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and Newton had believed in it, and did it not prove arrogance in us
to doubt when the "gigantic intellect which had swept the skies, and
had announced the law which bound the universe together was
satisfied?" The witness of the Old Testament to the New was another
argument, but his main reliance was upon the prophecies. From Adam
to Isaiah there was a continuous prefigurement of Christ. Christ was
the point to which everything tended; and "now, my friends," he said,
"I cannot sit down without imploring you to turn your eyes on Him who
never yet repelled the sinner, to wash in that eternal Fountain ever
open for the remission of sins, and to flee from the wrath to come.
I believe the sacred symbol of the cross has not yet lost its
efficacy. For eighteen hundred years, whenever it has been exhibited
to the sons of men, it has been potent to reclaim and save them. 'I,
if I be lifted up,' cried the Great Sufferer, 'will draw all men unto
Me,' and He has drawn not merely the poor and ignorant but the
philosopher and the sage. Oh, my brethren, think what will happen if
you reject Him. I forbear to paint your doom. And think again, on
the other hand, of the bliss which awaits you if you receive Him, of
the eternal companionship with the Most High and with the spirits of
just men made perfect.
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