Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-11-15
'gHE THREE CROSSES.
u, OnThe Right Typical Of Poison
|tbs Left, Bitter Aloesj the Mid
die, Apples Of Love,
!. s,mbollc Of Unbelief, Another Of
! Faith, and Another OF Chrisrs
Love OF the World.
m be Drawn from tho Scene I'm
ac,,d In the Orchard on the hin
Back of Jerusalem.
ruE ORCHARD on THE nILL.

rROOkL1Nf ~. - -
sasnscle this morning, the Rev. T.
'wln Talmage, ID. d pastor, after ex-
.,aa,nq some passages Of scripture re-
es,ng, scenes In the life OF Christ, gave
/, NE hymn beginning;
ROCK Of ages cleft for me,
ri m hide myself In thee.
h. subject Of the sermon ;"The Or
~ on the HILL" and the text, Luxe
n, Az. eAnd when they were come to
.tsce which Is called Calvary, there
! fcrncitled Him, and the maleiactors,
IN me right hand and the other on
a ,sit y The following is DR.. Talmage's
scourse IN fun :.
at outside of Jerusalem Is swell Of
md, toward which a crowd are as
gSlna. for it is the day of execution.
4 III a mighty assemblagel Some for
t,os,ty TO hear what the maiefactors
say and to see how they will
"A The three persons to DE executed
81 ,iready there. Some of the spectators
81 vile OF lip and bloated of cheek.
'cne look up with revenge, hardly able
N teep their hands off the sufferers.
~ tear their own hair in frenzy OF
.XI Some stand In silent horror.
.ns break out into uncomfortable weep
some slap their hands in delight
III the offenders are to be punished at
IA The soldiers with drawn swords
= n back the mob, which presses on SO
There is fear that the pro-
iings may be interrupted. Let
~ German Legion, now sta
.'hed at Jerusalem, on horse
( dash along the line, and force back
surplug multitude. "Back with YOU"
M cfy. "Haye you never seen man
g. ibefore2"
'N THREE CROSSES IN A ROW.
\ a upright piece and two transverse
s,--one on the top, on which the
I'm are nailed, and one at the middle,
whlch the victim sat Three trees
rlanted Yet bearing fruit-the one
b.llght bearing poison, and the one
M left bitter aloes; the ono in the
Ma apples Of love. Norway pine md
Il. csl oranges and Lebanon cedar
th not make so strange grove as
orchard Of Calvary. Stand and give
IT. al the three crosses. Just look at
bue on the right. Its victim dies
.tne. More tremendous than his
-<.E&icsl angl ish is his scorn and hatred
hin on the middle cross. This one
he right turns half around on the
ID to hiss at the One In the middle
( \ e scoffer could get one hand loose,
} 94 He we're within reach, he would smlte
a# middle sufferer in the face.
hates Him with a perfect
ed. think he wishes he were
.kh on the ground, that he might spear
. He ewes the mechanics who, With
TN nails, hive nailed Him fast. Amid
Settling darkness, and louder than
crash OF thu rocks, hear HIM ieer out
IA words; "Ah! ahl you poor wretch,
u .S71fR Jon were an impostorl You pre-
Idto be a God, and yet you let these
hn master youI" 1t was in some
.ss;f fsie that Voltalre, in his death hour,
..--.,-i BIZ he thought he saw Christ in his
0m. got up on his elbow, and cried
nClush that wretch" What had
flddle cross done to arouse up this
s2hand cross? Nothing. o, the en-
M Of the natural heart against Christi
Ford likes u sentimental Christ, or
w sntbropic Christ, but Christ who
to snatch men away from their sins
n by with Himl On this right-hand
to-day, see typined the unbelief OF
4 kOrld. Men say; "Back with Him
!. the heart, will not let Him take
X ns. II He VIII die, let Him die for
lelt, not for me- There has
ALWAYS BEEN A WAR
IA pen this right hand cross and the
4 NJ cross, and wherever there is an
y |leylng heart, thus the fight goes on,
when that dying malefactor per.
A the taithlessness of man had per
then that tree which yields poison
c p have budded and blossomed with
Ti9r all the world Look up into that
bed countenance of ihc sufferer,
n te what CHASTITY thing it is to re-
k'hafnrist Behold in that awful face,
ETH pitifu look, In that unblessed
ne hour, the stings of the slnner's de-
!. what a plunge into darkness
ng high upon the cross on the top
- all, so that all the world may look
he says: "Here go out of o
4 vf PIE life into wretched eternity ~
4 tNol threel Listen to the crash
iali, all We ages So Hobbies, dy-
t'er ne had seventy years In which
Pare Tor eternity, said: "Were l
Iulf o. all the world would
iUl " all to live one
ionger. Sir Francis Newport
ever the Drink, cried out
~ That | am, whittier shall fly
" ~ s oreastY What will become OF
M Dni tnat were to lie upon the fire
III Yer Is quenched thousand years,
W aase the favor of God and to. be
M. 'heu 10 Him againl oh eternity
,nl'y! Who can discover the
* FL, teternity2 Who can paraphrase
.lese words: For ever and fol
, iignt-hand cross-thousAnds have
lusL y On II, In worse agonies. For what
q. . G '0Al pain compared to remorse, at
E mat life has been wasted and
aeetlng moment stands between
" ana It's everlasting overthrowi
iet me die anywhere rather than
o. Oh the right-hand cross. Let
sle crop Of that blood fall
my cheek. Rend not my
[ snAt cry. see 1t now as never
\ M wv ieathsomeness and horror o.
ssnsi' That dying malefactor wa:
"ush 70 blame as l. Christianity
- established, aud perhaps not IN
\ uAy had that man
iigt ..S HEARD rHK CHRIST.
g. ". y Christ has stood almost nine
u'uries, working the wonders o.
:, you reject Him. That right
's, with its long beam, over
A ~ tne earth. Ii is planted IL
~ !. Y, ~ VA the race. When will the time
\ VI ~ me spirit OF God shall, with
~ down that right hnnh crnsn