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WHY Afc! I A CHRISTIAN ?
1st. i HI ea use ? want w bo.
(a.) Ono fino morning, as it is
said, Peter tho Groat, Emperor of
Russia, took a nail. In tho after
noon ho landed to avoid a storm
which was suddenly.-coming upon
bim. Ono of tho boats, fillod mostly
with soldiers, failing to land boforo
the storm burst, was dashed by tho
furious wind upon a roof. Tho in
mates know not how to do. Tho
Emperor ordored a boat to their re
lief, but its crow was too unskilled
and cowardly to perform tho dan
gerous task. Tho poor, deserted
men on tho reef rent the air with
piteous cries for help. The Empo
ror sprang into hie own boat and
bado all who had hearts to daro for
their brethren to follow bim. Un
able, on account of the roof, by tho
greatest exertions, to bring bib boat
within succoring distance, ho plunged
into tho raging billows and swam
now on tho top of tho mountain wave,
, now in tho depths bonoath-to thc
; stranded boat, and himself became
tho skillful pilot which tiley ncedod,
Tho mon, revived by the self-sacri
fice and cqurago of their groat chief
tain in their behalf, renew their of
forts and he doxtrously guides thom
through the rocks and broakers safe
to land. I want to bolieve that that
famous rulor lived ; that ho possessed
suoh nobility, such courage, such
love for his fellows, even his humble,
helpless subjects.
(6.) I have heard that there is n
God ; that ho oreatcd and prcsorvet
mc and all things; that he is thc
perfection of goodnobs, mercy, jus
tice, truth, wisdom and power ; that
bo is tho ono only living and true
God ; that there are three persons ir
tho God-head : the Father, tho Son
and thc Holy Ghost, and these throe
are ono God, thc same substance,
equal in power and glory ; that he
requires mo to worship, honor and
obey him, and lovo him with all my
hoart and my neighbor as myself
I want to bolieve that God is ; and
believing that, I feel that his require
mcnts aro just. ? also feel that 1
have, through my nogligont igno
rance and willful folly, broken hit
commandments ; that I am rightlj
condemncd-Mim a shipwrecked sol
dier. I know not what to do . with
out a pilot. I havo hoard that Jesus
Christ, God tho Son, came into the
world and died to savo mc and all
believing sinnors. I want to boliovt
it. I want to lovo and bo grateful
to him. I havo heard that tho liol)
Ghost constantly off ors to -teach mt
thc truth and guard mo in its ob
servance. I want to bo so taugln
and guarded. I feel the need of it
I have heard that all things work to
gether for good to God's elect ; th a
tho happiness of'this thought is ovei
present with tho highest type o
Christian ; that ho oiiduros pain witl
joy, knowing that his light, affliction
which is hut for a moment, worketli
for him a far moro excoeding am
eternal woight of glory. In thii
world of disappointments and trial
I want tho consolation of such a bc
liof. I havo heard that there is i
Heaven, where Christians will go
where mortal will put on iinmot'tali
ty ; whero no sin is ; whore my owl
sinful naturo and all my sinfu
thoughts, words and actions will bi
left behind; where tho same may Ix
said of all its inhabitants ; wboro ]
can have perfect confidence in my
Bolf ano in all my associates. I wan
to boliove that thoro is such a plac?
and such perfection. I long to liv?
there.
2d. I?eoauso thc evidence satisfioi
my mind.
(a.) It is easy to believe that then
is a God. T am so constituted that 1
am convinced that wheresoever then
is an effect, there must be a cause
wheresoever there is a design, some
thing moving for an npparor t pur
poso, thoro must have boon a designer
A watch, for itistanco, keops time
and I am convinced that it was mach
for that purpose So God gives us t
great timo keeper, tho earth revolv
ing on its own axis, producing daj
and night, and around tho sun pro
ducing tho regular roturn of tho sea
sons, and thus demonstrates creative
power, which could only bo that ol
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To Thine Omi tielf Be True and It ffluat Follow ?. the Night the X>t?y, Thou Cana'* No? Then Be FnHe to Aoy Mau.
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, OCTOBER 3, 1880.
VO?A?MM XL.-NO 40.
