The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-12-04

Our blessed Savior, as. the "Man
Of Sorrows" knew the sorrow of /
loneliness. OF Adam it was said by |
his Maker, st is not good for the man
man that lie dwell" Eve was given |
him that she might help him with
her sympathy, and life is surely in
tolerable without friendship. Yet
perfect sympathy there cannot be
between man and man. There are
depths in the human soul which
none other can fathom. "For what
man knoweth the things Of man,
save the spirit of man which is in
him?" Solomon, who must have
known more of the human heart
than others, las written, "The heart
knoweth his own bitterness, and a
stranger doth not intermeddle with
his joy." And the more finely
strung a mans nature is, the more
in thought or affection or aim he is
raised above his fellows, the fewer
he will find who can sympathize
with him. Thus the second Adam
was the most lonely of all men. The
more carefully read the Gospel his
tory, though it is scarcely ever as
serted. the more clear the lonliness
of Christ is to me. Witness the
foolish questions of His diciples;
the dispute carried on after the
, washing of the feet, under the very
= shadow of the Cross; Or, again, the
drowsiness of the three favored dis
! ciples on the two special occasions
: that they invited to pray with Him.
, Now my Lord had a large heart,
: Il loving heart and very human
, heart. Thus he would value SYM
pathv, and would feel the want of
love. The more loving He was, the
more lonely he would be without
love. Yet His heart did not con-
/ tract, for He could say, "He that
sent Me is with Me; the Father hath
- not left Me alone, for do always
those things that please him." And
so at the last, "Behold, the hour
cometh, yea is now come, that ye
shall be scattered, every man to his
>, own, and shall leave Me alone; and
vet l am not alone, because the
Father is with Me" Some Of us
= dread loneliness we are naturally
sociable, and never SO happy as
when surrounded with friends and
y we know that as life goes on oui
~ friends will die and leave us, and We
3" must be more and more lonely
>, Some one sighs after love, wants
W some heart on which to lean, feeli
y y he has much love to give; and Goo
- has evidently ordered it that tina
!" one is to walk through life alone
Perhaps he or she breads to thinl
10 of the closing years of life, the lone
Ie :, ly fireside and the desolatc heart
y Oh, let that soul look upon the "Mal
= of Sorrow !" Here is one more lionel,
~ than you can ever be, and yet Hi
heart was warm and loving unto tn
T. have said that perfect friend
~ ship with any man l.. ',t,,ro,
~ ~ be found among our fellow-creasf.oO .oO
:, But Jesus is the most human q
~ men, He is the one perfect man
every heart, with its sorrows an'
% joys, lies open before Him as book
- Remember how it is written, "Hay
y ing loved His own which were il
the world, He loved them unto tn
end" Come, then, lonely and trou
bled soul; seek for shelter in tn
/ bosom of Jesus. Only measureles
love can satisfy an immortal being
an 1t is because Jesus offers this t
on mankind that He can say, "Com
no unto Me, all ye that labor and ar
in heavy laden, and l will give yo
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