Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1853-10-09
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GU have often read in your Bibles dear chill
dren, the sad and beautiful story of our blessed Sa
viors crucifion You have read Of his being brought
before Pilate Of the unjust sentence pronouneedup-
on Him when the Jews cried. Cruelty him. Cruelty
Him. You have heard how He was led to Cal
vary's Mount. and there, how his hands and feet
were pierced and nailed to the cross of wood while
the Roman soldiers and Jewish people Stood around
moeking and deriding Him; and j dare say YOU
have often thought, "Why Jesus was always so
mercifal and kind. lie went about doing good and
was fall of tenderness and love to every one and
vet the Jews wished him to he crucifed How
could they be 50 very cruel?" Yes. dear children.
and you know too, why our blessed Savior allowed
himself to be crucifed 1t was to take away our
sins, and save us from everlasting death You have
perhaps. learnt the little hymn beginning. "Jesus,
who lives above the sky and YOU remember the
last verse of it
'And He died and this is why
He came to be man, and die:
The Bible says, He from heaven
That we might have sins forgiyen"
But while you blame the wicked people who cru
CITED Jesus, did you ever think that you too have
helped to wound the Savior? True. you were not
by when Jesus died; but have You never snnetI
against Him, and grieved His Holy Spirit: and do
you not for each one Of these sins deserve everIast
ing death? ltwas for your sins Jesus suffered all
this agony and pain; and every time you sin against
Him. you wound the Savior afresh. es s
l will tell you little anecdote upon this very
subject. \ short time ago good clergyman was
visiting school, where several little bows and girls
were assembled. lie began talking to them in his
usual kind and earnest manner of the love Of Jesus
and how He suffered for them and he presently ask
ed, 'NOw, do you, my children, ever recollect
wounding the Savior:' Many little voices replied.
mo sir; no sir?' "But," he continued sJid Won
never hear that verse from the Bible IIe was wound
oil for transgressiOns, lie was bruised for orr
inquities?" Now, did you never wound the Sa-
vior by doing what he bids you not to dos For
instance is there not child here who has taken
something she ought not-perhaTs, taken some SUI
gar from the basn when her mother was out of the
way, thinking no one saw her:'' Here the ewes of
the clergyman fell npOn little girl who was sit
ting opposite. A deep blush tinged her check. the
tears began to roll down fast, and she whispered
through her sobs, "Sr, have wounded the Saviorl'
1t so happened that the little child had that verv
morning been guilty of the fault to which the eler
gyman had alluded. But she was grieved for her
sin, and | trust would not soon be tempted aSain
to give way to it. She had a tender conscience.
1t is hopeful sign when children have a tender
conscience, and feel sorry for what they have done
wrong.
L know of one little girl who was very unhappy
about her sins. 1t often made her CRY, to think
how often she had grieved her Savior. Her moth !
er bade her to go and pray. She went to the side |
of her little bed and knelt down to ask God to help
her to pray. She began with the verse of little |
hymn she had learned and which, dare say you
know-"Io ord teach little child to pray but she /
nut in a word and said-"Lord teach sricked lit |
tie child to pray We have no doubt that God |
heard her prayer, and answered it by putting I
thoughts of His love into her heart
heard of another little girl, whose name was |
Mary. She was very i'll in bed, and a kind lady !
visited her, and talked to her. But the recollection
of her sins made the tears fall very fast She had /
been wild and thOughtless child, and had no kind
friend to tell her of Jesus; but now the Holy Spir-
it began to convince her of sin, John xvi s.)--
And it grieved her very much to think how shehad