South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-10-18

lection. But He plainly asserted that
He was God, equal in all things 10
Jehova \. whom the Jews adored, and
whom He called His Father. All dur
ing His Life He allowed this claim
10 be defended by His friends and 10
be denounced by His enemies. with
out giving the slightest intimation
that they had made a mistake in con-
sidering Him divine.
"He claimed perfect equality with
God, the Father. in absolute oneness
OF essence, saying 10 the Jews when
they asked Him who He was: L and
the Father are one He claimed to
be equal TO the Father in working
power. saying to the Jews: What
things sOever the Father doth, these
the Son also doth in like manner And
again, My Father worketh until now,
and / work He claims 10 have liveG
forever, saying TO the Jews Before
Abraham was made 1 am He de-
mands the homage OF all mankind,
saying that all men are 10 honor the
Son as they honor the Father
I'VE must remember that Jesus was
speaking to the Jewish people, who
were keenIy alive TO the distinction
between Creator and creature. and
most jealous Of the divine perosatives.
They did not, like the modernists or
our day, understand Christ to claim
unity with the Father In any spiritual
or mystical sense. They said plainly
to him: We stone Thee for blasphemy
because that Thou being a man max
eth Thyself Cod
Spoke and Acted as God.
Jesus Christ made tremendous
claims that no mere man could make.
He always spoke and acted not merely
as man but as God. He, the humble
Jesus, who loved publicans and sin
ners. made Himself the center OF
mans faith and hope and love.
"He declares Himself the Absolute
Truth, the One Way to Jehovah, His
Father, the True Life of Men, the
Judge OF the living and the dead. the
Divine Pardoner Of sin, the Giver Of
new commandments, the Legislator
who interprets perfectly the law of
Mount Sinai, the Light of the World,
the Only Door to eternal life, the
Punisher Of those who reject Him,
and the Rewarded of those who fol-
low Him.
The unbelievers of our day have
striven to give us a life Of Jesus. in
which they deny the historical reality
Of the miracles recorded in the gos-
pei But to omit the miracles from
the life OF Christ is to destroy, as one
has we'll said. the identity OF the
Christ of the Gospels. 1t is to sub
stantiate new Christ for the Christ
Of Christendom. The gospels present
a block of difficulties to humanitarian
theories, and these difficulties can
only be removed by mutilations OF the
narrative so wholesale and radical
as TO destroy their substantial inter-
est
Miracles His Argument.
Christ Himself used the argument
of miracles to prove His divinity. He
said, Though you will not believe Me.
believe the works, that you may know
the Father is in Me and / am the
Father His life is one series Of
miracles He stilled the storm with
a word: He walked upon the sea as
upon dry land; He fed the multitudes
with a few loaves and fishes; He
changed water into wine at the mar
riage feast; He drove out demons
from the possessed; He healed the
and the paraiytic; He raised the dead
TO life; above all, He rose again from
the dead and after 40 days ascended
on high to His Heavenly Father"
VIII Answer Questions.
Preceding the lecture each evening,
from o'clock to $40, Father Con-
way will answer questions concerning
Catholic doctrine. These questions
may be placed I'm the question box at
the door or mailed to the residence of
Rev John F. DeGroote and they will
be answered by Father Conway on
the following evening.
The lecture this evening will be
"Creedless Christianity"