The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-12-18
are in the midst OF the procession,


looks Of and sees here fortrcssed gates,
ana Wonder tho circling wall, and here
The towers blazing IL tho sun, Phasaelus
ara Marianne. Yoa3or is Hippicus,
the kings castle. Looking along in the
range OF the largo branch OF that olive
:ree, you see tho mansions OF the mer-
chant princes. Through this cleft IN the
limestone rock you see the palace Of the
richcsts trafiichcr in ali tho earth. Ee
has made his money by selling Tyrian
purple Behold now the templel Clouds
of smoke lifting from the shimmerlnS
roof, while the building rises up beauti-
ful, grand, majestic, the architectural
skill and glory OF the earth lifting
themselves there in one triumphant
doxoIogy. the frozen prayer Of all ma
tions.
The crowd looked around to SEQ cxhil-
aration and transport in the face OF
Christ. Q, no. Out from amid the
gates, and the domcs, and the palaces,
there arose q vision Of this city,s sin,
and OF this city's doom, which oblitcra.
ted the landscape from horizon to hori-
zon. ard He burst into tears, crying: 30,
Jerusalem, Jerusalem" But that was
tho only day Of po2lp that Jesus saw II
and around the city. Yet lie walked
the streets OF this city the lovellest
and most majestic being that the
world ever saw or ever will see. Pub
lius Lentulus, in letter TO the Roman
Senate describes Him as "a man OF
stature, somewhat tall, His hair the
color Of a chestnut fully ripe, plain to
the oars, whence downward it is more
! orient. curling and waving about the
shoulders: in the midst of his forehead
is stream, or partition of his hair;
forehead plain and very delicate; his
face without spot or wrinkle, lovely
red: his nose and mouth so forked as
nothing can bc represented; his beard
| thick. in color like his hair-not very
lonr; lis eyes gray, quick and clear. F"
lie must die. The French army IN Italy
found brass plate on which was copy
OF his death warrant, signed by John
ZerubDabcl, Raphael Robanl, Danlel
Robani, and Capct.
Sometimes men on the way to the
scafold have been rescued by the mob.
No such attempt was made IN this case,
for the mob were against him. From 8
in the morning till in the afternoon,
Jesus hung a-dying in the outskirts OF
this city. 1t was scene OF blood. we
are so constituted that nothing is SO eN'
! citing IS blood. 1t is not the child. 5
CRY in the street that so arouses you as
the crimson dripping from its lip. In
the dark hall, seeing tho finger marks
| OF blood on the plastering, you cry;
sWhat terrible deed has been done
here?a" Looking upon this suspended
victim of the cross, we thrill with the
sight OF blood-blood dripping from
thorn and nail, blood rushing upon his
cheek, blood saturating his garments
| blood gathered in q pool beneath. Il
| is called an honor to have in one S veins
the blood OF the house Of Stuart, or OF
| the house OF Hapsburg. Is it nothing
when l point you to the outpourlng
blood OF the King of the universe?
In England the name OF Horny was st
great that its honors were divided
among different rcigns. 1t was Henry
the First, and Henry the Second, anc
Henry the Third, and Henry the Fourth
and Henry the Fifth. In France the
name of Louis was SO favorably re
carded that it was Louis the First, Loul:
| the Second, Louis the Third, and SO on
But the King who walked these street!
was Christ the First, Christ the Last
and Christ the Only. He reigned before
the car mounted the throne OF Russia
or the throne Of Austria was lifted
ssEing eternal, immortal" Through tht
indulgences OF the royal family, th'
physical lie degenerates, and some O
the kings have been almost imbeclle
and their bodies weak, and their bloot
Thin and watery; but the crimson life
that flowed upon Calvary had in 1t the
| health OF immortal God.
Tell it now to all the earth, and to all
the leavens-Jesus, our king, is sick
| with His last sickness. Let couriers
carry the swift dispatch. His pains are
worse; BE is breathing a last groan,
through His body quivers the last an
| guish; the king is dying; the king is
dead. It is royal blood. 1t is said that
some religiorists mako too much OF the
humanity of Christ. I respond that We
make too little. II some Roman sur
geon, standing under the cross, had
{ caught one drop Of the blood on his
hand and anal lyzed it, it would have been
found to have the same plasma, the same
| disc, the same fhrin, the same albumen.
It was Enthusiastically human blood. 1t is
a man that haUgs there. His bones are
Of the same material as ours. His nerves
are sensitive like ours. If it were an
angel being despoiled would not feel it
So much, Tor it belongs to a different or
der Of beings. But my Saviour is man,
and my whole sympathy is aroused. l
can Imagine how the spikes felt-how
hot the temples burned-what deathly
Sickness seized his heact-how noun
tain, end city. and mob swan away from
his dying vision-somcthing Of the
meaning OF that cry Tor help that
makes the blood CT I'll the ages curdle
with horror: My COG. my God! why
| hast thou forsaken me?"
Forever with all these scenes OF q
Saviour's suffering will this city be as
sociated. Here his unjust trial and here
His death. O, Jerusalem, Jerusalem!
But finally am thrilled with the fact
that this city is a symbol of Heaven
which is only another Jerusalem, ''Tho
| New Jerusalem." And this thought has
kindled the imagination Of all the sa'
cred poets. am glad that Horatio Bo-
1ar, the Scotch hynlnist, rummaged
among old manuscripts of the British
museum until Ic found that hymn in
ancient spelling, parts "hich We have
/ in mutilated form in our modern hymn
books, but the quaint power OF which
we do not Get IN our modern versions:
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