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m MAN IS THIS?
- I Mm mill llitn lit IrllKliM 10 uJi.ie lir
obedience lo Ji'IiomiIi'm will, Ui be hli
agent iiml ecrviint In (lit- OiKwtn Utn
of a Kicnt pliin for human icdeiniitlon.
Those who deny nil of thin, and who
iR awakened so imtrli confusion
uinoiiL'Rt C'liriatlnm. anil hint' mndo
"VrM-
Obey Him."
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Even the Winds and the Waves 1i ioi of cinut impo.iiid to thoj
jqw, Hiiuinii uiii" mi iii-riiiiiii ii iiiviu
On tho AtUtJc,
Nor. 13. I'nstor
Husscll of tho
llrooklyn Tnber
uncle Is homeward
bound. Hcdeclnrea
tlirft lie Krcntly en
Joyed IiIm visit to
(I runt Hrllnlii.
hero he preach
ed In twclto of the
principal cltlen, In
cluding three Sun
dnys Hi London.
v-,. no Rreiiu.v iiuiiiiruu
tlpj reverential nb-Htrnfn of iclltflous
tllouuht In llrltnln Whotlicr or not
tin people nre re.-.IIy more holy Until
tlinlr brethren In the United States and
f'llluuhi. they lire, he nyn, im a rule,
more luverentlul In (heir demeanor In
tljelr nttltiide toward Divine thlnpi.
I'uKtor uutou'ii coiiHiuetH piiuiie
Ih'outtht In Clrent ISrltnlii to bo nt Ieatt
ivu'iit.v ,ci)Ih behind thnt of tho Stntc-H
li reupeet to the Hlble nil n nivlho
revelation. This 14 uiuch In their
fnor. ho kiih. Tho nWilntloti theory
nlid Ko-ciilled Holier Crltlclmii of the
lllhlc, lime, he xuyH, wniufilil great
hnvne nmonuHt the clergy nnd mote
oflbeutod people of America, lie finds
In Oreiit Urltnlu tho miuift destructive
nentlliielilB itt wot).-, but ihey hnve not
yet leached (he muxse with Hlleb foir-e
hhd )KUouhiK power. I'nltli In Ood
utiil In the lllble mi bin Woid PiiNlor
Ilinmell ban Hpci'lully huukIu to Incul
cate, lie fooln gtently vtlcotinigt'd mid
Lope to eve hli filciidH nnd Hie pub
lie of Great Hrltulu noon ngnl.i, tin they
ietieit,
III loro for our Ifrltlsdi couhIim
Iiiih jiot. however, diminished hlx
Jovo nnd Inlerem In Ood'M iwoplo of
America. If lYMutlciini lire lem rover
ciilhtl It ma) uUo be w.ild Hint ihiiuy of
them tiro more Independent uud mere
couriifteoiifi In their eonvlctjiiim refipeet
liiK the Truth, The llilllxli filemlH
Hlionld, he th1lil.', riiltlvnte uu liule
londence of thought: while Aincrlcuu
ChrlsUiuiH. losing none of their cour
up, should cultlvutu it spirit of iuver
epco for Ood, for bin Word and for nil
holy (lilnv'H
1'antor ltussell In oujoytmr bin potml
Rood beulth nnd eoiitlniii'H Ills literary
iiU On the mud, iih on the l:iudr A
Miprespfltntlrn' of the Amerlcnh Presi
A.'iuocln.tlu'n dud a HteuoKinpher accniii
puny him, 1'iutor ItiiBsull'H iuldreH
Tvf today wiih from the following
icit:
"VHit manprr or inati la tlil.iT Kor
ciut(ia vtid uml tlm vvc obuy hlni."
-'MKw vlt). .n.
This teU Ik (likely fioui the (lospol
imriut'lv'e jf (be ujoim uii'tlie Sen of
(Jn)i'e, durliiK which ' 'Jegii wnH
flSlnep In tho. IilnUer" part.' oft"tho"vcBfidl.
mill! the Hturdy neamilu. nppnllnl'by
, (lie Htorm. ciKkl to IiIm, .Mnstcr. rnrfSt
thnfl not (lull we peilfth? TliOn ttif
' niivlor nrose nnd rclititfiHl tho 8to'rm
nnd theie wiih n Kient Cnliu, When tho
fishermen 'dlHclplox beheld thlu they
mild. What hind of pwon Is this tllat
oieit tho winds ml the sen obey him!
