McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1919-12-19
Jesus the Perfect Man
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(From the Commercial Appeal Of Dec. l2, lsi2)

From the Commercial Appeal Of Dec l2 1927
For the Chrstmss season of 1912 the editor Of the
Commercial Appeal wrote the editorial reproduced below.
1t is full of thought and comfort and will be read with in
terest by all who are fortunate enough to see it
There no other character in history like that of Jesus
AS preacher doer of things and philosopher,
man ever had the sweep and the vision Of Jesus.
human analysis of the human actions of Jesus brings
to view rule Of life that is amazing in its perfect detail
The system Of ethics Jesus taught during His earthly
ourn two thousand years true then has been true
in every century since, and will be true forever.
Plato great thinker and learned in his age but his
teachings did stand the test of time In big things and
in little things time and human experience have shown that
he erred
Marcus Aureius touched the reflective mind of the world
but he was as cold and austere as brown marble.
The doctrine Of Confucus great nation moral and
mental dry rot.
The teachings of Buddha resulted in mental and moral
chaos that makes India derelict.
Mohammed offered system of ethics which was adopted
by millions Of people, Now their children live in deserts
where there cities along dry rivers where
there moisture and in the shadows of gray barren hills
where once there greenness
Thomas Aquinas profound philosopher. but parts
of his system have been abandoned.
Francis Assist Chrisike in his santlness but in
some things he was childish
Thomas A. Kempis Imitation of Christ is thing ofrare
beauty and sympathy but it is as its name indicates only
imitation
Sir Thomas Moore's Utopia is yet dream that cannot
be realized.
Lord Bacon writing on chemistry and medicine under
the glasses of the working in twentieth century lab
oratory is puerle
The worlds most learned doctors until hundred and
fifty gave dragons blood and the ground tails of
lizards and the shells of eggs for certain ailments The great
surgeons hundred bed aman he wounded
Napoleon had the world at his feet for four years. and
when he died the world going its way if he had
never lived
Jesus taught little property because He knew there
things of more Importance than property He
ed property and f the body and SOUL at their exact rel
ave value He taught much character because char
acter is of more Importance than dollars
Other taught to develop systems of government
Jesus taught perfect the minds of Jesus look
ed the SOUL while other dweed material things
After the experience of two thousand years
find flaw in the governmental system outlined by Jesus
Gar and kaiser president and socialist give its
pete merit their admiration,
No man today, matter whether he follows the doc
trine Of Mills Marx George property find false
principle in Jesus theory of property.
In the duty Of his fellows sociologst has ev
er approxaed the doctrine laid down by Jesus in His Ser
mon on the Mount
Not all the investigations Of chemists not all the dscoy
cries of explorers not all the experiences of rulers not all
the historical facts that to make up the of human
knowledge this day in 1912 in contradiction to
word uttered or one principle laid down by Jesus.
The human experience Of thousand years show that
Jesus never made mistake Jesus never uttered doc
trne that the time and then became obsolete
Jesus spoke the truth He lived the truth and truth
eternal
History has record of any other leading perfect
life doing everything logical order Jesus the only per-
son whose every action and whose every utteance strike
true in the heart and mind of every born Of
an He said foolish thing did foolish and
never dissembed.
No poet dreamer philosopher loved humanity with
the love that Jesus bore toward all men,
Who then was Jesus?
He could not have been merely man. for there never
was man who had two consecutive thoughts absolute in
truthful perfection.
Jesus must have been what Christendom procaims Him
to bea living beingor He could not have been what He
was No mind but infinite mind could have left behind
those things which Jesus gave to the world heritage
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