Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-02-24

that had Mexican cactus and magno-
las In full bloom, into the outside air
10 degs. below zero, you may get some
idea Of Christ's change Of atmosphere
from celestial 10 terrestrial. How
many heavens there are | know not,
but there are at least three, for Paul
was caught up into the third heaven. I"
Christ came down from highest heaven
TO the second heaven, and down from
second heaven TO first heaven, down
swifter than meteors ever fell, down
amidst stellar splendors that himself
echpsed, down through clouds,
through atmospheres, through appall-
ing space, down TO where there was no
lower depth. From being waited on
at the banquet OF the aSies 10 the broil-
ing OF fish for his own breakfast on
the banks of the lake. From en-
blazoned chariots of eternity 10 the
saddle Of a mules back. The hom-
age cherubic, seraphic, archangelic,
TO the paying Of sixty-two and a
half cents OF tax 10 Cesar. From
the deathless country 10 a tomb built
TO hide human dissolution. The up
lifted wave Of Galileo was high, but
he had 10 come down, before, with
his feet he could touch il, and the
whirlwind that rose above the billow
was higher yet, but he had 10 come
down before with his lip, he could
kiss il into quiet Bethlehem a stoop-
ng down. Nazareth STOPPING down.
Death between two burglars STOPPING
down. Yes, il was in consonance with
humiliations that had gone before and
with self abnegations that came after,
when on that memorable day in Her
DDS temple he stopped down and wrote
on the ground.
THIS WORLD rs STILL UNDER THE d.
VINE EYE.
Whether the words he was writing
were in Greek, or Latin, or Hebrew, /
cannot say, for he knew all those Ian
guages. But be is still STOPPING down
and with his finger writing ON the
ground; in the winter in letters of
crystals, in the spring in letters of
flowers, in summer in golden letters of
harvest in autumn in lettersof fire on
fallen leaves. How il would sweeten
up and enrich and emblazon this
world could we see Christ caligraphy
all over il. This world was not flung
out into space thousands of years ago
and then left TO look out for itself. II
is still under the divine care.
Christ never for half second
takes his hand of of it, or
il would soon be a shipwrecked
world, defunct world, an obsolete
world, an, abandoned world, q dead
world. let there be light" was said
at the beginning. And Christ stands
under the wintry skies and says, Let
there be snowflakes 10 enrich the
earth; and under the clouds OF spring
and says, Come ye blossoms and make
redolent the orchards; and in Septem-
Der, dips the branches into the vat OF
beautiful colors and swings them in
the hazy air. No whim Of mine is
this. without him was not any
thing made that was made" Christ
writing ON the ground. II we could
see his hand in all the passing
seasons, how il would ilumine
the worldl All verdure and foliage
would be allegoric, and again We
would hear him say rs OF old, Con
slider the lilies OF the field, how they
grow" and we would not hear the
whistle Of o quail or the cawing Of a
raven or the roundelay of brown
thresher, without saying, Behold
the fowls Of the air, they gather not
into barns, yet your Heavenly Father
feedeth them; !" and a Dominic hen of
the barnyard could not cluck for her
brood, yet we would hear Christ say
ing as OF old, How often would !
have gathered thy children together,
even as hen gathered her chickens
under her wings" and through the
redolent hedges we would hear Christ
saying, Il am the rose Of Sharon"
we could not dip the seasoning from
the salt cellar without thinking Of
the divine suggestion, "Ye are the
salt Of the earth, but il the salt
have lost its SAVIOR, il is fit for nothing
but 70 be cast out and trodden under
foot Of men," Let us wake up
from our stupidity and take the whole
world as parable. Then il with gun
and pack Of hounds VIC start off before
dawn and see the morning coming
down OF the hills 10 meet US, we
would cry out with the evangelist,
''The day spring from on high hath
visited u.s." or caught In snow storm,
while struggling home, eyebrows and
beard and apparel all covered with
tho whirling flakes, we would cry out
with David, "Wash me and shall
be whittier than snow" In a picture
gallery OF Europe, there is on The cell
ing an exquisite fresco. but people
having 10 look straight up, il wearied
and dizzied them, and bent their
necks almost beyond endurance, 80
a great looking glass was put
near the floor and nov visitors only
need 10 look easily down into this mir
ror and they see the fresco az their
feet. Aud 50 much OF all the heaven
of Gods truth is reflected In this world
as Ia a mirror. and the things that are
above arc copied by things all around
us What right have wc 10 throw
away orc Of Gods Bibles. aye, the
tirst Bihie he ever gave tho rncef We
talk about the Old Testament and the
New Testament, but the oldest Testa-
mc,. / contains The lessons OF the nat
ural world. Some people like the
New Testament 30 well they discard
the Old testament Shall VIC like the
New Testament and tho Old Tesla