Welsh Journals

Fo. 23, NOVEMBER, 1865, PjwC 2n. Ijat ifmtk g£ if €l$mt ? >rT wa3 the Tuesday before the Crucifixion—the day of solemn warning and of momentous prophecy. Various questions had been proposed to our Lord on that day by different parties :—one by the Pharisees, touching the lawfulness of the tribute paid to Csesar; another by the Sadducees, concerning the doctrine of the Resurrection; aad another by the Lawyers, respecting the relative position of the Commandments. In each instance Jesus safely avoided the horns of the dilemma and the coils of the snare manifestly presented by those who were desirous * to entangle him in his talk;" and at the same time he gave direct, unequivocal, full and satisfactory replies. The intellectual character of Jesus is beautifully displayed in these answers. In the Most un- mistakeable manner does he therein prove himself not to have been a deluded enthusiast. Add to this that his moral character was absolutely unimpeachable, it follows that the words which he spake, whether by way of revealing the Father, or as a testimony to him¬ self, eould neither be mistaken nor false : therefore, they must be true. But, towards the close of the day, the interregate4 turns interro¬ gator—our Lord turns to examine his questioners. And the veiijr first query made on his part placed them in such a position "that they could not answer him a word." That first qHestma was the one before us, to which let us now briefly address ourselves,—" What think ye of Christ ?" , I. Man is a thinking creature, Reason is the differentia of ike knr ian sjieeies,—that which divides man from and elevates htai •x.