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April 13, 1910.
selves to rescue the per
be utilized, P2ph. 4:11-1^
may witness to the glor
of man. Acts 1 :8. Oi
should be conformed ha
-O
ivictit. .io:iy-20.
Should any who read t
tually a co-sharer of the
and multitudinous demoi
of God. By nature we
Cod desires all men to
knowledge of the truth,
short of the glory of God
cleanseth from all sin.
the sins of the world, h
termost all who come un
vites all to come. The 5
Him that cometh trustfi
it A _ r f
vtist um. /\s i nve, sa
pleasure in the death of tl
turn from his way and li
his way, and the unright*
him return unto the Lord
him, and to our God for
"God sent not His Son i
world; but that the world
"He that believeth on th<
East Palmyra, N. Y.
A PHYSICIAN'S VIEW
By Howard A. Kelly
What a humdrum, wea
become if we had no oth
we call science! Man w
chine, set going within i
drag his way through tl
existence until the dread
tured molecules free to r<
earth, until they are perc
organism, again to begir
organic life. But in the
spired life, here are tlx
matchless personality, m;
dream of, more wonder!
childhood come true, ins
laid hold of here on eartl
to be revealed.
When John the Bapt
which would separate CI
tion to bear our sins frot
was distressed and in d
ment, and sent to Him to
or look we for another?'
answer, far more convinc
"no."
"Go and tell John the
Klinrl romitro
lepers are cleansed, and t
raised up, and the poor 1
them. And blessed is he
' sion of stumbling in me."
The Miracles Wil
The miracles have ever
tu-ccnc + r\ flin rl Aif ir
IIVOOV.O IW lliv VI v 1 I > >Y 1 1 IV- I
THE PRESBYTERI/
ishing. Spiritual gifts are to
. Power is given us that we
v of God and the betterment
if prayers and our practices
bituallv to the great commishis
contribution become even:
place prepared for the devil
is, it will be through no fault
are children of wrath; but
be saved and to come to the
We have all sinned and come
; but the blood of Jesus Christ
He is the propitiation for
[e is able to save unto the utto
God through Him. He inspirit
and the bride say come,
dly unto Christ is in no wise
ith the Lord God, I have no
lie wicked; but that the wicked
ve." "Let the wicked forsake
:otis man his thoughts, and let
1, and he will have mercy upon
He will abundantly pardon."
nto the world to condemn the
through Him might be saved."
; Son hath everlasting life."
r OF CHRIST'S MIRACLES.
, M.D., LL.D., F. R. C. S.
risome routine our lives would
er inspiration than that which
ould then be but a sort of mai
greater machine, destined to
te dull routine of this mortal
iul final struggle sets his tor;st
a while in the bosom of the
:hance incorporated in another
i the monotonous round of an
midst of this colorless, unini
miracles of Christ and His
irvels such as man never dared
tul than all the fairy tales of
piring hopes of infinite glories
l and inconceivable glories yet
ist, not knowing the interval
ifist's first coming in humilian
His second coming in glory,
oubt because of his imprisonask.
"Art thou he that cometh,
' he received the one effective
ing than a categorical "yes" or
things which ye hear and see:
r sight, and the lame walk, the
llP dpnf Vl po r on/4 t V, - A A ~ ?
v^v.. Uiiu me utau die
liave good tidings preached to
, whosoever shall find no occatnesses
to Jesus' Diety.
remained the unassailable witi
He claimed for Himself. For
4
LN OF THE SOUTH.
this reason it has been in the
the future to be the effort of a
being accepted as the Christ, 1
to discredit and break down t
cles.
iUot out all the miracles, ai
cious record of the humility
of Christ, and the most impc
and His power as He walke<
literated. We should then ha
out His works, but no revelati
close relationship between Go
by His thus bearing our infirn
nesses upon Him.
The miracles of Christ in th
because, like finger-posts, th<
fact beyond them, namely, th
A ?I J J "
uccu ^vjxiic uuwn to awen amc
with us). They are called "pc
of God is manifested in savit
consequences of sin, from dei
ease, and from death; also, t
Creator was present to do wit
ler made wine, the sea calmec
the fish supplying the piece <
They are "prodigies," becaus*
never saw one of this wise be
acter are the miracles that tl
of His doctrine, and so wond
then as now it upholds the mil
Some object to miracles as
ble laws of nature. That is a \
made miracles, but the object
we have to do with God, who i
all things consist," and who "
word of his power." Not, I
God imagined by the scientist,
tian revealed in the Bible. If
is futile for me to inquire hov
check the sun in His course i
as easily as a child can stop a
cataclysm.
So many and so wonderful
enemy ever rose up in His lif
driven to bay, they tried to e?
ly, saying that Satan was ca
greater mistake still to imagin
detached from their setting it
ered apart. Do as I have done
ink and underline everything i
and then turn the pages over
urated they are with miracle;
the one suggested also strikir
as the Gospels themselves m
ferent purpose, a different a;
work to set before us, so oft
differently grouped and used s
purpose. The Christian disc
mospherc of the Gospel is thai
Glance for a moment at tl
Matthew's Gospel; this, as is <
verse, is the Gospel of God's ]
to earth in due time to rule. F
in chapters 5, 6, 7; such a de
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past and will continue in
ill who are opposed to His
:he Son of the living God,
he authority of the mirand
with them all the preand
love and compassion
>rtant lessons as to faith
d on earth would be obive
only His words withon
of the new, tender and
d and man, as was shown
lities and taking our sick
e Bible are called "signs"
;y point to some greater
at the Son of God is in)ng
men (Immanuel, God
wers," because the power
lg man from bearing the
non-possession, from disjecause
the power of the
h His creatures,?the wa1,
the walking on the sea,
of money,?as He would.
: all the people said, "we
fore." So strong in charley
are the very bulwark*
erful is His doctrine that
-acles.
setting aside the imniuta alid
objection to all manor
has forgotten that here
made all things, "in whom
upholds all tilings, by the
say, the anthropomorphic
, but the God of the ChrisI
am dealing with God, it
r He acts. He surely can
.vithout disrupting nature
ball without producing a
were the miracles that no
etime to contradict them:
cplain them blasphemoussting
out Satan. It is a
e that the miracles can be
1 the Gospels and consid>
tillr#* n fin#* r\o?i in/1 l\lo/%b
J w???v U 1I1IV J/V.H UIIU UIrtV-l\
niraculous in the Gospels,
rapidly and see how sats.
Such a little study as
igly shows this fact, that,
anifestly have each a difspect
of Christ's life and
en the same miracles are
is they subserve this main
overs that the whole at:
of the miraculous,
le use of the miracles in
jvidenced in the very first
promised King sent down
(is Magna Charta is found
claration of principles as