Tho Hpotiuej' declared that nlthotluh
, moro thnti eighteen contuiles bud
taried, (ho panio iiuesiloii Is uolut; the
rounds of most clvlllred peoples or the
orld"Whut inniiner of nun U tliliy
' Koine of tho best tliliiUeiw uml uoblowt
henils of nil iiiitiontilltlea, Jew ami
Uentlle, niee that Jesuit of Nazareth
was a most wonderful until. Jt is tdlll
ngreed, as In tho duya of Ids pioneueu.
llitit "net or mini spate llko this 1111111)"
Stmie. Indeed, called him n deceher.
Others Mild that ho was under (ho con
trol of ell hplrlts. Others, Kjim to
the opposite extreme, declared that
tfili meat Jew was Johonh himself,
wlio, for thu time, was innsipieradliii:
03 u uitui-
"Wondtrful Word or Lift."
I'ustur Jlussell eoutenda that the
Kl elites t of all Jews told the truth I
lllnillt lilluwitlf iu ivi.ll fia fifT.iiit iilliitr '
matters, When ho prajed to tho ra
ther with Rtrotii; crylutfs ami tears In
(Jctligcmuiic (Hebron s v. T) bu wiih
npt tiamm!ns lie wan not prrpettat
luu n finutl uml dccelvlUK hh disciples
thun nud since
Wo liuw KMiit Kymputby for the fel
l(iWH:oui)trj'inen of .Iimus who, falllnu'
to umlerstaml him, fanned his eicui
tlun. couslderlut; liliu u menuce (0 their
Institutions Ills wouiU'iful uorUs.
his wonderful words of life, of which
It, Is recorded that the public declined.
"neer man spake like this man." and
lit ut'iicriil bU wonderful personality,
seemed really liieouuriious with his
Koner.il demeanor. Nbt clulnilnt to be t
Jehovah, not cluliulni; to be Ids own ' "
l'a t her. us some now touch, but, ou the
coiitmry, declurlni;. "My Kullier 1
k'leater tbnn I," he iiuvertbolesHchilm
ed 11 Kpecbil iclatloiishlp to Hod; and
tlitu he demoustrattHl by such miracles
us the 0110 of our lesson. Had he doim
nud said these things as a mciuber of
ouu of the (Mipulur mrts of tils day.
lie "would lme been reverenced Had
he julned In with the l'barlsees uud
winked nt their lutorpretlm: the Imw
In one way for the piople nud In an
other manner for IhemsclU's, bo would
hiuo recolxctl uiuch honor from the
rlqli nud tho poor, the learned uud the
ltfuornut. Hut bo itiitncouUcHl till these
by hi hupilllty lu tulnsllut; with the
coiuuion people, ucceplliitf some of
the in n bin Ktcolul disciples nud send
1 11 if tin in out us bin rcprescntntlw.
This spcclully branded bliu as foolish
lu'tho eyes of the worldly-wise. TUN
kpvlully duct edited him, not only iu
n iiinn nud n teacher, but artcularly
as one who claimed to be tho Messiah,
th Kins: of blory who wuu to set up
nu Kuiplre. Wo oau well vee viiy
worldly-wrt K"ople o( (hat day or tljls
day would consider stub a person a
fraud. 11 ri'ieuiur a diAeher .p
peaiaiies weic Uf-dust bliu
J tMis dvdurvd (hat (tic lather enl
I
selves nud explain by what nuthorlty
tljey eontrndlcled the (Trent Tenoher
"T'lio Pn titer Is 'renter than I." And
wiien they claim Hint the death of
Juh was merely 11 fnrce, and thrtt be
as .lohovnh merely atepped out of tin
body of Jesus unci perpetinled 11 fintid
nnd pietended to be dead nud nrqiiecd
Ids disciples' a to tlilnk nml m to
tench, nnd pretended later lo bo rained
from (be dead thone who thus teach
alid who thus confuse the minds of till
rilHMeiidoni uml Jewry, should ex
plain uwny. If they cin. the plain state
ment of the Apostle that Ood raised
up Jesus from the dead by bis own
power 011 tin,' thlid ihi,i.
"Art Thou a Kino Then?"
Picture tho Urent Teacher walking
with bin twelve Apostles, n nondescript
crowd of (hose who he.ird hfm Kindly
not many great, not many learned,
not many rich, not many noble. II ear
bliu telling them thoso who acknowl
edge themscHcs to be Igiioiulit and un
turned (Act Iv, 1 tlint. If faithful
lo him, ho would "grunt Ibeiii lo sit
with him In Ids Throne" "Judging the
tn'elve tribes or Israel." Tho state
tiient Hti rely seemed finudulent, and he
had not the heart to condemn the Jews
who so misinterpreted him, St. Peter
did not condemn them, but distinctly
gald. I wot, brethren, that In Igno
rance yo ci uelded tho Prince of Life,
as did nlRo your rulers (Acts 111. 10-17.
