The Red Cloud chief., 1890-03-07
HoOH CHRISTIANITY.
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n . late sermon Rev. +. Dewitt Tai.
Oaeo presched o. the "Revision oi
Cteeds," and 10 teok fes BIZ text John
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He said.5 .SR
BY bible Il, q ne place Of this text
written oil over WITH lead ponoil msrks
made last December 81 Bethany On che
ruins Of he house Of Mary ed Martha
end LAsaruA We Atmounted from our
horses on the way % from jordan 70
che Deed Hea. IetAAay was Ne summer
evening retreat Of Jeeus. After spend.
ing the day In the hot city Of Jerusslsm
He would come out thsre almost ovsry
evening 10 the hous0 g He three lsieuda.
] think tho occupaals u tAas house
were orphans, for the father aad
mother IN not nontioned. But
the o end Two dauehters
must have inherited property, Tor Il
must have been. judging from what ]
cav Of the foundations and tho sise Of
the rooms, an opulent homo. Lazarus,
the brother, ives now tho head OF the
household, and his sisters dcponded on
him end wore proud Of him. for no was
WY popular and every body liked him,
and these girls wero splendid girls.
Marths . frst rate housckcepcr and
Mary . sp~irituelle, somewhat dreamy,
but aRectionate, ana q good Q girl -
could be found In oil Palestine. but
0ae day Lazarus got sick. The sisters
wero In consternatou. Father gone
and mother gone, they feel worry nervous
lest thcy lose their brother also. Die.
case did its quick work. How tho Rirls
hung over his plllowi Not much slOcp
about that house, no slccp st oil.
From the chsrscteristics othcrwhere
developed ! judge that Martha prepared
the medicine and made tempting dishes
Of food for the poor appetite Of tho sui.
1ercr, but Mary prayed and s0bled.
''Worso and wOrso COTS Lazarus" until
che doctor announces that no can do no
more. The shrek that wont up frOtn
that household whom tho last breath had
boon drawn and tho two sisters were no
ing led by sympathixers Into on sdioin.
ing room, al those Of Us can imagine
Who hAvs had our own hearts broken.
hut why was not Jesus there ~ He no
oftcn had been? Far away In tho
try distsicts ~preaching, healing other
sick, how unfortunate that this ON.
nipotent doctor had not becn
at that domestic crisis In Roth.
any. When ct Last Jesus arrived
~ Bethany Lazarus had been buried
four days and dissolution had taken
place. In that climate tho brcathlcas
body disintcgrates moro rapidly than In
-oars. II, Immediately after dscesss.
that body hes been awakened Into life,
unbs levers might have ssid that no was
only IN . comstose state, or In Q sort OF
trance. and BY some vigorous msnipula-
eion Or powerful stinulsut vitality had
been renewed. MOI Four dsys dead.
AZ the door Of The sepulcher 10 . crowd
OF people. but the three most memorable
ase jesus who wAs The family friend,
aad tho two bsrsft sisters. We won't
into the traditional tomb In Decemher.
aad IL II deep down and dark. and with
torches we oxploroA IL Wa found Il eli
quiet that aftssnooA Of our visit but the
day spoken ofin the Hiblc thcro wa proc.
Sat IN sxoitsd multtude. I wonder what
Jesus Wilde He orders tho doors Of the
grave removed. and then He bcgins 70
descend the steps, Mary and Martha
close after Him. and tho crowd after
chem. Deeper down Into the shadows
cd deepsri TIE boz team OF Jesus
roll over His cheels and splash upou
tAe back a. His haads. Were ever
- many sorrows oomprsssed into 10
small . spece - IN thss group pssaaiag
on dowa After Christ oil the time b.
moaning that He had not como before.
Now ail tho whispering and eli The
crying aad al the sounds OF shufainr
net ass stopped. Il u the silencc Of ex.
pectaesy. Death hes conquered, but
now tho vsnQuishcr Of death confronted
tho scene. Amid the awful hush OF the
tomb tho familiar name which Christ
had often had upon his lips In the hos.
pitAlities Of the VILLAGE home
came back ~ his tongue, and with
. psthos and A~lmtahtincas. Of
which tho r~ssurrectloa Of tho
last day shall b only an echo, he cries:
"Lasarusi como iorthr" Tho cyes Of
che slumbcrcr oren end no riscs and
comes to the foot OF the stops and with
great d~ifaculty bssiAs 70 ascend, for the
ceremcnts OF the tOuAb are yct on him
and bis feet and banda are fast and the
dmpcdimcnts ~ oil hia movemcnts urv
% great that Jesus commands "Tako
on these ccrcmcnts, remove these hin.
Arances; unfasteA these grave clothcs,
loose him and lot him gow
Tho unfortunate thing now 10 that 10
0any chfisuans ars oaly halt liberated.
They have been raised from tho death
md burial a sin into spiritual Life, but
they yct have the grave clothes on them,
They arc like Lazarus. hobblins up the
stairs of Ne tomhA bouMA hand snA
foot and the object Of this ssrmoa ID 70
help feec their soul and I shail try 70
oAey The Naaters eemnsud that ccues
- mo aAd comes 10 every minister Of n.
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