True Words for Brave Men

llor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the thro

lready, and yet who was to come. David calls him the Son of God, the King of kings. Again, in the Prophets, in many strange and mysterious words, is this same being spoken of as a virgin's child-"Behold a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called Emmanuel, God with us;" and again, "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and his name shall be calle

t out of thee shall come forth He that is to be ruler in Israel, whose goings fo

he old Jewish prophets foretold Him who was to come, and in whom all the natio

ristmas day eighteen hundred and seventy-eight years ago, as we count time. Aye, strange as it may seem, He is come, and in Him all the nations of the earth are blessed. He is come-the Conqueror of Evil-the desire of all nations-the Law-giver-the Lamb which was to

yet without sin-able to the uttermost to understand and help all who come to God by Him. He has bruised the serpent's head-He has delivered us from the power of darkness, and brought us into His kingdom. Through His blood we have redemption and forgiveness-yes! through Him who, though He was laid in a manger, was yet the image of the unseen God. And by Him, and for Him-that Babe of Bethleh

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o us. We want not merely a man to say, your sins may be forgiven you; we want Christ Himself to say, "Your sins are forgiven you." We want not merely a wise book to tell us that the good men of old belonged to Christ's kingdom-we want Christ Himself to tell us that we belong to His kingdom. We want not merely a book that tells us that He promised always to be with us-we want Him Himself to tell us that He is really now with us. We want not merely a promise from a prophet of old that in Him all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, but a sign from Christ Himself that this nation of England is really now blest in Him. In short, we want not wor

y-a sign of His own giving that He has taken you into His kingdom-a sign of His own giving that He

broken for you." There is the wine of which He said, "This cup is the New Covenant in my blood, which is shed for you, and for many, for the forgiveness of sins." There is His sign. Don't ask how. Don't try to explain it away, and fancy that you can find fitt

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preaching in the world? Jesus Christ, the King of kings-the Saviour-the Deliverer-the Lamb of God-the Everlasting Son-the Word-the Light-the Life-is here among us ready to feed our souls in the Holy Sacrament of His body and b