The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-04-19
The DEITY OF
JESUS Christ
PLAINLY Shown
DR.. MAssEE BROUGHT LIGHT TO
LARGE AUDIENCE ON
SUBJECT.
SUPERNATURAL EVIDENCES
Deity Shown Through Mans Insult
ficiency-Twenty-five Access
sions to Church.
SUPERNATURAL EVIDENCES

The song service preceding Dr. Mas
sees sermon Tuesday evening at the
First Baptist church was fine, the con-
gregation joining in heartily, especially
in that old favorite, Shall We Gather
at the River?"
The meeting is proving blessing to
many and during the short time Dr..
Massee has been preaching, there have
already been twenty-five accessions to
the church. Large crowds continue to
attend, the Sunday school room being
used in connection with the audito-
rum every night to accommodate the
people.
Besides being in earnest, and fear
less in his preaching, the fact that DR..
Massee is fine speaker adds greatly to
the comfort and pleasure of the SER
vices, as all may hear easily.
Rev. C. L. Neal pastor of the Broad
Street Methodist church, gave the
opening prayer, after which DR.. Mas
see began his exposition of the four
teen chapter of Matthew, telling the
story of Jesus walking on the water
and the miracle of the five loaves and
two fishes.
The Deity of Jesus Christ.
DR.. Massee said he wished to brins
light to his audience on the deity O.
Jesus Christ, reminding them tha
when the light is perfect, people wall
in it and do not see it. The bes
preaching is not that which calls at
tention to the preacher, but that which
shows men the light of Gods truth
"Is Christ simply a matchless, pure
man, as the Unitarians and the Jews
tell us? Is he a prophet? If we car
settle this problem of Christ's deity
we can settle anything in our lives as
a christian" Here the speaker scored
doing things half compromising
saying 'Is He God or not? Settle thai
question and you settle every question
of modern doubt"
The sermon was well illustrated
with anecdotes and the deity of Jesus
was discussed, first, as seen through
the supernatural and second, from the
point of mans insufficient resources
for mans need.
The Supernatural Proves christs Deit,
Pharaoh saw esus thought the
supernatural" said the speaker, and
he pictured eloquently Christ preach
ing to the multitude, to wise men and
scholars, and then the miracle of feed
ing the thousands with the five loaves
and two fishes; then the twelve men in
the boat, and Christ walking on the
sea, calming the sea, staying the fury
of the winds; then Christ raising the
widows son from the dead, healing the
blind, restoring the diseased, bringing
comfort to the lowly and poor; later
Christ appearing to the disciples after
his death, and Thomas doubling until
he could touch the holes in Jesus
knees, then dropping to his knees cry.
ing, my Lord and my God!" "Why
how can man look at His Book or par.
take of His mercies without going
down ON his face to God!"
Christ's Deity Shown Through Men.
Then the speaker showed the deity
of Christ through mans insufficient
resources for mans need by stating
that mans hunger is never satisfied
with bread; that ambition is
never satisfied with office-one always
wants to go higher-higher; human
greed never is satisfied with money.
The fundamental thing is, that no mat.
ter what talents or money man has,
he never has enough for his own sat
isfaction.
DR.. Massee reminded his audience
of the uselessness of building up for
tunes to make more, or creating vast
cities which forget God and of the
helplessness against the elements, OF
city planned by men. Men may put
up money, but can't combat disease
can't face the elements for they will
cry out for something to hold their
hand in the night of their soul. They
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