Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-11-27
A Thrilling and Vivid Word Painting
of the Crucifxion.
Unbelief, Repentance and Divine Love
Represented by the Three Crosses,
The Cross of Christ Meets all the Needs
of the Human Soul.
1.-THE ORCHARD ON THE HILL.

BROOKLYN, n. Y, Nov. l4.-Iht
subject of the sermon was: 1.-The
Orchard on the HILL" and the text,
Luke XIII. 33:
"And when they were come to the place,
which is called Calvary, there they c%ruciied
Him, and the malefsctors, one on the right
hand, and the other on the left"
just outside of Jerusalem is a swell
of ground, toward which a crowd are
ascending; for it is the day of execu
ton. What a mighty assemblage
some for curiosity to hear what tn
malefactors will say, and to see how
they will act. The three persons to b,
executed are already there. Some o,
the spectators are vile of lip and bloat'
ed of cheek. Some look up with re.
venge, hardly able to keep their hands
of the sufferers. Some tear their own
hair in a frenzy of grief. Some stand
in silent horror. Some break,out into
uncomfortable weeping. Some slap
their hands in delight that the offenders
are to be punished at last. The sol
,diers with drawn swords, drive back
the mob, which presses on so hard.
There is fear that the proceedings may
be interrupted. Let the RomantLegion,
nnu, alt.nnnI ne Enr,can, an hnrln-
back dash along the line, and force
back the surging multitude. "Back
with YOU" is the cry. Have you never
seen a man die beforep'
THREE CROSSES IN A ROW.
An upright piece, and two transverse
pieces-one on the top, on which the
hands are nailed, and one at the mid.
die, on which the victims sat. Three
trees just planted. Yet bearing fruit
the n at the right bearing poison, and
The one at the left bitter aloes; the
one in the middle, apples Of love
Norway pine, and tropical orange, anc
Lebanon cedar would not make Sc
strange a grove as this orchard of Cal
vary. Stand and give a look at thu
three crosses. just look at the one OIL
the right. Its victim dies soothing
More tremendous than his physical an
guish is his scorn and hatred of Hin
on the middle cross. This II on TIN
right turns half around on the spike
to hiss at the One in the middle. |
the scoffer could get one hand loose
and He were within reach, he woulC
smite the middle sufferer in the face
He hates Him with a perfect hatred.
think he wishes he were down on tn,
ground, that he might spear Him. III
enWes the mechanics who. with thei
nails, have nailed Him fast. Amid tn
settling darkness, and louder than tn
crash of the rocks, hear him jeer ou
these words: "Ah! ah! you poo
wretch, l knew you were an imposter
You pretended to be a God, and we
you let these legions master you"
On this right-hand cross to-day, / SCI
typiied
THE UNBELIEF OF Til WORLD.
Men say: Back with Him from tn,
heart, l will not let Him take my sins
If He will die, let Him die for Himself
not for me- There has always beer
a war between this right land eros
and the middle cross, and whereveI
there is an unbelieving heart, thus tn,
fight goes on. o, if, when that dying
malefactor persisted, the faithlessnes,
of man had persisted, then that tree
which yields poison would have budded
and blossomed with life for all the
world! Look up into that disturbed
countenance of the sufferer, and see
what a CHASTITY thing it is to reject
Christ. Behold in that awful face, in
that pitiful look, in that unblessed
death hour, the stings of the sinners
departure. What a plunge into dark
ness! Standing high upon I, e cross on
the top of the hill, so that all the world
may look at him, he says: Here | 90
out of a miserable life. into a wretched
eternityr' One! Two! Three! Lis
ten TO the crash Of the fall, all We ages,
SO Hobbies, dying after he had seventy
years in which to prepare for eternity,
said: Were | master of all the world
/ would give it all to live one day
longer Sir Francis Newport. hover
ing over the BRINK, cried out: wretch
that ] am, whittier shall | fly from this
breast? What will become of me? Oh,
that | were to lie upon the fire that
never is quenched, a thousand years, to
purchase the favor of God and 10 be
reconciled to Him again! Oh eternity!
Oh eternity! Who a discover the
abyss of e~ternityp Who can para
phrase on these words: For ever and
for everp'"
That right hand cross-thousands
have persisted on it, in worse agonies
WHAT is PHYSICAL PAD COMPARED TO
REMORsE,
at the last, that life has been wasted,
and only a tleeting moment stands be-