The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-08-31

man heart are disorganiZed, that some
thing ought to be done and done right
away for its repair and readjustment
But the height, and depth, and length,
and breadth, and hate, and reckless
ness, and internal energy of the human
heart for sin would not have been dem
onstrated if against the holy and inno-
cent One of the Cross it had not been
hurled in one bolt of fire. Christ was
not the first man that had been put
to death. There had been many before
Him put to death; but they had their
whims, their follies, their sins. their in
constituencies. But when the mob out
side of Jerusalem howled at the Son
of God, it was hate against goodness,
it was blasphemy against virtue,
it was earth against heaven. What
was it in that loving and innocent face
of Christ that excited the vituperation
and the contumely and scorn of men?
If He had bantered them to come on, if
He had laughed them into derision, if
| He had denounced them as the vaga
bonds that they were, we could under
stand their ferocity; but it was against
inoffensiveness that they brandished
their spears and shook their fists, and
ground their teeth, and howled and
scoffed. and jeered and Knocked What
evil had he done? Whose eyesight had
He put out? None; but He had given
vision to the blind. Whose child had
He slain? None; but He restored the
dead damsel to her mother. What law
had He broken? None; but He had in
culcated obedience to government
What foul plot had He enacted
against the happiness of the race?
None; He had come to save world
The only cruelty He ever enacted was
to heal the sick. The only ostentation
He ever displayed was to sit with publ
cans and sinners, and wash the dis
ciples' feet. The only seltishness He
ever exhibited was to give His life for
His enemies. And yet, all the wrath of
the world surged against His holy
heart. Hear the red-hot scern of the
world kissing in the pools of Saviours
blood! And standing there to-day, let
us see what an unreasonable, loathsome,
hateful, blasting, damning thing is the
iniquity of the human heart. Embossed,
what will not sin do? 1t will scale any
height, it will revel in all lascivious-
ness. There is no blasphemy it will not
utter, there are no cruelties on which il
will not gorge itself. 1t will wallow in
filth, it win breathe the air of charnel-
houses of corruption. and call them
aroma; it will quaff the blood of i'm
mortal souls and call it nectar. When
sin murdered Christ on the cross, il
Lord God Almighty if it could get at
Him. The prophet had declared
think it was Jeremiah-had declared
centuries before, the truth, but not
until sin shot out its forlled tongue al
the crucifixion and tossed its sting into
; the soul of martyred Jesus was il
illustrated that 1.-The heart is deceitful
above all things, and desperately
wicked"
Again: SIT behooved Christ to suffer-
that our affections might be excited
Christward. Why, sirs, the behavior o.
our Lord has stirred the affections o.
those who have heard of it. 1t ha,
hung the art galleries of the worlC
, with such pictures as Ghirlandajo
Worship of the Magi;" Giotto's 'Bap
tism of Christi Holman Hunts Chris
in the Temple" Tintoret's "Agony il
the Garden" Angeles "Crucifxion;
and it has called out Handel's ''Mes
siah," and rung sweetest chimes il
Young" light Thoughts, land filled tn
psalmody of the world with the peni
tential tones of sorrow and the hosan
mas of Christian triumph. Show m
, any other king who has so many sub
jects What is the most potent nam
) to-day in the United States, in France
t in England, in Scotland, in Ireland
( Jesus. Other kings have had man,
! subjects, but where is the king VIII,
Z has so many admiring subjects a
1 Christ? Show me a regiment of thou
= sand men in their army and | will shov
you battalion of ten thousand men il
t Christ's army.
: Show me in history where one ma
: has given his property and his life 70
c anyone else, and will show you in his
: tory hundreds and thousands of me
: who have cheerfully died that Chris
: might reign. Aye, there are hundre
e men in this house who, if need were
/ would step out and die for Jesus. Thei
l faith may now seem to be faint an
sometimes they may be inconsistent; bu
e let the fire of martyrdom be kindlet
n throw into the pit, cover them wit
t poisonous serpents, pound them, fla
e them, crush them, and l will tell yo
e what their last cry would be: Com,
? Lord Jesus, come quickly!'
r O, yes! the Lord Jesus has won tn
t affections of many of us. There al
S some of us who can say this morning
e Lord Jesus my light and my sons
? my hope for time, my expectation fc
It eternity" Altogether lovely thou ar
e NV soul is ravished with the vision
S Thou art mine Come, let me elias
d thee. Come life, come death, come scor
n and pain. come whirlwind and darl
e ness, Lord Jesus, cannot give thee VI
d | have heard thy voice. l have see
5, thy bleeding side. Lord Jesus, if ha
l. some garland plucked from heavenl
:, gardens, l would wreathe it for tn
It brow. If l had some gem worthy
+ the place, would set in thy crown.
t. l had seraphic harp, would strike it
d thy praise. But ! come lost and RUNE
l, and undone, to throw myself at tn
e feet.
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