The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-20
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THE PRE.EMINENT CHRIST.

But If he is a living ideal then he vii
be great factor in humanity's exist
ence. Having an ideal is having u goa
in view for the end Of successful
race Who is your ideal. your hero
Stroll through statuary hall in the IA
tional capitol. where each state place.
in effigy of marble or bronze two Of he
chosen sons. Beginning Alphabetical.
with Ethan Allen. hero Of Fort Ticon
deroga. down to Webster, eXpounder o
the constitution. who is your nationa
hero? or your world ideals is YOU
general Gordon or Grant. your discov
erer Columbus or Cabot. your thinker
Huxley or Humboldt. your Statesman
Bismarck or Blaine, your preacher
Beecher or Brooks? They are all alike
in their human success. | want to tel
of the great Unlike. A poor carpenter
boy. unknown until thirty. when he
startles his little universe by announc
ing, II am the Light of the world!
His grieved friends say be is beside
himself: his enemies say he is mad and
has devil. Neither did his brothers
and sisters believe on him" Men ap-
proach kings on their knees or in pro-
| found homage, but men spat on this
man. The worlds greatest skill is sum-
moned to prolong the life of any sover-
eign, but hundreds clamor for the life
of this one. Nevertheless. at the end
of 1900 years. he is the towering figure
of humanity. the pre-eminent Christ!
eminent In the Physical World.
Are you student of the rocks? Your
study will land you on the Rock Of
Ages Flowers? Then you can't help
finding the Rose of Sharon" AS
tronomer? You can't miss the "Star of
Bethlehem" Zoologist? All roads
through zoology lead to the Lion Of
the Tribe of Judah" Mechanic? You
will stop at the door of the Carpenter
of Nazareth. All nature is vibrant with
him. Earth is crammed with heaven
and every bush afiame with God" He
is pre-eminent in nature. over nature.
Beneath his feet the liquid waters be-
came solid stone. He but spoke and
ruby wine sparkled in the water jars.
Five thousand men assemble on hill
side; humanity and divinity stand face
to face; the God of the wheatfield has
tens processes. and the bread multi
plies under his hand. He stretches out
his arm over Galilee's temptestuous
wave, and it quiets like sobbing child
in mothers arms. From Olivet's sun
ny top. in spite of gravity's tug at
his robe. he winged his way to the
skies. Through telescope and micro
scope we read, "All things made by
him, and without him was not any
thing made that was made"
Pre- eminent In Language and History.
Over his cross was written his title
in Hebrew, Greek and Latin-Hebrew,
language Of religion; Greek. of art;
Latin, of law. Prophetic that religion.
art and law would crown him Lord of
all, yet more prophetic that all tongues
would confess him His story is told
today in more than 300 languages and
dialects. Take Christ out of literature
and it is cut into shreds. History is
bis story. Even Gibbon and Hume
couldn't write and leave out the Christ.
AS easy to write astronomy and leave
out the sun. Not Herodotus, but Christ, |
is the father of history. Not I'm the
beginning was Herodotus," but I'm the
was the Word" His life |
was not bounded by the manger and
Joseph's tomb. 1t reaches from ever
lasting to everlasting. With pierced |
hands he has broken time into two
pieces-B. q. and A. d. B. G. converg
ed all history toward him; A. D. d.
verged all history from him. He Is the
center around which all events reyolve.
His name fills all times and chimes.
his name filing halls Of legislature
and pervading the councils of men.
His pre-eminence tends toward that
time when battlefags will be furled.
war drums will cease. swords beaten
INTO plowshares and kingdoms Of the
world will be kingdoms of peace-his
kingdom.
"ln All Things"
But we cannot enumerate. In liter
lture 10000 volumes written of him.
Without him library shelves are de-
'leted and covered with dust. In art
he worlds great pictures are Chris
ian pictures-Raphael. Angelo. Da
7inci "Annunciation." "Transfgura-
ion," Last Supper" Christ the CEN
er of each and all. Take him out of
TT galleries and there are left but bare
Valls and empty pedestals. Likewise
is pre-eminence in music. To Beth
chem shepherds angels break out in
nightly chorus He is the worlds d.
pason, its unity note. The greatest
are of him-Handel's ,
Messiah" Beethoven's mount of [
lives" Bach's Ascension" When
Their songs of earth fail Wesley's "Je- 1
rs, Lover Of My Soul" Toplady's
Rock of Ages" Adams Nearer. My ]
cd. to Thee" will ring through the I
rches Of the universe. He is pre- ]
ninent in the Bible. 1t is the frame &
which he Is the picture. 1t is the
DRY in which he Is the theme. It is Z
lie body Of which he is the head Old ,
nd New Testament, sixty-six books, |
) is the one subject mentioned under ,