The Detroit times., 1917-09-26

resentatiye Of God who IL Love. TO
lead them 20 victory over Thorn
selves, over the sins or mistaken
beliefs which alone were destroying
them Impregnated "a they were
with self-righteous beliefs beliefs Of
ambition. pride. arrogance. retalia-
ton, and the belief IN the wisdom
and rlghtfulness OF these, Il r. no
wonder that they could not recog
nize the meek and lowly peasant
carpenter as their king or master,
the ideal OF their seers and proph-
cts. the Prince Of Peace" the
Light. and tho legitimate ruler Of
the world
Jesus Mission
what Jesus came 20 do what be
taught. did. and lived may well be
taken as his mission, az the ideal
OF the prophets. the ideal Judaism.
an AZ absolute Christianity What
was this mission'
An ancient custom, stu followed
among tho Jews. is that or honoring
distinguished visitors by calling up
on them 20 read from The Scriptures
M services in the synagogue THIS
honor was conferred on Jesus. when
af the beginning OF his ministry he
visited his home in Nazareth. In
responding 20 r. be- turned 20 the
book OF Esaias and read The
Spirit OF the Lord D. upon me be
cause be hath Ancinted me 10
preach the gospel good news TO
The poor. he hath sent me 20 heal
the brokenhsarted 10 preach deiiv-
erance 20 the captives and recover
ing OF sight 20 the blind 20 SET at
liberty them that are bruised. 20
preach the acceptable year OF the
Lord. This day Is this Scrip
ture fulfilled IN your ears Az an
other time be announced that he
came 90 fulall the law and the proph
cts, and again that he came to
bear witness unto the truth. he
also said. u have come that they
might have life. and that they might
have q more ahundHntly, and de
dining life be said And this is life
eternal. that they might know thee
tho only true God THIS may be
said go be A summary OF Jesus mis-
sion. given IN HIS own words The
statement r. again simple. direct
and definite There Is not a word
In q that could IN any way mislesd,
be misunderstood or twisted 20
mean anything else.
Jesus came 20 preach the gospel
or good news 20 the poor Did this
mean that they should remain poor9
He came 20 heal. 20 liberate. 20 des-
troy the operations OF evil OF every
kind IN human experience. 70 confer
abundant life rs n result 81 the
knowledge OF God which be taught.
and 90 usher In an era acceptable
20 God. IN which God should be Ac-
corded all power and reign over all
absolutely and completely. Did he
fulfll this mission
Jesus preached very little. but did
great deal The gospels show
his From boyhood be was about
his Fathers business, but ne preach
cd only one sermon OF which a rec
ord has come down. 20 US This bus
mess consisted OF teaching by ex-
ample az well "a by precept what
God is. what God does. and how God
does what He does In providing
Tho Vine az the marriage feast In
cana, the tax money IN the draft
Of ashes. and Ia feeding the multi
tudes, he showed that God provides
for ethe most simple and common
needs. In healing a few sick peo-
pie IN Nazareth. the nobleman's son
OF fever. and the case OF dropsy
recorded IN Luke. he showed that
spiritual means should be sought
and applied not only IN extreme
cases but in minor ailments. In
restoring sight 20 the blind. speech
20 the dumb, hearing 20 the dear. IN
healing leprosy. epilepsy, the with
cred hand, paralysis, and eemeniia
OF various kinde, he showed that
God "heaicth all thy diseases" and
that none are incurahle 90 Him In
looslng the woman from the evil
which had bound her FOR many
years, and the multitudes from sins
OF all kinds. he showed the emanci-
patlng power OF God In disappear
ing IN the midst OF multitudes. en-
tering thru closed doors. sitting the
storm, and walking upon the water,
ne showed the unreality OF matter
and OF material forces. In raising
the ruiers daughter. the widow
son. and Lazarus from the grave, he
showed that God does give life and
that He gives n abundantly.
No Miracles
Here again the good Christian
may erclaim that Jesus indeed did
these things, but that they were the
miracles OF our Lord. and 20 look
for such things now would DO sac
rileEe: and me grent multitude Of
the unchurched may again content
itself with saying, Legends.
myths- While the word miracle
originally had the meaning of mar
vel or sign, IN common usage n has
come 20 mean All net setting aside
or breaking law OF nature. With
this view OF Jesus workR. n r. not
to be wondered at that good Chris
tlans look with horror on any at-
tempt 10 essay such works. and that
others. looking upon suoh acts az
never having been performed. con
slider them impossible
Jesus gave signs or evidences OF
hts Mesaianic mission. and these
signs were and arc marvellous 20
the human sense Of things He
came. however. 60 fulhil law. and
He was not a law breaker. HE actq
were contrary 10 what was and SIN
Is looked upon az law. but they
were vefitable Illustration Of law.
the law Of natures God and far
from looking upon the repetition Of
His works a. sacriiese. the com