Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-13

NJ SEv. HUGH =. S1EvENS0N.
Jesua Christ had for two years been
dsaoastssttng By HIS words and acts
that Hs w1s ths Messiah. He had cured
IN mannsr Of dissass among the people.
He had c3eanssd the lepsss. cast out
asmse4 given sight to the blind. He had
fed the hungry. He had raised the dead.
Bvsry miracle psrforn,sd had been q
-movins paeturS' Of the ocaliks charac-
tor Of the Na1arsns, poetraying to men
HIS power over the forces Of nature.
They we're HIS credentials n Gods ann
hassaAoe. Now the time had come TO
test the results. What had been ac-
eompnshed? Had the truth come homo
- the hearts Of nsn that He was the
San Of Ged. the Christs the long-ex-
psesed 1fsssiah7
Thsrs was no doubt what the Pharisees
! thought Of yssus. He had come with .
message aDA . goapel that was tearing
down tie narrow walls that encircled
tense. Ihsir Jealousy and bigotry pre-
vented them from making . calm and
AelaherAts Judgment. So on tho way. AZ
shs Master went With the disciples unto
fren than D confession Of His divinity.
The drst question. which led TO the
sthsr wa. whom do men say that /
ANT Jesus knew the answer when He
asksd the question He had seen the
people ~ they crowded around Him to
estisfy their hunger for bread and fishes.
But ths deep. spiritual significance Of
His words and deeds were lost upon
them. They were locking for q great
tsmpoeAl ruisr-one who would lad
Israel forth from under the yoke OF
tyranny into Q "placs in the sun" Fun
vou Hs realised that to many He was
olmply carpenter como out Of Nazareth.
knew. But It REMAINED to s. seen whsth-
Or the seed had borne fruit in the minds
and hearts Of the twelve.
The answer was the expected one.
Baptist returned to iifs. Others said He
was Elijah, the forerunner OF the Mes
etah. but not the Messiah Himself.
Others satd He was simply one Of the
2sopnsSs -. How tns heart OF the Master
were naadei He had come to bring the
eospet OF good tdtn9s to mankind. yet
the masses. who were willing to be fed
hy the miracle bread and the miracle
hshes. could not rise above their material
} wants and lonsings. They would have
besn satisfied With Q temporal kingdom,
en4 thsy had no use for . spiritual king
1eaAs =
aaks the pointed question: whom say
- that emr Surely we can expect
. different anSwsr from the twelve.
They hAA been under the Instruction Of
Jesus. They. had hssn constant COM
pAAtone On His travelA His miracles
and ao4s and lie were fully known to
them Straight from the lips OF Peter,
ep1AktAe ~ spokesman for the band,
oomeg the Immortal answer: Thou art
the Christ. the Son Of the living God. "
e 19ettAsw gives II IN his gospsl. Than
He 1ewsthet His life On earth Nas not
4etturA The preconoetved notions OF
their minds had been diapslled. Thu
ll1e ana character Of this Christ had
eeov3nesd them that He was the Mes
Tnat sussEioa seases today with equal
3oree - The tWsntt4th century. We
cAApo& aeeopnt foS HIN ~ heredity,
go 31oNGh He sa1a from regal line
NJ eannof appseAt tor Him by environ.
nseAk 10 1eoe H4oye the petty hftle-
49, a. AaS tfSSa. HIS eountrymsn Wefs
eSes1s4tys vhe lived q . small
-e4G8&yys IDt He belongs to the modern
~ aSd be0&bA tbs cotesnnoeaSY %
n 80 Il "a hraaAth and, dspeA d
NJ kstos lifs He LED. We cannot 10.
teNlt tn lin tArough educet1on. Ths
NQ1499 n2EoGus was the limit az Hil
9lsett "a never studded tie phl.
sstp<oRS ~ ~ 0roace aud HonaA He I'D
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