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Wh is Jelul ? I
eneUrrmon'I Repto \ X. Y. Z. COllllllue\
from last \\'ek.
, H was either the truth or a lie and
.if Josp.ph wa 110t the father of
Jesus , or if he was only the step-
father. ( which contingency has i
to be imagined ) . then so far as :
. . Joseph was concerned the allega- '
, j. tiotl i. . . false , and we are confront.
.
, . cd with a pious He. inspired .to
sa\'e the situation. For it must
be remembered that this child
. was.taken to the temple to be circumcised -
j cumcised , an : } to have his name
\ ' recorded in the genealogical tablets -
lets of the jews , and his desc3nt
could not have been traced to a
. . . . . royalldng outside of this record ,
to which both Mathew and Lule
l app.aled. ! when writing their gos- .
: , t pels : now at this ceremony some
oue had to stand fponsor for this
child , some one bad to assume
parental responsibility for him ,
. , not only this. no bastard could be
a member of the congregation of
Israel and somc one had to ac-
.
" Jinowledge the fathcrhood of Je-
sus. Joseph c\'idently did this ;
now was it trnc or not ? Or did
Joseph ha\'c to declare a false-
houd inorder that the greatest of
aJt God's cherished planes could
le carried out ? We refuse
credence to any such a theory.
" hatevcr was stated in that circumcision -
cumcision of Jesus must have
been true , or it dishonored God ,
and Joseph , and Mary as parties
to it.
Can an ) ' onc. c\'cn the most or-
thot10x , imagine what would havc
transpired if Joscsh hatl sl : d to
the officiating pJiest' "I want
this child circumcised. He is not
my son. Ilis mother was impreg-
natcd y the Holy Ghost , and be
is ' of God ' "
the'only bcgoUen son 7'
How easy it would h ve been for
1 thc priest to hadcstroyed this
I infant , if such a statcmcnt had
hecn made to him. and the jew
really wanted to ldll Jesus because -
cause he made bimseH the Son
" of Gall. No such statelJlent ,
. were madc , for the simple reason
that tlJ\S' were untlr all1ed of for
11111 n ) ' , mall ) ' ycars.
W { ' b'lic\'c that the Almight ) . .
wa ; the Fathcr of Jesuq , and lIe
i : ; tht , [ . 'athcr of all rif . 'I'his
l'onclu"iol\ \ i t ecllw to us is inc\ ' .
itahlr. If X. Y. . an cxpain !
an ) ' parl of humall phcnomenn
npon any other hypothesis we
sh uld be glad to read his explant
nhon.
I Our second reason for this be.
licf is found in Luke 2:41 : , when
IJ Joseph and Mary are spoken 01
\ . k as the "parents of Jesus. " Ani
. il4 tbe'ame connection Luke 2 : .
" i . 8 , Mary speaking to Jesus call :
oseph IllS "Father. "
I
We would like to ask X. Y. Z
t .r he thinlm that Mary knew wh (
I j 'Y.as tbe ather of Jesu5 ? 'and i
I \ . ' 1e can gn'e the place in the Bi
h.le \ \ ' here she ever called an . f on (
\ " else the father of Jesu ?
. I \ ) ; Our third reason is found il
/ ohn ( J:42 : , which makes some 0
/ ' . jewish auditors of Jesus tl
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'i y : "I riot this Jesus , the SOl
L " 'o.J Jo ( 'ph , who5l' fathcanI
It : Ju ther we kuow "
. : Now wh' . '
did these old neighbors of Jcsu.
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corded ? They must have done : .
it for the ver. simple reason t1 at
Joseph and Marv . had never Informed -
formed them of .any 'lifferent the-
eras to the 'paternity of Jesus.
tliey could casily have done so ,
why not ? Does Mr. X. Y. Z.
wish us to understand that Jos-
eph. and Mary , and Christ himself -
self allowed their old neighbors
to believe a lie for O\'er a score of
years. that thcir belicf was a. .
baseless fabric of falsehood ? We
like to ask what becomes of the
sanctity of that home in Nazar-
eth. if that be true ? We people
of the Liberal Christian Associau
tion believe that no such den of
falsehood as Orthodoxy makes
that otit to be evcr yet produced
such a man as Jesus. He is honesty -
esty itself , and so is Joseph , and
so is l\T ary ; and t he foundation
for the neighbors belief was evidently -
dently the truth in the case.
Our fourth reason for th is belief -
lief is found in the genealogical
tables in Matthew and Lulte ,
hoth of which trace the genealogy -
ogy of Jesas through Joseph ;
Matt. 1:1-J. : ) which begins with
Abraham. and comes down to
Christ , and Luke 3:23 : , begins
with Jesus and goes back to "Ad-
am who was the Son of God. "
I should like for X. Y. Z. to ex.
plain what value any such n genealogy -
ealogy would have under a theory -
ory that makcs Joseph not only
of no account in the matter , hut
that malcs him a part v to cun-
ning' and misrepresentation in
order to gct thc great plan work.
ing ? The gcnealogy 19 evidcnt.
