The Constitutional. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1860-1861, 1861-04-06

body. Behold him, such as sin has made Him.
Do yOu recogni your saviouri Yes, o God Of
love, we al know thee We know that il is for Us
Thou hast beer loaded with such cruel gnomin-
les, for IT'S Thou bastshsd so many tears, and so.
much blood Yes, sweet Saviour Of our souls, at
the foot of the pillar we all call Thee our master
and Lord We embrace that pillar, as the throne
of Thy love TOO happy if we could only mingle
our blood and our tears with Thy teas and Thy
blood
End Suffering liks a Sariour.
After we have thus considered Jesus treated like
a man, 10 -xpate the malice of sin, in which con-
sist the merit and the virtue of his passion, US
now consider Hin suf.ring as Saviour, to RENE
dy the disorders Of Gin, which forms the mystery
and the ,coaders Of his passion. You know ii,
christians hearers, the two great disorder. OF sn
which J.'sus Christ was TO make rcraraton for, in
his quality Of Saviour were al excessive love Of
| Independence 10 man, which induced him to &C.
knowledge no other master, no other Lord but
his ownselfi and On the part OF God wrath and
hatred which shut up against Us the entrance into
Hraven./ Now what was wanting, so that Jesus
! Christ may truly suffer Saviour such suffer
:nS as might remedy that two fold-iisorder; that
% To say. it Was necessary that, through His sut-
ferings, He should b. declared and acknowledged
our king and our victim. Oar king, TO Shake off
nom US that fatal ind pondence, aud to obiige Us
10 acknowledge HIM as our lawful Chief. Our
victim, to make our acs with Gud, Let us then
proceed with tn. h.;ory Of his passion, and still
] following die mgn If sorrows or rather the track
4 If His blood W. are going TO see Jesus declared
our King i'll his coronation, and become, our rsct.n
ID His Ciuc,fxion. Yes my beloved breth-
rem, it is re- in the crown.ng Of the Goldman,
ihat Ike wells to be torn aud The great secrets
If Ploy.drnc: eu,irciy manifested. Here, in the
very triumph Of h.Ai yen viii see the d,suuc.ion
aud the repaiation Ut sin, not satisfied with tn
punishment of III scourg.ng, the fury IF tbs jews
pr, par,s Il " oGt.ag against the Saviour know
/ ing thai during His life He had proclaimed Him
ST tn ir king, III Y undertake TO clown Him cut
u, dei,iun On Of thr solIi rs places On His
h. al a clOwu Of sLa.p tho. uS tw!u,d together
Inst, al vi Iuys dad M ; another tears Lis gar
III, his and co,r.s His shVudl ) with old CLOAK
Vi pu pa inst al uI 10Y al rob-, and he third pu;s
a rcd L; HIS hand, i2sies1 # a royal sccptre :
hus dos he take possession of His royalty; al
ms u,w scaEda, you are b witdered, your faith
| COS a.uay Your ',ason starts back but what is
acre more wOnd riui what will show You in what
the suff ringo Of Chlistwcr grss. NY st'ry. aud
All ,h-y had II sublime and divine is that, from
n. r.ly miGs, OF HIS huui.ialions and His der-
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and tn d ceivvd III III il luIy, made, unknowIt
70 LENS yes, q true kin. and The mos. pcwerfu'
+ All h!rss.
-. int tad OF i d.alein. IN = give him crown
f hons and whom cJud thst crown suit better
Lam Il,m VINO was to b. tn king ii prnitrr-s anu
VI M4tyis! Whom could q crown Of thorns sui
bett.r than Him who, bonn in humiliatiuns. v-
mg in poverty, expiring in taruents, had CONF
10 establish upon earth the frign Of uibulation
ard sutie ing would crown Of flowers become
such i master Suka then. cruel mon steers be
not .trI to press AMI beat down upon His head
that t-rlibc dialcm 1t oth'.r monarchs crown
ihcnlscyus with god and precious ston"s; let til.
n-!vcs IL LIl!r wreath tn ir b. ads with The laG
.-s of .ictv.y; let baIb.rous conIurrors drag
.hrir IA MI, chain to thsif triumphant car :
Jesus ID. king 81: king, viii h.y' nJ.hing bI'
,uoIns lur IL Svn.buis q: His roy..ty and Of IL
i.uph---S r,k and IN blood which !,
upon his iac,'. viii r,pac tn royal JUNCTION, an
mai ivwn OF gunlniny shall become to Jesus =
t.,,,.y Of victory Through tn virtue of tina.
crown ! see humility 'nd greatness, rOve.;y il.
| yla, h. hal. 9th uri Ia III purple of kings.