The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-14

enccd Had he Joined in with the pberi
SeGs anu winked a. their interpreting the
III" IN one way for the people and in
shother manner for themselves, he would
A nave received much honor from thc rich
y ana the poor the learned and the igno-
/ ,aHt, But he antagonized all these by
nus huh1fllty in minglinG with the com
| mon people. acceptlng some OF them as
ms ms, special disciples and sending them
| out as his representatives. This spe-
| cially branded him as foolish in the cves
| OF The worldly wise, This specially dis
| credlted him. not only man and a
| teacher. but particularly as one who
claimed TO he the Messiah, the king of
| glory who was TO set up an empire We
| can we'll sec wig worldly wiac people of
! that day or this day would consider such
person a fraud pretender. a de-
celvcr. Appearances were against him,
Jesus declared that the Father sent
him and that he delighted 10 como in
obedicucc TO Jehoyah'8 will. to be his
agent and servant in Tho outworkinS
OF a great plan for human redemption.
Those who deny all of this and who
among CHRISTIANS: and have made the
gospel of Christ impossible to the Jew
should give an account of themselves and
explain by what authority they contra
dicted The great teacher-"Thc Father
is greater than l." And when they claim
that the death OF Jesus was merely q
stepped ont of the body OF Jesus and
perpetrated a fraud and r-etonded TO
be dead aud aroused his disciples so to
think and so 10 teach and pretended
later to be raised from the dead--those
who thus teach and who thus confuse
the minds Of all Cbristendom and JeWFT,
should explain away. II they can INC
plain statement of the apostle that God
raised uu Jesus from The dead by his own
power on the third day.
''Art Thou King Then7'
y Picture the Great Teacher walking With
y. xIxT- IT, Ia
OF those who heard him glaGly--not many
great not many learned. not many rich.
not many noble. Hear him telling them
those who acknowledge themselyes 10
i've ignorant and unlearncd (acts iv., 49,
that IL faithful 10 him. he would grant
them 10 sit With him I'm his throne
Judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
The statement surely seemed fraudulent,
and he had not the heart 10 condemn
the Jews who so misirierpreted him
St Peter did not condemn them, but ols-
Ignorance We crucified the Prince OF Life.
as did also YOUR rulers tacts iii, l5-1b.
Can VIC wonder that the learned jews
OF that day were confused They DID
ering OF sight 10 the blind ana OF
strength to the withered hand Of me
irnpotent man; and, in the case oi laS-
arue. at least they had demonstration OF
ceived that these miracles were having
an influence upon the mssses--that they
dctractcd from their own esteem amons
the people. They knew that many OF
Jes,Js's savings were wonderfully wise
and that his criticisms of their own IN
consistcncies were remarkably sharp
Yet withsl, they said: We know, thaI ne
is a fraud h.cause OF his peculiar claim
10 be the Messiah and the son or God.
This CLAIM Of his discountenanccs all OF
his teachings and mighty works. IL can
not bc true that he Is the Messiah that
our nation has waited for these more
than sixteen centuries. God would surely |
send Messiah a sufficicncy of deinonstra-
tion OF glory and power 10 convince the
most intelligent of our nation, the scrloes
and pharisees and priests What they
al dissent from. repudIate and denounce.
must be false.
For the Good of the Nation.
The Jewish wise men OF eighteen
centuries ago concluded that man WHO |
set the masses agos with anticipation
of himself as the Messiah King, yet was
without an army and without financial
for a campaign, would present
their nation 10 the Romans in ludi-
crous light. AS a result they might have
taken from them at the word OF the cm- |
pcror. the civil and religious privileges
and rights they were enjoying. They |
took counsel and determined that in the |
soIden-,oneued miracle worker should
either be exposed as q fraud or be killed. |
They tried first TO expose him by trap |
ping him in his language IN the presence
his intellect was keener than theirs and
the thrusts they made at him re bound |
ed to their own discomfort and estsb- |
lished his own standing in the estIma-
tion OF his followers and in the eyes of
the people One OF these efforts 10 show |
up the holowncss OF his claims and their
and TO discourage his FOL |
lowers Is worthy OF particular notice. as
II furnishes US the key 10 the sentiment
OF tie rulers and also the key TO the
real facts Of the case which those rulers
failed to discern.
Kingdom in Your Midst.
The influential Jews said. Let us
question this fraudulent Messiah respect
OF correcting him, but with view TO
opening the eyes OF his followers to the
weakness and faIlacy o! his teachings
Then they wilt sec the hollowness Of the
hopes they arc entertaining and their
foolishness in leaving their various aYo-
cations 20 become his followers, In the
They will see that he has no prospect
Of ever securing a Throne and that they
are merely delnded by him in such eX-
peSsations; S ; Thsy ,dn 1n9n'se% nsapq OF mnw HOW
long will il be before you sit upon your
throne and have your followers with you
in the Throne? How long before this
Messanic Kingdom will rule in Palestine
and extend from Its borders TO the ends
OF the EARTH After you have answered
US these questions we VIII ask YOU oli1-
erS respecting your lIldHSiiI Sopp'tl o'iu
resources-your own qualifications and
your subordinate officers; the arms tor
your soldiers and the supplies necessary
for such a world campaign as you are
about TO begin. according 10 your teach
ings.
Tho Great Teachers brief answer en-
trelv sllenced eVory objection. Ills
questions had these men been Israel
i(es indeed" would have been so deeply
impressed upon them that they would
have followed up the matter with an cn
at first contemplated But they were in
sincere. Hence when their questions.
intended TO entrap the Teacher and Mas
~ acknowledged their defeat by their
silence. The answer was not. as inper-
fectly translated In our Common Version
The Kingdom of Heaven is within you,
hypocrlticau Pharisees. but. Ny Kingdom,
The Kingdom OF heaven. OF which l am