God. Ii lb lu?Oiioipttiiii wit?? rcsccn
to say that it carno by ohance. Ex
perience hover has shown a watch
made by ohanoo. If the univert?,
with its rogular and well balanced
systems and motions and its b?ailti
ful gradations of vogetable and ani
mal existence and growth,'oaino and
is regulated by ohance, then ohance
must havo an hitoUigo?oo and creat
ive powor greaten than tho wisest
man and would bo hplongor chance,
but a God worthy o&homago. No!
Thero is a designer, 'k maker with a
purpose--Gui?.
((>.) I assume, because is is so oasy
to believe, that God is tho governor
as well as tho creator of the universe ;
and that he is perfect in wisdom,
powor, holiness, mo?oy and truth.
(c.) I also assuihtf, because it ac
cords with universal experience, that
every man has at some time "been
guilty of some want of conformity
unto or transgression of tho rulo of
right; that ho has not always done
what ho ought to have done and
that ho has not left undone every
thing that ho ought to havo left un
done. *.
(i?.) God, tho oreat n and gov
ernor, has tho right to establish the
rule of right for his creatures, and it
is reasonable to suppose that ho has
revealed that rulo to thom.
(e.) It is natural that such a reve
lation should be given in a perma
nent form and should moro fully in
i struct us in tho nature of God and
i tho rule of right, how wo aro to bc
I havo towards him and towards our
, fellow mon, than by mero reason wo
can learn.
(/.) Tho Bible is such a revela
tion.
1. Tim Old Testament was written
ii by about twenty-seven different mon,
, from time to time, during about
eleven hundred yours, beginning
i with Job and ending w}th Malachi,
i four hundred and twenty years be
fore tho birth of Christ,
i The Now Testament was written
i by about oight differont men, from
? time to time, during fifty-seven
. yoars, beginning with Matthow, sovci:
i yoars, and ending with John, sixty
i four years, after tho death of Christ
i Josephus, a historian of thc high
i est repute, an unconverted Jew, wai
j born A. D. 4 and wroto during ?
, period of twenty years, ending sixtj
years after the death of Christ. IR
I cites numerous Egyptian, Chaldean
' Phconioian and Greek authors, wlw
. show tho antiquity.of the Jewish na
, tion and tho authenticity of tho book
. of the Old Testament. He gives ai
[ account of these books and they ari
? identical with those in tho Greol
i translation, made over two hundrec
t years beforo the birth of Christ, am
? now recognized as of tho Soripturi
? canon. Tho Jews, ancient and mod
} ern, recoivod these books as genuine
? and hold to them oven unto . death
I as stated both in Scripture and h]
) tho authors citod by Josephus. Tin
I Jews could not have boon deceiver,
r in regard to this matter. .
) Tho five books purporting to hav
? been written by Moses allege tba
t he, as God's vioegernnt, had led th
. very people to whom ho was writinj
- from Egypt, through the Red Ser
t and had for many years, in tho wil
r dorness, fed them on manna; thn
f ho was, under God's direction, writ
i ing a history of the creation and c
, tho world, GO far as it concerne
i them, and also delivering to them
I code of ecclesiastical iiuil hiuiii?ip?
? laws, at the time stating that the
s were to continue to keep tho Sal
- bath, day holy, which had been com
i manded at tho creation, beoaus
; God had vested on tho seventh day
- to keej) up the rite of oiroumoisioi
) which had i>eon instituted at th
1 time and in token of tho covonan
s mado between God and thoir fathc
j Abraham ; also commanding thom t
[ preservo Aaron's rod as a moment
- of God's miraculous intorvontion i
t thoir behalf in Egypt; to put up ape
3 of manna that thoir children migl
3 soo the bread wherowith God ha
fed thom in tho wilderness ; to kee
i thc foast of the Passover institute
to memorialize tho dohvoranco froi
) Pharaoh, and to dodicato to tho Lor
[ tho first born ol man and boast i
5 grateful memory that tho dostroyin
; angol spared the first born in thoa
? bouses whoso doors had bee:
. sprinkled with tho blood of th
. Paschal Lamb, on tho night that h
, destroyed tho first born of Egyptia
j mon and cattlo, irom tho first bor
i of the King to that of tho captivo i
. tlio dungeon. Ho told thom thu
' thoy know all thc30 facts which the
. woro commanded to commemorate
? and they did, for thoso wore phyaici
> facts about which they could nc
f have beon deceived.
