The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-10-04 00:00:00

Jesus

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-wee of Nazareth passes by, gathering up a few redone
souls in the skirts of His mantle, and then H.
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Am wee. So iii. spiritually. and with intlividarei
To-day one goal Is solicited by the Spirit;otry.,t
Jesus bat paned on to soother, sad that other
rec dyes the call of His grace. Jeans indeei al 87
and every where ecomelhde, and will be till time ?hell ends
the promise is tame —" They that emit ALB eed
otot tbe lees tree that them at. sped 4 th.
lioetney of • soul when Juno in • ec p
l.r. in the lender years*/ youth -ehu sulas ts Plating
th..ohamn mainline" ofohCoonotporinaletruout,PminisocTiPnirithrooh%uert
moste,ck ne t e'. In the appeal, of
of all In 'hat solemn momeat when
the eyes of on. near and dear to us, ant havewe
have
juntestrecattat
nor secret chamber to weep and to e•rey. ile 'ra Jesus into
Nol oetb puss. by.
Bit thorn, Hot. passing thee.. sauas n
T .-eight your Meets may be eala
and tuned
teome,
moist!
leo%
reo I are : to-morrow your heart may be froaeu bard as
the mother 'nineteen Tothi
awekieed to-miermer t your conscience may bs
slool'oer from which nothimn:F be omit
t otr icnitat°n thatzere trhueamvily
eh all althea you. To-night ministering spirit", perhaps,
a" 4'nuPA around, w•triltigi for the firetnomo,_ve..mßeenhtoldof.
your HP% to
.bear to Heaven Um glad tub
rbcae
.P.torazmeth
they
umat to-rn. OrfoooW, emoted out by your lone
el Rorent. spirit,, sprritaa of faivr? Pluto to
°th.T
"d
fax
of pro,OYST your soul.
ready ntem.,
ocloooverione LI"; birda
hieliele.• and hopeless, -bib,, ye would nyoot. There cairtrya
tle In the
tolarafriusoftomthmke aniarolis
doifweed tak
uoisod. ho it at Its f
it elouli te
if
neglect it, it leave, us attendee upon tho shores of time.
Ohoorinnity fe the flower of time, it tbe
tao-f•ore it withers. Jesus of Nes ub et y7'us lath.end ftd
llfr-1• meing by. Ire tob,r mor—o than 30 yearsyour '1.70
1
an iropre sire case of one, I believe the first soul that
(I 4 gave to my ministry. Iwu crossing • bridge over a
feu 11 ...bog river, Um boundary of my first parish, when
I saw a t •11 young man, sviden,ly In the last state oof
C nil MptiOn. Miming over the brings, and watching the
dere o i wee 11 ,wing at be feet. Thoth was such
a sedoel. on his countenance that I could nat re•iit
rola: up and enteriug into conversation with him.
"reti I' be said—" ma life is fast Rowing away from me
lie, tat river, and I do net know where it is going."
told him of another steam. the .tresen of water and of
hlo o I from the rile of One Who was pierce i on Colvary,
ao o eel v t c'eanee him from • lila of p ollution and sin.
He s. led to e inn t o church, and the Lord blame! is,
wort to hi. eon' Very very loos end deep wee his
rersn'the • for sin, I ternemb.r be told in, that he tbouthi
teer- a.. no crime under Heaven, a ot even itzeludiog
mn-der, at which he bad not been present. He bad been
a weather. and was led on to be sheepetealer, and t
eniamit oilwr Ogitnee. He died, and his d-atb wee
attrihoted to exposure, from sleeping under eertges and
in barn.* or anywhere be could. When the Lrd violet
him anl brought him to, himself, I think I
sae a human unecienee so filled with the peace
of Christ, or a human beart so filled with the love
of C 'rise He had a mind full of romantic poetry,
pond his very drum. seemed to he filled witl3 the
dossotv of his oakine thoughea. He told me onos—" I
hive had • beautiful drum I dreamt tba• I wee a poor
111 'wee shut up in to. darkness of guilt end oondenthe-
UOll unable to open; but the sunshine of God's love hr olte
In upon me, and my neat opentod like a flower, and spread
nut its petals, and 'toured forth all its sweetness."
