The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1890-04-11
Peculiar Case.

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/ Dr.. d. G. Edmunds, a 1S f the co a6q
Ga, writes: "a vel :s his c Eh4is d dRi
strange case of blooSto Him n. = @s SUI.
under my attention. was spoken t" to
ago. A gentleman sa mad dif f2 5asu wl ap-
Athens, Ca, wheretohh:ed, from thsls
bitten on the haafer little children to
mule that he children Gs pal's Christ St did did
work. The ha2i,s h head down ,. n, on His His
condition, an1ch cheeks, such chin,
, Rysical condition and APP
was rapidly must have been com
ng and winsome. sup
MS enllre 3 Him was just to love
3 -, he bax attractive His mannerl
VI Aio Ia saw Christ coming along
g deem and ran into their houses, and
a ,7up their invalids as quick as
to meKnd brought them out that He
V Iat chem OF there was something
ai ne, 50 inviting, so cheering in every
g mes did, IN His very look. When these
5 were brought out did He say;
Z bea-yay these sores; do not trouble Me
Il r, ta-SeprosiesP No. no: there was
CWW there was gentle word, there was
Il e-.ng touch. They could not keep away
Sadditiou to this softness of character,
was a fiery momentum. How the old
\ ,focrites trembled before Him. how the
Kinrs of the earth turned pale. here Is
plain man with few sailors az ms PACK,
.on,ino of the sea Of Galilee, going up to the
,siace of the Gears, making that palace
ynaIre to the foundations, and utterinS
iroTd If mercy and kindness which throbs
by,o,,oh ali the earth, and through all the
,save5s and through all the ages. OH He
vas a loving Christ. But it was not elem
nacy or insipidity OF character; 1t
vas accompanied with majesty, lnhiiiIe anu
,nniDotent Lest the world should not
- I;Io His aaruestness. this Christ mounts
he cross ssYou say: 'sIf Christ has TO die,
why not let Him take some deadly potion
md lie on a couch in some bright and
,eautiful homes II He must die, let Him
Expire amid all kindly attentions" NO, the
World must hear the hammers on the heads
f the spikes. The world must listen to the
leath rattle of the sufferer. The world
must feel Bis warm blood dropping on each
heck while it looks up into the face of His
.np1ifsh. And 50 the cross must be lifted
nd tho hole is dug on the top Of Calvary.
{ must be dug three feet deep and then the
ross is laid on the ground. aud the sufferer
stretched upon it, and the nails are
,one through the right hand, through the
eft hand; and then they shake His right
and to see IL it is fast, and they shake His
~ foot to see if it is fast and then they
cave IN the wood, half a dozen shoulders !
nder the weight, and they put the end of
he cross to the mouth Of the hole, and they
lunge il in, all the weight Of His body COM
ng down for the first time on the spikes;
nd while some hold the cross upright |
Tiers throw in the dirt and trample it |
own, and trample it hard. o. plant that
rec well and thorou sh,y, for it is 70 bear |
ruit such as no other tree ever bore. Why |
lid Chr st endure iti He could have taken
hose rock and with them crushed Bis cruel
Iers He co Id have reached up and grasped |
he sword of the omnipotent God and with |
ne clean cut have tumbled them into perdi-
ion. But no, He was to di He must e.
lis life for my life. Fl IS life for you life.
n on OF the European cities young man
lied on tn scaifeld or he crime of muir
er. Some time after, the mother of this