Telegram-herald., 1888-07-09
EXPERIENCES


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sxaaaas IN hiusoars. Kansas and Mime
sots. s1a pf<scked IN ths Tabernacle. his
snbiscE sss -sssr Exp<rlsacss. and his
t<xt. ~ul<n Jszas LAsrsf8<s h4d rscsissd
lhs siEssar, ,@-JsAa. xix-. ~. The ssznoa
xss a. follows
ras br1gansis Of ys<asais1 had 5uD tAeir
wors IL ws< almost sundown. zad JssEs
Vas tyi1g PsrsoAs IN eraei1xion of.en
hnxsrsd ca from das - eay-erylag. beg-
siag. eursiEg; baE chriss h<a been exhausted
- years * mAlEFea1Enent. Piil0siess.
poorly fed, Eogsst-ss bent over and tied %
a ioE posi-. his bare back Vas fne&med with
the ssoarg~s inrerstiesd with Feees Of lead
and bszs-a and nov for whole h9nrs the
Weighs u his body hung ca deliczss tsndons,
and. according % euston yiolsnt stroke
undsr ths armpits bad bsen given By ths
sxeeotsoner. Dizzy, s~oening, nauseatsd.
fsverish- a vorld of agony Is compressed Ia
the two wcrds. II thirst" o skiss Of Judea,
81 = arop ef rain strike On his burning
tongus D world. with rolling rivers. aud
sparkling LAKES. and spraying fountains.
give Jesus sonsthins - drink. IL there
- any pity Ia earth. GO keaven, or hen.
ict IL now be demonstrated IN behalf
of this royal sufferer. The wealthy women
Of Jerusalem used 90 have fund Of money
with (which they provided wins for those
people Who disd ia erueinxion-a powerful
opiAts 70 dsadsn the pain; but Christ would
nss take H. He wanted TO ais sober. and %
De refused tho wine. But aftsrward they so
% cup of vinegar and soak = sponge IN it,
snf put IL on a stick Of hyssop, and then
press it against the hot hps Of Christ You
say the vine wss an ansstnetic and intended
70 relieve or d-aden the pain But the vine
gar vas Al insult / am disposed 70 adopt
the theory of ths old English commentators.
Who hslisved thai Instead Of its being an
opisss % yoothe. 10 was vinegar 20 insult.
Malaga and Burgundy for grand dukes and
duchess>s. and costly wines from royal watts
for bloated imperials. but singing acids for
. dying Christ He took the vinegar.
In some lives ths NccharIne seems % pro
cowerx A thousand hands 70 clap approval
In December or in January, locking across
thar table, they see all their family present
Health rubicund Skies namboyant Days
resilient But IN great many cases there
are not 50 many sugars as acids The annoy
anoes, and the vsxafions, and the disappoint-
msnts Of life overpewer the successesl There
h . gravel IN almost every shoe. An Arabian
=. ~
moas staff gnAwing It's strength away. and
there is . weak spot in every earthly support
that . man leans on King George OF Eng
land forgot all the grandeurs Of his throne
| because one day, in an interview, Beau
| Brurnmsli called him by his frst name and
| sddrcssed him az q servant, crying: "George,
| ring tho beIlp Miss Langdon, honored
| all tho world ever for her poetic
4 xeniuS = 30 worried over the evil
| reports ss< sfoaf regarding her. that she
| Is found dead, with an empty bottle Of pru-
| sic acid In her hand Goldsmith said that bis
lifs WAS vretchsd being. and that ell that
want and contempt could bring to it had
been brought. and cries out: What, then, Is
there formidable In jail" Correggio's jne
| painting Is hung mp for . tavern sign Ho-
| garth cannot ssll his best paintings except
Il y
| great fresco In the church OF the Annunciata,
| al Florence, and gets for pay sack of corn
| and there are annoyances and vexations IN
high places as well as in low places, showing
that in a great many lives the sours arr
greater than the sweets. when Jesus there
fora had received the vinegar
Il Is absurd to suppose that a man who ha'
always been well can sympathize with thoss
who are sick; or that one who has Away
been honored can appreciate the sorrow o
those Who are despissd; or that ono who hai
been born TO q great fortune can understand
the distress and the straits Of those who ar
des<isuse The fact that Christ himself tool
ths vinegar makes him able TO sympathiz,
today and forever with all those whose cuI
Is filed with sharp acids Of this life. lie tool
the vincgari
In tho first place. there is the sourness o
bstrayal. The treachery Of Judas hur
Christ's feelings moro than all the friendship
Of his disciples did him good You have has
many friends. but there was one friend upor
wsom you put especial stress You feastes
him You loaned him money. You be
friended him in the dark passes Of life, wheI
he especially needed a friend. Afterwsrd
be turned upon you. and be took advantag
Of your former intimacies He wrote agains
you. Fl. talked against you He microscop
lied your faults. Hs flung cor % yo'
when you ought TO I've re- othint
but xratitute AZ first, you &C. 4ot sgeel
at nights. Then you went abcC-s with
sense Of having been stung- That difficult,
viii never De healed, for though mutua
frie1ts may srbitrate in the matter until yo'
shall sake hands, the old cordiality vii
| r<wrr ~s,r-u> hark Now I Commend IN n
such the sympathy OF betrayed Christ
why. they sold him for less than our twent'
dollarsl They all forsook him, and fed
They cue him 70 the quick. He drank ira
cup q betrayal 20 the dregs lie took ID
vinegar.
There IL aiso the sourness Of pain Ther
sre sits ~ you who have not sren q we
day for many years By k>cping out Q
sranxhss. and By carefully stzsslying diesetics
you continue to this tinne: but o. The head
aches. and toe sdeaehas. and the backachss
and the hesrtsckes which have bee
your aeconnpsnirsens al The way through
1ou have struggled under heavy uaortgag
q physical disabilities. and instead q th
riaciSitv that oDcs characterized you. il
nov Only with great effort that you kee
swav from irritability snd sharp rstos'
Difficulties n respiration. II digestion. 9
leccusosson. nnaks up the great obstacle :
yoar hfs, ard ycu tur and sweat along q
railway and wonder when the exhaoSsia
end NJ friends. ths brightest crown
IN heaven viii not - given % thos
. vao. IN ssirrups. dash~i e tke cn'
sirT rAsrrr. While lie x~aeraI spplaadst
ard ths souna of eiashiny sabers ran
shruursh he .rd nst the hrixktcss crowr