The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1886-12-08
80. Christ said; Blessed are thu

oe breaks your tooth, Won break his tooth:
m,chs'h Tor sarcasm. persecution for perse-
;,u.oh; nay q man In bis own coin, wound
t0r wound " Christ said: Pray for them
mHho desmtefully use and torment you was
.hore anything so revolutiouaryi Was thero
'hYthlng that struck the thrones of the world
70 vtarntly bacN. They belt tho SOLID earth
anner the'n; but Christ said: "I uphold the
plhrs OF the earth" They looked at tho
noon. Christ said: Il will turn it into
blood" They looked at the stars. He said:
~ viii shake them down Ike untimely fgs.n
20 you wonder that the world was startled
things Against him' After tho bat.
he OF Antictam. when tho soldiers were
ying down, thor ughly exhausted. ana one
81 ther, TIA m" he did not thiuk he could
tm,I ,ntsd his hand to save his life, it was
along tho Inc, and lie said they all GOT M
ma thH,Y gave thrco rousing cS, ersT
"huzza, h'zza, huHza." Although a few
ITi,E1"'eh's I o!"re they felt they cou d hardly
nro n and to save their life. SO
sroNC was the Magnetism of some
men. Napoleon after his first CAP,
Ihvn,}y nGt bis foot on tho earth and It
~ =" L, Standard. D.u Curlst had u mora
~ ."''hl magnetism than that Napoleon
mad al around him the memories OF Morengo
anu Aus orit' aud iona. Here come. n man
WIN no parade, no brandished sword, no
'rrTi'hrtY OF !apFarel, and conrara.
~ 'N'u'uCiOu. L 90 not now think
, 81 renhTktblc person connected WI d Hrs
hhinH "@'e'' y mother, and she so poor that
III me I'v . ,it IN hour that cver comes &,
a ""'han,S soul Sho must lie down among tho
Ianhei drivers grooming their boasts OF bur
dcn. All! Notwithstanding all this, what do
you scrf A man G!ec's Him on tho street
7one lay and says: NY father was in gov.
o h'nent, aud my. grandfather and great
Erhluiather. Mh" was yoar fatherl'
Christ says; My earthly father was Jo-
senh, the carpenter Another man meets
Christ aud no unrolls his scroll and saws:
Hero is n diploma from the best sch in
Athens Where did you g n1uateF' Christ
snv~: 81 never grnduntad." 1t was as though
some ltttlc fishing villa 20 on Long Island
should arraign New York. Oh, what a stir
lie nlako>! II you have am nd to call IL
ma nctisn OF person call it that, but what n
It = he makes. He comes intoa villa 20 and then
Ito steps out Into the tield>nnd all tho people
< raft"r Hi maud though thoy had takeu only
ennI.h food To last a day, they are so faS-
einatel with Christ thny follow right clear
cut into tho wilderness, and in danger Of
,tarrati0n. ~ man tails flat on the ground
heforo Christ, and saws: "My daurTtsr Is
nead, my da ghtcr is dead A blind man
tries TO rub the dlmneSS out Of his eyes. and
Il" says: Lord, that NV eyes might be
opened Tao light of day puurs through
EHteN that has never before oeen oioned.
S!h" avs: IF | could Just touch the hem Of
MS garment that is ALL" And the little
c%hiiIrSn who always liked their mothers be-
lorc ST. ulSgled to get ont OF their mothers
and they waited to kiss his check,
and they wanted to run their fingers
through his hair, and thov put Hin 50 In love
with "hildr"u that there is hardly n hom, on
earth from which Christ has not taken one
" "a, he says, | misc have them. | am 20.
IN. To maze Iiea en- OF these. To one cedar
that | pant in Heaven, | plant fifty white
INES. The chidrel lovcl mo on oarth, and
now have como to n throne, ought not ]
10 love thcmt oh, wcenins mother, hold not
back that child. Law it on mv loving aud
SYMPATHETIC DO .om. Or such is tho Kingdom
of Heaven"
once more l remark. lack OF organization
was against Him. II men arc going to carry
out any Grca. pro ect thov banl together,
ana their success Is generally in proportion
TO the completeness of tho organization
VINO can tel! how much can bu n com
pliShcd 10y n lar % number OF mon banded
together for a rlght object. Christ hai
no "' h association, no one to back
hin uD. II pooplo came into Hi.
company, all right il they went away. al
ell. Wh"n tHcy came, no loud salutatiou.
anathema, Peter left Him, aud what did
Christ do, The Bible says He looked at him
I Iat is all Oh, my tr ends djd anyone over
start through such obstacles and run through
such onsta los To- achieve such SUGGEST Not
withaianiing. his worldly occupation
aDi His diet were against Him, and
His poverty was against Him, and His lack
OF S %hoolin: was a aust Him, and the
breNity Of His lie was against Him, aud the
reversal OF public ma vlms was against Hun,
aud lick of organization was against Him.
yet you hear His voice tn S morning ringing
through the nges in everlasting cadenccs
81 have finished the work which thon caves,
uonqucror. See how lie conquered ali the
forces ofnaturo. The Atlantic Ocean-whnt
a terrible Shing it is in its wrath. How the
ocean will take down the Spanish Armada,
CT the President, or tho Central America q:
easily IA 1t could swallow a i!y. But | have
been told by those who have visited
Asia Minor that a storm on tbos
inland lakes IS worse. And YET
Christ came and He looked ut one of tho
grCa inland seas in cyclone and the sea
cyou he'd before Him anil licked His feet.
lie knew al the wind, and the waves. lie
keckoncd and they camc. He frownc6
and they iod. Tho heel OF His foot
made no i9denta,ion ON the soliditot
part OF tho loaf sound asleep. "Uh,' you
say, poor man poor Christ, 20 tired sounc
asleep in the IA k parj 81 tho boat" But Ii
r'li,cs up. II, COnoS 10 the Prov of Tin
hoat He loo';' ont; He has two words, on,
e.. tho winds and the pthcr FOR the sea, auc
TO says: Pea q, TO still and tho wave
crouch Ike wniplcl ~syalicls at his feet
roc H0Ii", hccc !'ruS' Behold tho man
Behold the Col
MciICaI syirnCe has done much for the al
lev alton Of .hcuHat ailments and 10 cur
diseased blood but when the muscles are al
w.the el up no human power can ever re
store them. Nhci the baud and the arm ar
dead they H!o dead. bit hoIc i a para yti
in tho presence OF Chi t.. Arm porfcctl
u Gloss, helpless Christ ; cs IT, lie coul,
no SEQ anything Of that kin without pity
ing it. io says to this MAJ with tn
pnralytic arm, ''stretch forth thy hand.
no street hod 1t forth who.e as the other
Eccc Deus! Behold the God! And there j
the doh OF tho sea. No human voice eve
COMMANDED n school OF fish, but CLri,t'
vol q Earshals the iinny tribe, ami the.
come 10 a place where a littl1 whih
before people were fishing ALL haul
lug in nothing: now tas poDo,e again
pull the net, AID they pull until the not
breaks. There is tho grave. Tho hinges Or
tho .aniiy va ut get very ru ,ty he aus, tne
door IS 50 sol Ion opened. It is only when
SO no Of us 20 in TO stay th'ro TO- the lise
sl.op y knob on the Ou,sii, OF tbndoor OF
tho family vault, bat no knob within. Inc
knob on the out idc we opon TO pas in, bat
no knob on tao in side. They wlo pass in
stay there until the r,Slrro ton. Chri't cIme
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