National Republican., 1886-10-25
Woodward & Lothrop,
No. 1913 Il Street Northwest.

great enthusiasm and huzzad. As Napoleon
returned from his captivity, his first step on
the wharf shook all the kingdoms and 10000
men fockcd to his standard. 1t took 5000
troops to watch him in his exile. So there
have been men of wonderful magnetism OF
person. But hear me while tell you ofa poor
young man who. came up from Nazareth to
produce thrill which has never been excited
by any other. Napoleon had around him the
memories of Marengo, and Austerlitz, and
Jena; but here was man who had fought no
battles, who wore TO cnauletteS who branis
ishcd no sword. He had, probably, never SEED
u prince, or shaken hands with 4 noblemln.
The only extraordinary person VIC know of as
being in bis company was his own mother,
and solemn hour that ever comes TO a woman's
soul she was obliged TO lie down among camel
drivers grt oming the beasts of burden.
/ imagine Christ one day standing in the
streets of jerusalem. A man descended from
high lineage is standing beside Him, and says ::
MY fNther was merchant prince; he had u
castle on the beach in Galiee. Who was your
father?, Christ answers, 'Joseph the car
pcntcr" A man from Athens is standing
there unrolling his parchment q, graduation,
and sGys to Christ, "Where did you go to
schoolY' Christ answers ~ never graduated"
Aha the idea of such an unheralded young
man attempting TO command the attention of
the world AS well some little fishing village
on Long Island shore attempt to arraign New
York. Yet no sooner does He set His foot in
the towns or cities OF Judea than everything Is
in commotion. The people go out on II picnic,
| tuhluE OulN lOOu iOT u uuN, yet HTt 50
fascinated with Christ that, at the risk OF starv-
ing, they follow Him out into the wilderness.
A noblemnn fulls down fiat before Him, and
says, MY daughter Is dead" n beggar tries to
lord, that my eyes may be opened:" u poor,
sick, painting woman presses through the
fTSwd and ri bars must touch the hem Of
mother better than any Que else, struggle to
get into His arms, and to kiss His check, and
TO run their fingers through His hair, and for
In laNsA lla
ones that there Is hardly nursery in Chris en-.
dom from which He does not take one, say
ing: ~ must have them; VIII I'LL heaven
heaven WIN have tifty white lilies In the
hour when | was q poor man in Judea they
were not ashamed of me, and now that have
come TO throne do not despise them; Hold
II not back, oh, weeping mother lay 1t on my
warm heart. OF such Is tho Kingdom of
Again, remark, there was no organization
in HIS behalf, and that was against Him. When
men propose any great work they baud to-
Rether, they write letters of agreement, they
take onths of fcalty; and the more and COM
plete the organization the more and complete
The success Here was One who went forth
without any organization and alone. II men
had mind TO join in His company, all right; If
they had a mind not to join in His company,
all well. If they came, they were greeted with
no loud salutatIon; If they went away, they
were sent with no bitter anathema. Peter de-
parted, and Christ turned and looked at him.
All this was against Him. Did any one ever
undertake such an enterprise amidst such iu-
frite embarrassments ana by such modes?
And yet am here to say II ended In complete
triumph. Notwithstanding His worldly o}cu-
patton, His poverty, His plain face, His unpre-
tending garb, the fnct that He was schoolless,
the fact that He had 6riet life the
fact lie was not accompanied by any yisl-
ible MISUNDERSTANDING all that, In
an eNhilaration which shall be prolonged in
everlasting chorals:, II have finished the work
qhou SgYest me 10 do.'
See iilm victorious over the forces ofnature.
The sea is a crystal sepulchrc, II swallowed
the Central America, the President, ana the
Spanish Amanda as easily az any ny that
as terrible In their wrath. Recent travellers
tell MS that Galilee, when aroused In storm,
Is Overwhelming; and yet that sea erouched
IN his presence, and licked his feet. lie
knew all the waves and the wind. When he
bockoned, they came, When he irownel they
fled. The heel Of his foot made no indenta-
tion on the sOlidincal water, Medical science
has wrought great changes In rheumatic limbs
and diseased blood, but when theImuscle3 are
entirely withered no human power can re-
SenS 1IS RS RSt SeIn ad whem D Is SqGe rd dGa
Christ says TO him: "S Tetch forth thy hand ;
and he stretches 1t forth.
In the, eve intrmGry, how many diseases of
That delicate organ have been cured? Blt
Jesus says 10 one blind: "BG Open" and the
light Of Heaven rushes through gatos that have
never before been opened The frost or an axe
may kill tree, but Jesus smites one dead with
a word, Chemistry can do many wonderful
things, but what chemist, at wedding, whel
the wine gave out, could change pail of
water into a cask of wlne2
What human voice could command school
of fish, Yet here is n voice that marshas the
scRly tribes, until, in n place whore they had
let down the net and pulled IL up With no hSh
In II, they let II down again, and the disciples
lay hold ana begin to pull, when, by reason OF
the multitude Of fish, the net broke,
Nature is His servant, The HOwerS-he
twisted them into His sermons; the Winds
they were His lullaby, when He slept In the
heat; the rain--t hung g!tterlngly ON the
thick foliage OF the Parablcsi tho star of Beth