Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1886-03-18


been kept ont Of sin hy lhc rn,uy Of such
scene as have been describing. Yon
have often had raging tsmp<a1i6na. but
you know what has held yon with super
naturei grasp. Itsu you . man who has
had such good home ~ that never gets
over Il, and man Who has had bad early
homs never gets over r.
Again, rsn arb. that home Is type Of
heaven To bring us TO- that home Christ
LEFT His home. Far mp and far back in the
history OF heaven there came period when
lis most iIlustrious citizen was alIour to ab-
sent Himself- He vas not going TO sail
from beach TO beach; We have often done
that. He was not going to put ont from
one hemisphere to another hemisphere:
many of rs have done that. But He was 10
sail from world 10 world the spaces mex
plored and the immensities untraveled. No
world had ever hailed heaven, and heaven
had never hailed any other world. think
that the windows aud the balconies were
thronged, and that the pearline beach vss
crowded with those who had come to nee
Him sail out the harbor Of light into the
ocean beyond. Out, and cut, and out, and
on, andon, and on. and down. and down,
and down He sped, until one night, with
only one to greet Him, He arrived His
Decentralization so unpretanding. so quiet,
that It was not known ON earth until the
excitement IN ths cloud gave intimaiion
that something grand and glorious had hap
pened. Who comes heref From what
port did he say? Why was this the plaes
Of His destination2 question the shep-
herds, / question the camel drivers, I
question The angels. I have found out
He was an exile. But the world has had
plenty Of exiles. Abraham an exile from
Or Of the Chaldees; John an exile from
Ephesus: Kosciusko an exile from Poland;
Mazzini an exile from Rome; Emmett an
exile from Ireland; Victor Hugo an exile
from France; Kossuth an exile from Hum
gary. But this one of whom speak to-
day had such resounding farewell and
came into such chilling reception for not
even q hostler went out with his lantern TO
help Him In that he is more to be ceie-
brated than any other expatriated one OF
earth or heaven. ,
1t is 95,0D0,000 mies from here 10 the
sun, and all astronomers agree in saving
that our solar system is only one Of the,
small wheels of the great machinery OF the
universe. turning rouid some one great
cester, the cehtefso far distant ii is beyond
all imagination and calculation; and if. as
some think, that great center In ths Distance
is heaven, Christ came far from home when
He came here. Have You ever thought Of
the homesickness Of Christ? Some of you
know what Inconsistencies is, when You
have been weeksabsent from the domestic
circ.e. Christ was thirty three years away
from home. Some Of you feel homesick
ness when you are hundred or q thousand
miles away from the domestic circle.
from home than Won could ealcuIata II Hi
your life 5you did nothing Int calcuIafe.
Tou know what Il, Il r. he homes ~ aver
slept ii ht,ts. and Ha was sathi II. and Ha
was a-hungsred, and He was On the way
from being born in another mans barn e,
bs;nr [ s bsr;sd lin Il = apothsr - man.. Nv va va =
have read how the swiss. when they ar,sl far
awav from their natiya cnnntrv ,r II tha nv,
sound of their nationaI air cet s5 homesiIE
that hey FAN into melanchoaiv ard some. E
times they dia under the bomes;clsness k,,,.sp,I
hut. II. the homesicknesa n Christi
Poverty. homesick for celestial Il hes.
persecution. homesick for hosauna. Wear;.
ness. homesick for rest. HomasicE AZ
angelic aud ar:han ncel;c comnanionshin.
. Homesick q % out of the niirht. ana tha
orm. and the worlds exegrnt on' and all
that honesickness s,,ffe,.,fi {, ,yaf ~ hama
! AL o,,r ,bsst estate VA ar,, nnIv n;lor;n,s
!. md stranrers here. Heaven il onr home. h
B Death viii never knock At the flnor AZ that
Il mansion. and Ia alI that country there Is
not single grave. How Glad parents ~
u in holiday times 10 pafher their ehildren
4 home again. But [ have noticed that fhara
i ID almost always 4 son ar Z daughter absant
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