Telegram-herald., 1889-06-10


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s,sla-ls saS pre1cnings O- tls unia-
sBisea story Ii the sFocryI.lal Nes
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alshabat, = kns.r@aqos CAFisE I1s 10y --a-Ie1
D. Ea.4saer siaca profound qtasEio--s cc.l7rll-
l4Sr as ~ pLzbeI tE4l tbs teacher H1s cs5tl-
feslllle,i, and lLs boy Christ niElselt ex s-<i--
ei al - tbs te4cL-eE, 1l-1 L44ac'-eils s-lil %
Josspa. tas father II rlas aozadro1s osys
~TaoI LAss bToi-shra q boy - rs - oe r1nsa-
eho = more laarnsi than any master Then
lae by - a. taken - = more la-riss1 master,
Mo, Aayersd a. tas boys questions, Afted
az had - sAlP him All tho hand wiJaer-
ed as wil a. tAs hands Alssd against
Christ j. that more wonderful JLza tie
soene positively recoreied b. Matthew where
tas y. u. ) and tns IL i. ; stood srcand
ChrlsG &C tyelvs years ot as9 IA the telaPle,
utterly eoaEoundssi at ais precocioosnass! Or
that story that Christ Tie boy, questioned By
Astronomers, tod them the nuzuoer or tho
1oFlls, teeir zize, their circuits, and ques-
tlo4sel by physicians tod them more about
anatomy and physiology than they ever
1reAnled OF, the nuluter q veins, srte-les,
nerves and bones II Carlst ~ero divine as
hs lot able at ten or twelve years . describe
tho human system Is vssu as though hs had
been nfty years st.nllng at an operating
table or II = 1I-sectlng rOcIai
sOYs' CHRIST.
Ia other words, while DO 10. believe that
any " the 50 called apoerypAa New Tests-
taent IS inspired, | believe much OF II Is true;
Just as | believe THOUSAND books nOne Of
which are divineiy inspired. Much Of it Was
lust llAe Christ. just a. certain Is tbs man
Christ vas Tie most Of tho time gstting men
out q troabls, think that tho boy Christ
~ss tho most OF the time getting boys out OF
trouble. l havo declared u you this day
boys Christ. And tho world wants such u
One. To dii not sit around InOpiag over
what VAS - Do or what Was From the way
Ia which natural objects uawreattei them
Elyes INTO bis sermons after ne had become
l. man | conclude there was not rock
or bill OK cavern Or tres for
Hr.
with In childhood Hs had cautiously felt
his way down into the caves and had with
light and agile limb gained poise on many
a high tee top. HIS boyhoOd was passed
around grand scenery IA most all the great
natures have paSSod early life among the
mountains. They may live now on the lats,
but taey passed the receptive days Of ladhood
among the hills. Among the mountains OF
| New Hampshire or tie nlocutains OF Virginia
or the mountains OF Kentack, or the lhOun-
tains OF Switzerland or italy or Austria or
Scotland or mountains as high and rugged as
/ they, many OF tho worlds thrilling biogra-
/ pixies began. Our Lords boy hood was passed
/ IN a neiyhborhood twelve hundred feet
/ above the level ot the sea and sur
I rounded by mountains five or six hum
/ dred feet stiIl higher. Before IL could
shine on tho village where this 10y slept the
sun had ~ climb lar enough up - look over
| hills that held their beads far aloIt- From
! Wonder height his eve at one sweep took IN
the mighty scoop OK tho valleys and with an
other sweep took in the Mediterranean sea
| and you hear the grandeur OF the cliffs and
tho surge Of the great waters in his match
less serrnonoiogy. One day / ses that divine
boy, tho wind furrying mis- hair over hi
/ sun Drowned forehead, standing ON hil
/ top looking OF upon Lake Tibo.ias, Oh
! which at one time according TO pro
| fane history are, not four hundred
! but four thousand ships. Authors have taken
pains 10 say that Christ was not affected by
thcse surroundings, and that ho from within
lived outward and independent Of circum
stances. So far from that being true he was
tho most sensitive being that ever walked the
earth, and IL a pale invalid's weak finger
could not touch his robe without strength
going out from him, these mountains and
secs could not have touched his eye without
irradiating his entire nature with their mag
uiicence. I warrant that he had mounted
and explored all the fifteen hills around Naz
areth, among them EeImon with its crystal
coronet Of perpetual snow, and Carmel and
Tabor and Giiboa, and they ell had their
sublime echo In after time from the OIivetiC
pulpit
PALESTINE WAS LOVELY THEN.
And then it was not uncultivGted p,rardeur
These hills carried in their arms or on theil
backs gardens. groves, orchards terraces,
VINEYARDS, cactus, sycamOreS These out
branching, folieges did not have 70 wait fOl
tho Goods before their silence was broken, 10.
through them and over them and in circle
round them aud under them were pelicans
were thrrstes. were sparrows, were nightin
gales, were larks, were qualis, were black
birds, were partridges, were bulbuls. Yon
der to white focks os sheep showed dowI
over the pasture landS And yondcr tA'
brook rehearzes 70 the pebbles its adventure
down the rocky shelving. Youder are tn
Oriental homes, the housewife with pitche
on tie shoulder entering tbs door, en'
down tbs lawn IN front children revel
INK among the flaming fora And ai
tais spring and song and g-ass and sunsh,n
aad shallow woven into the ul0st exquisite
uaa-rs that sver breathed or wept CT sung O.
s-fIs sred Through studying the say betwec
the hiih Christ had noticed tho weather si-l
sud chat a crimson SKY az night ueout a.
weather next day. aud that q crimson sig 81
the morning meant wet weather before n-sl'
Ard how beautifully be- made uso oi it il
after years rs he drove down upon the pest.l
ero.ss Fhariseos ana ssaGdgcees o- crying oct
when Sc - ereulas 50 SAY 10 wll bo n
weather ter tao Sky IS Ted, aad ia she ucrr
in- is wil le fe1l wa7tber 5oday s1r The =
Is red ani lowering o ys tapestries, - CO
dls-crn ths face Of tie sly hue cia sc uot al
earn the signs Il thstimes.7 = day-. As ever
bo7 has done. be wstchel the bar-y yard for
Ct a-hs q ovcrswineius aavx clucS ae- chic.
ems under wing. and il after years he sai'