THE K I N G ’ S BUS I NE S S 233 leavened,” they speak the whole truth. So it is. “ ’Tis true; tis pity; and pity ’tis, ’tis true.” . Do not allow any one—the Pope of Rome or the ecclesiasts of America —to interfere with your right to have, hold and honor your Bible. T. C. H. THE RASH DR. RASHDALL Dr. Rashdall, dean of Carlisle, great English theologian, in the recent church congress stated that “ Jesus did not claim divinity for Himself.^ The speeches of the fourth Gospel, where they went beyond the synoptic conception, he said, “ could not be regarded as history.” This same position has often been advanced of late by American theo- logians such as the late William Newton Clarke, Dr. Shailer Matthews and others. Since it is the Gospel of John that especially emphasizes Christ s Deity, their chief concern has been to get rid of this book, thinking that by the hew “ historical” system of interpretation, the statements in the synop tic Gospels implying Christ’s Deity could be got along with. Suppose we entirely disregard John’s presentation of Christ. Let us have a glance at Matthew’s Gospel and see if the Deity of Christ can be as easily brushed aside as some would lead us to think. In Matthew 7 :21-23 Jesus claims to be absolute Lord and Master over men, the Judge of all the world, who will in the Great Day appoint the des tinies of the lost. In the next chapter He shows .Himself sovereign over all disease (vs. 7, 15), over evil spirits (vs. 16, 32), and over the elements (v. 27). In the ninth chapter He claims authority to forgive sins (v. 6). He proceeds through all the cities, “ healing every sickness and every disease among the people” (v. 35). _ . . In chapter 10, after having bidden twelve men drop their occupations and come and follow Him, He empowers them to “ heal the sick, cleanse /the lepers, raise the dead and cast out demons” (v. 8). He states that He will confess before the Father in heaven those who openly confess Him be fore men on earth (v. 32). In chapter 11 He calls all the world unto Him as the true source of rest. He says: “ All things are delivered unto me of my Father. * * No man knoweth the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.” H a flBIB In the next chapter He claims to be Lord of the Sabbath, and asserts that He is greater than Jonah, greater than Solomon, greater than the house of God, and that He will spend three days and three nights in the heart of the earth and then come forth. In the 13th chapter He represents Himself as directing in the Judgment Day, ordering the angels in their disposition of men’s destinies (vs. 30, 41). In chapter 14 He walks on the waves and accepts divine worship from His disciples, who acknowledge Him to be the Son of God. He multiplies a few loaves and fishes and feeds four thousand people. In chapter 16 He declares Himself the Rock foundation of the Christian Church, against which thej gates of hell shall never prevail. He foretells
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