The citizen., 1914-03-19

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Moses In the law
and the prophetic
did write. Jesus OF Nazareth. the sod
OF Joseph" Philip did not talk about
himself but about Jesus. That Ia what
we should do. That Is what we were
called into the kingdom for--to talk
about the king The world is pre-
judiced against Jesus Christ. Sin has
bliuded their vision and they do not
see him as he is They think that he
Is unreasonable and exacting and they
see no beauty In him that they should
desire him IL is our business so to
reveal the beauty OF the son OF God
that they will feel their need OF him.
When Ole Bull. the great musician.
visited this country he found an old
friend OF his boyhood at Philadelphia.
John Ericsson the great shipbuilder.
| They had a delightful interview. and
as be was leaving Ole Bull handed out
some tickets TO a concert. and invited
his friend to come and hear him
Eiicson declined. and when pressed
for his reason. frankly confessed that
music was torture TO him. and begged
10 be excused. OF course. nothing
more could be said. but Ole Bull made
pp his mind that he would compel his
friend to hear him In some way. A
few days later he appeared at Eric
sons ONCE with his violin. and asked
Ericsson II he had any skillful me
ehanics. lie said he met with an acci-
dent to his violin and needed q little
help. Ericsson touched q button and
when q man appeared. he asked him
to send Mr. B. to the once. When
Mr.. B. presented himself. Ericsson
told Ole Bull to explain to him what he
wanted done. In a few minutes the
man returned with the repairs made
The great musician took the violin.
drew his bow across II q few times TO
see II II was In tune. and then glideA In
to one OF those matchless melodies that
only Ole Bull could evoke from an
instrument. Instantly every clerk In
the once dropped his pen. Ericsson
threw down his paper and began to
listen. and all the men IN the factory
gathered around the open door. and
there they stood spell bound for twen-
ty minutes until the music ceased.
When he laid down his bow Ericsson
cried out. Go one. 20 on. my friend. l
never knew before that ! had
capacity for music"
The poor sinful world has the same
idea about Jesus that Ericsson had
about music
II. Every believer In bearing his
message to the world is sure to meet
with controversial inquiry "Nathansel
said unto him. can any good thing
come out OF Nazareth" There Was
only one word In Philips testimony
that one could find fault with. and
that was the word Nazareth. Nathan
lei. good man as he was. could not
| forbear the temptation to crlticise. and
he seized the opportunity ut once
Nazareth" he said. the most disrs-
| putable town In all Galllee; can any
| good thing come out OF NazarethrV \
Ill. Every believer, In meeting the
objections OF the world. has . sum
Client answer. Philip saith unto him.
| come and see" II you will study this
subject you will see what a complete
answer this Is TO any possible objec-
tion. Suppose that one is uncertain
about the authority Of the scriptures.
let him come and see-that Is, come To
Jesus and see what he thinks about
the question. and his opinion ought TO
be final. lie evidently REGARDS the
Pentateuch as the work OF Moses. and
the various chapters OF Isaiah which
he quotes as the word Of God through
his servant, Isaiah. and Jonah a. Q
real character. who had an expert
ence such as Is attributed to him by
the record bearing his name n one
has doubts about the possibility Of
| forgiveness let him come and see, lek
him kneel right down and confess his
sins and he can demonstrate the thing
| In a very short time.
Nv. As soon as the believer begins
to bear his message to the world.
Jesus draws near. Jesus saw
Nathaniel coming 70 him and said,
Behold an lsraelits indeed. I'm whom
10 no guile"
v, AS soon a. a sinner begins 70
talk with Jesus. the light begins 70
come. Nathaniel answered 70 him.
Rabbi. thou art the son Of God" By
all means set an inquirer on his knsss
a. soon AZ possible. He can see many
things there which he cannot see
standing. II he Is not accustomed 70
praying. and most people are not
ask him to follow you sentence By ssS
tence as you lead him In prayer. N
this way you will be sure that he oon,
fesses his sins and invites Christ 70
come into his heart and take posses
sion OF his life