Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-01-23


completely captivating and winsome. /
suppose a look at Him was Just to love
Him. 0i how attractive His manner.
Why, when 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 them out that He might look at
them. OF there was something SO
pleasant, SO inviting, SO cheering in
everything He did, in His very 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 q gentle word, there was a healing
touch. They could not keep away from
Him.
In addition to this softness OF char
acter, there was a fiery momentum. How
the old hypocrites trembled before Him.
How the kings of the earth turned pale.
Here is plain man with few sailors
at His back, coming of the SEA- OF Cali
lee, going up to the palace of the
Caesars, making that palace quake to the
foundations, and uttering q word OF
mercy and Kindness which throbs
through all the earth, and through all
o! He was loving Christ. But 1t was
not effeminacy, or insipidity of charac-
ter; It was accompanied with majesty,
infinite and omnipotent. Lest the world
should not realize 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 couch
in some bright and beautiful homer II
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kindly attentions. No, the world must
hear the hammers on the heads OF the
spikes. The world must listen to the
death rattle of the sufferer. The world
must feel His warm blood dropping ON
each check, while 1t looks up into the
face OF His anguish. And SO the cross
must be lifted, and the hole Is aug on
the top OF Calvary: 1t must be aug
three feet deep, ana the cross is lald on
the ground, and the sunerer Is stretcned
upon 1t, and the nails are pounneo
through nerve, and muscle, ana pone.
through the right hand, through the leIt
hand; and then they shake his rlght
hand to see II 1t is fast, and tney snake
bis left foot to see II 1t ls fast, ana then
they heave up the wood, halt dozen
shoulders under the weight, ana they
put the end OF the cross to the mouth OF
the mole, and they plunge IL IN, ali tne
weight OF His body coming down Tor the
first time on the spikes; and while some
hold the cross upright, others throw IN
the dirt and trample 1t down, and
trample 1t hard. y, plant that tree well
and thoroughly, for 1t Is to bear frult
such as no otner tree ever pore. why
ala Cnrlst endure IL! he coulo nave
taken those roc6s' ana with tnem
crushed His cruclhers. he could nave
reached up ana grasped the SWORD OF
the omnlpotent God ana with one clean
cut have tumoled them into perdltlon.
but no, lie was TO die, he must dle.
HIS life for my life. his lie Tor your
life. In one OF the European cities a
young man died on the scatfold Tor the
crime OF murder. some time after, the
mother OF thls young man was dylng'
and the priest came IN, ana sne MADE
confession TO the priest that she was the
murderer, and not nor son; In moment
OF anger she had struck her husband a
blow That slew him. Inc son came
suddenly into the room, ana was wash
ing away the wounds and trying TO
resuscltate his father, when some one
looked through the WINDOW ana saw
hlIl' ana I supposed MIN 10 oe Cne @ @cfiml-
nal: Ihat young man died Tor MS own
mother. You say: IL was Wonderf1i
that ne never exposed her: But 1 tell
you OF grander thing. Christ the oon
OF OF God, dled not tor HIS motner, not 1or
als father; put Tor his sworn enemies.
" such ohrlst as that-so' loving: SO
sell -sacrincing-can you not trust MN. :
L tnink there are many under tne splrls
q4. 9I uoa VINO are saying: VIII truss
n nun II you VII! only tell me now, anu
tne great questlon asked Dg tnousan as as
IN TINS assemolage Is: hoWf 49Wt
ana wnlle answer your questl9n ioo5 <
up "a ana utter tne prayer whlcn howiand {.
NH SO o1ten uttered IN tne E, mlqst OF ms
sermons: master, ne1p! now are
you TO trust IN onrlste Just as you trust
any one. You trust your partner IN
business with important Things. Ii q
commercial con mouse give you no'e pay.
aple three montns hence, you eApecs
me payment OF that note at the emu OF
snfee months: You nave perfect con
ndence IN tnelr WORD ana IN tnelr
aDliity. lou 20 nome to-o cay LOU sA-
pect there Will De 1000 on Jne taole.
10 nave commence In that: now l ask
you TO nave the same conndence IN the
Lord Jesus Chrlst. he says: fou De-