One day as Napoleon Bonaparte was talking to his attendant in the place of his banishment on the island of St. Helena regarding the heroes of history, he suddenly turned and asked the question, "can you tell me who Jesus Christ was?" As the officer hesitated, Napoleon said; "well, then, I will tell you. I think i understand somewhat of human nature, and I tell you all these were men, and I am a man, but not one is like Him: Jesus Christ was more than man. . Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne, and myself founded great empires: but upon what did the creations of our genius depend? Upon force, Jesus alone founded His empire upon love, and to this very day millions would die for Him...
He asks for the human heart: He demands it unconditionally, and forthwith His demand is granted. Wonderful! All who sincerely believe in Him experience that remarkable supernatural love towards Him. Time, the great destroyer, is powerless to extinguish this flame.
The gospel is no mere book," said he (Napoleon "at another time, ' but a living creature, with a vigor, a power, which conquers all that opposes it. Here lies the Book of books upon the table (touching it reverently); I do not tire of reading it, and do so daily with equal pleasure. The soul, charmed with the beauty of the gospel, is no longer its own; God possesses it entirely; He directs its thoughts and faculties; it is His. What a proof of the divinity of Jesus Christ! Yet in this absolute sovereignty He had but one aim- the spiritual perfection of the individual, the purification of his conscience, his union with what is true, the salvation of his soul. Men wonder at the conquests of Alexander, but here is a conqueror who draws men to Himself for their highest good; who unites to Himself, in corporates into Himself, not a nation, but the whole human race!!
(Signey Collett; "The Life and Words of Christ," Cunningham Geikie, pages 2,3)
Found in my "Behold the Man!" pages 10-11
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