Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-10-03

We continue 10 follow our ChieftaiI,
and here Is blind man by the wayside.
1t Is not from cataract OF they eye or
from ophthalmin, the eye extinguisher
OF the east, but he was born blind. "l3e
openedw He cries, and first there Is q
smarting OF the eyelids, and then o
twilight, and then a mid noon and then
q shout. II see! l seew Tell IL TO all
the blind and they at least can appreci,
ate II. And here is the widows dead
son, and here is the expired damsel, and
here Is Lazarus! Live" our Chieft-
ain cries.an they live. Tell 1t through
all the bereit households, tell 1t 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 palor OF helpless illness TO
rubicund health, and the swollen ieet
oil the dropsical sufferer becomes fleet
rs a roe on the mountains. The music
OF the grove and the household wakens
the deaf ear, and the lunatic and mani
nc return into the bright intelligence,
and the leper's breath becomes as sweet
as the breath OF a child, and the flesh Is
roseate. Tell it to all the sick, through
all the homes, through all the hopitals.
Tell it at l. o'clock al night; tell 1t ut
o'clock in the morning; tell 1t hall
past three, and in the last watch OF the
night, that Jesus walks the tempest
Still we follow our Chieftain until the
gov lament, that gave Him no protect
ION, insists that He pay tax, and too
poor TO raise the requisite $40, DE
orders Peter TO catch fish that has in
its mouth u Roman slater, which is a
bright coin land you know that fish nat
urally bite at anything bright, but 1t was
miracle that Peter should have caught
1t at the first haul.
Now we follow our Chieftain until for
the paltry sum of sl5 Judas sells him to
his pursuers. Tell it to all the be-
trayed. Ii for $4,000 or for $500 or for
SlUU your interests we're sold out, con-
slider for how much cheaper sum the
Lord OF earth and heaven was surren-
dered 10 humiliation and death. But
here while following Him on spring
night between II and II o'clock, We see
the fash OF torches and lanterns and
we hear the cry OF a mob OF nihilists.
They are breaking in on the quietude
of Gethsemane with clubs-like mob
with sticks chasing mad dog. 1t Is q
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 assaii the wrong man. How were
they 10 be sure which one was Jesus?
Il will kiss Him." said Judas, land by
that signal you will know on whom TO
Law your hands TO arrest" So the kiss
which throughout tho human race and
for all time God intended as the most
sacred demonstration OF affection, for
Paul writes to tie Romans and Corinth-
ians and the ThesSalonians concerning
the holy kiss" and Peter celebrates
the kiss OF charity, and with that con-
junction 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 come we are told righteousness
and peace will kiss each other, and all
the world is invited to greet CHRIST as
inspiration cries out: kiss the Son.
lest He be angry and We perish from the
way"-that most sacred demonstration
OF reunion and affection was 1esecrated
as the filthy lips OF Judas touch the
pure cheek OF Christ, and the horrid
smack OF that kiss has its echo in the
treachery and debasement and hypocri-
sy OF all ages.
As in December, 1889, l walked on
the way from Bethany, anu at the foot
OF Mount Olivet, half mile from the
wall OF Jerusalem, through the garden
OF Gethsemane, and under the eight
venerable olive trees now standing.
their genealogical ancestors having
been witnesses OF the occurrences spok-
en- OF, the scene OF horror and OF crime
came oack TO me until shuddered with
the historical Renaissance.
In further following our great Chief.
tain's march through the centuries, l
find myself in crowd in front OF Her.
dds palace in Jerusalem, and on NOV
able platform placed upon q tesselated
pavement, POntius PLATE sits. And as
once year q condemned criminal is
pardoned, PLATE lets the people chose
whether it shall be an assassin or our
Chieftain, and they all cry for the lib
Grafton OF the assassin, thus declaring
they prefer murderer to the salvation
Of the world. Plate took a basin OF
water in front of 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 our Chieftain, I ascend
the hill which General Gordon, the
great English explorer and arbiter,
first made clay model OF. 1t is hard
climbing for our Ch!eftain, for He has
not only two heavy timbers 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 chills, desert heats, whip