Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-10-01

/ he walks the Atlantlc ana the racine anu
Mediterranean and Adriatic now, and II
exhausted aud affrighted voyagers viii
listen for his voice at half past three o'clock
in the morning on any sea. indeed at any
hour they will hear his voice of compass
sion and encouragement
We continue 10 follow our Chieftain, and
here is a blind man by the wayside. II is
not from cataract of the eye or from
ophthalmia, the eye extinguisher OF the
east: but he was born blind BE openedv'
he cries, and first there is a smarting Of the
eyelids, and then twilight, and then a
midnoon, and then a shout Il seel seep'
Tell il TO all the blind, and they at least
can appreciate il. And here is the widows
dead son, and here is the expired damsel
and here is Lazarusl Liver our Chief
tain cries, and they live. Tell it through
all the bereft households: tell it among
the graves
And here around him gather the deaf
and the dumb, and the sick, and at his
word they turn on their couches and blush
from awful pallow of helpless illness to
rubicund health, and the swollen foot Of
the dropsical sufferer becomes feet as a roe
on the mountains. The music of the grove
and household wakens the deaf ear, and
lunatic and maniac return into bright in.
telligence. and the leper's breath becomes
as sweet as the breath Of a child. and the
flesh as roseate Tell it to all the sick.
through all the homes. through all the hos
pitals Tell il at twelve o'clock at night,
tell it at two o'clock in the morning: tell
it at half-past three, and in the last watch
of the night. that Jesus walks the tempest
THE JEWISH MOB CONES
Il IVA a.
government that gave him no protection
insists that he pay tax, and, too poor 10
raise the requisite two dollars and seventy
| five cents, he orders Peter to catch fish
that has In It's month a Roman state
which is bright coin land you know that
fish naturally bite at anything bright, but
it was miracle that Peter should have
caught it at the first haul
Now we follow our Chieftain until for
the paltry sum Of fifteen dollars Judas
sells him TO his pursuers Tell it to all the
betrayed! II for ten thousand dollars, or
for five hundred dollars. or for one hun
bred dollars your interests were sold out,
consider for how much cheaper a sum the
Lord Of earth aud heaven was surrendered
to humiliation and death. But here, while
following him on a spring night between
eleven and twelve o'clock, we see the fash
OF torches and lanterns and we hear the
cry OF a mob OF nihilists. They are break
ing in on the quietude OF Gethsemane with
clubs-like a mob with sticks chasing a
mad dog
IL is herd Of Jerusalem '.roughs" led
on by Judas TO arrest Christ and punish
him for being the loveliest and best being
that ever lived. But rioters are liable to
assail the wrong man. How were they to
be sure which one was Jesusg Il will kiss
him" says Judas. "and by that signal you
will know on whom to lay your hands Of
arrest" So the kiss which throughout the
human race and for all time God intended
as the most sacred demonstration Of affec-
ton, for Paul writes TO the Romans, and
the Corinthians. and the Thessalonians |
concerning the holy kiss" and Peter
celebrates the kiss Of charity, and with |
that conjunction Of lips Laban met |
Jacob, and Joseph met his brethren, /
and Aaron met Moses, and Samuel met /
Saul. and Jonathan met David, and Orpah 1
parted from Naomi, and Paul separated |
from his friends at Ephesus, and the father
In the parable greeted the returning prodi-
gal. and when the millennium shall come /
we are told Righteousness and peace will 4
kiss each other. and all the world is invited
to greet Christ as inspiration cries out,
81 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and We
perish from the way"-that most sacred
Of reunion and affection
was desecrated as the filthy lips OF Judas
touched the pure cheek of Christ and the
horrid smack OF that kiss has its echo in
the treachery and debasement and hypoc-
risy OF all ages.
As in December, 1889, | walked on the
way from Bethany, and at the foot OF
Mount Olivet, a half mile from the wall of
Jerusalem. through the Garden Of Gethsem-
lne aud under the eight venerable olive
trees now standing. their genealogical an.
,estors having been witnesses of the occur |
rences spoken OF, the scene Of horror and
IF crime came back to me, until | shud-
Tered with the historical "Reminiscences.
In further following our great Chief
aims march through the centuries. find
myself in crowd in front OF Herod's pal.
zee in Jerusalem. and on movable plat
orm placed upon a tasselated pavement.
2ontius PLATE sits. And as once year a
criminal is partloned, plate
cts the people choose whether il shall be
IN assassin or our Chieftain, and they all
ny out for the liberation Of the assassin.
hus declaring they prefer a murderer TO
he salvation Of Il world PLATE took a
'asin OF water in front of these people and
ried to wash of the blood of this murder
rom his hands, but he could not. They
re still lifted. and see them looming up
trough all the ages, eight fingers and two
humbs standing out red with the carnage
Still following our Chieftain, | ascend
he hill which General Gordon, the great
snglish explorer and arbiter, made clay
lodel of. II is hard climbing for our
'hieftain, for he has not only two heavy
lmbers 70 carry on his back. the upright
nd horizontal pieces Of the cross, but be
! suffering from exhaustion caused by
ick Of food. mountain chills desert heats.
with elmwood rods and years
maltreatmenL
1t took our party In 1889 only fifteen
minutes TO climb to the top Of the hill and
each that limestone rock in yonder wall, 4
Thich | rolled down from the apex of p
lount Calvary. But think our Chieftain
rust have taken long time for the ascent.
or he had all earth and all heaven and all