Sc:ne; iufido1? say tbjit*'*b??9o five
books wore written iu a later ago}
but that oannot be,, for whonever
they might havo boon written in
after ages, those memorials, religious
sorv?oes and laws would havo been
found, being observed and taught to
tho Jewish children, and no one
could have persuaded tho Jews that
thoso books, purporting to havo boon
written by Moses and from that
time kopt in tho ark and road
?o thom ovory seven years, woro at
tho timo of such forgery, first writ
tsa, ??or that thsiaselvos had boen
complying with oivil and ecclesiasti
cal laws there laid down with all its
forms and ceremonies and had been
colobrating unknown ovents, when
suoh laws and .events wore t"hon
first hoard of by thom ; or if tho
Jews wore not observing those laws
aud ceremonies and had not before
heard of thora, they could not
havo been persuaded that they woro
doing so, nor that it was a mero
renewal after a temporary cessation
of that which they or thoir immedi
ate ancestors had obsorved. Ber
sides, tho Jews would never have
tolerated a forgery which states suoh
disreputable things of their ances
tors as Noah's drunkenness, Abra
ham's cowardice and falsehood, Ja
cob's deceitfulness, the envy and
treachery of Joseph's ten brothron,
Judah's incest, and Aaron's calf
i worshipped by tho whole, porverted
nation. Tho testimony of tho Jews
and Jofccphus as to the genuineness
pf tho other Old Testament books
is as strong as to thoso of Moses, but
tho limits of this discourse prevents
even its recapitulation here. Many
authors, friendly and unfriendly to
Christianity, who lived at the timo
and very soon after the New Testa
ment was written, satisfactorily es
tablish that its books wore written
at tho times and by tho porsons to
whom they are respectively ascribed.
This was never denied until after
tho third century. Celsus, who
wrote within sixty years of tho apos
tolic age, insists , that tho Gospels
were written by thoso personal
friends and followers of Christ respect
ively who claim to have written
thora, but he undertakes to refute
tho Christians out of their own
bpoks. So with Porphyry, ,a phi
losopher of tho third century ; and so
with Julian the.apostate. Corinthus,
the Heretics, tho Ebionites and the
Nazarenes admitted the authenticity
of the Gospels of Mark, Luke and
John, but disoarded them on other
grounds; also admitted that Paul
wrote truthfully of his personal lifo
and admitted tho authenticity of his
epistles, but denied that ho was an
apostle
2. Wo give credit to the undisput
ed narrativos of facts mado by histo
rians to their c?temporaries, especial
ly such facts as, if untrue, would be
likely to provoko public contradic
tion. Tho enemies of Christianity
wore bitter, intelligent and powerful,
yet no contradiction of any fact stat
ed in the New Testament, oxcept tho
resurrection of Christ, appears to
have been made until after tho third
century.
8. The statements of both tho Old
and New Testaments are corroborat
ed by tho irresistible conclusion that
if good men wrote thom they must
bc true, and that bad mon would
never havo written a book which
commands all duty, forbids all sins
and condemns their own souls to boll
for all eternity.
4. Further corroborations aro the
testimony of other writers, of monu
ments, ?feo., in other nations, to many
important facts hereinbefore men
tioned to establish tho authenticity
of thc Scriptures ; the perfeot accord
of all tho parts of this book, written
by about thirty-five different persons
and from time to time, during a pe
riod of sixtcon hundred yoars ; tho
perfect nature of God thorein por
trayed ; the unbending requirement
of holy living; the wiso and loving
plan by which beliovcrs aro cloth, d
with tho righteousness of Christ ; tho
happy transformations of charactor
in those who rcceivo and oboy tho
Bible and tho fulfillment of prophecy.
6. Tho miracles purporting to havo
boon performed by Moses and the
prophets, by Christ and his apostles,
were of SUcb a nature and performed
so publicly that tho narrativos of
them could not have been imposed on
tho Jewish people ns truth unless tho
occurrences had taken placo; that
wholo people believed Moses and the
prophots, and admitting thc miracles
of Christ and his apostles, they as
oribod them to Beelzebub; some of
thm i rael cn arc memorialized by the
observance of religious rites. I
thoroforo take thom to be truo. If
true, they attest tho claims of those
who performed them, oVen tho di
vinity olaimod hy Christ.- God is
greater titan Bool/chub a,jd ho would
never havo permitted miracles to at
test falsehood concerning himsolf or
thc worship and duty ? required of
man. >
(y.) The oontral poimVof this re
velation is man's condemnation to
oternai death for his sirt^and the be
liever's redemption and, restoration
to God's fayor through l?e atoning
saorifioe of Jesus Christ.'
