The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-03

some metaphor with which to express
Him. He is not like the bursting forth Of
full orchestra; that is too loud. He is
not like the sea when dashed to rage by
the tempest; that is too boisterous He is
not like the mountain. its brow wreathed
with the lightnings; that is too solitary.
Give us softer type, gentler COMPARE
son. We have seemed TO see Him with
our eyes, and to hear Him with our ears,
and to touch Him with our hands. Oh,
that today He might appear to some other
one OF our five sensesl Ay, the nostril
| shall discover His presence. He comes
upon us like spice gales from heaven.
Yes, His garments smell of pungent, last
ing and all-pervasive myrrh.
Oh, that you all knew His sweetness.
How soon you would turn from your
novels II the philosopher leaped out OF
his bath in frenzy of joy, and clapped
his hands, and rushed through the streets,
because he had found the solution OF
mathematical problem, how will you feel
leaping from fountain OF Savior
mercy and pardon, washed, clean, and
made white rs snow, when the question
has been solved, GLOW can my soul be
saved?" Naked, frost-bitten, Storm
lashed SOUL let Jesus this hour throw
around thee the garments that smell OF
myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out OF the
ivory palaces"
Your second curiosity is TO know why
the clothes OF Jesus are odorous with
| aloes. There is some difference OF opin-
ion about where these alocs grow, what is
the color OF the flower, what is the partic-
ular appearance Eof the herb. Suffice il
Tor you and me 10 know that aloes mean
bitterness the world over and when
Christ comes with garments bearing that
particular odor, they suggest TO me the
bitterness Of Savior's sufierings. Were
there ever such nights rs Jesus lived
through-nights on the mountains, nights
on the sea, nights in the desert? Who
ever had such q hard reception rs Jesus
had2 A hostelry the first, an unjust trial
in oyer and terminer another, foul.
mouthcd, yelling mob the last. Was
there n space on His back as wide rs your
two fingers where he was not whipped?
Was there space on His brow an inch
square where lie va, not cut OF the briers?
When the spike struck at the instep, did
II not 60 clear through TO the hollow OF
the fool2 Oh, long, deep, bitter pilgrim.
age. Aloesl AlOesl
John leaned his head on Christ, but who
did Christ lean on2 Five thousand men
fed by the Savior; who fed Jesus? The
sympathy OF Sav.or's heart going out 10
the leper and the adulteress; but who
soOthed Christi Denied both cradle and
death.bed, He had fit place neither to be
born nor TO die. A poor young mani Not
80 much as taper 10 cheer his dying
hours. Even the candle OF the sun snulIed
out. Oh, was II not all alOes2 All our sins.
sorows, bercavcments, losses aud all the
agonies Of earth and hell picked up rs In
one cluster and squeezed into one cup, and
that pressed TO his lips until the acid,
nausoating, bitter draught was swallowed
with a distorted countcnance, and shud-
der from head 10 foot, aud gurgling
strangulation. Alocs Alocsl Nothing but
alocs. All this for HIMSELF All this 20
get the fame in the world Of being n
martyr All this In a spirit Of stubborn
ness, because he did not like Cesar? No.
mol All this because He wanted 20 pluck
you aud me from hell; because lie wanted
10 rliso YOU and me 40 Heaven; because
we were lost and He wanted us found; be-
cause We were blind aud lie wanted us TO
see; because we were scrfs and He wanted
Ms manumitted. Oh, ye in whose cup of
life the sacchRrine has prcdominatcd; oh,
ye who have had bright aud sparkling
beverages, how do you feel toward Him
who, IN your stead, and 10 purchase your
discnlhrallment, took the alocs, tho un.
sayory alOcs. the bitter aiocs2
Your third curiosity Is 20 know why
these garments Of Christ are odorous with
cassia This was plant that grew in In
dia and the adjoining islands. You do
not care 10 know what kind OF flower IL
had or what kind Of n stalk. II enough
for me to tell you that IL was used medi.
cinally. In that land and In that age,
where they knew but little about phar-
macy, cassia was used 10 arrest many forms
Of disease. 40 when In my text we find
Christ coming with garments that smell Of
cassia, Il suggests 10 me the healing and
curative power Of the Son Of God. "Oh,"
you say, "now you have supcriluous
idea. We are not sick. Why do We want
cassia7 We are athletic. Our respiration
Is perfect Our limbs are 1.-THE, and In
these cool days We feel we could bound
like the roc" beg 10 differ, my brother,
from you. None OF you can be better In
physical health than am, aud yet must
say We are all sick. have taken the
diagnosis of your case, aud have exam
incl all the best authoriticson the subject,
and have come now TO tell you that you
are full Of wounds and bruises aud putre-
tying sores which have not been bound
up, or modified with ointment. The
uarwmus Of sin Is on us-tho palsy the
dropsy, the lopfosy. The man who IL cx-
piring tonight ON Fulton street.-the allo-
pathic and homeopathic doctors having
gwen him up. and bis friends now stand
ing around b take his last worls-is no
mOrc certainly dying ~ 10 his body than
you and are dying unless We have taken
the medicine from Christs apothecary.
All the leaves Of this Bible are only NO
many prescriptions from the Divine physi.
clan, written, not in Latin, like the pre-
scriplons Of earthly physicians, but writ
ten Ia plain English. so thata man, though
a fool, need not err therein. Thank God
that the saviors garments smell Of cassia.
Suppose a man wero sick, aud there was
phial on his maniol-piccc with medicine
lac know would cure him, aud he refused
10 take II, what would you say Of him2 lie
Is q suicide. And what do YOU say Of that
man who, sick In ain. las the healing
medicine Of Gods grace offered him, aud
refuses 90 take ~ II he dies be Is sui
eide. People talk ~ though God took a
man aud Ted him out 20 darkness aud
death, ~ though lie brought him up 10
the ellis and then pushed him Oft. oh,
no. When a man Il lost u is not because
God pushes him OF Il Is because lac jumps
OF,
When Christ trod this planet with foot
Of llcsh the people rushed after Him
people who were sick, and those WHO, be-
ing 70 sick they could not walk, were
brought by their friends. Here ! sec
mnihnr holding nn hnI lIIiln nhlll and -uN-