The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-10-06

thouSh IL were frozen snow. The sail
ors think ghost Is strlding the tempest,
but he cheers them into placldity, show.
ing himself to be a great Christ for sail.
ors. Aud he walks the Atlantic and
Pacific and Mediterranean and Adriatic
now. and ii exhausted and afrightetl
voyalers will listen for his voice at hall
past O'Clock in the morning on any
sea, indeed at any hour, they will hear
bis voice OF compassion aud encourage.
ment.
We continue to follow our Chieftain
and here Is blind man by the wayslde.
1t is not from cataract of the eve or from,
olfothalmia, the eye-extinguisher of the
East; but he was born blind. "Be
opened! he cries, and first there is {,
smarting OF the eye-lids, aud then twill
light, aud then mid.noon, and then a
shout. II see!" Tell it to all the blind,
and they at least, can appre ciate it. And
here is the Widows dead son. aud here
Is the expired damscl, and here is Laza-
rous! "Live!' our Cheftain cries, and
they live. Tell 1t through all the bereft
households; tell it among the graves.
And here around him gather the deaf and
the dumb and the sick. aud At hls word
they turn on their cOuclics. and blush
from awful pallor ot helpless illness To
rubcund health, and the swollen foot ui
The dropsi ;al sufferer becomes fleet as a
roe on the mountains. The music of the
grove and household weakens the deaf
ear, and lunatlc and maniac return into
bright intelligence. and tho leper's breath
becomes as sweet AZ tho breath of a
chill, aud the flesh as roseate. Tell 1t 10
all the sick, through all the homes,
though all the hospitals. Tell it at II
O'Clock at night; tell 1t AZ o'clock in the
morning; tell it at $50, and in the last
watch OF the night, that Jesus walks the
tempest.
Still we follow our Chieftaln until the
government that gave him no protection,
insists that he pny tax and too poor 10
raise the requisite $2.75, he orders Peter
to catch fish that has in its mouth a
Roman slater, which is a bright coin (and
you knON that fish naturally bite at any,
thing bright), but it was a miracle that
Peter should have caught 1t at the first
haul.
Now we follow our Chieitain unit, for
the paltry sum OF SIS, Judas sells Him to
His pursuers. Tell it to all the betray yed!
If for $4,000, or for $500, or for 800
your interests were sold out, considerltor
how much cheaper sum the LordI of
earth and heaven was surrendered to
humiliation and death. But here while
following him on a spring night between
ii and IL O'Clock, we see the flash OF
torches and lanterns, and we hear the
cry of mob OF Nihilists. They are
breaking in on the quietudc of Geth-
semane with clubs-llke mob with
sticks chasing mad dog. 1t is herd
ofJerusa!em ''roughs' led on by Judas to
arrest Christ aud punish him for being
the lovelist and best beng that ever
lived. But rioters are liable t, assail the
wrong man. How W ,re they to be sure
which one was Jesus? II will kiss hun, -
says Judas, land by that signal you will
know on whom to lay your hands of ar
rest" So the kiss which throughout the
human race and for all time God in
tended as the most sacred demonstration
of affection, for Paul writes 10 the Ro-
mans aud the Corinthians and the Thes-
salonians concerning the ''holy kiss, :" aud
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
parted from Naomi and Paul separated
from his friends at Ephesus and the father
In the parable greeted the returning
prodigal, and when the millennium shall
G)me we are told righteousness and
peace will kiss each other, and all the
world is invited to greet Christ as in
spration cries out ''Klss the Son, lest
He be angry and ye perish from the
way"--that most sacred demonstra-
ton OF reunion and affection was desc
Grated as the filthy lips of Judas touched
the pure cheek OF Christ, and the hor-
rid mack OF that kiss has its echo in the
treachery aud debasement and hyocrsy
OF all ages.
AS in December, 1889, 1 walked ou
he way IRON Bethany, and at the foot
OF Mount Oliyet, II half.mile from the
wall OF Jerusalem, through the GardeD
OF Gethsemane, md under The eight
venerable olive trees now standing,
tilelr p0molO!eal ancestors having been
witnesses of The occurrence spoken Of
The scene OF horror and OF CRIME came
back TO me, until shuddered with the
historical "Reminiscences.
In lurthcr following Our great Chief
taln's march through the centuries, |
lind myself in crowd in front OF
flerod's palace i'll Jerusa' en-, and on a
movable platform placed upon a tesse.
lated pavement, Ponlius PLATE sits.
And as once year condemned Grim.
inal is pardOned. Plate let's the people
choose whether it shalt be an assassain
or our & ,ieftain, and they all cay out
Tor The liberation of the assassin, thus
declarin. they prefer murderer TO the
salvation Of the world. Plate took a ba-
sin OF water in front of these people and
tried to wash off the blood of this MUIR
der from his hands, but he could not.
They are still lifted and | see them
looming up through ali the ages, eight
fingers and two thumbs standing out red
with the carnage.
Sill following own Chief,ain, I ascend
the hill which General Gordon, the
great English explorer aud arbiter
first made clay model of. 1t ia hard
climbing for our Chieitain, for he has
not only two heavy limbers to carry on
his back, the upright and horizontal
pieces OF the cross, but he is suffering
from exhaustion caused by lack OF food, /,
mountain chilli, desert heats, whlppings
with elm-wood rods, and years of NAL.
treatment.
| Ii took our part, in 1889 only fifteen
minutes to cliub to the top OF i've hill
and reach that limestone rock In yonder
wall. which rolled down from the pex
OF Mount Calvary. But think our