The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1920-06-28

event." it was nigh, even at the door.
His Father was more real to him than t
the hills that stand round about Jeru- |
salem. The consciousness OF the
Fathers loving power was ever with
him. THROUGH it he dominated sick
ness, sin and death absolutely. What
ever sufferings fell to his lot, from
the hands OF sinful men, were per-
mittcd by his free consent. He sald'
81 lay down my life, no man
taketh it from me, but | lay 1t down
rnyself'' John 10:17,1S). All power
was given unto him. He ruled the
raging of the sea and the tempest OF
mortal mind; at once there was d
great calm on the waters, and the
sin-tossed, suffering man clothed IN
his right mind sat at Jesus feet. was
if not a glorious vision which Jesus
the Christ beheld? What penltent
sinner was left unrelieved. what
weary invalid unhealed, what brok-
en- heart Uncontrolled?
THE VISION EXTENDED
The workable knowledge OF the
omnipotehce and omnipresence OF
God was not confined to the con
seriousness of Jesus the Christ. he
left the witnesses Of himself, empow-
cred to extend and to manifest the
works of healing and regeneration
which he had done. For long time
after Jesus had vanished from sight,
Tho divine command, "Heal the sick,
raise the dead, was obeyed
and fulfilled "Like trailin~ clouds
of GLORY" the faith and works OF the
primitive Christians were as a hght
shining in heather darkness. witness
the Bible testimony recorded IN the
Acts of the Apostles, that first oook
written on Christian church history,
and without doubt the most reliable.
In the third chapter we read: linen
peter said Silver and gold have l
none: but such as l have give thee
In the name of Jesus Christ OF Naz,,
areth rise up and walk and
Immediately his feet and ankle bones
received strength. And he leaplng up
stood, and walked, and entered with
them into the temple, walking and
leaping, and praising God" This was
in SO A. ID. In the ninth chapter we
read: "And Ananais went his way
and entered into the house; and
said, Brother Saul, the LORD ever
Jesus. hath sent me, that thou
highest receive thy sight, and n
, filed with the Holy Ghost. And IN
) mediately there fell from his eyes a.
- Lod beon scales: and he received
: sight forthwith" That was in A. u
, az In the same chapter we read
: "And there he found certain ma!
; named Eneas, which had kept n! m
bed eight years, and was sex ol ", ",
, palsy. And Peter said unto MN
, Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh the
: whole. arise, and make thy bed. An'
e bo arise Immediately" This was II
e A. D. 81. In chapter IA we reau
Y "And there sat certain man at Ly
e stra, impotent in his feet, BENG
:. c,.;nnlc from his mothers womb, ~
0 never had walked: the same heai
: Paul sneak: who stedfastlv beholdi!n,
S him and perceivinr that he had ialt
: r. he healed. said with a loud voice
n Stand UPRIGHT on thy feet ana !,
# leaped and walked THIS was III =, =
c d. As. In the twentieth chapteI W
S read. "And there sat in windo'
c certain Young man named Eutychu
n heinr fallen into a deem sleep: al
y ~ Paul was long preaching, ne sun
il down with sleep, and fell down froi
is no third loft and was taken u
l. dead And Paul went down and 1e
it uo"u -, ard embracing him san
is Trouble not yourselves, for his NE
st in him" This was in A. d. 60. 81
tween A. D. 81 and mot later thai
ito. all that part Of the New les ~
lie ment, following the Acts OIL u
e. Anostles. was written. These doom
d. nbose authors were Paul, Pete
l. lanes. John and the author oil u
OF Enistle to the Hebrews, abound
ty concessions of the same conhdeh'
of and victory displayed in the Ac'S
b. WI thus we have the vision of Chr
In Jesus extended beyond the date
to his ascension to at least n. ~
to Inv credible witnesses who chrol no.
to picallv overlapped each other' y
IS thermore, by A. ID. loo' pen 3a
lst earlier. the catacomb5 near hon
tn thoee subterranean burial places !
it the primitive Christians, began
a annear As the bodies of believe
mt ypl nlaced in these lock-hewn re-
"a inc places, symbols and deScriptlo
rd EXPRESSIVE of active faith and Wo
ng derful works were cut IN the St tl
ler In course of time it is likely u
DID more than a million bodies we're r,
'f' ceived in these catacomos' l
he Christian records in stone We're Ct
lat rcspondinglv numerous, and many r
at +hon, are accessible to students, 1
lad rails in the catacombs CONTINUED,
'ed three hundred years. Even turin
het when the catacombs were sun
ere their infancy sub-apostolic bellev
the began writing down, Greek
ath cords of the wonderful works 5
to Wrought among men. through
the mower O Christ, Truth. II one Wo
nee p pood this testimony, let him cons
of No translation of the writings
rty Justin, Irenaeus, Tertulllan,
the Origen, whose lives covered the W ~
uke from A D. ia to A. d. 254, II
the can he see for himself that the ca
an ost followers of Christ Jesus W
his repeating his wonderful works
And casting out evil, healing the SICK
in roisinS the dead. This is VIVA
que meant by the Vision Extended.
,irit 4e;all, considered the chain OF