his shoulders: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace." Hear the beloved disciple, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God." Who was this Word? The same that afterwards was "made flesh and dwelt among us." "Of whom," says the Apostle Paul, "as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who is over all, God blessed forever." Can language be more explicit than this in regard to the Divinity of Jesus? "He was in the form of God," says the same Apostle, "and thought it no robbery to be equal with God." And if he, wise and good as he was, thought it no robbery, there was none, and he was equal with God. Again says the same Apostle, "In him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily." And yet again, "The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven." "Hereby," says the inspired John, "perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us "-thus fulfilling his own words "I lay down my life for the sheep." But we need not multiply this testimony. It is more than complete; it is abundant. The sacred writers, it would seem, seek to establish this vital truth by irresistible proof.

V. The worship paid to Jesus Christ, on earth and in heaven is another evidence of his Deity. We know that Christ was often addressed as Lord when

he was on earth. We know that he was often worshipped and that prayers were constantly offered to him. Here comes the leper worshipping him and saying, "Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean." Peter says to him "Depart from me O Lord, for I am a sinful man." Thomas cries out "My Lord and my God." The dying thief prays "Lord remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom." After his resurrection, the disciples come calling him Lord, saying, "Lord wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?" After his ascension, these same disciples "worshipped him and returned to Jerusalem."

Now, what would you think of any one, not divine, who would allow himself, through the ignorance of others, to be worshipped as God? You remember on one occasion, Cornelius fell down at the feet of Peter and worshipped him, but Peter disclaimed the homage. He would not for a moment suffer Cornelius to remain under the delusion that he was entitled to any such honor. "Stand up, I myself also am a man." So when John fell down to worship one improperly he was immediately corrected. "See thou do it not, I am thy fellow servant, worship God." Can any one suppose for a moment that the Lord Jesus would have received worship which was not his due?

Perhaps some one may say just here, the fact that these men worshipped Jesus proves nothing, since

it shows rather their opinion of his person than his true character. This would be true, but for what we have just seen-that our Lord allowed himself to be so worshipped. But more than this, he not only received this worship, but actually commended it. "Ye call me Master and Lord, and ye say well, for so I am." "I am your Master"; it is as if he had said "I have a right to lay my commands upon you. More than that, I am your Lord. I give you rest, I forgive your sins, and when you die I am he that will raise you up at the last day." Then, too, the Scriptures teach us that he who permitted himself to be worshipped on earth is receiving homage in heaven.

The dying Stephen called upon him after he had ascended on high, crying, "Lord Jesus receive my spirit." "I beheld," says John in Revelation, "and heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power be to him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever and ever. And the four living creatures said Amen."

May we not call him God who accepted worship from men on earth, and who now receives the homage of saints and angels in heaven?

Need I multiply proofs from the sacred oracles in support of this cardinal article of our Christianity? It would be easy to do it. I could show you that attributes properly predicable of Deity only, are constantly affirmed of our Saviour, Jesus Christ. I could show you that works which God alone could perform were wrought by Jesus Christ. It could be shown that the names applied to God are also applied to Jesus-that the Deity of Christ is recognized in the prayers which were constantly addressed to him by Paul and the other Apostles-that when Christ commanded his Apostles to baptize in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, his equality with the other persons of the Godhead was assertedthat the benediction pronounced on Christian congregations is an act of worship rendered to Christ in connection with the Father and the Holy Spirit. But enough.

The discussion of the subject is closed. We have proved, we think, most conclusively, from the only authorized source, that the man who was born in Bethlehem of Judea, was indeed, "God manifest in the flesh"-"very God of very God." Who can think even superficially that the God of Glory should thus humble himself for sinners; should for the guilty and lost consent not only to this act of humiliation, but to a whole life of suffering, shame and

it shows rather their opinion of his person than his true character. This would be true, but for what we have just seen-that our Lord allowed himself to be so worshipped. But more than this, he not only received this worship, but actually commended it. "Ye call me Master and Lord, and ye say well, for so I am." "I am your Master "; it is as if he had said "I have a right to lay my commands upon you. More than that, I am your Lord. I give you rest, I forgive your sins, and when you die I am he that will raise you up at the last day." Then, too, the Scriptures teach us that he who permitted himself to be worshipped on earth is receiving homage in heaven.

The dying Stephen called upon him after he had ascended on high, crying, "Lord Jesus receive my spirit." "I beheld," says John in Revelation, "and heard the voice of many angels round about the throne, and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor and glory and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven and on earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing and honor and glory and power be to him that sitteth upon the throne and unto the Lamb forever and ever. And the four living creatures said Amen."