1. This is taught in nfeNte in the
Scriptures, which wo have seen, aro
tho word of God and ought to satisfy
Us;, but God is very gracious and
long suffering to us in our skepticism,
and further furnishes ? tho fulfilled
prophecies and types an/j shadows of
tho Old Testament sot forth, as is
conceded by tho bitterest onomies of
Christianity conturios 'before tho
birth of Christ, and ttioso of the
New Testament made before their
fulfillment, as well as tho prophecies
in tho course of fulfillment, as cumu
lative and convincing proof both of
tho revelation itself and of its plan
of salvation.
2. Tho conception of Uhis idoa, so
contrary to all tliG teachings of tho
Jewish rabbis and the beliof of tho
Jewish people, is in itsoff miraculous
and tho carrying out tho idea is still
more miraculous, until wc find, ns wo
aro now about to do, that it was de
rived from God's infinite lovo and
wisdom and had been foretold by his
prophets long before.
8. Omitting for tho sake of brevity
other fulfilled prophecies, I proceed
to examino thoso concerning John,
tho forerunner of Christ, and those
concerning Christ' himself. Isaiah
(xl.3) says of John : "The voice of
him that crieth in the wilderness,
'Prepare yo the way of the Lord,
make straight in tho desert a high
way for our God' ".
And Malachi (iii, 1) : "Behold 1
send my messenger and ho shall pre
pare the way before mo." (iv 5-6'
"Behold I will send vou Elijah, tin
'proplict, before the coining of tin
great and dreadful day of 'aie Lord
and ho shall turn tho heart of tin
fathers to tho children, and tho hear
of tho children to thoir fathers., les
I como and smite the earth with i
curso," "But tho angel said \mt<
him (Luko i, 18-17) ?Fear not, Zaoha
rias, for thy prayer is heard, and th;
wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son
and thou shalt oall his namo John
and thou shalt have joy and glad
ness, and many shall rejoioo at hi
birth ; for ho shall bo great in til
pight of the Lord, and shall drin]
neither wine nor stiong drink ; am
he shall be fillod with the liol;
Ghost even from his mother's womb
and many of the children of Tsrac
shall ho turn to the Lord thoir God
and ho shall go before him in th
spirit and power of Elias, to turn th
hearts of tho fathers to tho childroi
and the disobedient to the wisdom c
tho just ; to make ready a peopl
prepared for tho Lord."
Matthew iii, 1-12 ; xi, 7-14 ; xvi
10-13; Mark i, 2-8; ix, 11-13
Luke iii, 1-18; viii, 24-80; Acts xii
24, and John i, 6-8, 15-86; v, 88-31
and Josephus (Jewish Antiquity
445,) testify to thc character an
power of John's preaching and h
holy living and that he was put 1
death by Herod, with many dotai
which demonstrate tho porfeot fu
fi." mont of these prophecies.
It was my privilege last spring 1
see "Tho Conciliator," by H. Mana
sell Ben Israel, a rabbi venerate
among the Jews on account of lt
many virtues, great piety and cxtoi
sive learning. It was written i
1632, as a commentary on tho O
Testament, and most earnestly a
sorts its authenticity. Its colle
tion of prophecies concerning tl
Messiah are, as I remember, aboi
tho samo as those we epioto to ptw
that Christ was foretold,
Immediately aftor tho fall, ono
I God's curses upon the sorpent wi
chat enmity between it and the sec
of tho woman should oxist, and th
the latter should bruise its bea
Gen. iii, 14-15,
At other times God said to Abr
ham, "In theo shall ail tho famili
of tho earth bo blessed." Gen, x
3; xviii, 18; xxii, 18, and repoat?
tho same to Isaao, Gen. xxvi, 4, ai
to Jacob, Gon. xxviii, 14.
"And thoro shall como forth a rc
out of the stem of Jesse, and
brandi shall grow out of Iiis rools
Isaiah xi, 1-10.
"Behold tho days como, saith tl
Lord, that I will raise unto David
righteous branch." .Ter. xxiii, 5.
"Thc sceptro shall not dopa
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from b
twoon bis foot until Shiloh come ; J
and unto him shall the gathering of
tho people bo." Gen. xlix, 10.
"From tho going forth of tho oom?
mandraont to restore and to build
Jerusalem unto tho Messiah, tho
Prince, shall bo woven weeks and
threo score and two weeks." Dan.
ix, 25.
