The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-03

selves. Who has voice like him,
heard all over the world and in the
silence of the tomb? Other men die
and their shoes are filled, They are
not missed beyond their family fire
side and there only little while. An
obituary is written and published, a
slab placed at the grave. and then
they are forgotten forever. Not so
with Jesus. He is more alive today
than ever before. Two thousand years
after his death his name is house
hold usage. The child in the cradle
is taught to lisp the name OF Jesus,
then to kneel beside the little bed
and breathe his name in prayer. Sweet
hearts are bound together forever In
his name. In time of sickness, dis
tress and trouble we look to Jesus.
When our loved ones are about to go
to sleep forever we commend them
to Jesus"
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sand times more than all others put
together. without him there would be
no poetry. No name is sung like his.
Strike it from civilization and the
dearest and sweetest songs could not
be heard. The poetry of the past
would be marred and the songs of the
saints hushed forever The living en-
10Y and the dying are cheered by its
wondrous charms. Jesus, Lover of my
Soul Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me-
Il know that my Redeemer Liveth,
and Jesus, My All, to Heaven is
Gone would not the earth be gloom
ier if the living lived and the dying
died without these hallowed songs?
No name in all history can take the
place of Jesus name"
Born in the rankest poverty, in
manager. fed with animals, lived with
out funds or possessions, gave his life
and time to the world, had no home,
or place to lay his head, yet he gave
to the world the richest legacy. He
was the greatest philanthropist that
| ever lived. He gave away more than
all other men ever possessed. He
gave everlasting life to every dying
man. While he had no earthly pos
sessions. yet he went to heaven to pre-
pare a place for us and it is his gift
mansions in the sky. Oh, friends
can YOU conceive of him-how rich he
is. yet how poor he was"
Take his name from the Bible and
there would be nothing left. What
would your Bible be without the gos
pei of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and
John, and the book of Acts? The
! Old Testament was written for him
and the new testament was written
because of him. The greatest minds
today are discussing him and writing
about Jesus of Nazareth. There is
nothing good and holy that he did
not utter and there is nothing good
and holy today that is not ascribed
to him. Arguments are clinched by
his utterances and disturbances are
hushed in his name. In the short
space of three years he gave the
world new laws, a new religion that
will ALWAYS last and a new calender
Times dates back and forward from
him. Friends, is he not the mos
unique character that ever lived
What other man ever so impressed
the world? How do know about him
you ask History, inspired and pro
fame, tells the story. Do you doub
Napoleon? Do you doubt the conquest'
of Alexander, Caesar, Hannibal? Was
Saesar assassinated by Brutus? His
tory records the facts. There is more
history about Jesus and what he die
and what he is doing than of any
other man that ever lived Josephus
the historian of the Jews. the race
that denied the Master, while th'
original Christians were still alive
wrote about this wonderful man anC
his wonderful deeds"
Friends, so different, so unique, 81
wonderful. What does it all mean? |
means that he was divine. That he i
the Saviour of the world. That he wa
the Son OF God Consideration of ma
is important. What think We of Christ
and what are you going to do with thi
man, Jesus?"