Brethreu, your live., like the life of that eine man, are
&stint by. "Befoold, sow is the aooepted time, now is
the day of ..1••• ion." He aciapted good unheated Chris, ;
will you not by one hold act of faith accept Him also! In
order to reali.. in ore In ly the solemnity • f our proems
million It no venture to Ito igloo thet the Lord
Jean. (jurist, inatead of dying a. He did, 1800 years ago
for o ur son. had o osoponed Ws Muth to the end of titue,
and cow-airs of Hint a. meanwhile parsing on from one
geoerod on t another &mod the Doom-nye multitudes of
the chit ben of men, paring on 'roe Ithol to told, from
coo to cite, from house fatuous, love Lig sinners to chow*
Him teel• Saviour; and still, as ue attar age rolled o n
conceive of Him ea, down to the very last moment plying,
the mighty multitudes of the guilty reltb the
th▪
eft Leona of Hos loove—elmo•t lingerint at He take. His
appointed plane at tut beneath the broken l•w, sod the
Imp echo' curse, and saying to each—" Ti., substitute
and 8 i•toof Weald I gladly be, ea well 11. this Ley 'meth.
hoot who 14 not lege guilty than thin art. Con.ider
blame It be to late, ere (go Upon My heavy and blo dy
week. Shell I gain thy stead as we I es in tits steed ;
ab all I eie foe thee as well as for him? Choose ere it he
to. lat•." Who is there that would not start forth foes
to e mroad. ant grasp the band f and 'ay—" Y-. I
yes I iv. toy ea, od oleo I Lor 1, remember me when Thu
dote ewe um tsr Thy ero-s." /tad now, without audio: to
twit the qu-stion—" Shall die for thee!' Jesus in Us
Ii oodlesa love has trod el death far ev-ry mac. Bit then,
a. r •ifar.lll nor peewits' lotereot in Him, our acceptance
of if a death, this is really our pootioe. Jesus,. pleating
with 'orb of us ; He is saying to you, to me, to all—
"Toro vs unto me for I ea,. redeemei thee; turn ye 1
turoo ye I for why will is die r Bot then r-tueme, r I
1.4114 is pleetig by. He saps—'' Bah Ii: I stud at fee
doer sad knock ; if any man bear my vows sod open the
rt oe will come in to bim and up with biro, end tie
~it, Mo." But if the dor is not orrenrd, lb matt He wait
lone, 110 will not wee always. Ti.. veil of death rosy
drop •ti Mealy festers° too ; aye I or wore" than that,
you b • on,. dead wbirst you live, the Spirit outing t 3
strive, ani God lapin, "Let him alone."
Oh breteren, remember, I pray you, Jesus of N ozareth
peamth low, .to • chins out blurting banes to you to-night,
and aak, •try i u COW, t4l 1110. Can you; will you, refuse
Him! If no 0100, remember He is putout by; there are
other he oots emoting to welcome Him, end to sueh Helms
• ; hut r isaodong you it .h.II be said—not " Jesus of
N ozareb p south by;" hut "Josue of N zeroth ha, passed
bef and t 0.1 ehali see him so more. See him no morel
1 mud r call the word.. "Behold H•cometh with
ev clouds,
wort ever. eve shall ere Him. and they also who cencifiel
H on 1 ell kindred* no the earth libel wail tossuo of
Hine" You shall as. Him, not as the Lamb of fi 4 that
t ',way the sin of the world ; but se the Lion of the
Iftl.• of Jud .b; not as a S ...lour, but as • Jolt., not as
offer n. toot an lawn."' in Hia fini.toed ealeetion, but al
he-4one you in piers. with the rod of iron; I ribs moment
• .pp oars a. Judge He os os st. offer Himself as Sod my,
B Gol (oriel that you sh odd pr .vulte Him to show
Himself in His More drueful forms. for He ha" •efoil
glees. in which to vaunt, Himself to His en, mi...., "For
noir dI. a consuming Sr.." tne whirl -I d mat the stoma
are Be me-sages, and the clouds are the dust of Ms
fo et. "IC as the Son. lee He be auto y, end ye pori•h fro,ii
tho ear, while His wreath is kinehed but • little B tossed
are all they that put theor trust in Hitu.
