Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-05

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Then IN that case God can do the
unusual and yet uphold the establish
ed laws Of nature. The angel Gabriel.
IN his wonderful annunclatlon TO
Mary. concluded with these words.
For with God nothing shall be inn
| possible"
on our own idea Of God depends
/ whether we believe In miracles. The
noted writer Hume ala not believe in
miracles because he did not believe
/ In God. Because We have a God who
can do miracles. therefore any one
who came from God. or may be- God
can DO miracles.
Some cf Gods laws have been re-
vcaled by him some laws God has al
lowed man 20 discover. and some laws
have not set been discovered Sci
Cntlfic discoveries are simply mans
small conception OF certain revealed
laws. The mystery oi the wind o.
stll as great as IL was when Jesus
| said 20 Nicodomus, "Thc wind blow
eth where it lstcth. and thou hear
est the sound thereof. but canst not
tell whence IL comcth. Or whittier
IL goeth."
The prophet Job said II know. %
God. that thou knowest everything,
and nothing Is hid from thee"
Why are there not miracles IN this
age2 II miracles were performed for
generation after generation they
would cease a. be regarded as such.
ana become mere phenomena. such
as the growing up of the flowers. a
miracle Is not subycrsion Of the
natural laws OF God. bat Is the cx-
ccption 10 the general rule. II "a man
does not believe in miracles. the trout
Bile Is not In his head. but in his
heart
In Cana OF Galiloc, Jesus perform
ed one OF his earliest miracles when
he turned water into wine Il has
| been computed that 1870 gallons OF
wine were made on that occasion.
/ The older the wine the better u is.
but this new wine was the best az
the feast
Then there was the fceding of rive
thousand men. besides women and
children, with live loayes and two
/ fishes
While in O. boat with his disciples
Jesus slept a storm suddenly arose
and his disciples Weakened him. CRYING
out Master g1rcst thou not that we
| perish 20 Jesus arises, says Pence,
be STILL and there is q great calm.
ON the knee OF hiE umnipotcncc he
/ spanks the angry waves Of Galilee.
In healing the blind man with clay
moistencd with spitile. There was no
long time needed for healing The
same quick work when the deaf man
was made 20 near
4 man palsiod for thirty-eight years
was let down through the roof. and
Christs first words 10 hlm were. "S0n
be of good cheer. thy sins Doe forgiven
] thee The Scribes and Pharisees al
once objected that NO one but God
could forgive SINS Then Jesus added
But thns yr may know that the Son
Of Man hath power Co heal this man.
and 10 the sick man said, Arise. take
up thy bed ana walk" Instantly the
man arose For witnesses to this
miracle there was a house packed Go
suffocation with ugighbors
Standing out as one of his greatest
miracles IL the raising of Lazarus
from the dead. Jesus went with the
sisters. bat was chlded hy Mary for
not preventing her brothers death.
with commanding voice hc called.
Lazarus, come forth" and the dead
aros, ON this ease also there were
many Witnesses hired mouruers. ana
many others. VINO did this? a man
Tell that 60 fools ana idiots. 40 one
but Cod can raise the dead.
Ana again Christ's declaration rings
forth ~ have power 20 las down m.
life, and ! have power to take 1t up
again"
The four simple stories at the Eos-
pels are the most reasonable and log
zeal as records Christs resurrection.
and they are an commented upon hy
tho great H. Paul.
~ Christ rose then the sermon ON
the Mount is true. Everything is|
PROVED hy the resurrection. By the
works hc did Jesus Is clearly convict
ed of being the son Of Cod Tho
women az Christs vacant tomb and
many others were eye witnesses o.
the fact that hc was alive after his
burial And this fact $50 Impressed
them that they were willing 10 loy
down their lives for christ
Am the miracles aforesaid, aud even
his resurrection, ala not make Jesus
The son OF God But u WAS because
ho was divine that they AN occurred.
Jesus said, "All power is given me,
both In heaven ana earth" So christ
has the key to all wonders