Iy given in good faith. but if
Jesus was not his son , ahd if the
orthodox slogan "that all things
are possible with God ? " is true ,
then it was a useless fabrication.
and accomplished no good pur-
posc , so we conclude that Jesus
was the 14egitiate son of Joseph. "
We have 110 theologies to
smash , no ccclesiastical courts to
fe lr , and we can acccpt the Bi-
. hie wit hOll ovcrlooki ng t he com-
Ulon ! > cnse part of it for that
n cIOfn' has foisted upon
the world ill the namc of that
i Jes\I whom thcir th 'ori s Ilis.
i honor.
SHCOND.
As to the second count in the
I indictment wc denit and say to
Mr. X. Y. Z. we h ve been agait1
misquoted , what we did say , and
: ; Jnhnne to say. was that the
, thcology which makes God U1 ( ;
author of Jesus without a humat1
fathcr makcs God aut to be im.
moral. Our quarrel is not witli
. the Biblc acconnt. we believe itj
but we think it was not only true
that the Holy Spirit had some'
. thing to do with the origin 01
) Jcsus. but that according to the
f Book Jbst'ph was also concerned ,
- I What we said. and say now !
that theology destroys . the mor ,
al character of God.
1 We try to sa\'e our God's gOO {
f nat.ne. ' 1'0 say that an almightJ
: ) Being can promulgate a code 0
1 morals for the lovernmcnt of hi !
1 ' creaturc ! > , hut that He who COlli
. 'I mantis a "puny man" to rcfra l
s from doing murd.Jr , can when H
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pl ases drown a whole world. or
burn up cities , or command seme ,
of his creaturcs to ldll others of ,
them , e\'en involving helpless i
babes in thc general dcstruction , !
'
i ! > to predicatc of the Eternal'
whal can not have been true.
1"0 say that this same Being had
a law against Bastardy for the ,
restriction of a "puny man , " and
even did violence to it himself in
order that his plan of salvation.
might be furthered , is to blacken
hi character , and de troy the
very thing which he wishes to
bring about.
' 1'0 take up again the statement -
ment that thc old.theology maltcs
the crime of bastardy to lie
against God. 'rhis sin is constituted -
stituted by the fact of impreg-
nation. to say that God did it
docs not save the day : Hc had
a law against that very thing ,
and if lIe broke His own law.
bow could he cxpect ot hers to
respect it ; and in that event
what bccomes of society , and
where does civi1imtion : come in ?
Besides that what have the
theologians done with the - \ ' rtue
of Mar ) ' ? 'rhey have fulminated
about the \'irgin , and havc pretended -
tended to be very anxious about
saving her reputation as a woman
and a mothcr and man ) ' of them
ha\'e shown her some "hypocrit.
ical courtesy , " while their
theories ha\'c robbed her of thc
chief crown of womanhood , which
is vhtuc , the.y may sa ) ' "Virgin"
all they please. but a woman with
a baby in her arms is no virginj
we frankly admit that we should
not care to give the usually re-
ceiyed views so hard a jolt , if the
Bible. did not spealc so clearly
upon this subject : and its account
( ) oes not involvc dther the moral
character of God , or the virtue of
1 Mary , the honesty of Joseph. or
the lcgitimacy of JCSll ! ) in an } '
such ljuagmire of uncertainty as
that which thology has invented.
lr. X. Y. Z. sa's tbat this
"isGod's world by right of creat.
I ion , by right of power. and by
right of the divine purpose which
hc madc complete through HiJ !
Son , Mary undcrstood this fact.
& . & . " We believe that this i
God's world , and the fulnes
I thereof. but thc theology that
makcs the most of its inhabitant
out to be children of the devil ,
and kindling wood for the mod ,
cst gentleman who comes befon
. the public under a mask. to tel
! just where he got his iuforwat' '
. ion as to what Mary knew aboul
God's plans ? We ha\'c hear <
about mind reading , but we neve :
knew that it was possible for i
man of this generation to read ;
. wcman's mind who has ueell deal
as long as l\Illr ) ' hasj this certain
Jy looks miraculous to USj ther ,
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are very few mc-t1 of. 'a.y ' who.
can rend the mind : : . of the wOlUcn
with whom thcy are best nc-
( IUainted , and we arc anxious to
know how the brothcr got his
man'elous information ; but thcn
maj'bc he is not a "pun , ) ' man"
and it ma ) ' ha\'c hecn the result
of inspiration , ho\\'c\'cr the facts
in thc case wonld havc helped us
in our blindncss far. more than
his unsupported nssertions.
Again ) 'our cO\'rcspondent as.
serts. "If there wa9 one fact
which Jesu9 emphasized mor
than anothcr , it was that he wng
the son of God. " Will Mr. X.
