The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1883-12-29
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having bought them for five pennies, is
expecting to sell them for ten pennies,
and thus double his money. Lol Christ
takes these lOaVes, and from them per-
forms a miracle with which He satisfies
seven thousand famished people. When
the SaYiOr's mother went into a neigh
! boris house to help get up wedding
party, and by a calculation she saw that
they had made mistake in the amount
of beverage that was requisite, she calls
upon Christ for help; and Christ to re-
| lieVe the awkward embarrassment, not
| through slow decay of fermentation,
| but by one word, makes 13O gallons Of
| pure wine.
Marine achieVementsP Do you not
remember how He brought around a
whole school of fishes into the net of the
men who were mourning over their poor
luck, and how they had to hallOO to the
people in the other boat, and then both
ships were loaded down to the waters
edge with game, so that the sailors had
to walk cautiously from larbOaTd to star
| board lest the boat sink. And then
when the squall came down through
the mountain gorge to the water, and
Gennesaret with long white locks of
| foam rose up to battle 1t, and the vessel
dropped into a trough, and shipped a
sea, and the loOsened sails cracked in the
| tornado, how Christ rose from the back
part of the vessel and came across the
| staggering ship until He came to the
PROV; and, wiping the spray from His
| forehead, hushed the crying tempest on
| the knee of His OmuipOtence. On, was
| it man who wTestled down the storm.
Was 1t man who with both feet tTampl-
| cd Gennesart into smooth flOOrp
Bul look at his mOrtuary achieve
mentsP Let all the psychologists and
anatOmists of the world go TO Westmin-
lister Abbey and try to awake Queen
Elizabeth or Henry VIII. All ths in
genuity of man never yet brought the
dead to life. But look at that dead girl
at Capernaum. What pity that she
| should die so early, and when the world
is so fair! She Is only twelve years old.
Feel of the hands; feel of the brow.
| Deadl deadl The house is full of up
roar and wailing. What does Christ
dOP He comes and takes the little girl
| By the hand, and no sooner has He
touched her hand than her eyes open and
/ her heart starts. and the white lily of
death flashes into the red rose of life, ,and
| she rushes into the arms of rejoicing re-
| lations. Who was it that raised her
upP Was it a man or was it GOdp
What is that crying in Bethany ?
Mary crying, Martha crying, Jesus cry
/ ing, and the neighbOrs crying. What
| is the matterP Lazarus Is dead. The
sisters think they will never again see
him. Poor things. Since their father
died they have depended upon Lazarus
for almost everything. Jesus comes
| down to the excavation in the rock, in
one of the side inches of which Lazarus
sleeps in death. Jesus genel ally spoke
in gentle tones, but now he let's out his
voice to full strength, until it rings
/ through all the labyrinthS of the rock:
| Lazarus, come fOTth" And Lazarus
slides down from the niche into the
main avenue of the rock, and stands a
| living man before the abashed and con-
| founded spectators. Who was it stood
at the mouth of that cave and uttered
that potent wOrdp Was it manp Tell
| that to the lunatic inBlOomingdale Asy-
lum. 1t was Christ, the everywhere
present, the everlasting, the Omnipotent
| GOdl But there is test which will
show you whether Christ is God or not.
| The recital of that one verse ought to
| blanch the cheeks of some with alarm,
and kindle the faces of others with eter
nal sunrise: "We must all appear be-
| fore the judgment seat of Christ" The
world will be stunned by blow that
will make it staggeF mtd-heaVen; the
| stars will scatter like dried leaves in an
| equinox; the graveyards will unrOll the
| bodies, aud soul and flesh will come to-
/
HaTk to the loud wash of the retreating
sea, and the baying of advancing thun-
ders, and the sweeping of winged char
| iOtsl Smoke and darkness, fire and earth
| quake, shouting, shouting, wailing
wailing. On the one side, in piled up
galleries of light, are the one hundred d
and forty and four thOusand-yea, the
quintilliOns of the saved; and as they
take their seats feel as if must drop
1 hn
| the other side are piled up in galleries OF
thunder-clOud the frOwning, glaring,
dying populations of the wrath to come
| Before, and between the two galleries, is
a throne. 1t is very high. 1t stands on
| two FURNISHED pillars-juStice and
mercy. 1t is stupendOus with awards
and cOndemnatiOns. Look, but hall
hide your eyes, lest they be put out IL
the excess Of vision. There is a throne
but no one is seated on it. Who will
occupy itp Will you go up and take iti
NO" you say, III am only dust and ash
es." Show me some man who is fit tC
take it in all ages. Lord Mansfield
No. SOlomOnP No. Isaiahp No
Paul? No. Their foot would consume
at the first touch OF the step of thai
throne. Even Gabriel dare not go uI
on IL. Michael, the archangel, would
rather bow down, pulling his right wing
over Lllb ltlbs dlu DDbu ONcl Ills lhOcB dul
cry, "HOlyP' But here is one ascending
that throne. His back is toward US. He
goes step above step, height above height
until he comes to the apex. Then, turn
ing around SO that all nations can see
him, we behold it Is Christ; and all hea
ven and earth and hell fall on the knee
and cry out: SIT Is GOdl IL is GOdP
There is great comfort in my subject
1t is God who came down in Jesus Chris
to save us. Do you think only mar
could have made an atOnement for mil
lions of the racer 1 tell you if Christ i!
not God the redemption of our race is
dead failure. Does your common sense
teach you thatp We want a Divine arm
to lift our burden. We want Divine
endurance to carry our pang. We wan
Divine eXpiatiOn to take away our sill
and Christ came. who is over all, Goo
blessed forever. Amen"
God also comes down in Christ to com
fort you. Sometimes our troubles arr
SO great human sympathy does not seen
to be sufficient for them. Oh, ye whl
cried all last night because of lOneli
ness and bereavement, want to tell yOI
it is your Maker and your God tina
comes this day to comfort you. WheI