El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-07-18

The words Of the text are taken from
the lips Of the Lord Jesus himself
Whey are words Of the gravest import.
There is no questioning Of the fact
Ehat he IS coming to this world AGAIN
II his first appearance was Of the
lOwliest circumstance, all the indica-
tons are that his second coming viii
be glorious beyond description, twill
be, ''in the glory Of the father with
the holy angels" The pre-incarnation
representations OF the glorious person
Of Christ gives US q scale by which TO
measure the depths Of his humiliation
when he left his throne in heaven, de-
scended to this earth, one OF the small
st planets in Gods universe, and lay
ng aside the royal robes Of a God
ne clothed himself with the weakness
OF human flesh, took upon himself the
form OF a servant, and became subject
TO all the sinless degradation Of human
nature, filling, in his bodily servituoe,
the very lowest place in human So
ciety, not disdaining TO wash his dis
ciples' feet This was he who was
previously surrounded with the
majesty and glory Of God as he sat
upon the throne of the universe He
who walked amidst the flaming worlds
on high as their prince and king. He
who created all the shining worlds
that swing around his throne with in
finite swiftnesss who stretcheth out
the heavens as a curtain, and hangeth
the earth upon nothing; whose gOings ]
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lasting who maketh the clouds his !
chariots and wslketh upon the wings !
OF the winds" This IS he who was /
born Of poor Jewish maiden, in a I
despised village, whose cradle was the |
feed trough Of an OK: who never owned 4
enough of this worlds goods to pro-
vide for himself a place where he /
might lay his head and say. This is
my home" This IS he whose second
coming shall be as ''the king Of kings /
and lord of lords" No language can I
describe the majesty and glory Of the 4
father with the holy angels THESE
thoughts are necessary for US TO eaten
the profound meaning OF these grave
words. whatsoever is ashamed Of me
and my words in this adulterous and
sinful generation: Of him also shall the
son OF man be ashamed, when he COM
eth in the glory Of the father"
Why ASHAMED of Jesus.
Why are men ashamed Of Jesus? Men
are not ashamed OF other leaders VINO
ever saw a Jew that was ashamed or
Moses2 Where is the philosopher who
IS ashamed Of what he terms the Coo
OF nature2 or the Moslem who is
ashamed Of MOhammet2 Where IS the
American who IS ashamed Of Washing
ton or Jefferson or any Of their Illus
trious countrymen2 What Yankee IS
ashamed Of his Lincoln or true blooded
southerner Of Robert E. Lee2 Are not
these great ones a continuous subject
of boasting2 Do not men point to
their heroic careers with blushless
pride2
But here stands one IN the midst
Of them who towers infinitely above I
them all in purity, in wisdom, in pa
triotfsm. in passionate love for truth
and human rights, who shOuldered the
sin and misery Of an allen race and
bore them in his own body on a tree, /
and vet men are ashamed Of him we
hide" as it were. our faces from him
He is despised and rejected Of men: a
man Of sorrows and acquainted with
grief We esteem him stricken. smit-
ten Of God and afflicted" repeat,
why are men ashamed Of Jesus?
Reasons Are Suggested.
Let me suggest at least two reasons:
l. It grows out Of mans natural ,
depravfty The natural man." says
some one, as a spiritual monster. His
heart is where his feet should be, fixed Z
upon the earth His heels are lifted
up against heaven, which his heart
should be set on His face is toward 7
he'll, his back toward heaven He loves Z
what he should hate, and hates what
he should love; joys in what he ought Z
% mourn over. and mourns that which / z
he should rejoice in; glories in his /
5hame and is ashamed Of his glory; ( (
icorns that which he should desire, ( 7
md desires that which he should alb (
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2 A man. natural man, stands be- q
.ore Jesus Christ as a culprit before n
he evidence Of his cupidity; IL is with [
covered face. After the first man and S
woman sinned, when they heard the {
-oice Of God they went and hid them (
elves. From that day to this men / y
lave hid their faces in the presence Of T
infinite goodness and purity. Jesus s
vas infinite holiness and purity incar- Z
nate Men blush when their sin is n