The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-02-24

mother. ard Of whose father there is
NJ menuon-). Micah lived il Isaiah :
time. and Il : apparent that his tesu
mony vas an expansion Of Issiah's In
JeTeniah We read. For Jehovah hath
created a new thing in the earth A
woman shall encompass a man. lso
Deiitzsch translates the passage. and
correctly
Many years since. a brilliant French
inhdel. in company with an equally
brilliant French lady. were walking
through the gardens Of the Tuilleries
IN Paris. They we're very earnestly
engaged IN a conversation Of a reiig-
ious character. The sceptie summing
up his argument al lenth said 20 the
Christian defender Of the faith
Madam, there are two things about
your Christian religion that cannot
accept. or even tolerate. and the first
is. that. as your Bible asserts. God
compelled His son 70 die for a guilty
world. That ! cannot believe. Sec
ondly. that God became incarnate in
the Perso nof Jesus Christ That is
repugnant and abhorrent to any think
Ing mind al least 50 il appears TO
me-
Your first objection" said the lady,
lis easily disposed OF. for no where in
the Sacred Scriptures is it declared
that God compelled His son to die for
sinners. On the other hand il shows
very clearly that the Father and the
Son we're in perfect agreement on the
question Of the worlds saliva
ton, and that Jesus came to His own
free win. and out Of love for lost and
ruined race died for them. The second
objection feel God has given me just
at this juncture in yonder ant hill. You
see those busy little creatures, and
our naturalists tell US, and we believe
1t, that next to man. OF all Gods erea-
lures the ant comes nearest in intelli-
gence to mankind"
The sceptic assented to this. and the
lady went on and said
"Supposing, for the sake of argu-
ment, that you were the creator Of
those ants. and had given them their
system of government, and supposing,
further, that you had determined upon
a change Of their ant form of govern
ment. how would you. sir. go about it?
Would you endeayor to communicate
your mind and wish in French to
them?'
No. madam, said the Frenchman
with smile, | do not think the ants
would understand French.
Well" said the lady, how would
son communicate your will to that com
munity OF ants?s
Like fash from the throne OF God
tie truth was borne in upon the French
man, and he replied in low and rev
erent voice.
Madam, suppose in order that my
will should be communicated TO the
ants it would be absolutely necessary
that I. their creator. should become an
ANT"
And so, in order that God should
communicate His will to lost world.
it was necessary that God should be-
come Man.
The brilliant Frenchmans arguments
were answered.
Let this mind be in you, which was
also in Christ Jesus: who, being in the
form Of God. thought it not robbery
to be EQUAL WITH GOD: but made
Himself of no reputation, aud took upon
Him the form of servant. and was
made in the likeness OF men. and be-
ing found in fashion ais a man. he
humbIed Himself. and became obed.
lent unto death even the death Of the
cross. Wherefore God aiso hath high
ly exalted Him. and given Him name
which is above every name; that at
the name of Jesus every knee should
bow, of things in heaven, and things
in earth. and things under the earth
and that every tongue should confess
Jesus Christ as LORD, 10 the glory Of
God the Father tPhil 2:5-11l,
Ninita oklahoma February % 1912.