Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension.
The Divinity of Christ.
"When the Paraclete cometh, He shall give testimony of Me." — John xv. 26.
SYNOPSIS.
Ex. : I. Truth's corner-stone. II. Opinions. III. Suggestions of arguments.
I. Guilt of sin : 1. Man-God. 2. Messias in figure and . prophecy. 3. In Gospels.
II. Christ's character : 1. Idolatry. 2. Hypocrisy. 3. Died to prove assertion.
III. Christ's deeds: 1. His miracles. 2. Resurrection. 3. Ascension.
Per.: 1. Arguments for infidels. 2. Our confidence. 3. Lord's second coming.
SERMON.
Brethren, disbelief in the divinity of Jesus Christ is and ever has been the world's blackest sin; it will be the gravest indictment brought against mankind by the Spirit of truth. The divinity of Christ is the corner-stone of our temple of faith, whose removal means the destruction of the entire edifice. It is a doctrine founded on undeniable evidence, supported by irrefutable arguments. Still they have never been wanting who would say: " We do not believe." In the groups that surrounded Him in Judea and Galilee, in the throng at the foot of the cross, opinions differed. Some scoffed, others adored; some reviled, others wept. So too, to-day. the agnostic, the Unitarian, the votary of science, all unite in denying Him that bought them. Vast num-
