The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-01-22

person. lOu tcll me JnAI Tue NonIem-
porary writer's describe Him, ard they
give the color of his eyes, aud the color
Of his hair, and they describe his whole
appearance as being resplendent. Christ
did not tell the children to come to Him.
"Suffer little children to come unto Me"
was not spoken TO tho children; 1t was
spoken to the Phaii ees The children
had come without invitation. No sooner
did Jesus appear than the little ones
pitch from their tnothers' arms, an ava
lanche of beauty and love, into His lap
"Suffer little children tocome unto Me-"
That was addressed to the Pharisees;
not to the children. Christ did not ask
John to put his head down on His bosom;
John could not help but put his head
there. Such eyes, such cheeks, such
chin, such hair, such physical condition
and appearance-why, it must have been
completely captivating and winsome. ]
suppose a look at Him was Just to love
Him. o, how attractiye His mannerl
Why, whtn they saw Christ coming
along the street, they ran into their
houses, and they wrapped up their in
valids as quick as they could, and
brought thom out that lie might look at
them. o, there was something so in
viting, so pleasant, so cheering in every
thing He did, in His look! When these
sick ones were brought out did He say:
"Take away these sores; do not trouble
me with these leprosies?" No, no: there
was kind look, there was gentle
word, there was healing touch. They
could not keep away from Him.
In addition to this softness Of charac-
ter thore was fiery momentum. How
the old hvpocrites trembled before Him!
How thu k'rgs Of the earth turned palel
Here is p ain man with few sailors
at His back, coming off the Sea Of Cali
lee, going up TO the palace ofthe C@sars,
making that palace quake to the founds-
tions, and uttering words Of mercy and
kindness which throb through all the
earth, and through all the heavens, and
through all the ages. o, He was low
ing Christi But II was not effeminacy,
or insipidity Of character; 1t was accom-
panied with majesty, infinite and omnip-
otent. Lest the world should not real
ize His earnestness this Christ mounts
the cross 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 home? II
He must die, let Him expire amid all
kindly attentions. No, the world must
hear the TANNERS on the heads Of the
spikes. The world must listen to the
death II tt = Of the sufferer. The world
must fec 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 the hole is dug on
the top Of Cavalry. II must be dug
three feet deep, and then the cross is
laid on the ground, and the sufferer Is
stretched upon II, 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 to see II 1t is fast, and they
shake His left foot to see II 1t is fast,
and then they heave up the wood, half
a dozen shoulders under the weight, and
they put the end of the cross TO the
mouth Of the hole, and they plurge 1t
in, all the weight OF His body coming
down for the first timo on the spikes;
and while some hold the cross upright,
others throw In the dirt and trample II
down, and trample II hard. o, plant that
tree we'll and thoroughly, for It Is to
bear fruit such as no other tree ever
bore. Why did Christ endure II? He
could have taken those rocks and
with them crushed His crucihers. He
could have reached up AVID grasped the
sword OF the omnipotent God and with
one clean cut have tumbled them into
perdition, But no, He was TO die. He
must die. His life for my life. His life
for your life. In one OF the European
cities young man died on the scaffold
for the crime Of murder. Some time
after the mother Of this young man was
dying, and the priest came in, and she
made confession TO the priest that she
/ was the murderer, and not her son; In q
moment OF anger she had struck her
husband blow that slew him. The son
came suddenly into the room, and was
washing away the wounds and trying TO
resuscitate his father, when some one
looked through the window and saw
him, and supposed him " be the crimi-
nal. That young man died for his own
mother You say: ut was wond erfui
that he never exposed her." But tell
you OF grander thing. Christ, the Son
OF God, died not for His mother, nor for
His Father, but for His sworn enemies.
o, such Christ as that--so loving. SO
self-sacrihcing--ca you not trust Him.
/ think there are many under the
spirit Of God who are saying: 1 will
trust Him II you will only tell me how,
and the great question asked by thou
sands in this assemblage Is: "Howi
how?" And while answer your ques-
tion look up and utter the prayer
which Rowland Hill SO often uttered in
the midst Of his sermons: ''Master,
helpr' How are you 70 trust In Christi
Just as you trust any one. You trust
your partner In business with I'M
portant things. II commercial
house gives you note payable three
months hence, you expect the pay.
ment OF that note at the end Of three
months. You have perfect confidence
in their word and In their ability. You
20 home to-day. You expect there will
be food on the table. You have conf
dence In that. Now, I ask you to have
the same confidence in tho Lord Jesus
Christ. He says; "You believe; take
away your sins;v and they are all taken
away. "Whatp you say, "before ! pray
any more? Before read my Bible any
more? Before I cry over my sins any