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us aspire to all that is most noble.
Christ finally is Acknowledged as
King of hearts on account of His
charity. surprising all knowledge
Ephesians. iii.19). and a meekness
and benignity attracting souls. Never
until now has any one been so much
loved by all the peoples of the world.
nor will il ever happen in future
that any one will be loved as Christ
Jesus.
However. TO go more deeply into the
subject, every one sees that the name
and power of King in the StriCteSt
meaning of the word belongs rightful-
ly to Christ as man UDanel. vii. 1871 A.
For, unless as man lie may be said TO
have received power and glory and
kingdom from the Father. since He is
the Word of God with the same sub
stance as the Father. He cannot have
all things in common with the Father
and consequently the Very highest and
most absolute empire over all created
things.
Scriptural Proof.
Do We not read in Scripture every
where of Christ as King? For He is
styled the Ruler that is to come out
of Jacob" Numbers. xiv. ls. Who
is constituted by the Father King over
His Holy Mount of Sion. and Who will
receive the nations as His Inheritance
and the things of the earth for His
possessions PSalms, H., v 81
The nuptial hymn in which. under
the appearance and similitude of "A
most rich and powerful King. is
celebrated the true King of Israel
who was to come, says: Thy throne,
o God, IS for ever and ever; the scep-
ter of Thy Kingdom is a scepter Of
uprightness" Psalms. Xiv. y.
Omitting many other such citations,
in another passage. as if to adum-
brate the figure of Christ more clear
ly. it was prophesied that His King
dom, without limit, or boundary,
would bestow in abundance gifts of
justice and peace: In His days shall
justice spring up and abundance of
peace and He shall rule from
sea to sea, and from the river unto
the ends Of the earth" Hsalms,
Xxi. 81.
COpiOus OracIes.
There are besides the more copiouS
oracles of the prophets, that of Isaia $
especially SO frequently quoted: "A
Child is born to us, and a Son is given
~ anu tne IS upon
His shoulder: and His name shall be
called Wonderful. Counselor. God the
Mighty, Father of the World to Come,
Prince of Peace. His empire shall be
multiplied. and there shall be no end
of peace. He shall sit upon the throne
of David and upon His kingdom; to
establish it and strengthen 1t with
justice, from henceforth and forever
ISaiaS, X.67l.
Nor do the other prophets foretell
any different message from Isaias
Jeremias predicting "a just branch
from the seed of David. Who. as Son
Of David shall reign and shall be wise
and shall execute judgment in the
earth UeremiaS, XXiii.5), or Daniel. who
announced kingdom to be established
by the God of Heaven which shall
never be destroyed . shall stand
forever" Daniel, ii.44): and somewhat
further on. Il believe, therefore. in the
vision of the night. and 10. one like
the Son of Man came with the clouds
of heaven. and He came even to the
ancient of days. and they presented
Him before Him. and He gave Him
power, and glory and a kingdom; and
all the peoples and tribes shall serve
Him; His power is everla sting power
that shall not be taken away; and His
kingdom shall not be destroyed dan
iel vii.13-14.
The Meek King.
Do not all the holy writer's of the
Gospels recognize that prediction of
Zachary concerning the Meek King
who, riding upon an ass. and upon
the foal OF an ass, was to enter Jeru-
salem, the Just One and Savior?
Zachary. ix9). The same doctrine of
Christ as King which we have found
in, l,n II 1n
ment is not lacking in the pages of the
New. but, on the contrary, magniti-
Gently and splendidly confirmed, in
which connection we need scarcely
mention the message of the archangel
by whom the virgin is instructed she
was to bear a son, to Whom the Lord
God shall give the throne Of David,
His Father, and Who shall reign in
the house of Jacob forever, and of
Whose kingdom there will be no end
luke. 1881.
Christ Himself gives testimony of
His empire. as when He spoke in
His last sermon to the people con-
cerning rewards and punishments to
be meted out to the just and the
! wicked. when He answered the Ro
man governor inquiring publicly
whether He was a king; when, after
He had arisen, He committed to the
Apostles the cnarSe TO tedCn ana
ba ptize all nations as far as they
could, attributing to Himself the
name Of King (Matthew, Xxv.31 400
openly proclaimed Himself King
(John, xviii.3O, and solemnly de-
clared that all power was given to
Him in Heaven and on earth (Mat-
thew, xxviii.1S), by which words He
can mean only the magnitude of His
power and the intinitude Of His
Kingdom.
1t is surprising. therefore, If lie
who Is called Prince Of the Kings
Of the Earth apocalypse, i.5) be
the same who appeared to the Apos-
tie in his vision of the future having
on His garment and on His thigh
written: King of Kings and Lord OF
Lords" (Apocalypse, xix.16), for the
Father hath appointed Him (Chrlst)
heir of all things" U1ebrews, id. and
it behooveth Him to reign until al
the end of the world He shall place
all His enemies under the feet OF
God the Father? q Corinthians
xv25).
From this common teaching Of the
sacred books it must certainly follow
that the Catholic Church, which is
the kingdom Of Christ on earch, in
order to bring before all men and in
all lands its author and founder
through the yearly cycle of the sacred
liturgy, should hail Him King and