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"When the  Paraclete  cometh,  He  shall  give  testimony  of Me." — John xv. 26.

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.

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-