Brooklet.. it 'sour trawl comfort that me in the ministry
of reconciliation we canes Jesus .1 N ozareth to woe by,
Hie in el.—Moos and unauspeciiid onfileoce. begin to
operate. yhe Spirit touches the hid len springs within—
rousetenee. ondentanding, heart, and will, all are silently
but Mightily "prayed ; blond eyee ere opened, deaf um
onatoiowel. harol hearts melted, and deal soul. quickened.
thlll4 Of Neural' puteeth by. 'Ti.. hear cowed., and
now us, +hen out oalr the blind shall see, the dee( bear,
hut" the deal shall hear the VOie.l of the Son of God, ant
• they that hear shall live." And then to trembling
penitents, to weary heavy-laden s bow sweet the
tiotiage—" Jesus of Nat oreth wouth by." Who do's He
faint under His cross! It is not the specific gravity of the
wood; it is the moral g-avity of sin that makes
Him slogger' 111, because on His shoulder, were thy
sins, sins of thouebt, of word, and dud, of omiseiot
and emno3issios, of childhood, youth and manhood,
all were there, and now J.m. of Nazareth pue-th
by, end proclaimeth "Th. Lord. the Lord God,
merciful enoi graeiotta, long-tuff ring, and abundant in
goortneu and truth, keeping mercy kr thousands, kV
• lug iniquity. tran.gre-sion and no, and that will by no
m. 0.. n or the gully.' And then, treetops. Jesus of
Nazar au in ay be truly pasaing by ad even coating the
',mile of Hi• love upon some here, yet they know not
that it I. Janie Why, brethren, that intense oppeessive
'emus oe son that almost cr osbes youl It is Jesus of
N kralhpamelog by. Why that fearful vie., of corrup-
tion which almost drives you to olespeir 1 It is Jesui of
Nat oreth roes.ioir by. The dark providence that wounds
your soul I It is Jesus of No areth pawing by--Jesue Its
Hl* ml 'tidy chariot; it... things are but shadow. of Jape
of Nswe,l2, me He passeth by. 013, that your eye. may
he "petted, that you may recognise as the disciple' at
&DOWN., and exclaim—" It is the Lord. I) me the
pieta of darkness, tbrougb you teen unbelieving besets,
hid you hold your puce I Cry out so much the more--•
"hems, th ou Son of Devi& have merry on M,." Doss
JCOUI Himself loam to eoafront you with the stern
'Wows of election, ea HA del theflyro-Phrenicien woman.
to othoe• earnest appeal He answered—"l am not sent
but to the loot sheen of the house of Iseult Neither
deny the truth of His election, nor try to solve the
mystery ; hot throw y0t0...11 as the did on the comp.'.
Moo of L saying 'Truth, Lord, yet the does vat
of the crumbs which fall • rota their oteeter's table." And
so without trying to explain the difficulties, or to reconcile
His special love to His el-ot with His free universal call to
the world, An you as she did. She believed there were
unfathomable depths of love there, and she was right, do
f yourself at the feet of J.-111. try His
hoot. sal will flod as the Min? man fun', that the
or, of a heart which i• r-ally in earned, always ertede
I's-me of N Us, am He pusesaby, sad fle will gay
roe se He di •1 to the bind man— ftheelv• thy sight; thy
faith bath saved thee."
