Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-06-14

He grasps the sceptre OF universal EN-
pire; in His left, the keys OF 6au9s' an n'
fbo trinIe nIucked out, sting OF death. vi
HI vffsfnre and on His thigh there Is
-or,,a written, liking of Kings and Lore
nf lords" Before the brightness of Hi
face the sun grows pale, While Ills lee
shine like the molten brass. among TIT
ten thousands He is chief; He Is the on
altogether lovely. Ali heaven is moved K
meet Him at His coming. His head
| "anointed with the oil of gladness abovt
| his followers, beats among the stars. HI
| throne is planted above the clouds. Hi
| name is above every other name. lie Il
| like the Most High"
| And yet. as we admire and gaze, there
are strange marks in the King OF heaven
| His garments are red like one that treadett
| the Winepress. There are strange scars or
| his resplendent brow. His hands and feel
are pierced. His side is gashed as II some
| desperate enemy, in battle, had made 6
| lunge at his very heart. His whole person
| looks as though iron had ploughed long
| burrows on it. Was ever General scared
and pierced like this and yet victorious,
tool Yes, He is all covered with scars.
| But they are marks of honor now. Ihey
| tell out to the universe the difficulty and
| danger of the campaign through which he
has passed, and the tremendous overthrow
that He has inflicted on the deadly enc
mics Of God and man. All hail to the
Lord, mighty in battle
And now as the Father places him on
His throne, as the loud acclaim goes up
from all heaven, "Hallelujah, the Lord
God omnipotent reigneth. Let the earth
rejoice. Let the multitude, of the isles
thereof be glad" Now let the people say
There is no beauty in Him that we should
desire Him"
Now let scribe and Pharisee wag the
head and point the finger of scorn, and
say, He saved others, himself he can not
save" Now Plate, wash thy hands IN
water, and proclaim thy innocence.
Now Judas, sell Him, Gas thousands now
are doing, and think they are making
good bargain, } for thirty pieces of silver,
the price of a slave. Go up, Judas, now to
the Great White Throne" and, in we'll
feigned friendship, cry, Hail Master"
and kiss Him.
harmony with scenes on the other side of
the veil, where Christ, our forerunner
has entered Ee was familiar with such
treatment in this world during the days of
His humiliation. Here, when He chal-
lenged and grappled with mans enemies,
when the battle ragged the terce&t and He
received all the fury of hell on HIS single
shield, even then man turned against Him;
turned against j esus, the Son Of Mary, lee
flower and crown of His race, and betrayed
HIN, and spit IN His face, and smOte Him
even unto death. Alas that man should
turn against the very one through whom
the longings and aspirations Of his nature
are 10 be met. Alas that he should range
himself with his enemies, and in league
with Satan, and under the black banner of
hell with his mailed hand should smite his
delIverer and Savior. But there is one re-
deeming feature in his behalf, viz: his ig-
norance. He knew not what he did.
Hence the prayer Of Jesus, Father, for
give them, they know not what they do"
Never more shall the Son of God expe-
rience such treatment. For the joy set be-
fore Him He endured the Cross despised
the shame, and Is set down at the right
hard of God.
Now, farewell, an eternal farewell, to
.he humiliation and shame of this earth. !
ger. There is room enough in heaven for |
Him, for whom there was no room in the |
Inn. Farewell to the work shop of JO- |
3eph, where, by the sweat of His brow, lie |
earned the bread that lie ate. Farewell |
% His weary travelling on earth, where |
. the foxes had holes, and the birds of the |
llr had nests, but the Son of Man had not |
where to lay His head" Farewell, Geth- |
emane, to thy agony, thy blood sweat, thy
bitter cup, and darkness and desolation-
ike unto death. Farewell to the binding
md blind-folding and buffetings and spit
ings before the Sanhedrim the mockings
n Herod's hall the crown of thorns and
aarful eoourgings at Pilates bar. Farewell
b the scorn and insult heaped upon Him
n His way to Calvary, as the thronging !
thousands closed around Him, crying,
Cruelty Him, Cruelty Him." And thou,
tOIgotha, with thy rugged tree, thy bloody |
ais and cruel spear, thy gaul and vinegar,
by darkness and death, farewell, an eter-
al farewell, now to thee
Jesus has triumphed gloriously, and
re dwell on every feature of that triumph
mt ascension of our Lord, because it is our
'iumph and our ascension TO the right
and of God. In Adam we were banished
ON the Paradise of God, and in the second
dam we enter and take possession of that
,st Paradise again. And, as God wiped
It the dishonor that was put upon His
on, and answered in His own way the
narses brought against him, SO will He
aswer every charge and wipe off every
ishonOr put upon His followers. Well
lay HIS servants be patient for it shall be
ell with them, even as it was finally
ell with the Master Let US, then,
IN with patience the race set before us,
'oking unto Jesus, not only on the cross,
at also on His throne in heaven. where |
@ is preparing place for US in the house
t many mansions.
Let the words of comfort addressed by
he angels to the Apostles be our comfort
nd cheer in the midst of our pilgrimage
ere. \ Gu remember that as they looked
p and saw the bright cloud the shekinah
ia sy uDOI Oh Dc!Jy, 6ntOlQ MN from
lelr sight, two angels stood by them to
all them back from their wistful gazing l
p into heaven. Christ knew how sad they
ould be after His departure. Their first (
ceiling was, no doubt, like that of Elisha
hen he saw the fiery chariot bearing off
IJah: My father, my father; the
larlots of Israel and the horsemen I
lereof." They, no doubt, felt they were {
one and without protection. But, it was
OF so. The angels speak to them: "IhiS
me Jesus shall so come in like manner as
3 have seen Him go into heaven"
Yes, Jesus is the same, now that He is
heaven, that he was on earth. Others Z
lange; He does not. ''Y esterday, to-day
Id forever" He is the same. Men who j
e friends in our prosperity fail to recog-
re US in poverty and sorrow. Not so {
it'll Jesus. I
zone there is beyond all others, =
Well deserves the name of friend \
His is friendship like brothers,
Costly, free, and knows no end" :
He can never forget the stable and the A
ork-shOp the hunger and the thirst, and
ials and disappointments of earth. He
identified with His suffering ones He
i'll not forget them amid the glories of
at upper world. He is a faithful High
riest. lie was tempted in all points like
we are tempted, yet without sin. He is P
uched with the feeling of our infrmity. 5
@ knoWetn our frame, He remembereth Z
at we are dust. He is able to succor all =
at are tried He will not suffer US to be
mpted above that we are able, but in
cry temptation will provide way of es-
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