The Raymer enterprise., 1916-05-18
FOLLOW THOU ME-
Message Of the Savior Reveals
the Power Which He Claimed
Had Been Given Him.


without Christ. And 1t cannot be lived
apart from him. The two go together.
because Christianity is more than re-
ligion and that religion is bound up
with life. the most remarkable and
powerful ever lived on this earth.
When Jesus. therefore. says. "All
power hath been given unto me In
heaven and on earth we want to
know what that power was. in order
to acquire some Of 1t and obey his
command, Go ye, therefore, into all
the world and make disciples of the
nations"
The first source OF Jesus power
lay in his teaching. And it was pow
or because 1t had these qualities.
1t was simple. eThe common peo-
pie heard him gladly" The old phi.
losophies common in Jesus lifetime
were obscure and the language was
such that the ordinary man could not
grasp them. Jesus taught 80 that day
laborers understood. That was power,
and 1t always will be.
Jesus teaching was fundamental. 1t
went to the center Of mems sins, needs
and hopes. In the Sermon on the
Mount, which can be read aloud in If
teen minutes, Jesus talks about anger,
adultery. hypocrisy, murder. injustice.
revenge. covetousness. anxiety and
selfishness. He did not teach school
room distractions, impersonal philoso-
ply. but the great basic sins of COM
mon daily life and their remedies.
First to Teach Love.
Jesus teaching was revolutionary.
Take four OF his teachings: Love
your enemies This would and does
create an upheaval In society. II was
not like anything in the old pagan
teaching. Resist not evil This is
distinctly upsetting to ordinary world
belief and practice. The observance
OF It would completely change ciyiliza-
tion. BE perfect, even as your heaven.
~ 10 ptItINt. ulH
at one blow the easy complacent
morality OF a world that would like
to be AS good as II can be under the
circumstances II sets standard
for human character that stops no.
where short OF divinity. THE meek
shall inherit the earth" This teach.
ing contradicts every worldly maxim
OF success"
When we ask, What did Jesus do
that made him powerful?" at first we
have to say. Judging from worldly
standards. he did not do anything
He made no money. put up no build
ings. wrote no books, organized no
party. constructed no public works
in short, he did nothing.
But he did do two things We have
mentioned the frst-teaching, The
second was healing. "He went about
doing good" In Marks Gospel the
account says he healed every known
disease blindness. lameness, paral-
ysis. leprosy. deafness and dumbness,
insanity. consumption-and he even
raised the dead to life. This was an
exhibition Of power over disease and
physical weakness which is unparal.
leled in human history And it was
done for the purpose OF revealing to
common everyday humanity the tre
mendous truth that the Divine Being
is deeply interested in human happi.
ness and wants to relieve humanity
Of pain and make 1t well and strong.
II was a great power to possess and
gave Jesus a great hold in the affec
tions and memories of thousands Of
people,
Cooperation With the Divine.
What does the Prince of Peace, this
powerful One. want of us? He wants
Of us what the divine has always want
ed OF the human. He wants his disci
pies to cooperate with him In estab
fishing justice and Righteousness in
the earth. "The government" az
Isaiah says, is "on his shoulder" Yes
We do not have to bear that awful and
majestic and divine burden, but we
can help him bear 1t, we can share
1t with him, and that is the great work
OF the church today. 1t is for us tc
bring our gold and frankincense and
myrrh and lay them at his feet.
1t is for us to consecrate to him
the best we have. What will you, HE
disciple, give to establish peace or
the earth through the power OF the
Prince Of Peace? What will the
church give to the Wonderful, the
Counselor, the Mighty God, the Ever.
lasting Father. the Prince OF Peace!
Come Let us give him our means
our talents, our time, our enthusiasm
He, our Prince of Peace, has wrought
wC7ders in the world movements fol-
world betterment. Comet Let us &c
to meet him as he comes confident and
strong over the hills OF the centuries
and, wasting no long time over the
tears of our repentance. let US greet
him with shout of rejoicing But