Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-06-30

, the world. As it is appropriate 70 throw
: a black pail upon the collin as Il passes
along. 50 il was appropriate that every
: thing should be somber that day as the
great hearse OF the earth rolled on. bearing
the corpse of the king.
4 mans last hours are ordinarily kept
sacred. However you may have hated or
caricatured man, when You hear he Is
dying. silence puts its hand on your lips,
and you would have a loathing for the man
who could stand by deathbed making
faces and seoaing. But Christ in his last
hour cannot be left alone. What. pursu-
ing him yet after so long pursuit. You
have been drinking his tears Do you want
to drink his blood? They come up closely,
SO that Notwithstanding the darkness they
can glut their revenge with the contortions
Of his countenance They examine his
feet They want to feel for themselves
whether those feet are really spiked. They
put ont their hands and touch the spikes,
and bring them back wet with blood and
wipe them on their garments. Women
stand there and weep, but can do no good
II is no place for the tender hearted women
\ 1t wants heart that crime has turned into
granite.
The waves Of mans hatred and Of hell's
vengeance dash up against the mangled
feet, and the hands Of sin and pain and tor
ture clutch for his holy heart. Had he not
been thoroughly fastened 10 the cross they
would have torn him down and trampled
him with both feet. How the cavalry
horses arched their necks aud ehamped
their bits, and reared and snuiYed az the
blood Had a Roman officer called out for
a light his voice would not have been
heard in the tumult; but louder than the
clash Of spears, and the wailing Of woman
hood, and the neighing OF the chargers,
and the believing Of the cruci1ers there
comes voice crashing through loud. /
clear, overwhelming terrific It is the |
groaning Of the dying son Of God Look
what scene! Look, world, at what you |
have donel
CALL 10 THE UNCoNyERTED.
| lift the covering from the malirpated |
Christ To let you count the wounds and 4
estimate the cost. Oh, when the nails 1
went through Christ's right hand and
through Chrst's left hand, that bought
both Your hands with all their power to
work and lift and writrl When the nails
went through Christ 5 right foot and
Christis left foot, that bought your feet,
with all their power TO walk or run or
climb. When the thorn went into Christ's
temple, that bought your brain, with all
its power TO think and plan. When the
spear cleft Christls side, that bought your
heart, with all its power TO love and re-
pent aud pray
On, sinner come, come back! IL man is
in no pain, il lac is prospered, il he is well,
and he asks YOU 10 come. you take yoar
time and you say: Il can't come now. I'll
.tft.. e..
But il he is ia want and trouble you say.
Il must 20 right away. | must go now"
Today Jesus stretches ont before you :wo
wounded hands and he begs you 70 come. !
60 and you live. stay away and you die.
oh. that 10 him who bought us we might
give all our time. and All our prayers. and !
all our successes. would We could think ! !
Of nothing else, but come 70 Christ. He
Is 50 fair. He IS so loving. He is 50 SYM
pathizing. lie is so good. ! wish we could
put our arms around his neck and say. !
thine Lord will be forever Oh that
fou would begin TO love him. Would that
could take this audience aud wreathe Il !
,round the heart Of my Lord Jesus Christ. !
When the Atlantic cable was lost, ia 1861.
10 You remember that the Great Eastern. 9
md the Midway, and the Albany went !
,ut TO find il, Thirty times they sank the
,rapnel two and half miles deep in wa
er. After awhile they found the cable
md brought il TO the surface. No sooner I
lad i been brought to the surface than
hey lifted shout of exultatiOn but the
able slipped back again into the water
md was lost. Then for two weeks more
hey swept the sea with the graphing
hooks, and at last they found the cable
md they brought il up in silence. They
astened IL this time. Then. with great
they took one end Of the cable
o the electricians room to see il there
we're really any life in it, and when they
aw a spark and knew that a message
ould be sents then every hat was lifted,
nd the rockets flew and the guns sound
q until all the vessels on the expedition y
new the work WAS done and the CONT >.
tents were dashed together. s,
Well my friends, Sabbath after Sabbath p.
gospel messengers have come searching -
own for your souls We have swept the sea d
With the graphing hook of Christ's Cos y
el Again end again we have thought .
hat you were at the surface and we began
o rejoice over your redemption, but al the
moment OF our gladness you sank back i,
gain into the world and back again into M
in. Today we come with this Gospel c,
earching for your soul. We apply the q
ross Of Christ first to see whether there is II
ny life left in you, while all around the "
eople stand, looking to see whether the III
york will be done and the angels Of God :.
end down and witness, and oh II now We y
Guild see only one spark of love and hope n
nd faith, we would send up shout that h,
'ould be heard ON the hattlements of b,
eaven, and two worlds would keep jubilee b.
ecause communication is open between
'hrist and the soul, and your nature that h;
as been sunken in sin has been lifted into "a
he light ard the joy of the Gospel he
an
How He Popped.