Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-08-04

lllitdle lluiB alllIalllS, leilllS now
many tons il carries, and how
long AGO il was built, and who
built il, and all about ii. And
YOU cannot expect me 10 risk
the cargo Of my immortal interests
on board any craft till you tell me
what 1t is made or, and where il was
made and what it is When, then, !
ask you who this Is YOU want me 10
trust in. you tell me lac was a very at,
tIactiye person Contemporary writ
ers describe his whole appearance as
being ]rc~NlcudcaL There was no need
for Christ tp tell the children TO come
To him. suffer little children 10
come unto me. vas not spoken 10 the
| children; Il vas spoken Ia the disciples,
The children came readily enough
without any invitation, No sooner did
Jesus appear than tie little ones Jump
ed from their mothers arms. an ava
lamchc Of beauty and love, into his
lap Christ did not ask John 10
put his head down ON his bosom,
John could not help but put
his head there. suppose TO look at
Christ was To love him. Oh, how nj
tractive bis manner. Why, when they
saw Christ. coming along the street
hey raj into their houses. and they
wrapped up their invalids as quick as
they could, and brought them out that
he might look at them. There was
somethingso pleasant, so inviting, so
cheering in everything he did, in his
very look. When these sick ones were
brought out, did he say: DO not
bring me these sores do not trouble me
with these leprosiesi" No, no; there
was a kind look. there was "A gentle
word, there was a healing touch. They
could not keep away from him.
In addition TO this softness of char
acter, there was a fiery momentum.
How the kings of the earth turned
pale. Here is a plain man with q few
sailors at his back, coming off the sea
Of Galilee, going up 10 the palace Of
the Cesars, making that palace quake
to the foundations, and uttering q
word of mercy and kindness which
throbs through all the earth, and
through all the heavens, and through
all ages. Oh, he was a loving Christ.
But it was not e~tfeslinacy or insipidity
Of character; il was accompanied with
majesty, infinite and omnipotent. Lest
the world should not realize his ear
nestness, this Christ mounts the cross.
THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
You say: IF Christ has to die. why
not let him take some deadly potion
and lie on a couch in some bright and
beautiful homer If He must die, let
Him expire amid all kindly inten-
tons" No, the world must hear the
hammers On the heads of the spikes.
The world must listen TO the death
rattle of the sufferer. The world
must feel his warm blood dropping
on each cheek, while il looks up into
the face of his anguish. And so the
cross must be lifted and a hole is dug
on the top Of Calvary. 1t must be
dug three feet deep, and then the cross
is laid OF the ground, and the sufferer
is stretched upon it, and the nails
are pounded through nerve and
muscle and bone, through the
right hand, through the left
hand, and then they shake his right
hand 10 see if il is fast, and they heave
up the wood, half a dozen shoulders
under the weight, and they put the
end of the % in the mouth of the
hole, and they plunge it in, all the
weight of his body coming down for
the first time Oh the spikes; and while
some hold the cross upright others
throw in the dirt and trample il down,
'and trample il hard. Oh, plant that
tree well and thoroughly, for il is TO
bear fruit such as no other tree ever
bore. Why did Christ endure in He
could have taken those rocks aud with
them crushed his cruciiiers. He could
have reached upand grasped the sword
OF the o%mnipotcnt God, and with one
clean cut have tumbled them into per
ditlon. But no; he wa TO die. He
must die. Ills life for your life. In
a European city a young man
died on the scaffold for the
crime Of murder. Some time af-
ter the mother of this young
man vas dying, aud the priest came
IN, and she made confession 10 the
priest that she was the murderer and
not her son in a moment Of anger She
had struck her husband a blow that
slew him. The SOn came suddenly
into the room, and was washing away
the wounds aud trying to ~psuscitate
his father, when sUInc one looked
through the window and saw him,
and Supposed him TO bc the criminal.
That young man died for his own
mother. You say 1T was wonder
full that lac never exposed her" But
| tell you of "A grandcr thing. Christ,
the Son Of God, died not for his
mother, nor for his father, but for
his sworn enemies. Oh, such a
Christ ms that-so loving, so pa.
tent so self sacrihcing-can you not
trust himf | think there are many
under the influence Of the spirit Of
God who are saying; IL will trust
him If you will only tell me how"
and the great question asked by thou
sands is: Howl howf' And while
l answer your question | look up and
utter the prayer which Rowland Hill
so often uttered in the midst of his
sermons; Master, helpf' How are
you TO trust in Christi Just as you
trust any one You trust your part
ner in business with important things.
III a commercial house gives you a
note payable three months hence, you
expect the payment of that note at the
end OF three months. You have per
feet confidence in their word and
in their ability. Or again, you