What shell I say more? Only thoo prey.? tett Jesus of
of Nasereth may abide with you—nary He shies in the
public ministry of this char de Rather m.y every stone
th..reoir be thrown down than that any other Gospel
abould be preach' 1 here May Je.u. of N 'toroth abide in
your fainlile,. sithering your little coildr-on late His
t o tog you in all the Vitts of life, comfort.
sod nab-ring y 43 at I.st
into li-s berm. Mee J-eos of N streth eaimfle In vour
beart aby f toth, mee Flo ,111,11 in you and y-ml n Hilo. ;
and, ooL I when the greatder come., and J• CV, oi Naz-oreth
01:104 more pasoth by, n longfr crowneo h 1 with thorns and
all
robed in mockery. ecoureed and crucifiedi
be
Holy Am
t inilisowolu.
glory and in the glory of the irs4Pir' a
with Hits, and all the m eti the rodo".1 and
oiltita les
esseomss oh, then may we all be there, to e cell
cnHir
triumph, t cat our crowns at His feet, erring no loc
with fshte, ,oerlerfel voices, boo with I lei rejoirlag
Tete,. elf ...Dna to the Son of David; Bit-seal he H.
!het cornett, in the Name ,of the L ore ; Hosanna in tee
Highest." --
A prayer muting was bald in the National Sch•olroom
Se Mary's, on lf ondey ermine, to pr or for the fat ire of
the peri4b, and for • faithful pastor. A very large
noimher weee present, and the Rev. J. rrafroel 113 optd•te
E. Bolton (Gloucester-street), W. Loses (Hope) emeig.4
in prayer, the meeting being c!mied by the Rey. T.
Gement
Next Sunday Mr. Oresves is to commence his putorate
at Clifton.

POBTL AND.
POLIO& —P. C. Btverstock has been transferred from
Pordend toWllcbemPtfl.
Pourtaarri Pinson.—Mr. W. H. 0. Ravioli. deputy
governor of Pottier' I Prisoo, has been transferred to
Hnoton.
Bormawgn —Lieut. Peyton Hoskyns has
been appointed to the Boacawen, rice 8.347, Win
CI ti r•d.
A Prot irrn INT Or POR.RATS COLLECTOR •WD
Rgoteritan —At • meeting of the B iard ..1 Guardian,
on Toes 'ay lest, tamper other business was the filling
of the Aloea lately held by the &mesas,' Mr. Scriven.
Mr. J. stone. collector of the Lemsl Basil rat., was
appointed wasistant overseer and c Teat., of the pm 's
rate, and Mr. J. B. Striven registrar of birth* and
deatha.
• CCIDB2rT TO • CONVICT. —no Tuesday afternoon
between half-past three and four, when awry 01
convict.; were swami at Reform Churchyaed putting
up • monument to Chief Warder Brooks. • I •rgs piece
of timber fell on one of the prisoners. He was lot to
the establishment by the other nonvicts, and it was
found that be had seriously injured his hack, an I on
Wednesday in siting he wee very ill. He was a very
stea 7, quiet m .0.
SR' I. ON Rtag..-012 Wednesday (y3e.erdll) morning
the fire b. 41 wee rung on board a c in Ical;an
barque. lying not far MI& Po Vend Roads, and the
crews of H M. vessels were immediately turned up,
pe.ate were lent to the harm, from which smoke was
imam g, and very soon engin s wry, t to work, water
was p mild below, and the fire was apparently socia-
l:sub.& The enastgu_ard were al ,med at the first
wined, and Mr. Hodedon was called at the Vietoris
Hot-I. and Joseph Scriven despatched te IneMing
Commander Evens. Meant me the cosatguard boata
had gone ogl but Chief Officer found the fire
showed no signa of rev,Ying. The Iniple being Italians,
and the fire having been to promptly pot out, thee:tames
is not &finitely known, hut it is said to have been
tricot to the leserete, • sort of store room below, earl
near the captain" cable. The vowel being I aided with
coal and having
a metain quantity of keroeene nil on
board, caused • good deal of *psi -ty lest she should
blow up; but by the prompt and very determined
action of all concerned the danger was over, it waa
believed, about four o'clock in the morning, yet, lest
the firs should break out again, a maa-ot•var's launch
lay aloapide the barque.