Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-28

eau appreciate e. And here j. the widows
dead son, and hers Is The expired dzaasel
AID here y lazarus -LIVef' eur Ca4sf
tain cries aEd taey i've. Tell i through
al ths berefs households ssi .t among
tae graves
Ard here around him gather the deaf
and the dumb, snd the sick. and az hss
word tbsy turn an tkeir eouehes and bIush
from awful psiisw CT helpless illss.s To
Fnbscund health. and tAs swollen foot Of
the drsps.eai sufferer become. feet ss a rue
on tes moaptsins The music of ths grove
snd household wskens the deaf ear and
iuaatic and maniac return into bright IN,
telligeaee. aad the iepes's breath becomes
~ sweet ~ the breath Of ehiid. ard the
nesh as rosezts ~sii &c 10 ali tue sick.
through all the hosnes. taroagh ali the hos
pitsl& Tell IL Al twelve o'clock AZ night,
tell Is af two clock IN the morning. tell
10 az half-past three. and Ina the last watch
Of the night. that Jesus walks the tempest.
THE JKwrsH MOB CONES
Stin we follow oer Chieftain until the
governments that gave him DO protection
insists thar he pay tax. and, too poor To
raise the requisite two dollars and seventy
five cents he orders Peter 20 catch fish
that has IN It's mouth Roman state,
which L. bright coin tand you know that
fish naturally bite &C anything hri2ht). but
IL was miracle that Peter should have
caught 10 at she first haul
Now we follow our Chieftain until for
the paitry sum Of ifteen dollars Judas
sells him TO his pnrsuers- Tell IL to all tho
betrayed II for ten thousand dollars. or
for Eve hundred dollars. or for one hun
dresi dollars your interests were sold out.
consider for how much cheaper sun the
Lord of earth and heaven WAS surrendered
TO humiliation and death. Bat here. while
following him on a spring night between
eleven and t~ elve o'clock. we see the fash
OF torches and lanterns and we hear the
cry Of q mob Of nihil!sts. They are break
ing in on the quietude of Gethsemane with
clubs-like . mob with sticks chasing
mad dog.
1t 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 Jesus, II 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
Is the most sacred demonstration Of affec-
ton. for Paul writes to the Romans. and
the Corint hans, and the The>sa lonians
concerning the holy kiss" and Peter
celebrates the kiss of charity, and with
that conjunction Of lips Laban met
Jacob, ard Joseph met his brethren,
and Aaron met Moses. and Samuel met
Saul. and Jonathan met David, and Orpah
parted from Naomi, and Paul separated
from his friends Et 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
kiss each other, and all the world is invited
to greet Christ a. inspiration cries out,
kiss the Son. lest he be angry and ye
perish from the way"-that most sacred
demonstration Of reunion and affection
was desecrated rs 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 aud hypoc-
risy Of all ages.
As in December. 1889. walked on the
way from Bethany, and at the foot of
Mount Olivct. a half mile from the wall Of
Jerusalem. through the Garden of Gethsem-
ane and under the eight venerable olive
trees now standing. their pomoloSical an
cestors having been witnesses of the occur
rcuces spoken Of. the scene OF horror and
| dcred with the historical "reminiscences.
| In further following our great Chief
tain's march through the centuries, find
myself In a crowd in front Of Herod's pal
ace In Jerusalem. ard on movable plat
/ form placed upon tassclated pavement,
/ Pontius Plate SITS. And as once year \
! condemned criminal Is parioned, PLATE
I lets the people choose whether IL shall be
an assassin or our Chieftain, and they all
cry out for the liberation Of the assassin,
| thus declaring they prefer a murderer to
/ the salvation Of the world Plate took a
basin Of water in front CT these people and
tried to wash OF the blood Of this murder
/ from his hands, but he could not. They
are still lifted. and see them looming up
through all the ages, eight fingers and two
| thumbs standing out red with the carnage.
! Still following oGr Chieftain, ascend
the hill which General Gordon, the great
i English explorer and arbter, made clay
model ef 1t IL hard climbing for our
/ Chieftain. for he has not only two heavy
timbcrs to carry on his back, the upright
aud horizontal pieces OF the cross, but be
Is suffering from exhaustion caused by
hack Of food. mountain chills. desert heats.
/ whippiugs with eimwood rods and years
1 Ct maltrcstmert
I
4 minutes 20 climb to the top Of the hill and
reach that limestone rock in yonder wall.
/ which rolled down from the apex Ok
/ Noun; Calvary. But think our Chieftain
mast have taken = long time for the ascent,
for be had a.. earth and ali heaven and all
he'll on bis back as he climbed from base
to summit and there endured what Will
lam Cowpsr and John Milton ard Charles
Wesley aud Isaac Watts and James Mont
gomery aud all he other sacred poets have
attempted TO pat in verse, and Angelo and
Raphael and Titan and Leonardo da
visci and sll the great Italian and German
and Spanish and French artists have at
tempted TO paint. and Bossuet and Masil-
lou and George whitefeld and Thomas
Chalmers have attempted to preach
Something Of ia overwhelming awful
ness you may estimate from the fact that
the sun which shines ia the heavens could
not endure IL: the sun which unainching-
ly booked upon the deluge that drowned
tAe world. which without blinking looked
upea the ruins OF earthquakes which swai-
lowed Lisbon and Caracas, AID has looked
unbisnched n the battle6elds OF Arbela,
B!enheim. MeSiddo and E<frselon. and ell
the acc nes of carnage that have ever scalded
and dfenehed tee earth with human gore
that sun eouid not look upon the scene.
The sun dropped over It's face veil OF
cloud lswithdrsw. II hid itself IL said
TO the miiniahs IL resign TO thee th.s
spectacle upon which have no strength TO
gaze. thou ART blind, q midnight' and
for that reason I ssmnit to thee this traR-