Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-10-27
MANS POWER SUPREME
AT AGE OF THIRTY-THREE
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called mastery" There were three
things to justify that Christ was
born when THE fulness of time had
come'-Hebrew had done it's work
Greek genius had accomplished its
aim and Roman rule, Roman law and
Roman order had prepared the WY
Mans Powers Supreme AT S3
In reviewing the Life of Christ, DR..
Smith said in part. Christ was born
in the year one and lived 80 years.
Man is about at the elimination of
his mental and physical powers at the
age of S3-not that his powers begin
to wane after this, bat at SO his mind.
body and spirit are at their best.
Men whose names are immortal TO the
world have died at SO. All Christ's
work was done between the ages of
so and SO. He came from little Pal
estine. the size of three counties in
Maryland born in a manger, the son
of a carpenter and executed by a
shameless death at 33. Crucifxion
but today the cross is the supreme
expression of devotion. Every child
is baptized in His name, every mar
riage is with His blessing and every
one is laid in the grave with recog
milton Of His divine power. Ever sec
ond of time great volume of prayer
ascends in His name. There is moth
ing like Him in history. He is the
God of gods.
Messianic Consciousness
DR.. Smith told of Millions inter
probation of when Christ realized he
was the coming Messiah. 1t was
when His mother told Him Joseph
was not his father, but he was the Son
of God This thought was the great
est that ever entered human mind, and
| left it sane" said DR.. Smith. He re-
viewed the childhood of Christ, which
he said was blank up to IL years when
Joseph and his mother took him up to
Jerusalem and lost him. When they
| had sought him sorrowing. the child
| replied, know you not l must be
| about my Fathers business" This
was the first manifestation of his
/ "messinanic consciousness
Miracles And PARALLELS
The lecturer divided Christ's three
years in the ministry. as spent, first
| in comparative obscurity; second, his
public recognition and last the year
of elimination the year of His opposi-
ton. He spoke of Christ's popularity
| His eloquence. His force in the world
What led to His appeal to the people
| through miracles and parallels. He
said Christ had great unwillingness
| to adopt the use of miracles, and time
and again He tried to evade them.
He did not use them as sign Of omni-
1 potence, and always made the people
share in them as unbinding the grave
clothes of Lazarus whom he raised
from the dead, and having the people
| gather up the fragments from the
loaves and fishes. The miracle was
| the first aid in the conversion of the
unbeliever The miracle was not the
| churchs supreme function, but a sort
of advertising. Christ taught in para
bles, and brought the parable to abso
lutte supreme perfection, then it died
There are 80 parallels. The parable
said the lecturer, is double faced
Every parable is built on three senses
DR.. Smith said he preferred three to
five senses: first the physical, then
the spiritual, and third, the sense
that builds on the two and sees the
relation between them.
He spoke of Christ facing the end
of His life, which was marked by
perfect calmness. His was the only
,sinless life. and He never prayed to
be forgiven. He stands before us as
the only sinless man. His character
was one OF modest sweetness gracious
ness, gentleness. He lived always
looking eternity in the face. He
walked the earth as God, and died as
God
|COM. McKETHAN DEAD