The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1889-08-23

fiYsfs. Perhaps staadlhg Il the door Of the
carpenters shop he watched it gathering
louder and wilder until two cyclones, one
sweeping down from Mount Tabor and the
other from Mount Carmel, met in the valley
of EsdraelOn and two houses are caught in the
fury and crash goes tho one and triumphant
stands the Other, and He noticed that one had
shifting sand for foundation and the other
an eternal rock for basis; and twenty
years after he built tbs whole scene into q
I peroration Of food and whirlwind that seized
/ H s audience and lifted them into the HEIGHTS
Of subiimity with the two great arms Of pa
/ thos and terror, which sublime words 7
7 render, asking YO1 as far as possible TO for
get that you ever heard them before: ssVyho-
solver heareth these sayings Of Mine, and
dceth them 1 VIII Hken him unto a
1 wsEa man. which built his housa
uron rock; and the rain descended and
the floods came, and the Kidds blew. and
! beat upon that house; and it fell not. for il
Wis founded upon a rock And every one
a. hsersth these sayings Of Mine, and doeth
III IN not shall be hkened unto foolish
min, which built his house upon the sand and
thu rain descended, and the floods came
ard the winds blew, and beat upon That
hqnsfi and It fell; and great was the fan
/ hes, from the naturalness, the SIMPLICITY.
III ? freshness of his parallels and Smiles and
mistaphers IN manhood discourse I know that
az n9c oeen boy Of the fields and had bathed
IN the streams and heard the uightingale's
ca and broken through the fowerv hedge
4! ano looked out OF the embras1res of the for
/ lrtssi and drank from the wells and chased
/ ths butterflies, which travellers say have al
WHY'S been one Of the fitting beauties Of that
landscape, and talked with The strange peo-
plti rom Damascus and Egypt and Sapphoris
foot passed through His neighborhood,
tho dogs barking at their ap-
preach at shutdown. As afterward he wasa
perfect man, in the time Of which speak He
was perfect boy, with the spring of boys
foot, tho sparkle of a boys eve the rebound
Of boys life and just the opposite Of those
juveniles who sit around morbid and I'M
elastic, old men at ten. / warrant He was
able 70 take BIS own part and TO take the part
OF others In that village Of Nazareth I am
certain there was what Is found in all the
ucighborhoods of the earth. that terror Of
children the bully, who seems born TO strike.
70 punch, 70 brunSe, 70 overpower the less
muscular and robust The Christ who after
ward IN no limited terms denounced hypo-
critic and Pharisee, I warrant, never let such
juvenile villain impose upon less vigorous
childhood and yet 90 unscathed and unde-
Tended. At ten years He was in sympathy
with the underlings as He was at thirty and
thirty-tdree / want no further inspired or
ulnnsplred information TO persuade me that
he WAS a splendid boy, a radiant boy, the
Erandest, hottest, highest boy OF all the ages.
Hence l commend Elm as boys Christ.
What HulEtudes between ten and fifteen
years have found Him out as the one just
suited by His own personal experience to help
any boy.
But having shown you the divine lad IN the
, Fields, must show you Him in the mechanics
shop. Joseph, His father, died very early,
Immediately after the famous trip TO the
Temple AID this lad not only 20 support Him
IFsrH L.
some Of you know There is a Eoyal race Of
boys on earth now doing the same thing.
