Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-05-29

argument could prove that Raphael never
painted Madonna, and that Mendelsshon
never wrote an oratoro. and that Phidias
never chiselled statue. Because we can
not accomplish it ourselves, we are not to
conclude that others may not There arc
in immensely great ranges Of msts
viii have proved, under closer
telescope scrutiny, to be the store
house OF worlds, and l do not
know but from that passage in James,
which, TO some of US. is yet misty and dim,
there may roll out new heaven and new
earth, 1.-The prayer Of faith shall save the
sick" The faith. cursts may, in this war
against disease. be only diminishing before
o general engagement, in which all the
ma aides of earth shall te routed. Surely,
sllopathy and homeopathy and hydropathy
and eclecticism need reinforcement from
somewhere Why not from the faith and
prayer Of the consecrated! The mightiest
school Of medicine may yet be the school
OF Christ. do not know but that diseases,
now by all schools pronounced incurable,
may give way under gospel lombard
ment. l do not know but that the day
may come when faith and prayer shall
raise the dead. Strauss and " oo!ston and
Spinoza aud Hume and Schlelerm lcher re-
jccted the miracles Of the far past. l do
not propose 10 be like them and reject the
miracles OF the far future. This l know,
the Christ OF Ascension Day is mightier
than any natural laws, for on tn, day OF
which I speak he tramplcd down the
stronges. of them all. Law is mighty, but
He who made it is mightier Drive out
fatalism from your theolgy, and give grace
the throne.
Standing to-da: on the Ascension peak
of Mount Olivet am also gladd ned at the
closing gesture, the last gesture Christ
ever made. He lifted up His hands and
blessed ,hem," says the inspired account OF
our Lords departure. I am so glad He
lifted up His hands. Gestures are often
II ore significant than words, attitudes than
arguments. Christ had made gesture OF
contempt when with his finger He wrote
on the ground; gesture of repulsion when
He said, "Get thee beyind me, Satan"
gesture of condemnation when He said,
"Nos unto you, Pharisees and hypo.
| critics." But His last GESTURE is "a gesture
of benediction. He lifted up His hands
| and blessed them His arms are extended,
and the palms of His hands turned down.
ward, and so He dropped benediction upon
| Olivet, benediction upon Palestine, bene-
| LECTION upon all the EARTH
The cruel world took Him in at the start
en- a cradle of straw, and at last thrust
Him out with the point Of the spear; but
benediction! Ascending until eneath. He
saw on one side the Bethlehem where they
put Him among the cattle, md Calvary on
the other side, whers they put Him among
the thieves. AS far as the excited and in
tensitied vision OF the group on Olivet
could see Him, and after He was 80 far up
they could no longer hear His words, they
saw the gesture of the outspread hands,
the benediction. And that is His attitude
tod Y. His benediction upon the
worlds climates, and they are chang
ing, and will KEEP on changing
until the atmosphere shall be comming-
ling of October and June. Benediction
upon the deserts till they wniten with lily,
and blush with rose, and yellow with cow
slip, and emerald with grass. Bened ction
upon governments till they become more
just and humane. Benediction upon ma
tions TIL they kneel in prayer Benedic
ton upon the wa ole earth until every noun
tain is an Oivet of conservation, and every
lake Galilee on whose mosaic Of crystal,
and opal, and sapphire divine spendors shall
walk On take the benellction OF His par
don, sinners young, and sinners old, sinners
moderate, and sinners abandoned. Take
the benediction of His comfort, all We
broken hearted under bereavement, anc
privation, aud myriad woes. Take His
bcnediction, all We sick beds, whether unlel
acute spasms Of pain, or in long prooractee
invaidism. For orphanage, and childless
} ness, and widowhood u benediction. Fo
cradles and trundle- beds, and rocking chairs
of octogenari ms, q benedict on. For lif'
} and for death, for time and for eternity, fol-
earth and for heaven. benedic ion. Sub
FINEST gesture ever made, the last gestur
of our ascending Lord. "And He lifted VI
His hands, and blessed them"
Is our attitude the sames Is it wrath o
is it kindness. Is it diabolism or Christism
God .ives US the grace OF the open pa. III
open upward to get the benediction, opel
downward to pronounce benediction. 1
lady was passing along a street and sudden
~ ran against a ragged boy, and she said
~ beg your pardon, my boy, l did no
mean to run against you; am very sorry.
And the boy took off the piece Of a cap hi
had upon his head and said: "Yo1
have my pardius, lady. and yo
may run agin me and knock m
clear down. won't care" And turn
ing to a com-ade he said: THAT ncarl
took me off my feet Nobody ever aske
my parding BEFORE" Kindness! Kindness
l Fill the world with it. There has Away
, been too much disreg ard for others
} illustrated in l63o, in England whe
ninety-hve thousand acres OF marshe
, were drained for health and TO
the drainage works because they Wante
TO keep the marshes for hunting ground
where they could shoot wilde ks T.,
same sclhshness IN ali ages. On, Tor kind
mes, that would make oar life symptom
suggestive OF one OF the ancient banquet
, where everything was set to music
= the plates brought in and remove
;. to the sound OF music, tn, motion
q of the carvers keeping time wit
> the music, the Conversation lifttn, an,
dropping with tho rising and falling OF III
music. But, instead OF the music OF al
: | earthly orchestra, it would TO the music o
1 a heavenly Gu Irm, our words the music o
t kind thoughts, our steps the music OF helu
y full deeds our smile the IN .sic OF encourag
. ing looks, our youth and old agd the frs
;, and last bars of music conducted by tn
pierced hand that was opened in lovo an
J. spread downward in benedictiOn o
t Olivetic heights on Ascension Day.
o by new way none ever trod,
!, Christ mounted to the throne Of God"
n Significant Chang, In reaching.