The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1888-07-19

through His discourse. He knows about
the sorrows ~ leaving this beautiful
world. Not taper was kindlsd in the
darkness. He died physicianless. He
died In cold sweat and dizziness, and hem
orrhage. and agony that have put Him in
sympathy with all the dying. He goes
through Chri stcndom, and He gathers up
the stiugs out os all the death pillows,
and He Puts them under His own neck
and head. He gathers on His own tongue
the burning thirsts Of many generations.
The sponge is soaked in the sorrow OF all
those who have died in their beds as well
a. soaked in the sorrows Of all those who
persisted in ICY or fiery martyrdOm. While
Heaven was pItying, and earth was mock
ing and hell was deridiug, lie took the
vinegar?
To Eil those in this audience TO whom
life has been an acerbity-a dose they
could not swallow, adraught that set their
teeth on edge and a.rasping-I preach
the omuipOteut sympathy Of Jesus Christ.
The sister OF HerscheI, the astronomer,
used to help him ii his work. He got all
the credit: she got none. She used TO
spend much Of her time polishing the
telescopes through which he brought the
distant worlds nigh, and it IS my ambi-
tiUn now. tn : hour, to clear the lens OF
your spiritual vision, so that, looking
through the dark night OF your earthly
troubles, you may behold the glorious
coustellatioulot u Saviour's mercy aud
Sayiour's love. o. my friends do not try
to carry all your ills alone. Do not put
your poor shoulder under the Apeninnes
when the Almighty Christ is ready TO lift
up all Your burdens. When you have
trouble Of any kind you rush this way,
and that way; and you wonder what this
man will say about it, and what that man
will say about it; and you try this pre-
scription, and that prescription, and the
other pres eriptiOn. o, why do you not
20 straight to the heart Of Christ know
ing that for our owl SHINING and suffer-
ing race, He took the vinegar!
There was a vessel that had been tossed
Cn the seas for A great many weeks and
been disabled, and the supply Of water
gave out, and the crew were dying OF
thirst. After many days they saw sail
against the SKY. They signaled it. When
the vessel came nearer the people on the
suffering ship cried to the captain OF the
| other vessel:
send US some water. We are dying for
lack Of water"
| And the captain on the vessel that WAS
! ndlltu responded:
Dip your buckets where you are. You
are in the mouth OF the Amazon, and
there are scores of miles of fresh water
all around about YOU, and hundreds Of
! feet deep"
| And then they dropped their buckets
over the side OF the vessel aud brought
up the clear, bright, fresh water, and put
out the fire Of their thirst. SO hail you
to-day, after a long and perilous voyage,
thirstiug rs you are for pardon, and
thirstiug for comfort, and thirsting for
eternal life, and | ask you what IS the use
OF your going in that death struck state,
while all around YOU is the deep, clear,
wide, sparkling food of Gods sympu-
! thet.c mercy. O, dip your buckets, and
! drink, and live forever.
! Whosoeyer VIII let him come and take OF
| the water Of lie freely.
Yet my utterauce is almost chOked at
| the thought that there are people here
who will refuse this divine sympathy, and
they will try to fight their own battles,
and drink their own vinegar, and carry
their own burdens: and their life instead
of being a triumphal march from victory
| to victory, will be a hobbling-On from
defeat to defeat until they make final
surrender to retributive disasters o, /
wish | could o-day gather up in mine
arms all the woes Of men and wOmen-all
their heartaches-all their disappoint-
ments-ali their chagrins-and just take
them right TO the feet of a sympathizing
Jesus. He took the vinegar.
Mana Sahib, after he had lost his last
battle in India, fell back into the jungleS
of Iheri-iungles so fall of malaria that
no mortal can live there He carried
with him also a ruby of great luster and
Of great value. He died in those jungles;
his body was never found and the ruby
has never vet been recovered. And | fear
that day there are some who will fall
back from this subject into the sickeninG,
killing iunSles of their sin, carrying a
gem of infnlte value-a priceless soul-to
be lost forever. D. that that ruby might
flash in the eternal coronation.
But no. There are some, fear, in the
audience, who turn away from this offer
ed mercy and comfort and Divine SYM
pathy, Notwithstanding that Christ, for
all who would accept His grac e, trudged
the long way and suffered the lacerating
thongs and received in His face the ex-
pectOratons of the filthy mob, and for the
guilty, and the discouraged, and the dis
cOmforted of the race, took the vinegar.
May God Almighty break the intatuatlon
and lead you ont into the strong hope,
and the good cheer, and the glorious sun
shine of this triumphant Gospel.