March 1926
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170_______________ ,___ ________ _________________________ truth, only, for we cannot say how much truth a mere man may be able to discover and declare. But, If this teacher shall foretell future events; If, like Elijah, he shall cor rectly prophesy a drought of three years, to begin and end only according to his word; men will say, this Is more than human wisdom. Thus Samuel, even when a child, and after the prophetic fires had seemingly died out on the altars of Israel, was established as a prophet of the Lord he dtclared, what no mere .man could foresee or foretell, the sudden and terrible destruction of Eli’s two sons; and when this awful word was fulfilled, all Israel said, the Lord Is with him. So may a teacher from God shew his credentials in his works, by doing anything which plainly shews a power above man. AAQiile the wonders which Moses wrought at Pharaoh’s court''Vere successfully Imitated by the magi cians, they carried but little weight; but when the rod was stretched forth and smote the dust of the earth so that It became lice In man and beast, and all the power of enchant ment could not even imitate the miracle, even the magicians said unto Pharaoh, “ This Is the finger of God.” in . If on any basis, we concede that miracles are possible and probable, they may certainly be most naturally expected, if the Son of God actually comes among men. The evidence will be on a scale correspondent with His dignity and majesty. Now look at His miracles. The first of them was the changing of water into wine at Cana. Nature does that every season. By processes that are the wonder of all ages, and a mystery even to the learned, she gathers from air and earth the secret of their moisture, and by the marvelous action of roots and sap-ducts, distils it into the grape; then by the aid of air and light and heat and actinic ray, slowly changes the acid liquid into delicious nectar. By no arti ficial process has man been able to imitate the juice of the grape. He must wait on the vine, as his laboratory. When Jesus, by an instantaneous process, atfd without approach ing the pots, changed water into grape juice, doing in a moment what nature does only in months, and doing it without her apparatus for distillation, He showed to those present that He knew nature’s secrets and could, without her aid, work the same results; and so He showed himself the God of nature, and ‘.‘manifested forth His glory." If you mark closely you will see in His recorded miracles a progressive character, and a gradual unfolding of His real self. The second miracle was one of healing and showed power over disease; the third, the miraculous draught, showed control over the animate creation; the fourth, the casting out of the devil, showed His power over demons; and so His miracles grow in importance, till the rising of the dead proves His control over death and decay. Now, whatever may be said of miracles, as a sign that God spake by ordinary men, if ever a crisis justified them, it was when, last and best of all, God sent His only Son, We are justified in expecting that God’s seal-ring will be on HU finger. And so, when John the Baptist from his cell sent to ask Him for signs of His Messiahship, He replied by referring to the grand scale on which he was wielding the power of God: "the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the dead are raised up!” He wrought mir acles, not to gratify curiosity; but to satisfy the reasonable demand for evidence that His power* was divine. Did His miracles give certain proof of the presence and power of God? Let us see. The famous clock in Strasburgh Cathedral has a mech anism so complicated, that it seems to the ignorant and
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