The Globe-republican., 1892-03-03

UOOEs DISCUSSING Tue COuGeutS VI buo
castor standing midtable. They are
shaking their fists at each other.
One says there is too much vinegar In
that castor, and one says there Is too
much sweet oil, and another says there
is not the proper proportion Of red pep
per. say. ''Get out Of the way and let
the hungry people come in" Now. our
blessed Lord has provided q great sup
per, and the oxen and the fatlings have
been killed. ana fruits from all the vine
table. 2The world has been invited to
hungry, and people would pour In by the
millions to this worldwide table, but the
door is blocked up by controversies and
men with whole libraries on their backs
are disput!ng as to what proportion Of
sweet oil and cayenne pepper should make
up the creed. cry, ''Get out Of the way
and let the hungry world come in."
1.-THE Christian church will have to
change its tack, or it will run ON the
rocks of demolition. The worlds popu-
latiOn annually increases $1,000, 900. No
one pretcnds that half that number Of
people are converted to God. There are
more than twice as many Buddhists as
Protestants; more than twice as many
Buddhists as Roman Catholics. Protest
ants, 135, 900, 900; Catholics, 195, 600, 600;
Buddhists, 400, 600, 600. There are 1885,
GOO, 600 Mohammedans and 900, GOO, 600
Brahmins. Meanwhile, many of the
churches are only religious clubhouses,
where few people go on Sunday morn
ing, averaging one person to q pew or
one person to half dozen pews, and
leaving the minister at night to sweat
through sermon with here and there .
lone traveller, unless, by q Sunday even
ing sacred concert, he can get out an au-
dience of respectable size.
The vast majority of the church men,
bership around the world puts forth no
direct effort for the salvation of men.
Did say there would have to be .
changer l correct that and say, There
will be change. If there be Is, 600, 600
persons added every year to the worlds
population, then there will be 10000, 600
added to the church and 40, 900, 600 and
SC, 600, 900 and 60, OOO,O 900. How will it
be done? 1t will be done when the
church will meet Christ on the plain.
Como down out of the mountain of exclu-
siveness. Come down out of the mount
ain Of pride. Come down out of the
mountain Of Journalism. Come down out
of the mountain of freezing Indifference.
Astronomers have been busy peasur-
Ing worlds, and they have told US how
great is the circumference of this world
and how great is its diameter. Yes, they
have kept on until they have weighed
our planet and found it's weight to be
6, 600. OOO, 600. 600. 600, 600. 600 tons. But by
no science has the weight of this worlds
trouble been weighed. Now, Christ
standing on the level of our humanity
stands in sympathy with every trouble.
There are so many aching heads. His
ached under the thorns. There are so
many weary feet. His were worn with the
long journey up and down the land that
received Him not. There are so many
prosecuted souls. Every hour of His
life was under human outrage. The
world had no better place to receive Him
than cattle pen, and its farewell was
slap on His cheek and spear in His
side.
So intensely human was He that there
has not been in all our race q grief or
infirmity or exhaustion or pang that did
not touch Him once and that does not
touch Him now. The lepers. the par
alytics, the imbecile, the maniac, the
one did He turn off, which one did He
not pity, which one did He not help?
The universal trouble of the world is be-
reavement One may escape all the
other troubles, but that no soul escapes.
Out of that bitter cup every one must
take drink. For instance, in order
that all might know how He sympathizes
with those who haye lost daughter,
sok % h. 10 Tot
There is such a big crowd around the
door He and His disciples have to push
their way in.
From the throng of people conclude
that this girl musthave been very popu-
lar; she was one Of those children whom
everybody likes. After Christ got In the
house there was such loud weeping
that the ordinary tones of voice could
not be heard. l do not wonder. The
dead daughter was IL years Of age. 1t is
about the happiest time in most lives.
Only IL years of age! so fair, so
and now so still! Oh, what it is to have
q daughter dead! The room is full Of
folks, but yonder is the room where the
young sleeper is. The crowd cannot 60
in there. Only six friends enter-five
UcSIucS SuIISG-GulCC 4IICuuSs ouO Va
course the father and mother. They
have the first right to go in. The heavi-
est part of the grief was theirs. All
eyes in that room are on the face of this
girl. There lay the beautiful hand,
white and finely shapen, but it was not
lifted in greeting to any of the group.
Christ stepped forward and took hold
Of that hand and said. with tone and
accumulation charged with tenderness
and command. "Damsel, say unto thee,
arise!" And without moments delay
she arose, her eyes wide open, her cheeks
turning from white lily to red rose. and
the parents cry, "She lives! She lives!"
and in the next room they take up the
sound. ''She lives! She lives!" and the
throng in front of the doorway repeat 1t,
''She lives! She lives!' Will not all
those who have lost daughter feel that
such Christ as that can sympathize?
On another occasion he showed how he
felt about tho loss Of son. Here are
the obsequies. A long procession. a