The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-10-23

but one before Wassrioo. Pride and de-
struction often ride in the Same saddle.
But notice once more. and more than all
in my text, that God 10 80 kind and loving
that when It Is necessary for him to cut he
has to 60 TO others for the sharp-edged
weapon. SIN the same day shall the Lord
shave with rasor that Is hired" God 10
love. God Is pity. God IL help. God Is
shelter. God 10 rescue. There are no sharp
edges about him, NO thrusting points. no
instruments Of liberation. II you want
balm for wounds, be has that. 1t you want
salvs for divine eyesight, he has that. But
II there II sharp and cutting work to do
which requires . razor, that he hires. God
has nothing about him that hurts, save
when dire necessity demands. and then he
has to 60 clear OF to some one else to get
the instrument This divine geniality will
BE- no novelty to those who have pom
dered the Calvarean massacre, where
God submerged himself in human tears,
and crimsoned himself from punctured
arteries, and let the terrestrial and in.
formal worlds maui him until the chan
deliers Of the sky had to be turned out,
because the universe could not endure the
indecency. IllustrioVs for love he must
have been to take all that as our substi.
tute, paying out Of mis- own heart the GRIM
son price of our admission at the gates of
Heaven. King henry L OF England
crowned his son as King, and on the day
OF coronation put on a servants garb and
waited, he, the King, at the sons table,
to the astonishment of all the Princes.
But we know of a more wonderful scene
the King Of Heaven and earth Offering to
put on you, his child, the crown Of life,
and in the form of q servant waiting on
you with blessing. Extol that love, all
painting. all sculpture, all music, all
architecture, all worship. In Dresdenian
gallery lei Raphael hold aim up as
child, and in Antwerp Cathedral let RI.
bens hand him down from the cross as
marty, and Handel make all his oratorio
vibF ate around the one chord: 'He was
wounded for our transgressons, bruised
for our niquity." But not until all the
redeemed gnt home, and from the counte.
nancss Of all the pilsd-up galleries Of the
ransomed shall be revealed the wonders
Of redemption, shall either man or seraph
or ar hangel know the height and depth
and length and bread til of the love OF God.
At our National capital a monum,n mt in
honor Of him who did more than any one
to achieve our American Independence
was for scores Of years in building. and
most of u. were discouraged and said IL
never would be compi.ted. And how glad
we all were when, in tho pre- 'ence Of
the highest offic ais Of the Nation, the
work was done. But will the monu.
ment to him who died for the eternal
liberation Of the human racs ever b. com.
plesed: For ages the work has been go
ing up; evan :elists and apostles and mar.
tyrs have been adding to the heavenly
pile, and every one of the millions of the
redeemed, going up from earth, has mai lie
to it contribution Of gladness; and weight
Of glory is swung to the top Of other
weight Of glory, and layers Of hosannas
on layers Of hosannas. higher and higher
as the centuries go BY, higher and higher
as the whole miileniums roll, sapphire on
the top of jasper, sardonyx on the top Of
chalceconv, and chrysoprasus above to.
paz, un:il far beneath shall be the walls
and towers and dom s Of the great capital,
a monument forever and forever rising,
and yet never done. unto him who
hath loved US and washed us from our
sins in his own blood, and made US kings
and priests forever" Alleiuia. Amen.