The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1890-06-09
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/ lis holy soul, his spetless iifeg He
! trampled sin W. death, witAsut once
locking down ek ne manifested
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1 ness of manner stfeng simplicitYsin
tesehiae, aNful resefses III PowerSin
1 action. Inlmneulste and invineible.
ne alone kept o6e sliensble purpose
without sWerving Z Nss horn, DE
lived. he died, rose onsiA, all for the
same exchanging Ind. The tempta-
1 tions Of Satan, g. the mountain, lin
the garden, fell upen him harmlessIy,
like rain drops upon fortress The.
a1niabie dullness u hia disciples, tile
groundless ma ice q CHIEF priests.
tho suicidal Treason Judas, the
] ssnsstionsi noel Hrnd. the
cewasdly c0nnings Rilaie, theri-
bald nockerv BIT ca A1ldtdde, aye,
the burden and ~ Sfy ofsthe whole
worlds sin, were III together power
less to disturb for aAInstant the en-
during sanity ana serenity of his
l1uYing purpose. The contradictions
ofsinners, the Vaccinations Of vest.
ed power, the contempt Of mankind,
thesdesertion of his nearest friends,
| the dire solitude Of Calvary, his
shameful murder By the very benefi-
Eciaries of his kindAasA all the parts
of that sorest trage 4 snblmest mar
| tyrdom, most heroic self-immolation,
| in the blood stained annals of human
history, were met and mastered hy
his calm, inriolable will is drift
! wood IS tossed ashore III the silent
swell Of tile sea- The royal purpose
lof this Prince Impsrisl sf the Uni
verse! Circumstances could not
thWart it, bad men Could not over
ride it, Satan could nck undermine
it, death itself could not defeat II.
Rather did al these Aeeome parts oft
and serve at tastes the means OF
achieving it. How can men, who
truly know themselves, stumble 1T
miracles performed III lOeh IN one as
Christi The real MoAder-is not that
he wrought 90 many but that he con
fined his touch % 60 AeW. To his
transcendant pftfogative, miracles
seem natural The signs that he
disclosed, ii : sinfai world which lie
might have torn q pieces with indig
nant finger tips, arr but iniinitesi-
NAL onterpppings If the tfeiaendeus
sphere 81 h1s onIli pStence which fAn
ges beyond our lser Asri1pa il end
less strata and systems. Did he feed
Eve thousand Wit ! few iosves? He
IA himself Ahe nne,aatiH4 bread Az
life al which upcot ~ aeneratigas
shall eat and live rsteT Did hs
raise Lazarus, and rise himself The
time will come when all that are in
the grave shall hear his voice and
come forth. Did he calm the trouA
led little Sea Of GaIilee? AT last
with one benediction Of his hand, HE
will still the heaving oceans OF h0
man life into the eternal sea of glass.
Let a man but know Christ, and THE
heart within must :instinctirely at
test him. ..1' II i
iii. ! rejoice also to recall
the dauntless heroism of Christfs
courage Dastardiness is a despl u
cable vice, selfshness is the fatal
disease of mankind. But mingled
cou rage and love is the antidote Of
both. Match me, not indeed tile
empty bravado offa mouthing Fal-
staff, but the quiet ut-heartedness
of Pilates great Prisoner. Jesus
had that cal N and steady fortitude
which met every assault with I'M
troubled heart, that intrepid bravery
which discerns victory. through the
thickest smoke of every conflict with /
evil; that wise valor which never
struck either an unnecessary or an
unsuccessful blow; that adventurous
gallantry which anticipated every
foe and, outstripping every comrade,
condensed the whole genius of his
gospel in the words: Follow nef'
At the age of three and thirty, be.
perfected the model of a KnightE /
courage, ... a
We'll may we reverence ut least
the fearlessness Of .feudal times. The
Knights Grant Of the medieval ages
may, to our. commercial days, seem
to be completely set forth in Don.
Quixote, who symbolizest only the1
dotsse of those men Missakeu and
visionary ss they often were, their
contempt for danger in the pathway
of Supposed duty and their courteous
chiyaIry towards womanhood, form
most wholesome contrast to pal
.troonery many period of time, Il
like to think Of them, laboring not
to filE their pockets but to rescue the
Holy Sepulehre, amusing themselves
not in cushioned theatres but In
hard fought tournaments, and dying
at last not Of nervous prostration
but of vigorous lance-thrust. Thes
reveal an upper observatory in the:
imagination, which discovers noble
aspect even in weaknesses and foibles.
Higher far than the fearless men,
Jesus Christ Eliminates the uplook-
ing Imagination with the glory ofSa 4
dazzling courage Remember his
face to face denunciation of the prag-
M a tin pharisans aIthouUh they were