The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-03-11

and say: My brother. / have come
to help you. You take hold OF one
end of the cross and / will take hold
of the other end of the cross and Jesus
Christ will come in aud take bold OF
the middle of the cross and after a
while there will be no cross at all.
Shall Jesu. bear the cross alOae,
| Aud all the I'D go free
| No: there is a cross for every one,
And there IL = cross for me.
But there was another marked per-
sonage in that friendly group. That
was the penitent nalefactor. He was
a thief, or had been-no Disgusting
that fact. Whist was he To dO3 Oh.
be says, what shall / do with my sins
upon me ? And looks around and
sees compassion IN His face. and ne
says: Lord, remember me when
Thou comesth into Thy kingdom.
What did Jesus do! Did lie turn
and saw: You thief, | nave seen all
ysur crimes, and you have jeered and
scOfied at me NV die fnrever-dId
he say that Oh, no; Jesus could
net say that. He says This day
shalt thou be with me in paradise, |
sing the song of mercy for The chief of
sinners Murderers have come aud
plunged their red hands in this fpunt-
ain, aud they have been made white
as snow. The prodigal that was off
for twenty years has come back and
sat at his fathers table The ship
that had been tossed in thousand
slo.ms Il ats into the barbor. The
parched and sun-struck soul comes
under the ,hadow Of this rock. Tens
of thousands who were as bad as
you and / have ever been have put
down their burdens and their sins at
the feet of this blessed Jesus.
The diving thief -eio,ced to see
Tat ;GultG,n ia his day
And the - NAV ], though vile as he,
Wash all Hy s'ns away.
But there was another group OF aC-
herents. do not k now their names
we are not told, but We are simply
told there were many around tbe cross
who sympathized with tie dying suf
ferer. Oh, the wall of woe that went
through the crowd when they saw
Jesus die. You know the Bible SAYS
if all the things Jesus did were record
ed, the world would not contain the
books that would he written. 1t i'm
plies that what We have la the Bible
are merely specimens of the Savior's
mercy. We are told that one blind
man got his eyesight. | suppose ne
cured twenty that We are not Told OF.
When he cured the one leper whose
s,orv is recorded, he might have cured
twenty lepsrs. Where he did one act
of kindness mentioned he must have
done q thousand We do not know
about. / gee those who received kind
meas from Him standing beneath the
cross, and one says: Why, that Is
the Jesus that bound up my broken
heart ! And another standing beneath
the cross says: That is the Jesus
that restored my daughter to life !!
Another looks up and says: Why,
that is Jesus who gave me my eye
eight And another looks up and
saws: That is the Jess, Who lifted
me up when | was sick. Oh. i can't
bear to see him die! Every pelt Of
the hammer drove spike through
their hearts every groan of
Christ OPENS a new fountain of sorrow.
Thew had better get on with that cru
ci6xion quickly, or it will never take
place. These diciples will seize Christ
and snatch Him from the grasp of
those bad men, and take those ring
leaders of the persecution and pas
them up in the very plsce. Be quick
with those nails Be quick with that
gall Be quick with those spikes, for
see in the sorrow and wrath of these
diciple. a storm brewing that will
burst on the heads of those Pc rsecu
tors.
TO-DAY We COME
and Join the crowd of sdherents.
Who wants to be on the wrong side ?
| | can not bear to be among the
antagonists. want to join the other
group. We come while they are
bewailing and join their lamentations.
We see that brow bruised We hear
that dying groan; and while the
priests scot and the devils rave and
the lightning of Gods wrath are
twisted into . wreath for the bloody
mount, you and l will join the cry
the supplicstion Of the Penitsnt
malefactor:
Lord, remember me when Thou
, contest into the kingdom. Oh. thu
, pain, the ignominy, the ghsstliness
) the agony aud yet the joy, the thrill
| ing, bounding, glorious hope Son o
D Nary Son of God! Is there one
/ tAs.