West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-03-24
THE CROSS.
FHE >COURGGNG kSD C&UCIFIN.
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Driving Home tho NRiIs--What
Our Crosses are in
hite--An Eloquent ard Practical
sermon by Or. TaImagc.
Specisl to the Wheeling Register.
On Sunday morning Doctor Tslmage
delivered one OF his characteristic ser
mons az the Tabernacle. The house wa
deastly filled, when The opening hymn,
Must Jesus bear tie cross alone,
And sll the world 20 free p
was rendered, and, at its conclusion, the
Doctor announced his text as Luke xiv;
%: Whosoever doth not bear hi,
cross, and come after me, cannot be my
disciple" and then proceeded
A cross was q gibbet on which crimi
mails were put 10 death. Sometimes il wa.
the shape of the letter T; sometimes il
was the shape of the letter Y sometimes
1t was the shape Of Tie letter Ia simpl.
upright; but always disgrsceful and a.
ways agonizing. When Darius took
Babylon he put 200 of the captlves to death
on the cross. When Alexander
Tyre he put 2. 900 to death on the cros,.
30 thai you see it was a common mode Of
punishment. Yet, / haze TO tell you chat
IN the great forest of crosses that stand
On the hills and in the valleys of the earth
there is one cross that attracts the atten-
ton OF all nations. u was no: any higher
than the Others. The wood was not diff
terent. There was nothing peculiar abour
Inc notch at which the two pieces Joined.
and as to the scene itself they saw sucl
things every few weeks. SO that | ace 4
reckless man walking about that spo,
kicking about a skull, aud wondering what
villain mad 60 hat and u~nshapely a head.
And here ia another skull and there is ar
ether. Indeed, the Bible SAYS il was SO
place OF skulls" Aud yet, in regard t.
one oil The crosses in that place, all ewes
cry oct, "Who ia he Was he a man ?
Was he a God Was he both man and
God ? l came up through the darkness
to that gloomy day so closely that | can.
see the face of the victim, and I end who
IT is. II is Jesus! How did He com.
there Had He saunterea out some af.
ternoen.with His friends to staad on tina,
hill and gaze on a fine prospect aad sec s
brilliant surset2 Oh, no ! He was III and
exhausted before he came there. We
hear people wondering why Christ died 90
quickly, when other victims lasted AZ
hours on the cross Christ lasted only 6
or hours. l will tell you the reason
lie was sick and exhausted before III,
came there. He had been scourged. We
cry out against the old-time wbippipo
post as though it were very cruel: bui
that was mercy compared with the scoure-
ing OF Christ. saw, in the Cathedral AT
Antwerp, Belgium, a picture OF the
~scourging Of Christ. II was the most
ever-mastering picture l ever saw or ever
expect TO see. The long frocked official
opened a door that hid this picture from
our view and there was Jesus His back
bare and bent the hagerlator, with his
teeth clenched over the upper lip as IL 10
give more violences 10 the blow. tbe
swollen shoulders OF Christ the black
aud blue marks that were denied even the
relief of bleeding the flesh adhering to
the Whips as they were lifted the marks
where the knots Of the whip gouged ont
flesh the prosecutor standing with the
lsft foot on the calf Of tho leg Of the sav-
lor, balancing himself such furious. such
hendish looks from those men g%rinning
vengeance. OBJ, the picture seized me, |
exhausted me AID yet Christ had not
started Tor Calvary. II waa only the
whipping.
Are you ready for the journey 10 the
cross The carpenters lave cut and anil,
the timber into two pieces. They are
very heavy, md very long beside. for one
OF the pieces must go far down into the
earth, lest the struggle of the victim unse,
the structure. They bring out Christ.
weeping and wan and bleeding from that
awful whipping and then they lift this
timber and then they 1etft down gradn-
ally on Him to sec whether He can carry
II, and DE sustains IL. Forward now 10
Calvary. lie moves on, the hooiinp. vel
ling crowd following after. He moves
on, but He is verv weary and very feeble.
and he falls fiat and then they Jerk .,
dis robe and ask Him what He means bv
Shat stumbling. Add then 1 see Jesus
getting up, one hand on IN,
cross, Inc other hand on the ground. az He
rises and looks in The face Of Mary. Hi,
mother, for %sympatby but the ruff ana
tell her TO stand b4ck-she must net stand
there crying. Jesus moves on again. a how
~ his side With & mallet and some nail.
J wonder wha! they are for. Christ move.
on, until after a while, unable any lorger
20 bear the load, lie stsggers and far,
again, snd faiBts dead away, and then =
rufiian comes up and puts bis foe, On
Him and shakes Him az he would a da,d
dog and then another looks down A. Him
70 sec whether He has really tainted o-
whether He is pretending 70 faint. and
s'Ys' PAINTED, have you p And then
j sus resuscitates, 0nd they say, "get no
CT up Go oul' And now We are at
the foot of ;le bin. on with lie clothes
What shall tbat loatbsomo and uneleao
mot look on The uurobed body Of Christ , /
es. The commanding oficer says uOF
g,ih The g.rslei of with The coat
strip Him T. The work is done. Broo
back The COatl The gamblers are toss,,g
up coin on the g,ass % see Who shall bav, /
tnai coat "Jt 70 ri1e. cries a umisp d.
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