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INS:The incomparable Christ
"More than nineteen hundred years ago there was a man born contrary
to the laws of life.
This man lived in poverty and was reared in obscurity. He did not
travel extensively. Only once did He cross the boundary of the country
in which He lived; that was during His exile in childhood.
He possessed neither wealth nor influence. His relatives were
inconspicuous and had neither training nor formal education.
In infancy He startled a king;in childhood He puzzled doctors; in
manhood He ruled the course of nature, walked upon the billows as if
pavements, and hushed the sea to sleep.
He healed the multitudes without medicine and made no charges for
His service.
He never wrote a book, yet all the libraries of the country could
not hold the books that have been written about Him.
He never wrote a song, and yet He has furnished the theme for more
songs than all the songwriters combined.
He never founded a college, but all the schools put together cannot
boast of having as many students.
He never marshaled an army, nor drafted a soldier, nor fired a gun;
and yet no leader ever had more volunteers who have, under His orders,
made more rebels stack arms and surrender without a shot fired.
He never practiced medicine and yet He healed more broken hearts
than all the doctors far and near.
Every seventh day the wheels of commerece cease their turning and
multitudes wend their way to worshiping assemblies to pay homage and
respect to Him.
The names of past proud statesmen of Greece and Rome have come and
gone. The names of past scientist, philosophers, and theologians have
come and gone, but the name of this man abounds more and more.
Though nineteen hundred years between the people of this generation
and the scene of His crucifixion, yet He still lives.
Herod could not destroy Him and the grave could not hold Him. He
stands forth upon the highest pinnacle of heavenly glory, proclaimed of
God, acknowledged by angels, adored by saints, and feared by devils, as
the living, personal Christ, our Lord and Savior."
Author Unknown