The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1916-07-01

saying. am the light OF the Worids ne
that followeth me shall not walk In the
darkness. but shall have the light Of
fe."-JoAn S:12.
In the British museum. enclosed In q
hardwood case and covered with glass
is slab OF black stone. For building
purposes It would be worth perhaps
Is cents. but II you were to ask the at.
tendant there the price OF It he would
no doubt look at you with amused won.
der. and tell you that It was not on the
market. On II there Is an inscription
in three languages. and on the edge OF
the case is a plate inscribed. The Ro.
setta Stone" It has history. For
centuries. travellers up and down the
Nile have looked on the monuments
and pyramids and temples and obelisks
and have seen the inscriptions, but
have not been able to read them. They
were a strange series OF rude pictures
cut in the stone. The conyndrum was:
II that written language or Ii It only
the way the anctents had to ornament
their stone work Some thought that
It was a language. but that q ever It
was to b4 read they must have some
kind of key. A hundred and twelve
years agE when Napoleon was In
Egypt. some OF his soldiers started to
dig a well. In digging they struck this
slab Of stone. The inscription at the
bottom was in Greek. which any schol.
ar could read, that In the middle was
lin the scripk Of the Egyptian middle
ages. which. when translated. was the
same as nurnber three. but the one 1t
the top was q pu1sle. It was in the
same form OF hierosiyphics as the In.
scriptions on the monuments. Schol.
arly minds spent over score Of years
on that one paragraph before they
were able to read 1t. Two scholarly
men. working independently Of each
other. translated 1t and found. a. they
had expected. that It was the same as
the other two. and SO It was that the
entire history Of Egypt for 1000 years
was laid bare. and the key that un.
locked the story was that bit Of black
stone.
What the Rosetta Stone is to the rid.
die Of Egypt. that Jesus Christ claims
to be ts, the riddle Of the universe.
When h.e says: II am the light Of the
world" he means nothing less than
this: 81 am the answer to all ques-
tions;. l am the solution Of all mys.
teries; l am the explanstion Of all pug.
zles; am the cure Of all ills: I am all
the Hight this world will ever need. =
The men Of Jesus day were facing
proxies ls. both personal and collective.
that ware just ~ real to them ~ ourz
are to .us. Then think OF man facing.
not only the men Of his own genera.
tion. b 1t all the unborn millions Of the
future to the last hour OF time. and
calmly asserting. II am all the Light
that u is world will ever need. and he
that b lloweth me shall have the light
of lin :" II this claim can be made
good. then Christianity must be the
final and universal religion.
. Iet Us make test. Lot % pick ont
ave questions and present them "a
Je sus and note his answers. They are
q, iest ions that arise wherever man ID
pRns
Il What is the real character Of
God!
2-What is the real goal and mean
Ing of human life?
s--what il the relationship between
man and God?
4--what is the Relationship between
man and man?
81 What is on the other side Of the
sravs,?
Let Us take them in order:
1-What is the real character ol
God Jesus says he u the Light ol
the World" let ~ ask him for the
answer. Some men seek for revela
tion of God in nature. but while nature
IL Gods vast and wonderful workshop
nature IL not God. Nature u not the
kind Of revelation a God that can give
isatisfaction and peaoe to the soul Of
man; but turn 70 Jesus and ask him
"Lord. show u the Father. and It sui
fceth U.S." And his answer II one Of
the weishtiest words he ever spoke on
earth. It IL so short and simple, "a
conclusive; II is the last answer to thia
question that the wSrld will ever get
or ever need. Jesus simply says. "He
that hath seen mo hath seen the
Father" which means that Jesus Christ
Is God brought down where We can gel
a good look at him. he u God trans
lated into the language Of human LIE
80 that We can read him. He 10 God
explained. God uncovered. God made
manifest. God stepping out from b
u - A.