The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1916-12-27


an earthly ancestry. which ST. Mat
thew traces to Abraham. the patri-
arch of the Jews. and ST. Luke. tthe
evangelist of the GentilesD. traces to
Adam. the father of all men. 'ln
him dwells all the fullness OF the
Godhead bodily" and in him also
is realized the ideal OF human virtue
and piety.
He is the eternal truth. the di-
vine light itself personally Joined
with our nature. He is our Lord
and our God. yet at the same time
flesh of our flesh and bone of our
bone. In him is solved the problem
of religion, the reconciliation and
fellowship of God with man, and we
must expect no clearer revelation of
God, nor higher religious attainment
of man than is already exhibited and
manifested in his person.
But as Jesus Christ thus closed
all previous history, on the other
hand he begins an endless future.
He is the author of new creation,
the second Adam. the father of re-
generate humanity. the head of the
church. (which Is the body" the
fullness of him that filleth "all in
ALL"
He is the pure fountain of that
stream of life which has since flow
ed unbroken through nations and
ages, and will continue to flow until
the earth shall be full of his praise.
and every tongue shall confess that
he is the Lord, to the glory of God
the Father.
The universal diffusion and abso-
lutte dominion OF the spirit and life
of Christ will be also the compile
ton of the human race, the end of
history and the beginning of glo-
rious eternity.
One OF the historians has said: at
is one of the great tasks of the BIZ
ographers of Jesus to show how he.
by external and internal develop
ment, under the conditions of par
ticular people. age and country.
came to in fact what he was in idea
and destination, and what he will
continue to be for the faith of
Christendom, the God man and Sa-
viour of the world.
Being divine from eternity he
could not become God, but as man he
was subject to the laws of life and
gradual growth. ''He advanced in
wisdom and stature and in favor
with God and man."
Though he was the Son of God.
"yet he learned obedience by the
things which he suffered; and hav-
ing been made perfect. he bcame the
author of eternal salvation unto all
them that obey him."
There is no conflict between the
historical Jesus of Nazareth and the
ideal Christ of faith. The full un-
of the truly human life.
by its very perfection and elevation
above all other men before and after
him will necessarily lead to an adj
of his own testimony con-
corning his divinity.
Jesus Christ came into the world
under Caesar Augustus, the first Ro-
man emperor, before the death of
Herod the Great. He was born at
Bethlehem of Judea in the royal line
of David, from Mary. the welded
maid and virgin mother.
We are told by history that the
world was at peace, and as one his
torian expressed it: 1.-THE gates OF
Janus were closed for the second
time in the history OF Rome" There
is poetical and moral fitness in
this coincidence; 1t secured a hear
ing for the gentle message OF peace
which might have been drowned in
the passions of war and the clash
of arms.
Angels of heaven proclaimed the
good tidings of his birth with songs
of praise; Jewish shepherds from the
fields. and heather sages
from the far east greeted the new
born king and saviour with the ho-
mage of believing hearts. Heaven
and earth gathered In joyful adora-
ton around the Christ-child. and the
blessing of this event is renewed
from year to year among high and
low, rich and poor. old and young,
throughout the civilized world.
The idea of a perfect childhood,
sinless and holy. yet truly human
and natural, had never entered the
mind of historian or poet before;