"Tho Lord whom yo sook shall
como suddenly to Iiis temple, cvon
tho messongor of tho covonant,
whom yo delight in." Mal. iii, 1.
"Tho glory of this latter house
shall be greater than of the former."
Haggai ii, 0.
"Thoroforo tho Lord himself shall
give you a sign:- Behold a virgin
shall con?oive and bear a son and
shall oall his namo Immanuel."
Isaiah vii, 14.
"But thou Bothlehom Ephratah,
though thou bo little among the
thousands of Judah, yot out of thoo
shall ho oomo forth unto me that is
to bo ruler in Israel ; ' whoso goings
forth have been from of old, from
everlasting." Micah v, 2.
Matthew, soven years aftor the
death of Christ, and Luko twonty
threo years later, stated that in obe
dience to a decree of tho Roman
go vor ninon t, Josepli and Mary went
up at a certain time to Bothlohom tc
bo taxed, because they were of the
house of David, and that whilo there
Mary gave birth to Christ ; that
certain wiso men wont to Herod
and told him thoy wore hunting tho
child to worship him ; that Herod
inquired for tho. child, but not hav
ing found him, and to make sure of
his death, ho had all tho children in
and noar Bothlehom, two years old
and undor, killed. This was tho
tituo that the Jews, from their pro
phecies, were expeoting the advent'
of tho Messiah. They had carefully
kept genealogies and tho Roman do
oroo was a matter of record, be
sides the killing of all tho childron
in and near a town forty years be
fore could not have boon forgotten
when Matthew, wrote and thoso tests
wore easily obtained and if Iiis state
mentsliad bbch untrue1 they would
have been oxposod both by tho
Christ-hating Jew and resented by
tho proud Roman as an insult to his
nation,
Neither denied lt. It must bo
true. A child was born when, whero
and of tho family foretold, and
which was claimed to bo tho Mes
siah. Would any Jew, having tho
prophecies before him, havo dared to
claim for the child that ho would
fulfill the eharactor prophesied for
tho Messiah ? Would ho not, with
the Jewish interpretation, havo in
stilled different ideas in his head
from those taught Christ? If ho
had the Christian interpretation
would lie have dared claim it with
out evidence? Would any Naza
rene have thought to announco his
child as tho Christ unless inspired to
it by God himself? Thus corrobo
rated who could fall to believe the
account of tho evangelists, which
shows a completo fulfillment of all
tho prophecies concorning tho na
tivity.
The following prophecies aro sc
distinctly Messianic that thcro ii
no room to doubt, viz :
Moses says in Deuteronomy xviii
16: "Tho lord thy God will rais<
up unto tluo a prophet from th<
midst of thee, of thy brethren, tinto
him shall yo hearken."
And Isaiah xi, 1-10 : "And then
shall come forth a rod out of tho sten
of Jesse, and a branch shall grow ou
of bis roots; and the spirit of th?
Lord shall rest upon him, the spirii
of wisdom and understanding, th<
spirit of counsel and might, th?
spirit of knowledgo and of tho fem
of tho Lord ; and shall make him o
quick understanding in tho fear o
tho Lord ; and ho shall not judg?
after tho sight of his oyes, no?thei
roprovo aftor thc hearing of Iiis oars
but with righteousness shall ho judg<
thc poor, and roprovo with equity
for tiie mcok of tho earth ; and h?
shall sinito tho earth with tho rod o
his mouth and with tho broath of hil
lips shall ho slay tho wicked. Ant
righteousness shall bo tho girdle o
his loins and faithfulness tho girdle
of his reins. ***** And in tba
day thcro shall bo a root of Jess*
which shall stand for an onsign o
tho people To it shall the Gentile
seok. And Iiis rest shall bo glori
ous."
And Isaiah Iii, 18 to liii, 12 : "Bc
hold my servant shall doal prudently
ho shall bc exalted and extolled, an?
bo very high. As many woro as
tonied at thee ; his visago was s<
marred moro than any man, and hi
form moro than tho sons of men ; fi?
shall he sprinkle many nation? j ^h
kings sholl shut their mouths at him ;
for that whioh had not boon told
thom shall thoy seo ; and that whioh
thoy had not hoard shall thoy oon
sider. Who hath boliovod our re
port? And to whom is tho arm of
tho Lord rovealod ? For ho shall grow
up boforo him as a tender plant and
as a root out of a dry ground ; ho
hath no form nor comeliness ; and
when wfi shall see him there is np
beauty that wo should desire him.
