The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-05-22

with the letter l am dictatinr!" If fine
aSc"Hdcd Christ be on our side, MOTH
ing should disturb us.
: 'Our iellow-Sn;lcrcr Yet retains
\ fellow lcc;iag H. oar pains,
and htiIl rcm'mjv:.. ~" Skies
Ills tears. iii5a-0uicS. It. ....,.."
1 ;,m SO glad chat Christ broke H.,
i.a'uial law Of gravitation when He
shook oil from His feet the clutch of
At"!mt Ollyrt. People talk as though
cold IRON, unSympathctic. natural law
controlled everything. The reign of
law is Il majestic thing, but the God
Who.madc il has Il right to break if,
an'l again and again has broken it.
nnd again and again will break it. A
law is only Gods way of doing things.
and ii IL" chooses to do them some
other way, He has Il right to do so. 4
law IL not strong enough to shacklc
the Almighty. Christ broke botani,
c"i law when, on Monday morning
III March. on the way from Bethany
to J"ruSalCm, by few words he
tutn"I Eull-lcavcd fig tree INTO n
ifclcss stick. He broke ichthyolo~i-
cal iHW when, without any natural in.
CHccmcnt, He swung Il great school
OF fish INTO II part of Lake Tibcrias,
where tn" fishermen had cast their
M''is tor eight O" ten hours without
the capture of aminnow: and bvmak
M Il fish help pay the tax by yicll-
ing from It's mouth Roman slater.
Christ broke the law OF storms bv
compelling. With II word, the anycrcd
sea to hush SIrrnzy. and the winds
to quit their blowing. He b,olic
geological law when he made the
devils possess the swine Of Gadara.
ltc broke the law of economics when
tic made enough bread for five thous-
and people out OF five biscuits that
would not ordinarily have been
enough for ten Oi the hungry. He
broke intellectual law when, by Il
word. Tie silcnccd Il maniac into pla
cidity. He broke physiological law
Nu"r. ~ :; touch, II" Htrnis;htc,ui Il
W"lrIan who. for c;ghtccu YEARS., had
h""I lrnt almost douilr, ;!nl when
II" pat spring Iujo tiIu loot OF inhu-
nat"h Lazarus, and when, without
mrdiriIlr. He gave the dying girl back
III hc0lth 10 the Syru- ph.rnicinn
mother, and when lie made the pala-
tial nom" OF the noblcman rcsollmd
nglm with the laughter of1liS rcstor-
ci boy. and when. without knife or
battery. II" set ratNElct"d eyes to
seeing HG:lln. and In" drum Of deaf
ears 30 vibrating again. and the nerves
OF para NHrd arms 10 thrilling again,
aMh then when IN leaving the earth
Il, Ina II >l,,. L. /
Physiological law. and that law which
tsS Ill !! wit and cables and gir-
drrS enough t" hold ,hc universe
the law OF GravItntlOn.
The Christ who proved himself ON
SO many occasions, and vspprinlly
the last. superior to law. still livc:+
&l!,! every day, II. answer 10 prayrr
l"r III" &"ot @: tn" W"rid, lie is
overriding ;hr law.
Standing to;tay on the Ascension
peak 81 MoHnt Gliv>t | am gladden.
cst 4: t':} closing gesture, the ltSt
eeSt a" Christ ever made. "Hc
lifted up his hands and blessed
tiir1n, says the inspired account of
our iIor'l departure. J. am so glad
lie lifted up Ills hanuS. Gestures
N" ottrnmorc significant than words,
attitude than arguments Christ had
nHIc y gesture OF contempt when
with IBIS finger He wrote on the
ground: gesture Of rcpulsiOn when
lir sad, "Gct thccbt hindmc Satan;"
gesture of condemnation when He
said, "Wo" unto You Pharisccs and
hypprlltrS. But His last gesture.
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