Jefferson jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 1907-1926, 1911-12-22
Ard Ma Naoe Shsu b CAlied
Wonlofful.

Jesus Christ is the most won
dcrfui character in the world.
He entered upon his public ca.
reer at the age OF thirty, and
when he was a trife past thirty
three he was crucified "a male
factor. During his activities he
wrote no book, published no ser.
mon, built no synagogue, organ
lied no army, headed no revolu
ton, and left no material monu-
ment TO his memory. His was a
life Of poverty and OF wanderings.
He had no permanent home.
He belongs to the commo on peo-
pie. He was simply teacher OF
men. In Him was the truth and
he imported it for the good of
others. He was the most unpop-
ular man of his day. He was de
spised and rejected Of men. He
put himself into antagonism
with the established order of
things; he cut crOssw wise the
grain Of human nature: exposed
the hollow shams and preten-
sions Of the leading classes and
demanded the humiliation of
pride and self-righteousness.
He taught the Fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood Of man,
and his truth applied itself TO
the world as we'll as TO the con
fines OF palestine.
Because OF his truth his fellow
countrymen in high places con
demned him to death and he died
between two thieves on the cross.
In this way they thought to dis
pose of Him as a troublesome
factor in society. And from a
human point Of view it looked
like that when the curtain fell
upon him on Calvery, his career
was at an end.
But down in this twentieth
century after his death, he still
lives and is worshiped by multi
piled million of the race. He
enters into the great civilizations
of the world, inspires their in
situations and laws, is a part and
parcel of their literture, their hist
DRY, their science andtheir manner
Of life. In palaces of the rich, in
the substantial homes OF the
classes and in the novels
of the poor his praise are sung
and his name is revered. He is
the hope of the penitent, the
healer of the broken-h hearted,
the helper of the down .trodden,
the redeemer Of the Outcast, the
Of the afflicted and the
dying. He teaches men to love
and not to hate to build and not
to destroy, to give JOY and not
pain. He regenerates manhood;
he sanctifies womanhood, and he
gives intrinsic value to childhood.
He breaks the shackles of ignOr.
ance from the human intellect;
he pierces the cloud of super
stition that shrouds the human
spirit, and he turns the eve OF
humanity toward the coming of a
brighter morning.
Why is all this true? simply
because he is born of eternity;
the gift OF the everlasting Father;
the Prince of Peace, whose name
is called wonderful. He is
Emanuel, which being interpret
ed is, God with us. His birth,
the great event all Christendom
Is about to commemorate, was
the inauguration, of a world
movement, pregnantel with the
possibilities of which the genera
tons are the beneticiaries. The
manger in which he was born,
when the angels announced his
advent, and to which the wise
came to worship him, is redolent
with sacred memories, because it
witnessed the coming of the King
Since then he has travelled thro-
ugh the centres, the fairest
among ten thousand and altogeth-
err lovely; and today the world
Of civilized humanity bows before
him and crowns him Lord of all.
The coming ages will not be able
to out live him and all future gen
erations will rise up and call him
blessed. And in heaven redeem
ed humanity will be the fruit of
his saying love and the eternities
will be vocal with his praises.
Texas Christian Advocate.