Y. Z or an.\ ' one else talc tlH :
trouble to cOflsult a cOllcontancc
alulnotc 'how man ) ' timc:1 : lie
said lIe was the son of God , : \lut
how many times lIe called himself -
self the son of man and will he
e plain how it wa that he pul
into the mouth of Jesns a confession -
fession which hc did not malte
at his trial. and toole out of his
mouth the confession that he did
make. Jesu dilt not Bay at his
trial that he was the son of God ,
but he did speak of himself as
the son of man.
Again Mr. X. Y. . spcals of
the dogma of theolog.\ ; l1eccs-
ary , for if what hc a serts i1110t !
true , the "blood of Jesus could
not atonc for human sin , " to this
we replY that so far as we .have
ouserved the hlooll of Jes s secms
to bc 110n e 'ect'e in this modern
timej it ma ' ha\'e ueel1 '
} \ ueel1'ery effective -
fective in the carl } ' da's of the
church when the hishops. and
others sought tostal11pout heres ) '
by means of decimating thc
ranks of the oppositc part } ' ; when
they were holding counsels to dc-
terminc what the church ought
to belicve about the ' 1'rinity , and
thc two-follI nature of Jesus and
kindred subjects , and were settling -
tling these saving doctrines by
vote.But it seems to observing
, men and. womcn of today that
the atoning blood that is so much
prated about has been rubbed off
in spots , from the vcr } ' people
who say the 1110st about it.Ve
admit h'owe\'cr that it would be
a very great convenicnce to the
fellow who wanted to g'e
another mau and llis cause a
write up , and garbled the facts
in the case. and jumped at his
conclusions without knowing
whether they were truc or not.
We ha\'e not the timc or space to
go into the moral i c of this
qucstion which has heen raised ,
and can only hope another opportunity -
tunity will hc affordcd us for
doing so.
Again spcaking of Jes1ls he
says , "If he was a mere man , all
the , miracles which he did were
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onh . tticks. ' " now docs . . X' :
Z. 1mow that ? And whnt effeot
docs that sort of n prop sHi n
hn\'c on other miraclc worlu rs ?
I , Were thc ) ' triclsters ? How
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: about ghJah , ntlll Ehsha , how
I about the Apostles ? ' 1'ho sweep
: ing asgcrtion mndc bere 011 the
i , miraclcs brings th whole miracle
proposition iuto clouht to a thi111c-
cr. ' 1'0 1m it seeUl" strangc that
it took , acconling' to thc old
theolog' ) ' , such nn exalted pcr-
SOIH\g' to sa ve the race a1It , yet
no one but would havc thought
him a liar and a frault , but for
his miradc9. We he1'c that n
real truth , ho\\'c\ profm\l\lt it
\IIu. ) ' he nleds ! 110 on lsil1c props tl1
stanll on , alld an } ' sanc IIH\11 . who
is really illterc lcd iu hig bC5t
welfare . , will accept it OWII tIler- '
It9. '
Again he ql10h R , "Alt authority -
ity in hea\'en und .iu earth is
g \'en UlC.It First , wc would lile
to know by what method of rca-
soning we arc to cscape thc idea
that Ile who gavc the authority
was supremc and he who rcceived
it was subordinate : Second , how
does our author make this square
according to his theology , with
thc reply of JeslH to the mother
of two oJ his ' 1liscipJ s , "that " "to
sit 011 111) ' fight hand anll on my
left is not minc to g'c. . " It
seemto us thal there hl ROI11
limitation of the authority of
Jesus. or somcthing has gone
wrong about tnc boole , or the inference -
ference from thc way in which it
was quoted was intended to dc-
ceivc , which last we do not Uunk.
Again "This is an irrevercnt
agc. & , & , II the wholc philosophy
of douht is fOllnd 111 a secret implacable -
placable hostilit ) , to the penitcnce
purity and piety demandcd uy
our Saviour the Christ" . Just
what is meant by doubt ? It is
not true of the people , who were
evidently meant by the writcr.
We do not know of any among u
who does not believe in penitence ; "
but many of us arc excessively
tired of being ttalked'to about
such a subject by men who stand
in thcir pulpits and look 501emn ,
and then go out to lie the other
preacher if they can.Vc hc-
lievc the " " Chr
ip "purity" st
taught. cxcmplified. and COUl-
'mands ' . and respect and admire
the men and woman ] who really
kecp tbcmse\'es ! "unspotted from
thc world. And we would lilce
to see the man or woman who
docs not believe this wa ) ' . When
X. Y. . so expresscd himself hc
did so without an. ) ' facts to warrant -
rant his assertiofl. No rcason-
able ll1an , whethcr atheist , agnostic -
tic , skeptic. or unbelie\'er-hut is
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I J. J. SNYDER. . . \
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Attorney and Counsellor at Law. :
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clahIlB , and genemllaw practice. 01.
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si e park Uroken now. Nebraska.
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DR. C. B. JOB , :
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DR.V. . H. COLE ,
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1 'Phone 203 , nroken Dow. Neb.
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ROSS G. MOORE ,
' Attorney.at.Law.
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