The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-11-07

hear considerable speculation as 10
the person and place OF Jesus Christ.
i want to convince you, that ques-
lions OF Christ's genealogy and birth
are overshadowed, In Importance,
for us. by the experience OF His con.
scious birth within our present lives.
We ask no man to believe In Jesus
Christ as the Son OF God upon histori.
cal evidence alone, for such evidence
may not be satisfactory TO all. But We
ask every man TO believe on the Son
Of God and the power OF a Christliks
life. upon the witness OF the Christ
consciousness. Gle that believeth
on the Son OF God. hath the witness
Up himself"
We do not ask men to give cred.
ence TO external evidence, but We
do ask every man to believe on the
Son OF God and the power OF Christ
like life. upon the witness OF the
Christ consciousness. Gle that be-
heveth on the Son OF God, hath the
witness In himself"
We do not ask men to give credence
to external evidence, but we com
mend TO every soul and Christ wit
ness In himself. We ask some OF our
brethren, what was the purpose Of
Jesus life. and they reply that He
was God in human form seeking by
His death and suffering to cancel
mankind's debt unto Himself In q
substitutional atonement OF vicari-
Gus sacrifice. whatsoever that may
be. II Christ was God and found II
necessary TO conform TO such COM
plicated process In order 10 placate
Himself, then we are worshipping q
God who violates our conception OF
perfect justice.
But some will say: "Ahl then
you deny the divinity OF Christi" Mol
most Enthusiastically. We do not. We
affirm He was divine and we affirm
the divinity OF every created soul.
We affirm Christ was divine and We
affirm the same for all mankind.
Christ's mission was TO reveal the
vital truth that He and we. and every
soul that lives are children OF the
living God.
The consciousness OF Christ was
consciousness OF His divine relation
ship to God as Father and Son.
How does Christ differ from other
men we ask7 In this, His perfect
consciousness OF sonship with God.
But does this explain His power to
heal the sick aud to speak peace unto
troubled souls, or are the recorded
evidences OF His seeming supernat-
ural power to be relegated to the
realm OF myth and legend3 In the
light of modern knowledge. we be-
Ieve the seemingly inexplicable oc-
ourrences OF the socalled miracles
Of Christ were but the natural re-
suits OF His supreme God-consclous-
ness. "Christ's God-consciousness
called to His Father through all
space. lie sent His word and healed:
the wind and waves obeyed His will.
II Is written that lie touched the
higher etheric vibrations with the
powerful thought OF His master mind
and the thought turned into wine and
loayes and fishes-"higher intelli-
gence projected into form through
the God
Do we not all receive a masters IN
struction and gain perfection by their
steady attention TO tribes under the
masters guiding handl For there Is
one God and one mediator between
God and man. the man Christ Jesus"
20 God Thou hast searched me and
known me, Thou art acquainted with
III my ways. There Is not word In
hny tongue but 10. o God Thou know
est Il altogether. Such knowledge
Is too wonderful for me; II is high.
I cannot attain unto It,"
We may repeat the affirmation
that We believe In the universal faith
erhood OF God but circumstances
can only come from within. Not all
the Affirmation OF lifetime can take
the place OF the internal evidence.
Our consciousness. however. Is de-
pendent largely upon our objective
experience. It is gagged in great
measure by our active relation OF life
to eternal truth. How presumptuous.
then, to deny the essentially OF the
mediation OF a Christ consciousness
twixt us and God. In Christ's life
habit there is revealed to US the at.
titude toward fellow men that is alb
solutely essential before God-con-
sciousness can be enjoyed.
Men who discount the place and
power of Jesus Christ are seek
ing TO enter the cosmic consciousness
with crude life habit that shuts
them on effectively from that in
Unite supply OF God life and world
power. As sensible for a man to flap
his arms and expect to fly. because
skilled inventors have conquered the
problem OF aerial flight. as for the
novice to disdain the mediation OF
Jesus Christ. II you would circle
through the yaulted skies. go to a
Wright or Curtiss and learn the prin-
oiples OF aerial navigation to which
you must relate yourself II you
would connect your life with Gods
almighty power. go 10 Jesus the
Christ and learn from Him the prin,
siples Of right relation between man