The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-11-12

was as follows;
And beginning at Moses and all the proph-
ures the things concerning himself.-Ltltc
Eriu: "a. T..
We have just been singing that beauti-
full hymn of Sir John Bowring:
"In the cross of Christ l glory,
Towering DER the wreck of time;
All the light OF sacsed story
Gathers round its head sublime"
There was time when we could not
have sung those words; there was time
when they could not have been sung any
where upon the face Of this earth. And
even after the cross had been erected and
It's victim had died upon IL, there was a
time when the disciples Of our Lord saw in
that cross anly the suggestions Of sorrow
and despair. They saw not the faintesi
star CLEAN through the night which shut
down over Golgotha. And that cry Of the
Masters dying hour: ''It Is Finished" an.
nouncing the glorious triumph Of the Son
Of God, sounded in the ears Of his disci.
Piles like the confession of discontinue
like the acknowledgment Of remedilesi
disaster. '.- .H..
How often Is it thus; how often In oui
childish ignorance we are at the very
crisis Of our grief, when, II our spiritual
sense were not so dull, we should see the
heavens themselves all luminous over us,
and hear the songs of the angels! How
often would the very facts which cause US
to despair, IL we could only read Alright.
inspire us with courage and hope!
Deep detection was rei.sning throughout
that little company at Jerusalem. They
were paralyzed by the blow, in spite oi
their Masters warnings. He had been
crucified, and it had taken them by sur.
prise. Their Master was dead and had moi
fulfilled their hopes; he had not redeemed
Jerusalem. Rumors al the empty grave
and questionable visitation Of angels only
prolonged their perplexity without reliev.
ing IL. che morning had gone; the mid
day had passed. Only a few rumors, til,
words of sanguine women who had been tC
the sepulcher, were rehearsed time and
time again, but they seemed more like idle
tales, and they believed them not.
But Jesus was dead, and no knee had
bent before him, save in derision; nt
scepter had his hand swayed, save thai
slender reed; no robe save that piece OF
Herod's garment; no crown save that
plating of thorns; no throne save thai
ignominious travesty over which they had
pinned the title, "King of the jews"
How could he have SO deceived himself
and his followers2
As they turned the perplexing question
over and over again in their thought
stranger joined them on the road. He has
noticed the sadness of their conversation,
and kindly inquiries as to the cause of their
manifest sorrow. "Whence can you have
Gomez" they ask. SIS it possible you
velodged in Jerusalem over the last nigh,
and have not heard the events Of the past
few daysg"
"What events do you mean'" inquired
the traveller.
"Why, the execution at the place of the
skull. Have you not heard Of Jesus of Naza.
reth, the great priest, prophet and teacher;
how He was seized and cruciAedS and is Il
possible you have staid over night in Jeru-
salem and have not heard Of thisy We de-
pended on Him as the Messiah, expecting
and deliver Jerusalem; but He is now dead;
He has been dead three days. There was
n rumor abroad this morning from those
who said they had seen vision Of angels,
and from two or three that they had seen
Jesus alive, but we went TO the grave and
found nothing, and now we are going home.
But we thought He was so good and wise
we did hope He would prove TO be the Mes
siah, but He is dead, and we are going
home"
To all this the strangers answer was a
complete surprise: "Surely, then, and
what did you expect Of your MessiahS
What would you have Him do or bei
What is there in all these things that
should make you so sad and despondentS
It seems 10 me that these things ought to
I'LL you with joy and gratitude; for IL He
has suffered and was slain, as you tell Me,
He has given the best evidence that He was
the Messiah. Look at your Scriptures;
read Moses. the Prophets and the Psalms.
Why, II He was the Messiah, He ought to
have suffered just as He has. IL seems TO
Me you have been listening to mans
words, and woman's words, and Pilates
words, 10 everybody's words but your
own Prophets words. You have been dull
TO understand, and slow OF heart TO be-
lieve the word that remaineth. Why, He
ought to have suffered, and just about as
you tell Me He has suffered" And then,
beginning at Moses and the prophets, He
expounded unto them in the Scriptures the
things concerning HIMSELF" for Il was
Jesus Himself, the risen Lord, who was
talking with them.
II doesn't fall within my plan TO tell how
He revealed Himself. want simply to
dwell a little upon this unrecorded dis
course Of Jesus, and this is my text: aThe
Unfecorded DISCOURSE
A great discourse it must have been;
greater even than the Sermon on the
Mount, greater than the wonderful dis.
course Of parallels in the thirteenth Of Mat.
thew, greater than the discourse concern
ing Himself and Church, at the Last Sup
per. What q grand summing up Of all
human history that discourse must have
been which began with Moses and went on
through all Of their Bible. Yes, this cruel.
6ed man, this despised, forsaken One, this
rejected Nazarene was the Son OF David
the Son Of God. And we should be con.
vinced, am sure, II we could hear that
discourse, We should find our faith and
courage waxing strong by reading it, and
going TO Jerusalem should proclaim that
we had found Him Of whom Moses and th,