The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-07-20
Rev. T. No Witt TalmAGe Dis
courses on Sour Experiencoo
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Erom the Ce.dle to the GRAVE
The Great Helper.

less, poorly L6us uVSkoo-oS oeusVS
tied to post His bare back was inaamed
with the scourges intersticed with pieces
of lead and bone-and now for whole
h,urs the weight OF His body hung en-
delicate tendons. and according to custom,
a violent stroke under the armpits had been
given by the cxecutloues. Dizzy, swoon-
ing. nauseated, feverish-a world OF agony |
u compressed In the two words: Il thirst!'
o! skies OF Judes, let drop OF rain fau on |
His burning tongue. y! worlds, with |
rolling rivers, and sparkling lakes, and |
spraying fountains, give Jesus something |
10 drink. II there be any pity in earth. or
Heaven. or hell. let it now be demonstrated
IN behalf Of this royal sufferer.
The wealthy women Of Jerusalem used
20 have . fund of money with which they
provided wine for those people who died In
crucifixiou-a powerful opiate TO deadeu
the rain; but Christ would not take 1t.
He wanted to die sober, and SO he refused
the wine. But afterward they 90 TO cup
Of vinegar and soak a sponge IN 1t, and put
it on stick OF hyssop, and then press II
against the hot lips Of Christ. You say
the wine was an anes:hetlc, and intended
to relieve or deaden the pain. But the
vinegar was an insul. l am disposed to
adopt the theory of the old English COM
mentators, who believed that instead OF
it, being an opiate to sooth, it was vinegar
to insult Malaga and Burgundy for grand
Dukes and Duchesses, and costly wine
from royal yats for bloated imper:als: but
singing acids for dying Christ Hetook
the vinegar.
In some lives the saccharine seems to
predominate. Life is sunshine on bank
Of flowers. A thousand hands to clap ap-
prevail In December or in January, look
ing across their table, they see Ali their
family present; heath rubicund; SKIES
famboyant; days resilient. But IN great
many cases there are not so many sugars
Is acids. Tue auuoyances and the vexa-
tons. and the dissipointments II life over
mower tue successes. There is gravel in
o mes. every shoe. An Arabian legend
saws that there was worm In So!omon's
stan, guawing its strength away, and there
Is y weak spot in every earthly support
that . man leans on.
King George, Of England. forgot oil the
crauceurs OF his throne because one Gay IN
An interview Beau Brumu.elI called him BY
his first name aud addressed him as a serv-
ant crying: George ring the be!i! MISS
Langdou, nonored all the world over for
| her poetic genius, is so worried over the
evil reocrts set afioat regarding her, shat
| she is found decd with an empty bottle OF
pruss,c acid in her hand. Goldsmith said
| tina. his life was wretched being and
| that all that want and contempt could br.u g
| to 1t had been brought, and cries out:
What. then. il there formidable IN jail!
Correggio's fine painting is hung up for
tavern sign. Hogarth can not sell his best
paintings except through raff1e. Andrew
| in
Church Of the Annuuclata at Florence and
gets for Day sack of corn; and there are
annoyarces and vexations in high places as
| well as in low places showing that in a
great many lives the sours are greater than
the sweets
"Wheu Jesus therefore had received the
vinegar"
l. Is absurd to suppose that . man who
has always been well can sympathize with
those who are sick; or that one who ha:
always been honored can appreciate the
sorrow Of those who are despised; or thai
oue who has been born to a great fortune
can understand the distress and tht
straiph,s Of those who are destitute. Tit
fact that Christ Himself took the viuegal
makes Him able to sympath;ze to-day ant
, forever with all those whose cup is filled
with the sharp acids Of this life. He tool
the vinegar!
In the first place there is the sourness o
betrayal The treachery OF Judas hur
: Christ's feelings more than all the friend
Z ship OF His disciples did Him good. Yol
have had many friends; but there was on
friend upon whom you put especial stress
You feasted him You loaned him money
! You befr1enoed him in the dark passes o
: life when he especially peeded Q friend
I Afterward he turned upon you and he too
advantage OF your former intim Acies. h
wrote against you. He talked against you
e He microscopized Your faults He fun
) contempt at you when you ought to hav
e received nothing but gratitude. AT mrs
= you could not sleep at nights. Then 20
vent about with . sense Of having bee
+ stune. That diffculty will never be hea!et
I for. though al friends may arbitrAt
e in the matter until you shall Shake hand
. the old cordlality will never come bac'
Now commend to all such the sympath
:, II q betrayed Christ. Why, they sold Hi
for less than 80. They all fcrsook Hi
and fed. They cut Him to the quick. Il
h drank the cup OF betrayal to the dreg
z He took the vinegar.
There 10 also the sources Of pain Thei
'. are some OF you whe have not seen We
% isy for many years BY keeping out I
q araughts, and BY carefully studyin diete
l, CO. you continue TO this time; but o, II
I | headaches, anc the sideachea, and the bac
aehes, and the heartaches which have be
vour accompaniment all the way through
You have struggled under heavy NOR
rare Of physicxI disabilities; and instead
he plocidity that once characterized ~
4 il now only with Rrest effort that "
tahf nd ?
G. orr. DIFFICULTIES OF respiration. Of diSe
at ZION. of locomotion make up the gre
10 obstacle in your life. AID you tug and swe
!: a.oog The o ,thway, aud wonder when &
exhaustion will end.
Nv friends, the brightest crowns
10 Heaven will no; be gwen 10 those who,
ne sirrups, daahe to the cavalry chars
or while the Genera, applaudei, and the soul
"a 81 clashing ssbers rang through the Ian
but the brightest cr0wnS in Heaven,
~ believe. will be given 70 those who trudg
an IN amid chronic ailments which unneIv
,e. Their strength, yet all the time mainta
an ing their faith in God. 1t IS comparative
,;s easy to fisht in q regiment OF thousa
= men, charging up the parapets to the sou
III n marital music, but IL Is not 90 easy
endure whea no one but the nurse and :
nc 3ocfor are the witnesses OF the Chr
/. tian for,itude. Besides that you ney
F.; had any pains worse than ChrlscA I
=. sharpness tina; stung through HIS bra
through His hands, through His Re
lie. through BIS hear, were As great as yos
lOf certainly. He was as sick and as wea
ms MOI a nerve, or muscle. or ligams
~, escaped Ali the pangs OF al the nAtio'
of all the nations. compressed into one 80
y" CUP He took the vine gar.
There is also the scuruess OK power
Your income does not NEE, your out