They ,-Fear no crown. They have no purple
robe a6rOop from their shoulders. The plain
chair on which they sit is as much unlike a
throne as anything you can imagine. Bnt
God knows what they are doing and through
what sacrifices they 60 and through al
eternity God win keep paying them for their
fliai behavior. They shall get full measure
OF reward the measure pressed down, shaken
together and running over. They have their
example IN this boy Christ taking care Of His
mother. He had been taught the car
penter's trade by His father. The boy
while His father had put on the finish
ing touches OF the work The boy also
cleared away the chips and blocks and
shavings He helped hold the different
pieces Of work while the father joined them
n our day we have ali kinds Of mechanics
anu llAE fDAh II uAfllE4 w LllDLa AutLu-
But 70 be 4 carpenter In Christs boyhOod !
days meant 20 make plows, yokes, shovels, |
wagons. tables chairs, sofas houses, and al (
most everything that was made Fortunate |
was it that the boy had learned the trade, /
for. When the head of the family dies, /
II is q grand thing to have the child 4
able 70 take care of himself and help take /
care Of others. Now that Joseph, Bis father, !
is dead and the responsibility of family sup I
port comes down on this boy, l hear from /
morning TO night His hammer pounding, His /
saw vaciliating His axe descending, His GIN
lets boring. and standing amid the dust and
debris Of the shop / find the persoiration
gathering on his temples and notice the ia
rgue Of BIS arm, andas he stops moment TO
rest ] see Him painting. His hand on His side, /
from the exhaustion Now He goes forth (
in the morning loaded with implements
Of work heavier than any modern kit OF
tools Under the tropical sun He swelters.
Lifting, pulling, adjusting, cleaving, splitting
all day long. At nightfall He goes home
TO the plain supper provided By Bis mother
and sits down too tired to talk Work.
work work. You cannot tell Christ any
thing now about blistered hanas- Or aching
ankles OF bruised fingers Or nts or
rising in the morning as ID even G9u
il all, BE felt it ali, s is the cross a
I aai The 81 b5y i house a 1t is the
we heveseen Thee when e melancholy
gEroV 3, Thou vert qssaszi great men
m as the earth ar i seand; it is the
dersiged and arms not yet1 g., -oIf 5
with the undeyeloped strSu loi Dull
cenca trying 70 take Thyf must have
gaining the livelihood forf
But having seen Chriaeart OF the j.
fields and the boy IN tho. II h
show you a more marTOu cOulu SuIst
re ssr5 saoq 1issSsiSed Lad wound
sias;i's q the TeP R, 'nfiicting upesso5
keep a great religious fabove all-he
hospital homes were cro1 IL -.-drs,
the tents were spread all AoOu, TIE sity to
s5 she'll si m sso1 thr f5g Alas G %ss
and s;9IGag 2 Io5s Nv cold; od than
At Jerusalem for thatetic, tendst. You
iuust not think Of thd sparsely
settled The ancient DYE hlhdy phus says
there were in Galilee 2ities, the
smallest OF them conf Thousand
peopls. No wonderf crowds at
the time spoken Of - was lost
no ia and agile ease on Lii, AXE care Of
Himself, are on Il without any
a9siety suPP tsa IS here is COMING ming
they suspect He IS her digith flushed cheek
hat saving ssfh9E aH la BIZ seen anything Of
ny boyf He Is twelve years Of age, of fair
complexion and has blue eyes and auburn hair.
Have You seen Him since we left the cityT
Back they 20 in hot haste, in and ont the pri-
7ate houses and among the surrounding hills.
For three days they search and inquire won
lering If BE has been trampled under foot of
'osne Of the throngs or has yentured on the
Lifts on fallen of a precipice. Send through
II the streets and lanes Of the city
nd among all the surrounding hills that most S
Iianal sound: "A lost child A lost childF'
AndIo, after three days they discover Him in i
be great Temple, seated among the mightest
eligionists of all the world. The walls of no :,
ther building ever looked down on such
Gene. A child twelve years old surrounded
y septuageharians, He asking His own ques l
ions and answering theirs Let me introduce
-ou 10 some Of these ecclesiastics. This is the b
reat Rabbin Simeon This is the venerable
iilleli Thisisthe famous Shammai These are Il
be sons Of the distinguished Betirah- What
an this twelve year lad teach them or what
uestions can He ask worthy their cogitation? g
IA, the first time IN all their lives these re-
gionists have found their match and more 6
han their match. Though so young, He 4
new all about the famous Temple under
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