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We have only an epitome of John's sermon in a few lines,
written not by himself but by an unknown hand - at least
not in his own original tongue - and much tampered with
by transcribers and redactors who had already made his
disciple Jesus an idol or a god. But when we come to com-
pare this sermon preached in the wilderness of Judea and on
the shores of the Jordan with the marvelous grace, elegance,
eloquence, and power so manifest in every verse and page
of the Holy Koran, we understand the sense of the words,
"He is more powerful than I!"
When I picture to myself the ascetic Baptist preaching
aloud in the wilderness, or on the banks of the Jordan, to
the masses of the Jewish believers, with a theocratic history
of some four thousand years old behind them, and then make
written not by himself but by an unknown hand - at least
not in his own original tongue - and much tampered with
by transcribers and redactors who had already made his
disciple Jesus an idol or a god. But when we come to com-
pare this sermon preached in the wilderness of Judea and on
the shores of the Jordan with the marvelous grace, elegance,
eloquence, and power so manifest in every verse and page
of the Holy Koran, we understand the sense of the words,
"He is more powerful than I!"
When I picture to myself the ascetic Baptist preaching
aloud in the wilderness, or on the banks of the Jordan, to
the masses of the Jewish believers, with a theocratic history
of some four thousand years old behind them, and then make