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THE UNRECOGNIZED CHRIST
THE UNRECOGNIZED CHRIST
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This edition has been proof an corrected from the original hard cover edition.
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an excerpt from the beginning of the:
Preface
THE sermons contained in this volume were delivered at the Northfield General Conference. They were extemporaneous utterances and were delivered to promiscuous audiences. Yet they are the product of much thought, and express the profound conviction of the author that the hope of to-morrow lies in the rediscovery of Jesus the Christ. Jesus of Nazareth was a real person. He has been reverenced and trusted in by the Church as the " Son of God." He spoke of Himself as the " Son of Man." The apostolic testimony began with the affirmation that He was " the Christ," and the term was official. Jesus was divinely appointed to a work and to a dignity. His adequacy for the task depended upon His character. The responsibilities of the office were great, and involved temptations and dangers of an extraordinary kind. Jesus discharged the office, facing hardships, trials, criticisms, and sufferings such as fill us with amazement.
The author has read the Gospels from this point of view and has tried to make the story warm and glowing so that men shall come under its spell.
The world waits for the gospel of the "Son of Man." Blake felt the spell of it when he wrote:
"For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love the human form divine,
And Peace the human dress."
We need to visualize the actual Jesus. While searching the Prophets to discover their testimony concerning Him, and examining the creeds to learn the fullness of the faith by which the Church has lived, we need to see Jesus Himself in His unfolding, to follow Him as He related Himself to life, to look on Him as He appeared to His contemporaries in the discharge of the task to which He was committed by the anointing of the Holy Ghost.
We must preach a living Christ, and preach as those who live under the spell of His glorious personality and achievement. This is the gospel in which the evangelical succession has gloried. It has wondrous potency. Holy George Herbert expressed its mystic quality when he said:
"Love is fleet of foot,
Love is a man of war,
And can shoot,
And can hit, from far."
The author was gratified to find that not only the ordinary layman but ministers and theological professors were helped by the series as delivered. In response to their request the sermons are presented to the Christian world in the present volume. If they prove suggestive to other ministers and stimulate them in the task of preaching Christ, he will render thanks to God.
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an excerpt from the beginning of the:
Preface
THE sermons contained in this volume were delivered at the Northfield General Conference. They were extemporaneous utterances and were delivered to promiscuous audiences. Yet they are the product of much thought, and express the profound conviction of the author that the hope of to-morrow lies in the rediscovery of Jesus the Christ. Jesus of Nazareth was a real person. He has been reverenced and trusted in by the Church as the " Son of God." He spoke of Himself as the " Son of Man." The apostolic testimony began with the affirmation that He was " the Christ," and the term was official. Jesus was divinely appointed to a work and to a dignity. His adequacy for the task depended upon His character. The responsibilities of the office were great, and involved temptations and dangers of an extraordinary kind. Jesus discharged the office, facing hardships, trials, criticisms, and sufferings such as fill us with amazement.
The author has read the Gospels from this point of view and has tried to make the story warm and glowing so that men shall come under its spell.
The world waits for the gospel of the "Son of Man." Blake felt the spell of it when he wrote:
"For Mercy has a human heart,
Pity a human face,
And Love the human form divine,
And Peace the human dress."
We need to visualize the actual Jesus. While searching the Prophets to discover their testimony concerning Him, and examining the creeds to learn the fullness of the faith by which the Church has lived, we need to see Jesus Himself in His unfolding, to follow Him as He related Himself to life, to look on Him as He appeared to His contemporaries in the discharge of the task to which He was committed by the anointing of the Holy Ghost.
We must preach a living Christ, and preach as those who live under the spell of His glorious personality and achievement. This is the gospel in which the evangelical succession has gloried. It has wondrous potency. Holy George Herbert expressed its mystic quality when he said:
"Love is fleet of foot,
Love is a man of war,
And can shoot,
And can hit, from far."
The author was gratified to find that not only the ordinary layman but ministers and theological professors were helped by the series as delivered. In response to their request the sermons are presented to the Christian world in the present volume. If they prove suggestive to other ministers and stimulate them in the task of preaching Christ, he will render thanks to God.
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