The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1889-12-12


have been rescued by the mob. No such at
tempt was made I'm this case, for the mob
were against Him. From nine in the morn
ing till three i'm the afternoon, Jesus hung
a-dying in the outskirts OF this city. II was
n scene of blood We are so constituted that
nothing is so exciting as blood. II is not the
child's cry in the street that so arouses you
as the crimson dripping from its lip. In the
dark hall, seeing the finger marks Of
blood on the plastering, you cry:
What terrible deed has been done hereg'
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 n pool beneath
IL Is called an honor to have In ones veins
the blood of the house of Stuart, or of the
house OF Hapsburg. Is 1t nothing when
point you TO the outpouring blood OF the
King of the universeg
In England the name of Henry was so great
that its honors were divided among different
reigns. IL was Henry the First, and Henry
the Second and Henry the Third and Henry
the Fourth, and Henry the Fifth. In France
the name of Louis was so favorably regarded
that IL was Louis the First, Louis the Second,
Louis the Third, and so on. But the King who
walked these streets was Christ the
First, Christ the Last. and Christ the
Only. He reigned before the Car mounted
tht bhibut VI RuNNli. VI NUt lUIOtlt VI AUS.
tria was lifted, "Kiug eternal, immortal" !"
Through the indugences of the royal family,
the physical life degenerates, and some OF
the Kings have been almost imbecile, and
their bodies weak, and their blood thin and
watery: but the crimson life that flowed upon
Calvary had In IL the health of Immortal
God.
Tell II now 10 all the earth and to all the
heavens-Jesus, our King is sick with His
last sickness. Let couriers carry the swift
dispatch His pains are worse: He is breath
ing last gToan: through His body uuvers
the last anguish; the King is dying; the KING
Is deadl 10 Is royal blood. IL is said that some
religionists make too much Of the humanity
of Christ, | respond that we make too lit
tie. III some Roman surgeon, standing I'M
der the cross, had caught one drop Of the
blood ON his hand and analysed il, IL
would have been found 90 have the
same plasma. the same disk the same fihrin
the same albumen IL was Enthusiastically
human blood IL is man that hangs there.
His bones are Of the same material as ours
His nerves are sensitive like ours. II IL were
an angel being dcspoiled would not feel IL
80 much. for it belongs to different order
OF beings. But my Saviour is man,
and my whole sympathy is aroused.
! can imagine how the spikes fclt-how
hot the temples, burned--what deathly
sickness seized His hcart-how mount
ain, aud city, and mob swan away from His
uylhg Nisioh-somethlnS OF the meaning OF
that cry Tor help that makes the blood of all
the ages curdle with horror: my God my
God why hast Thou forsaken metr
Forever with ali those sroncs az a., S,,.,,,r,.
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rusalen, Jcrusaleml
But finally ann thrilled with the fact that
this CITY is n symbol of heayen which A. nniy
nnothsr JernsnInp, "'rbe No,y Jar,s,Io,,, H,
.i iii' 'i,S VuouB"o nu' h'nucu the iihiglnh-
,,ol oi NJ, nc SaCIcu poets l hm giad that
HOratlo BOnur, the scotch hymnlst, rum
mayed among old manuscripts of the British
snelIinV nnrts of which ,yo bnt,n in ,,,,tiIataJ
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puaihb power Oh which We 40 not get III our
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