The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-12-06


set a broken bone, to pity homeless |
orphan, to nurse sick man, to take a
prodigal back without any scolding, to
illumine a cemetery all plowed with
graves, to make queen unto God out !
Of the lost woman of the street, to
catch the tears OF humSn sorrow
in a lachrymatoFy that shall never
be brokena Who hes such an
eye to see our need, such lip
to kiss away our sorrow, such q hand
to snatch us out Of the fire, such a foot
to trample our enimies, such q heart
to embrace all our neceszitesG
struggle for some metaphor with which
to express him. He Is not like the
bursting forth Of a tpll orchestra; that
is too loud. He Is not like the sea
when lashed to rage by the tempest;
that is too boisterous. He Is not iko
the mountain, its brow wreathed with
the ightnings; that Is too solitary.
Give us softer type, gentler com
parison. We have seemed to see H1m
with our eyes, and 10 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. Yea, his
garments smell of pungent lasting
and all pervasive myrrh.
Oh, that you all knew his sweetness.
How soon you would turn from your
novelist II the philosopher leaped out
Of his bath in frenzy OF joy, and
clapped his hands, and rushed through
the streets, because hs had found the
solution OF o mathematical problem.
how will you feel leapiag from the
fountain OF Saviour's mercy and par
don, washed, clean, and made white
as snow, when the question has been
solved: ''Hov can my soul be saved2"
Naked, froA 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"
THE BITTERNESS OF THE SAyIOUR'S SUI
FERINGs.
Your second curiosity is to know
why the robes of Jesus are odorous
with aloes. There is some difference
of opinion about where these aloes
grow, what is the color of the flower,
what is the particular appearance OF
the herb. Suffice it for yo4 and me to
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 a Sayiour's suferings. Were there
| ever such nightsas Jesus lived through
nights on the mountains, nights on
the sea, nights in the deeert2 Who
| ever had such a hard reception as
Jesus hads A hostelry the first,
an unjust trial in oyer and ter
| miner another, a foul mouthed,
| yelling mob the last. Was there a
space on his back as wide as your two
fingers where he was not whipped
Was there space on his brow an inch
square where he was not cut of the
brierss When the spike struck at the
instep, did it not go clear through to
the hollow Of the foota Oh, long, deep,
bitter pilgrimage. Aloesl Aloesl
| John lesrned his head ON Christ, but
who did Christ lean on2 Five thou
sand men fed by the Saviour; who fed
Jesus? The sympathy of a Saviour's
heart going out TO the leper and the
adulteress; but who soothed Christi
Denied both cradle and death bed,
he had a fit place neither to be born
nor to die. A poor babel A poor lad
| A poor young mani Not 80 much
as taper to cheer his dying hours
Even the candle of the sun snuffed
out. Oh, was it not all aloesi AL
our sins, sorrows, bereavements, losses
and all the agonies of earth and he'll
| picked up as in one cluster and
squeezed into one cup, and that pressed
to his lips, until the acrid, nauseahng,
bitter draught was swallowed with q
| distorted countenance, and a shuddel
from head to foot, and gurgline
strangulation. Aloesi Aloesl Moth
ing but aloes. All this for himself
All this to get the fame in the world
of being a martyr2 All this in {
spirit of stubbornness, because ht
did not like Cesar2 No! no! All this
because he wanted to pluck you ant
me fr~ :, he'll. Because he wanted t.
rails II me to heaven. Becaust
we and he wanted us found
Bee; ere blind and he wanted
ust 'ause we were serfs ant
he nanumitted. Oh, We il
wht life the saccharine ha
prcdo oh, ye who have hat
bright sparkling beverages, hoy
do you toward him who in you
stead, and to purchase your Olsen
. thrallment, took the aloes, the un
savory aloes, the bitter aloesa
THE PECULIAR QUALITIES OF CAssIA.
Your third curiosity is to know VIII
these garments of Christ are odorou
with cassia. This was a plant tina
!, grew in India and the adjoinin
, islands. You do not care to hear wha
: kind of flower it had or what kin
of stalk. 1t is enough for me to tel
: you that it was used incidentally. l
,, that land and In that age, where the
! knew but little about pharmacy, cassi
was used to arrest many FORMS of di
: case, So when in my text we fin
Christ coming with garments thu
smell of cassia, it suggests to me til
!, healing ssnd curative power OF the So
! of God. "Oh, YOU ssy, nov 70
. have a superiluous idea. We a,
y : not sick, Why do we want cassi;
- We are athletic. Our resplrattllo
I is perfect. Our limbs are nth
- and in these cool days We feel we coul
: bound like the roe" beg to diffe
J my brother, from you, None of ye
!. can be better in physical health tina
: | am, and yet must say We aree a
i sick. l have taken the diagnosis
y your case, and have examined all Il
= best authorities on the subject, and
= have come now totell you that you a
, full of wounds and bruises and pltr
! fying sores which have not been bouI
n n up or Modified with ointment. ~
70 mnasmus of sin is on us--the pals
n n the dropsy, the leprosy. The man u
\ \ is expiring tonight on Fulton street
- theaflopathic and homeopathic docto
T, having given him up, and his frien
- - now standing around to take his la
~ words-is no moro certainly dying
70 ~ to his body than you and ] ore dyii
,s unless we have taken the medicl
IS !. from Gods apothecary. All the leav
c. =. of this Bible arc only SO many pl
ps sariptions from the divine physical
to written, not in Latin, like the prescr