The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-26

from the trees and strewed them In
the way; and the multitudes that went
before and that followed cried, say
lag, Hosanna to the son OF David;
blessed is he that COmeth In the name
of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
The thronE moved near the city gates
and passed into the city, This caused
great excitement and all tho city was
moved. saying, WHO Is this?"
In the days Of his flesh Christ Caus-
ed people to think and talk about him,
and his influence is ever the same, 1t
ls still true that he cannot be hidfand
the question Of the first Palm Sunday
Is an everlasting question. and there
Is a profound sense In which you and
| are called upon to study Jesus, TO
understand his works, to interpret
his life and to decide for ourselves
who he Is.
There are some interesting nswer
to the question. Some call him the
great teacher and refer to the sermon
on the mount, the parallels, and the
extracts of some Of his public I'D
dresses. Some say he was a marvel
Gus miracle worker; and that is true.
He opened blind eyes, %unstopped deaf
ears, healed withered hands, allayed
burning fevers, and brought the dead
back to life; and all OF these are para
bles OF the power with which he works
In the spiritual world. Some call him
the sympathetic friend, and we remem
Der his tender dealing with the WON
an taken In her sin, his solicitude and
helpfulness In the case of the widow
at Main, and his affection for the
friends In the home at Bethany; and
1t Is still true There's not a friend
like the lowly Jesus" Some call him
the matcheless man. referring to the
beauty Of his character, the purity of
his life, the universal character OF his
teaching and his worldwide outlook.
Some speak Of him as the mighty Saw
for, and tell, with glowing heart, of his
power to save; and still he Is able to
save unto the uttermost. Some recall
the prophecy spoken by Isaiah and
say he Is the wonderful, and that this
characteristic applies to all the other
names.
In the first and second chapters Of
the Epistle to the Hebrews Christ Is
set forth as the. perfect son Of God
and the perfect man and there is given
a seven.fold proof OF each. In chapter
one we find that God hath In these
last days spoken unto us by his son,
he has become heir to all things, he
made al things, he Ia the e~ffulgence
of Gods glory, the express image Of
his person, he upholdB all things by
the word Of his power, and when he
had by himself purged u sins he sat
down on the right hand Of the majesty
on high. In chapter two we find that
he Is a perfect man. but was made a
little lower than the angels, he took
mans nature, he endured mans temp
tation, he tasted mans death, he met
mans foe and destroyed him, he
wrought out mans salvation, and
achieved mans victory. Without doubt
he is the one perfect man.
mo mortal can with him compare,
Among the sons of men;
Fairer IL he than all the fair
Who I'll the heavenly train"
And let us not forget that all that
may be said Of him, and all that is
true OF him ne a man Is but a faint
CLEAN Of the glory which Is his as the
divine son Of God.
The worlds greatest mountain is
Calvary, the little hin outside the city
gates where Christ was cruclGed to
save us all. Here we can see Gods
love for the sinner and the sinners
opportunity. Let that cross be the
great answer to the question Of the
text.
Who Is this? This is Jesus OF
Nazareth. You have seen him; you
have heard him; you know the re-
demption which he wrought, What
will you do with Jesus? Your Joy for
time and your destiny for eternity de.
pend on your answer I plead with
you to make your eternal decision
now; to Join the innumerable throng
which acclaims him as Lord OF the
heart, and king Of the life, and which
says: