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strength and strategy of God. 10 be
effectual with every strata of society
and TO make possible the return of all
straying creatures, Jesus, who being
in the form of God counted it not
prize to be on an equality with God,
but empted himself, taking the form
of servant, being made in the like
ness of men; and being found in fash
ion as a man, he humbled himself,
became obedient even unto death, yea
the death of the cross
The human and the human institu-
tions, apart from Jesus Christ. are
Just as helpless today as they were in
the last hour Of the darkest night of
immortality. which night preceded that
morning so radiant with glory because
Jesus the Savior was born.
The espousal of the Christian reIi-
gion is but an act, choosing, kindred
to much that enters into the great
total of life's activities. The myster-
les incident to an understanding of the
principles of the kingdom of heaven
are no more numerous nor are they of
greater depth than the mysteries in
voived in the principles of any of the
lower kingdoms. Some one may say,
'"What shall be said for the mracu
lous? Does the miraculous obtain and
is it vital to the system of christian
ity? Let me answer these questions
first by asking some questions. If
there is in evidence all about US more
than mere chance and blind force of
materialism, if there was in the begin
ming more than design and creature,
why not miraculous2 If there was
Omnipotence and Omniscience in ere
alton why not Omnipotence and Om-
nscience in the recreation2 Was not
the awful ordeal of eXpation bringing
order out of chaos and harmony out of
discord once more? Was the latter
less important than the former?
What is implied by the statement
the "All-Wise Christi" Simply this,
that the attributes inherent in DiVin
ity were inherent IN Jesus Christ. We
believe that the prophecies made con
cerning the virgin birth of lsrael's
DeIiverer were fulfilled when Jesu'
was born. If a mighty merciful Goo
has aWlays followed the creature will
concern and hope why should this doe
trine be such a challenge to the doubt
er? The Scripture says, Conceived
by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin
Mary"
In the language of another, "Jesu
was not born of mans lust nor of
womans desire but of the submission
of untainted womanhood to the diree
creative power of God. !"
Think not that the virgin birth j
incredible or impossible. Partheno
genesis Virgin BIRTH is reality il
nature. Study the honey bee, and b
convinced that our Savior being bor
of virgin was not a vast departur
from the order of nature. Gould no
He VINO created the bee devise tn
marvellous age-tested scheme of Re
demption?
i Yes. Christ's birth was miraculous
/ Christ's power His deeds were mn
Il aculous. His wisdom was that of ON
niscience. His purity was in uccor
with the sublime righteousness of God
II Christ's pity was not human-it wa
II Divine. Christ's teachings and author
| itatiVe declarations were supernatural
II The resurrection was miraculous
Il Again, let us appeal to nature tn
II awakenings of the springtme substan
tiate the basic cid doctrine of the res
y direction.
The all absorbing theme of the Bibl
is Christ. Peter said TO Him, "Iho
/ art the Christ, the Son of the livin
| God " Doubling Thomas finally said
| E"My Lord and my God. Not a singl
Il 10 1tnp nlI
withstanding Harnack's twisting an
theoriziug the apostle Paul neve
| penned a non-eorroborative word rela
tive to the virgin birth or the DIVINITY
of Jesus Christ.
| Wise men of His day beheld Hir
aud said. "AN-wise :" nor has the yer
diet been changed by the centuries
summon the witnesses: JoSephus tel
us what you know.
! "Now there was about this tim
| Jesus, wise man. il it be lawful {
! call Him man. for He was a duer O
wonderful works, teacher of sue
men as receive truth with pleasure
II Mr.. j, S. Mil:
L at is no use to say that the Chris
| exhibited in the Gospels is not hlstol
| ical.".Who among His followers O
among their proselytes was capable G
| inventing the sayings ascribed to Jesu
or of imagining the life and characte
revealed in the Gospeis?'
Next, rdersheim.
Il "lhe more strongly negative crit
cism asserts its position as to the pei
= SON of Jesus, the more uuaccountabl
- are His teachings and the results {
His work.
'. Mr. Goethe we will listen to YOU:
| "The Christian religion is an uIt
mate whereto humanity must attai
.....and when it is once attained mai
kind cannot go back Aud il ought
be said that Christianity having a,
peared cannot disappear again; Sine
it has embodied itself in its dvir
form, it cannot come to dissolution. F"
Il Lammennias, a word for Jesu.
| please:
| when | come to consider His lif,
His works, His teaching, the marve
Gus mingling in Him of grandeur an
simplicity, of sweetness and fore,
that incomprehensible perfection whic
never for a moment fails,......Whe hen
contemplate this grand marvel. whic
the world has seen only once and whic
has renewed the world | do not as
myself if Christ was Divine | shouI
be rather tempted 10 ask myself if H
! were human.
\ MIR. Jean Paul Richter: