Sharp County record., 1891-10-15

-aaaHa ElA %. la--
its applied sentiment Eovwe follow
our .lieftaiu on Lake IaIiIce- #e
u-st keen To- tina beacn- for
our tser are not 5lOd with
the slIperuarurai- and We reuEm-
Der what poor work Eeter made 1I
1t when he tried 10 walk the water.
ChrIst0ur leader. Is on the top of tl1eTus5-
ing waves, AMI 10 Is about half-past three
.u the morning, and IL IS the DARKEST
time lust before dHv 0rHais. But by the
flashes OF lightning We see Kim putting
his feet on the crest Of tina wave, step
ping from crest TO crest walking the
white su-t- solid rs Thought il we're
frozen snow The sailors think q CuDsJ
Is sJriGiug -ue tempest. Dur He cheers
them into piaCIGitv showing Himself
Co be great Christ for sailors And
He walks the Atlantic and Pacific aur
Mediterranean and AdriHIiC now. and
f exhausted and afriChred vOvagers
will listen FOR His voice at hat-past
three q. clock in the morning on auT sea
indeed a any hour. they will hear His
voice Of c0mDassi0u and elcOurage-
ueur.
We continue % follow our Chiettalu-
auI here is d blind man by the way
side. Lt Is not from cataract Of the
eve or from 1uhrhalIuIa- the eve-eN-
tiuguIsher Of the east. 5ur he WIS born
blind. Be opened '' he cries. and first
there IS a suartInr Of the eve-5,ds, AMI
then twilight. and then d uIG-nO0u-
and then a shout. II see I see T. Tell
it TO all the blind. and they at least
can aDpreciate it. And here Is the
widows dead SON and here is the ex-
pred damseI ana here is Lazarus
"Liga' our CLieftan cries, and they
live. Tell ic through all the berett
househ0lds; tell it among the
graves. And here around lin
gather the deaf and the dumb
and the sick. and NJ His
word they turn on their cOucHes.
and bLush from awful DaIlOr Of helpless
illness to rubicund health. and the
swollen foot Of the drOpsicaI sufferer
becomes ieat as a roe on the mountains.
The music of the grove and household
wazens the deaf ear. and .uHatic and
maniac return into bright Intelligence
and the Iener's breath becomes as sweet
as the breath of child. and the flesh
as r1seate. Tell it to all the sick
through all the homes. through all .ae
hospitals Tell it at twelve o'clock at
nIghr tell itat two o'clock in the morn
iur; tell it at half-past three, and in the
last watch Of he night. that Jesus
walks the tempest.
ShIl We follow 0ur ChieftaiH until
the government that gave Him no pro-
lection insists that Tie pay tax. and too
poor to raise the requisite two
dollars and sevcutv-tiTe cents, Tie
orders Peter 10 catch q fish that has in
it's mouth Il Roman slater. which is
bright coin and You know that fish
naturally bite at anything bright, uut
it was q miracle that Peter should have
caught it at the first haul.
Now we follow our Chieftaiu until.
for the paltry sum Of fifteen dofars,
Judas se4is FFin-te- rfis rursue-S iessitt
to all the betrayed. If for ten Thousand
dOila-s. or for five hundred dollars or
for one hundred dollars vOur interests
were sold out, consider for how much
cheaper ~ sum the Lord OF earth and
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 flash Of
torches and lanterns. and we hear the
cry Of mob Of 1Ihiiists. They are
breaking IN on the duJetude of 1ethse-
name with g.ubS-rike q moo with
sticks chasing @ mad dog. IL is % herd
Of Jerusalem .oughs led on by
Judas 90 arrest Christ and punish Him
for being The I1veLiest and best
being that ever lived. But rioters arc
liable tO assuil the wrong man.
How were they 10 be sure which one
was Jesus ? ~''I will Kiss Him. says
Judas, and Ivy that signal You will
know on whom 10 lay v0ur hands OF ar
rest" 50 the Kiss which throughout
the humaa race and for ad time tod IN.
tended as the most sacrpd dem0nstra-
ton of affection, for paut writes 70 the
Romans and Corinthians and the Thes-
salonians concerning the holy lss.
and Peter celebrated the kiss of charity,
and with that conjunction 0f lips La
ban met Jacob, and Joseph met his
brrthcru. and Aaron met Noses and
samuel met Snui, and Jonathan met
Unvid, and lrpaa parted from Naomi.
aud Paul HnparltCd from his friends
No sphcsus, and he iather n The
parable greeted the returning 0rodivaL
and when .he millennium shall come
we lrc told righteousness and peace
will Kiss each other, and lil the world
is invited t0 greet Christ, as Inspiration
cries ont; kiss the son, .ast Ilc be
angry ond ve perish by The way that
most sacrrd demonstration 1f reunion
and affection was dcsrrratpd ls the
filthy .ips ~ Judas touched HE pure
check Of Christ. and the u5rwd macIl
Of that kiss has ts echo iu the rpach.
cry and debascment and Hypocrisy of
ages.
Asn December 1850. walked on the
wav from BcthaA7, and no tho '51t Ut
Mount Olivct half mile from Inc