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 — born of  a  virgin;  they  describe  the  adoration  and gifts of  the  eastern  kings;  they  foretell  His  lowly  position in  life,  the  incidents  of  His  public  career,  His sufferings, the  circumstances  of  His  death — all  are described with  the  minutest  exactness  even  to  such trivial matters  as  gambling  for  His  clothing,  or  giving Him,  for  drink,  vinegar  and  gall. With His  photograph in  one  hand  and  a  detailed  account  of  His life in  the  other,  how  can  I  fail,  when  I  meet  Him,  to recognize  the  Messias? And meet  Him  I  do  in  the person of  Jesus  Christ  in  the  New  Testament,  which is but  the  history  of  Christ  and  His  followers  and  the doctrines they  preached. Therein I  find  recorded  as accomplished  facts  all  that  the  ancient  Testament foreshadowed. Such a  weight  of  evidence  is  there in favor  of  Christ  the  Messias,  that  if  an  angel  from heaven were  to  teach  otherwise  I  would  answer  him "Anathema." If God  were  to  charge  me  with blasphemy, I  would  reply:  "  Not  guilty;  you,  not  I, are  responsible  for  the  error." For the  two  Testaments are  like  the  cherubim  described  in  Exodus, their wings  fold  over  the  ark  of  the  New  Covenant, Christ's sacred  personality,  and  they  gaze  ever through Him  upon  each  other. They are  the  seraphim of  Isaias's  vision,  who  adoringly  turn  to  Jesus and forever  echo  one  another,  chanting:  "  Holy, holy,  Lord  God  of  Sabaoth."

But let  us  suppose  for  a  moment  that  Christ  was a mere  man,  commissioned  by  God  to  reform  society by introducing  Christianity. What follows? First, it would  be  short-sighted  policy  on  the  part  of  God.