The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-07-20
SOUR EXPERIENCES.
That was the Subject or Rev. Mr.. Taimaees, 81.
mon to a Huge CohgregstiOn az Chicago.

anu hansds. lHe uocGOr mad an enOrmouj
audience. His subject was ASour Fxner;or
ces," and his text: when .Jesns tbara5en
had received the vinegar.,t-John WY IA
The sermon was as follows. W
The brlgands Of Jerusalem had done th,H,
work. 1t was almost shutdown. ana Jasn,
was dying. Persons on c~rucifxion often lin
gered on from day to day-crying. BEGGING
cursing; but Christ had been exhausted m
years lmaltreatment. Pilowless, poorly fed
fogged-as bent over and tied to, a low most
His bare back was infamed with t-heseonrye.
intensified with pieces Of lead and bone
and nov for whole hours the weieh 81 His
body hung on tendons, and. aecordinw III
custom, a violent stroke under the armp;ts
had been given by the executioner D;lzv
s~wooning, n~auseated, feyerish-a world X
agony IS compressed in the two words: II
thirsti Oskles OF Judea, let a drop of rain
strike on His burning tongue. q world vits
rolling rivers, and sparkling lakes. and gprav.
ing fountains, give Jesus something 70 drink
If there be any pity in earth, or heaven ~
hell, let it now be demonstrated in behalf ~
this royal sufferer. The wealthy women ~
Jerusalem used to have q fund "a money
with "hich they provided wine for those
people who died IN crucihxion--a powerful
oIiate to doaden the pain: but Christ
would not take it. He wanted TO die
sober, and so He refused the wine. But
atterward they go to a cup Of vinegar and
soak a sponge in it, and put it on q stick ~
hysop, and then press it against the hot Inns
OF Christ. You say the wine was an anes-
thetic, and intended to relieve or deaden the
pain. But the vinegar was an insult. / am
disposed to adopt the theory of the old En-
glish commentators, who believed that in
stead OF its being an opiate to sooth. it was
vinegar TO insult. Malaga and Burgundy
for grand dukes and duchesses, and costly
wines from royal watts for bloated imperials
but singing acids for a dying Christ. he
took the vinegar.
In some lives the ~saccharine seems To pre-
dominate. Life is sunshine on a bank Of
flowers. A thousand hands to clap APP
prevail, In December or in January, looking
across their table, they see all their family
present. Health rubieund. Skies hamboy-
ant. Days resilient. But in a great many
cases there are not so many sugars as acids.
The annoyances, and the vexations, and the
dissapointments Of life oyerpower the sic-
cesses. There is a gravel in almost every
shoe. An Arabian legend says that there
was a worm in Solomon's staff, knawing it's
strength away; and there is a weak spot in
every earthly support that a man leans Oh.
King George Of England forgot all the
grandeur Of his throne because,
one day in an Interview, Beau
Brummell called him by his first name and
addressed him as a servant, crying, George,
ring the bell" Miss Langdon, honored all
the world over for her poetic genius, Is SO
worried over the evil reports set afoat re-
garding her, that she is found dead, with an
empty bottle of pfussic acid in her hand.
Goldsmith said that his life was a wretched
being, and that all that want and contempt
could bring to it had been brought, and cries
out: What, then, is there formidable in a
jail?" Correggie's sne painting is hung up
for q tavern sign. HogaFth cannot sell his
hest nafnfinOs aYaanf fhroumh n raAqa A.
drew Delsart makes the great fresco in the
Church OF the Annunciata, at Florence, and
gets for pay q sack of corn; and there are
~annoyances and vexations In high places as
well as in low places, showing that in d great
many lives the sours are greater than the
sweets. When Jesus therefore had received
the vinegar
It il absurd to suppose that a man who
has always been well can ~sympathize with
those who are sick; or that one who has al
ways been honored can appreciate the
sorrow Of those who are despised: or
that one who has been born to q
great fortune can understand the dis
tress and the straits of those who are
destitute. The fact that Christ Himself took
the vinegar makes Him able to sympathize
to-day and forever with all those whose cup
is filed with sharp acids Of this life. He took
the vinegar
In the Hrst place, there is the sourness of
betrayal Thetreachery ofJudas hurt Christ's
feelings more than all the friendship Of His
disciples hid Him good. You havehad many
friends; but there was one friend upon wnom
you put especial stress. You Toasted him,
You loaned him money. You befriended
him in the dark passes Of life; when he espe-
cially needed a friend. Afterward, he turned
upon you, and he took advan-
tage Of your former intimacies. He
wrote against you. He talked against you.
He microseopized your faults. He.iung con-
tempt at you when you ought TO have re-
ceiyed nothing but gratitude. At first, you
could not sleep at nights. Then you vent
about with q sense Of having been stung.
That difficulty viii never be healed, forthough
mutual friends may arbitrate in the matter
until you, shall shake hands the ii eordiality
will never come back. Now / commend TO all
such the sympathy ola betrayed Christ. Why,
they sold him for less than urtwenty dollars.
They all fors0ok Him, and fed. They cut
Him to the quick. He drank that cup OF be-
trayal to the dregs. He took the vinegar.
There is also the sourness Of pain. There
are some Of you who nave not seen q well
day for many years. BY keeping ont of
draughts, and by carefully studying diete-
tics, You continue to this time; but 9, the
headaches, and the ~sideaches, and the back
aches, and the heartaches which have been
your accompaniment all the way through
You have struggled under a heavy mortgage
Of physical disabilities; and instead ofthe
placidity that once characterized you, it 10
now only with great effort that you keep
away from Instability and sharp retort.
Difficulties of respiration, of digestion, Of
locomotion, make up tie great obstacle In
your life, and you tug and sweat
along tbs pathway, and wonder
whea the exhaustion viii end.
My friends, the brightest crowEs in heayss
will not be given to those Who d stsrups,
dashed to the cavalry charge, while the gem
eral applauded, and the sound Of clashing
sabres rang through the land; butthe bright
est crowns In heaven, / believe, win be given
to those who trsdgea on amid chronic al
Iments which unnerved their strength, yet al
the time maintaining their faith in God. It
y comparatively easy to fight in a regiment
Of d thousand men, charging up the parapets
to the sound ofmartial music; but It IS not
50 easy 70 endure WIEN no one but the nurse
and the doctor are the witnesses Of the Chris
tian fortituda, Besides that Won never
had any painsl worse thar Chrst's.
The sharpness that stung through His
brain, through His hands, through His feet
through His heart. were as great as yours
certainly He wat SIS sick and az weary. NOT
9 nerve, or muscle, Or Eigafaent escaped. Al
the pangs Of all the nations Of all the nges
compensated into one sour cup, He took rne
Vinegarl
There Is also the souFncss Of poverty. Tour
income does not meet vnur outgolngHe ana
tnat always gives an honest man anxiety.
There IA NO sion Of d~aatffnkiou about you