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indeed that among surrounding nations if one wished to praise a man one
said, "Surely he is an Israelite." Moses established laws and ordinances;
these gave life to the people of Israel, and led them to the highest
possible degree of civilization at that period.

To such a development did they attain that the philosophers of Greece
would come and acquire knowledge from the learned men of Israel. Such an
one was Socrates, who visited Syria, and took from the children of Israel
the teachings of the Unity of God and of the immortality of the soul.
After his return to Greece, he promulgated these teachings. Later the
people of Greece rose in opposition to him, accused him of impiety,
arraigned him before the Areopagus, and condemned him to death by poison.

Now, how could a Man Who was a stammerer, Who had been brought up in the
house of Pharaoh, Who was known among men as a murderer, Who through fear
had for a long time remained in concealment, and Who had become a
shepherd, establish so great a Cause, when the wisest philosophers on
earth have not displayed one thousandth part of this influence? This is
indeed a prodigy.

A Man Who had a stammering tongue, Who could not even converse correctly,
succeeded in sustaining this great Cause! If He had not been assisted by
divine power, He would never have been able to carry out this great work.
These facts are undeniable. Materialist philosophers, Greek thinkers, the
great men of Rome became famous in the world, each one of them having
specialized in one branch of learning only. Thus Galen and Hippocrates
became celebrated in medicine, Aristotle in logic and reasoning, and Plato
in ethics and theology. How is it that a shepherd could acquire all of
this knowledge? It is beyond doubt that He must have been assisted by an
omnipotent power.

Consider also what trials and difficulties arise for people. To prevent an
act of cruelty, Moses struck down an Egyptian and afterward became known
among men as a murderer, more notably because the man He had killed was of
the ruling nation. Then He fled, and it was after that that He was raised
to the rank of a Prophet!

In spite of His evil repute, how wonderfully He was guided by a
supernatural power in establishing His great institutions and laws!

6: CHRIST

Afterward Christ came, saying, "I am born of the Holy Spirit." Though it
is now easy for the Christians to believe this assertion, at that time it
was very diffic