Sharp County record., 1891-10-15

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s.sut ,le hill which ten Tornan- the /
--uaz English explorer and aroltef'
first maize e cay model IF. 10 Iaru 7
climbing Tor our NEiettiIu. for lie las /
not only Two heavy rinDers TO carry on .
His back the upright and lorlzontai /
pieces of tile cross. but He is suffering p.
from exhaustion caused By -acz u .
tl0d mountain 11Iils. desert heats. .
vhlupinzs with stmwoCd rods and
years of maltrGlrmsut.
tt took our marty IN $50 only fifteen
Minutes % climb % the top 0t tie hIlt
aud reach that limestone rock IN Wonder [
WALL which rolled down from the apex
Of Mount Calvary. BuI [ think our
Chieftaiu must have taken long time
for the ascent. tor lie had all earth ana
all Heaven and all hell On His back as
lie climbed from base % summit, and
there endured what William -Ovper,
lnd John Milton and Charles Wesley
and saac Watts. and J ames MOItcJm-
arv. and all other sacred poets have At
tempted topur IN verse; and Angelo. and
Raphael and Titan and Leonardo ia
EiHcI. and all the great Italian and
German and Spanish and French artists
have attempted 10 PAINT ana BossHes
and MassiLIon and George WhIteneid
ana Thomas Chalmers have attempted
to preach something Jt US over
whelmIHg awtuIness YOU may estimate
from the fact that the sun which shines
In the heavens could not endure It.
the sun which uutiuchinr looked UPON
the Ielure that drowned the world
which without blinking looked UPON
the ruins Jt earthquakes which svoi-
lowed Lisbon aud Iaraccas. and las
looked EzDLanched On the HaCrie-leLds
Of Ar1Hia. Blenheim, MegIddO and
7 Esdraelon. and all the scenes OF car
mage that have ever scalded
/ and drcucned the earth with human
. Eore-that sun could not look upon the
scene. The sun dropped over its face
a vgii Of cloud. 1t withdrew. 1t hid
itself. It said 70 the midnight: 4
/ resign to thee this spectacle upon which
I have no strength % raze. thou drt
} blind. Oh. midnight. and Tor that raas
son I commit to thee this tragedy
/ Then the uIg1t-hawic and the bat flew
. by and the iaclcaI Lowted n the
/ rlvIues.
Now we follow our ChieftaIn as they
carry His limp and laceraJed form amid
( the flowers and trees OF a garden, the
. giadioIuses the 0leanders. the lilies,
. the EerauIums. the uandrakes, down
! five or SIX steps TO an aisle OF granite,
where lie sleeps. But only a little
while lie sleeps there, for there Is an
/ earthquake in all that region. leaving
J the rocks TO this iav in their aslant
and rIptured state. decIararIre Of the
/ fact that something extraordinary there
. happened. And We see our ChIettaIn
/ arouse from His brief slumber aud
wreStie down the ruttfan Death. VINO
/ would keen Him imprisoned in that cav
/ ern. and uur both heels on the monster.
/ and coming forth with a cry that will
/ not cease to he echoed until on the
grear resurrection day the door ot the
/ last sepuLcher shall be uHhinged and
/ flung changing into the debris Ot de-
| moIished ceIneterIc2
| Now we folluw our ChiGftaIn 10 the
sheutder OF Mount Olivet. and without
wings He rises, the disciples cIutching
! for Ills robes too ate 70 reach them.
/ and across the great gulfs Of space with
one bound He gains that world which
! for thirtv-three years had been denied
I His e0mpanionship, and all Heaven lift.
! ed a shout OF welcome rs He entered.
/ and of coronation as up the mediatorIal
! throne lie mounted. 1t was the great
{ esu day Heaven had ever seen. They
! had Hum back again from tears. from
. wounds. from ills, from q world that
never appreciated Him to q world n
which lie was the chief delight. Ia all
! the Iibrctt0 Jt celestial music 10 was
! hard to find an anthem enough cOnJu.
| bilant % celebrate the Joy sanity SER
! phic. archangeIiG deifc.
But still we follow our Chieftan q
! His march through the centuries. for IN.
visiblv He still walks the earth. and by
| the eve Of faith we still follow Him.
. You can tell where lie walks by the
churches and hospitals and retormatory
. institutions. and houses Of mercy that
spring up along the way 1 hear His
/ tread ia the sick room. and in the
aD0des 0t bereavement He marches
on. md the nations are gathering
around Him. The islands OF the sea
arc hearing iis voice The continents
are feeling Ills power America will
be liis Europe will be Ills. Asia will
be lIis Africa will be His. Australia
will be IIis New Zealand will be His.
All the earth will be His. Do vor
realize that until now 10 was impossible
for the world 10 he converted2 Not
until very recently has the world been
found The Bible talks about the ends
OF the earth and he 'uttermost parts
Of the world MS being aved, but noe
untu now have the 'uttarmoSt parts
OF the world been revealed. The
navigator did his work. Tho explorer
did his work. The scientist lid his
work. and now for The first time since
the world has been created has tho
world been known. measured Of ana
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