Telegram-herald., 1890-11-24

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before them. sad the sheep iolsos barn. for
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are teErsoed iog grapes Ihs boy Carlst
had often stool with great round eyes
waLe1in5 the tr.na ming OF tsa eFe2eviaea
Chpl Eoes she kulie aad od falls er2Dca.
Ihe chilli Carlsg sSys 90 tue farmer, Naas
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nothing and Is only IN she way. 50 cat lt
OF Thsn the farmer with his sharp knife
pruncs trora a living branch this and that
stendFil and the osher tendriL Bus, says
the chlld Christ, these twlgs that you cut
on now are not dead. what do you 20 that
forf' "Oh,' SAYS the farmer we prune
oil these that the main branch may have
more of the sap and 50 be more fruitful"
No wonder in after years Christ oald in his
sermon: 4 am the true vine and my father
& the hasbandman; every branch in me
that bsareth not fruit he taketh away. and
every branch that beareth fruit he purgcth
il, that it may bring forth more fruit
Capitali Noone who had not been a country
boy would have said that
Streaks OF nature all through Christ's
sermons and Conversations when pigeon
descended upon Christ's head at his bap-
tism in the Jordan il was not the first
pigeon be had seen And then he has such
wide sweep of discourse as you may imag
inc from one who has stood on the hills
that overlook Nazareth. IS far as | under
stand. Christ visited the Mediterranean
sea only once. but any clear morning he
could run up on a hill near Nazareth and
look of 10 the west and see the Medter-
ranean, while there in the north is snowy
Mount Lebanon, clad rs in white robe OF As
cension and yonder on the east and south
east Mount Gilboa, Mount Tabor and
Mount Gilead, and yonder IN the south Is
she plain OF Esdraelon over which we rode
yesterday on our way TO Nazareth. Those
mountains Of his boyhood in HE memory,
do YOU wonder that Christ when he wanted
a good pulpit made il out OF q mountain
seeing the multitudes he went up into
the mountain" And when he wanted es-
pocial communion with God he took James
and John and Peter into "a mountain
apart"
he WAS COUNTRY BOY.
Oh. this country boy Of Nazareth, come
forth 70 atone for the sins of the world,
and to correct the follies Of the world. and
to stamp oUt the cruelties OF the world,
aud TO illumine the darkness Of the world,
and TO transfgure the ko;nispheresl SO it
has been the mission Of the country boys
in all ages 10 transform and inspire AID
rescue. They come into our merchandise
and our court rooms and orr healing art
aud our studios and our theology They
lived in Nazareth before thov entered Jeru-
salem. And bat for that annual influx
our cities would have encrvated and sick
eaed and slain the race. Late hours and
hurtful apparel and Overtaxcd digestive
organs and crOwding environments of city
life would have halted the world: but the
valleys and mountains Of Nazareth have
given fresh supply Of health aad moral in
vigoration to Jerusalem, and the country
saves tao town. From tho hills OF New
Hampshire and the hills of Virginia and
the hills Of Georgia come into our national
elOquence the Webeters aDd the Clays and
the Henry ". Gradys. From the plain
homes Of Massachusetts, and Maryland
como into our national charities the George
Peabodys and the William Corcorans
From the cabins OF the lonely country re-
gions come into our national destiuies the
Andrew Jacksons end the Abraham Lin
coins From plow boys furrOw and viii
lage counter and blacksmith forge como
most OF our city giants. Nearly all the
Messiahs in all departments dwelt in Naz-
areth before they came TO Jerusalem /
scad this day thanks from these cities,
II nstly made prosperous b. country boys,
70 the farmhouse and the prairies and the
mountain cabins, and the obscure home
steuds Of north and south and east and
west, TO the fathers and mothers ia plain
homespun If they be still alive or the hill
locks under which they sleep the long
sleep. Thanks from Jerusalem to N,l1,l-
reth.
But alasl that the city should so often
treat the country boys as OF old the one
from Nezarcth was treated at Jerusalemi
Slain not by hammers and spikes, but by
instruments just as cruel. On every street
Of every city the crucihxion goes or. Ev-
cry year shows It's ten thousand Of the
slain. Oh, how we grind them up Under
what wheels, in what mills, and for what
an awful gristl Lot tho city take better
care OF these boys and young men arriving
from tho country. They are worth saving.
They arc now only the preface OF what
they will be il, instead Of sacrificing you
help them BOYS as grand as be one who
with his elder brother climbed into n
church tower. and not knowing their
danger went outside on sone tinbers,
when one Of those timbcrs broke and tho
boys fell. and the older boy caught on \
beam snd the younger clutehel ths foot Of
the older. The older could not climb mp
with the younger hanging 20 his feet, 40
the younger said: John. I an going 20
let 20; you can climb ont i1fo safety. but
you can't climb up With me holding last;
l srn going % let -. kiss mother FOR me
and tel her not - feel badly. good BY
And he les 20 and Was 80 hnri dashed upon
the ground he was NOT recognizable. Plenty
of such brave boys coming up from Naza-
rsthi Let jerusalem be careful how =
tresss tAomi A gentleman long aro en-
tered s school ia Germany anl he bowed
very low before the boTs. and ths teacher
ssid. why 10 you % thst'" ooh" " said
TIE visitor. r 10 not know via. mighty
nan nav re be developed suacnz them. =
AZ tart instant the evcs cf o. % The boys