He is despised and rojeoted of men ;
a man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief; and we hid, ns itwero
our faoos from him; ho was de
spised and wo esteomod him not.
Surely ho hath borne our griefs and
carried our sorrows ; yot wo did es
teem bili! stricken, smitton of God
rind afllictod. But ho was wounded
for our transgressions, bo was bruised
for our iniquities ; tho chastisement
of our poaco was upon him, and
with his stripes wo aro healed. All
we, like sheep, havo gono astray ;
wo havo turned ovoryono to bis own
way, and tho Lord hath laid upon
lum tho iniquity of us all. Ho was
oppressed and ho was afllictod, yot
Ito opened not his mouth; ho is
brought as a lamb to tho slaughter,
und as a sheep boforo ber shoarers is
dumb, so bc epeneth not his mouth.
He was taken from prison and from
judgment ; and who shall dco?aro his
goneration ? for ho was cut off out
of tho land of the living ; for the
transgression of my peoplo was he
Btriokon ; and ho made his grave
with tho wicked and with the rich in
his doath ; becauso ho had dono no
violence, neither was any deceit in
his mouth. Yet it ploased tho Lord
to bruise bini ; ho hath put bim tc
grief; when thou shalt make hit
soul an offoring for sin, he shall pro
long his days, and tho pleasure o
tho Lord shall prosper in his band
He shall see of tho travail of his sou
and shall bo satisfied ; by his know
ledge shall my righteous servan
justify many; for ho shall boar thor
iniquities. Therefore will I divid?
him a portion with tho great and lu
shall divido tho spoil with tho strong
because bo hath poured out his sou
unto death ; and ho was numbera
with tho transgressors ; and he ban
the sin of many and make intcrccs
sion for tho transgressors."
And Zechariah xi, 12, 18 : "If y<
think good, givo mo my price ; an<
if not, forbear. So they weighed fo
my price thirty pieces of silver. Am
tho Lord said unto mo, cast it unt
tho potter ; a goodly prico that
was prized at of them. And I too
tho thirty pieces of silver and cae
them to tho potter in tho bouso c
Lord."
And Ezekiel xxxiv, 22-24 : "There
f'>ro will I save my flock and tho
shall no moro bo a prey. * * *
And I will set up ono shepherd ovc
thom, and he shall food them, eve
my sorvant David ; and bo sba
feed them and ho shall bo their sho]
herd, and I, tho Lord, shall bo thc
God, and my servant David a print
among them ; I the Lord have sp<
kon it."
David had been dead ovor foi
hundred years when this last proph
cy was announced, and it thcrofo
appears that Christian interprete
have correctly considered it. prop
to read many expressions of, and
regard to David as prophecies co:
corning Christ; of that class I no
from tho Psalms, the following t
wit, lxix, 21 : "They gave me gall
eat and vinegar to drink." xxii, '
8: "All they that sec mc laugh mo
scorn ; they shoot out their lips ai
shake their hoads, saying he trust
MI God that he should deliver hil
seeing be delighted in him," and
versos 10-18 : "Thoy pierced ri
hands and my feet. They p?rtn
garments among thom and cast lc
upon my vesture"
And from Zechariah x ii, 10 : "Tbi
shall look upon me whom thoy ha
pierced."
Christians, and evon sorao host:
Jews, rofcr tho following passages
Scripture to tho Messiah :
Zee. ix, 0: "Kejoico groatly
daughter of Zion; shout, O danght
of Jerusalem ; behold thy King coi
otb unto theo ; he if. just and havi
salvation ; lowly, and ridirjg upon
ass, and upon a colt, the foal of asi
Zee xiii, 1, 6, 7 : "In that d
there shall bo a fountain oponed
tho house of David and to the i
habitants of Jerusalem for sin a
for uncleanness. ***** And o
shall say unto h'm, what aro th<
wounds in thy hands? Then
shall nnswor, thowo with which
was wounded in tho houso of i
frionds. Awake, O sword, agaii
my Shepherd, and against tho m
that h my follow, saith tho Lord
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hosts; amito tim flhnphorA and fri
sheep shall ho soattord."
?'salms 78, 2: "I will opon my
mouth, in parabloB} I will uttor dark
Hayings of old."
