncc, must. be false. T.
For tho Good of tho Nation.
The Jewish wise, rlen OF eighteen
centuries ago concluded that u mai
who set the masses agoS with antici
patton of himself us the Messiah King
yet was without IN army and without
financial backing for campaign
would present their nation TO the Ro
mans in ludicrous light. AS n result
they might have taken from them, n
the word. of the Emperor, the civil ant
religious privileges and rights they
were enjoying. They took counsel .ant
determined that In the interests of thu
peace OF the.nation this golden.tonguet
mlracle-workcr should either be ex
posed as a fraud or be Killed. The!
tried first to expose him by trappin:
him In his language in the presence o.
his followers and the multitude. Blu
his intellect was kcener than their!
and the thrusts they made at him re
bounded TO their own discomfort ant
established his own standing In tn,
estimation of his followers and In tn,
eyes OF the people. One Of these eff
forts to show up the hollowress of hi
claims and their fraudulency and t,
discourage his followers is worthy o
particular notice, as 1t furnishes u
the key to the sentiment ofJthe ruler
and also the key to the real facts G
the case which those rulers failed t,
discern.
The Kingdom In Your Midst.
The influential Jews said. Let. u
question this fraudulent Messiah re
specting his pretentions, not with an.
hope of correcting him, but with
view to opening the eyes of his follow
ers to the weakness and fallacy of hi
teachings. Then they will see the hol
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