Can wo wonder that the learned
Jews of tlurt day woie confused? They
dhl. Indeed, hear of his miracles lits
rycoveilug of sight to tho blind and of
strength lo tbo withered hand of the
impotent iiiiiii; nud, In tho cuso of Laz
nriiM, ut leust, they had demonstration
of Ids power over the dead. They per
ceived that these miracles were Inulng
ti InlluoiicU upon tho iniiHSCj that
they detracted from their own ejtoem
amongst the people. They knew that
uiliny of.Jesun' sayings were wonder
fully wise uud that his criticisms of
their own lucotiftluteiicleb wero re
markably sliatp, Vet withal, they salil.
we know thnt he is a fraud, because
of Ids peculiar claim to be tho MchsIiiIi
and the Son of U61I. This claim of bis
discountenances all of his teachings
nnd mighty works. It cannot be true
that he is the Messiah that our nation
has waited for these moro tlun sixteen
Centuries. Cod would Hiliely (.end
.Messiah n siitllcleney of demonstration
of glory and power 10 coin luce the
most Intelligent of our tuition, the
kcrlbus ami Pharlices uud Pilosis
What they nil dissent from, repudiate
nud denounco, must be false,
For tho Good of th Nation.
The Jewish wUe men ot' eighteen
centuries ago concluded that a man ,
xw sue tbo mnuaos agog with nutlet-'
potion of bliuseir us the Messiah-King,
A't was .without, mi army ami without
nnluicltil bugUlug for a cnmpalei'i.
would prVkcift their nation to the Ito-1
ulnhu In n ludicrous light. An ii result I
J hoy might hnio taken from them, at
u ( word or the Huipeior, tho cull nml 1
ollglous privileges uml rights they I
Vero enjoying. They took coiiiikcI uml
(Iciet mined that In the Intcicsts of the j
peace of the nation this goldcii-tutigucd 1
udriielo-woiker sbuuld either he ov '
IiosihI us a fraud or be killed. They '
filed Hint to expose him by trapping '
lilfii In his language hi the presence of
fils follow ei nud the multitude Hut '
ids Intellect was keener than thelr.H ,
(ind the tin lists they made at bliu ru
ioiiuded to their own discomfort uud
established his. own standing In the
cstliiiiillim of Ids follower nud In the
eyes of the people. One of these ef
forts to hIiuu up the hollowness of hh
clnlniH and their frauduleucy uud to
dlscoutago his followei-H Is worthy of
Particular notice, as ll furnishes us
jhu key to the hciitlioent of the tillers
pud also the key to tho real facts of
the duo which those rulers failed to
dlscei 11
Tbo Kinodom In Your Mldit,
Thu liillucntlal Juws said, Let us
ipicHtlon this fraudulent Messiah re-
1 spectiug his pretentious, not with any
' liopu of convctlug hlni, but with u
j Nlow to upeiilug tho ees of his fidlow
1 ers to the weakness nud fallacy of his
' (cachings. Then they Will kcc the hot
I fewness of thu hopes they uro euter
' taltiiug ami their foolishness lu leav
ing their vurlatiH uvocatlous to be
Ivouie tils followers, lu thu hope ot sit- j
(lug with him In Ids Tlivoue- They '
Will seo that io ban 110 pronpect of ever
securing a Throne nud tbut they aio ;
merely deluded by him lu such expec
tations. They Impilred of llm. When
will ,our Klugdoui appear: How Toug
will It bo before jim Kit upon your
irono nud have your followers with I
you lu the Throne How long beforO I
(bis Mcfklnulc Klugdoui will rule lit I
Palestine ami oxlouil from Its borders
(o the ends of the earth? After ;ou
Iiimu uusweitsl us thesu ipuotlvus we
will nsk j 011 others respecting our
dimnclal suppoit and i-esources-your
own ipiullilcattoiis, and your subimlt
unto otllccrs; tbo aims for 3 our sol
diers and the supplies necessary for '
such a world-onmp.ilgu as ,oii are
about to begin, uccoidlug to your
teachings.
Tho Urent Teacher's brief answer ,
eutlrvlj (.lleuccd oery objection. Ills ,
iiuostluiis, had the iutn bwn "U- '
rnelltcs IndcMsl.'" would have boeu so
deeply lmprosed upon them (bat they
would tunc followed up (be mutter
with 1111 entirely different Hue ot tpjes-
(toning than at iK'bI coutunUuUted, .
llut they wero luxlmere. llcncu wheu
(heir )uestIons. Intended lo entrap the
IVaeUvr Hint Manor, wero answered if,'l, ,,.,"
. jml IMW they ,a,wly aeWuowledgca S0JkQ.,,,ftI
(h.ejr dtafvat by tbvlr sleco. 'ot. giuul
J. Prank Hrowu ot Iteglq Point
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