Types or shadows aro prophecies
and furnish iu08t useful information
concerning our Saviour. Tako for
instanoo tho Passover. In it a lamb
without a spot or bl?mir^ was to bo
slain, but without breaking any of tts
bones. Its blood was to be sprinkled
on tho door posts ; thon tho first
born in that houso would osoape tho,
(lonth ipflinto/l "Ky ??><*. d02*?Cy'"g
angol on tho first born in every other
houso. Those who partook of it
were to bo propared as for a journoy.
All shadows of Christ or of Chris
tian lifo; not to mention othor de
tails of that feast.
Again, tho brazen Borpont was
raised by Moses on a polo in tho
oamp in tho wilderness -where ovory
Israolito could seo it and by looking
upon it, whon bitton by a poisonous
Borpont, should bo healed.
Again, tho prophet Jonah was
throe days in tho bolly of tho groat ,
fish whioh God provided to swallow
him for bis disobedience in fleeing
from God's command to preach to
Nineveh.
And in general tho sacrifices wore
shadows of tho great atonement'
whioh Christ was to mako for our
sins.
Jesus was baptized and tho multi
tudes saw tho Holy Spirit descend
ing upon bim in tho form of a dove ;
and heard tho voice from Hcavon
saying, "This is my beloved Son, in
whom I am well pleased. Ho was
tempted forty days in tho wilder
ness. Ho loft Nazareth and dwolt
in Capernaum, whioh is upon the
sea-coast, ia tho borders of Zebulon,
and Nophthalim, in fulfillment of.
Isaiah's prophecy, ohapter ix, 1-2.
Ho spako in parables. Whon
John sent unto bim ho said, "Go
show John again those things which
you do hoar and, seo, tho blind ro
coivo their sight, the lame walk, tho
lepers aro cleansed, tho deaf hear, tho
doad aro" raised up and tho poor have
tho gospel preached unto them."
Matthew xi, 4-5.
Ho said as Moses liftod up ibo sor
pont in tho wildorness, oven so must
tho Son of Man bo lifted up.
Ile foretold his betrayal, condem
nation by tho priests and soribes,
delivery to tho Gentiles (Romans)
to mock, to scourge and oruoify.
That ho should rise aftor having
boon buried three days. He said
that tho prophet Jonas was a sign of
his burial and resurrection. Ho
mado tho prediction as to Ins resur
rection, else the Jews* or tho Romans
would have denied that thoy had
hoard it and had plaoed tho guard
over his grave as stated. Ho rodo
an ass into Jerusalem amid tho
shouts of tho multitude : "Hosanna
to tho Son of David; blessed is ho
that cometh in the name of tho
Lord; Hosanna in tho highest."
Judas betrayed him for thirty piece?
of silver and afterwards returned tho
money to'tho priests and soribos and
they bought the potter's fiold with it.
When bc was arrested his disoiplos
desorted him, as ho had told thom
tliey would, and also fulfilling tho
prophecy that tho shepherd would
bo smitten and the shoop scattered.
At tho Jewish trial ho was silent
until tho High Priest adjured him
to say whothor ho was "Christ, tho
Son of God." Ho said he was, and
thoreupon ho was adjudged "guilty
of doath," on tho ground that this
was blasphemy.- "Then did they1
spit in his faco and buffctted him,
and others smoto him with tho palma
of their hands and mocked him."
Tho Jews had no power to enforce
thc death penalty and oarriod Jesus
boforo Pontius Pilate, who, finding
him innocent, would havo released
him but for tho importunity of tho
?Jows. On this trial "ho answered
never a word" to tho accusations of
tho Jews, "insomuch that thc Go
vernor marveled greatly." Yot in
doferenco to tho Jews, Pilate or
dered him oruoificd between two
thieves.
Aftor tho condemnation, Pilato's
I soldiers put on him a scarlot robo ;
"and whon they had platted a crown
of thorns thoy put it upon his bond,
and a recd in lils right band ; and
thoy bowed tho knco b?foro him and
mooked him saying, "Hail, King of
tho Jews I And thoy spat upon him
and took tho recd and smoto him on
tho hoad." Matthew xxvii, 29-aO.
Then thoy put his own clotho;! on
him and lcd him out of tho oity to
Golgotha and "gavo him vinegar to
drink, mingled with gall.'* John
xix, 24: "And thoy oruolfled him,
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