Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-08-26
ISLAND POND VERMONT AUGUST o. 1892

will wallow in filth, it will breathe ths air OF
charnelhouses OF corruption AMI call the
/ aroma, il will quaff the blood OF immortal
souls and call 1t nectar.
When sin murdered Christ on the cross Il
showed what 1t would do with tue Lord God
/ Almighty II it could get at Him. The
/ prophet had declare IL think it was Jere-
miah-had declared CENTURIES before the
/ truth, but not until sin shot out its forxed
tongue at the crucdN ani fossil It's sting
into the soul OF martvrai Jesus was 1t il
Iustrated, that "the heart is dtceittul above
all things, and des oerateiy vic ied.'
Again, at beloved Christ 10 su ff-r,"
that our affections might he excited Christ
ward. Why, sirs, the behavior Of our Lord
has stirred the affections Of all those who
have ever heard of 1t. It has been the art
galleries OF the world with suca pictures as
unIriaudaIos ''" orsnip OF the Nlgi, " lot
tos Baptism OF Christ" Holman Hunts
Christ in the Temple" Tintoret's agony
in the Garden An Ielo's "CruciRxior u
and 1t has callei out Handers Messiah" and
rung sweetest chimes in Youaxs might
Thoughts aud tillei the pslimoly OF the
world with the penitentisl notes OF sorrow
and the hosannas OF Christian triumph.
Show me any other king who has %
many SUBJECTS. w7qt is u1s NV ,-v>Sat
name today in the Unite Sta.ss in Franco,
in England, in Sc Itlanl, in Ire aliI Jesus
Other kings have hli many subjects, but
where is the king who has 80 many admir-
ing subjects as ChrIst! Sh)S me regi-
ment OF a THOUSAND men in their army and
l will show you a battalion o. ten tbnuslni
men in Chri-ts army.
Show me in history where one n IN has
given his property and ms NE Tor any ono
else, aud will show you In history hun
dreds and thouss suds OF men who have cheer
fully died that Christ might reign. Aye,
there are q hundred IN ~ in this house who,
il need were, would step out and die for
Jesus Their faith may now seem to be
faint and sometimes they may DO inconsis-
tent but let the fires of martyrdom be kim
died, throw them into the pit, cover them
with poisonous serpents, pound them, fail
their last cry would be, Come, Lord Jesus,
come quicklyg'
Oh, yesl the Lord Jesus has won the afrec-
tions OF many OF US. There are some OF US
who can say this morning, Lord Jesus, my
light and my song; my nope for time, my
expectation for eternity" Altogether lovely
Thou art. Ny soul is ravishei with th,
vision Thou art mine. Come let me clasy
Thee. Come life. come death, come scorn
and pain, come whiriwind and darkness.
Lord Jesus clnno: Civ. Thee IN. have
side. Lord Jesus il | hal soms garland
pluckel from heavenly gardens l would
wreath 1t for Tny brow. IL | hal some
gem worthy ns the p,ars | would set it in
Thy crown. II ha | SsrAplic narp | would
strike 1t in Thy p:aiS.. But come lot and
ruined ami unlone TO throw myself at Thy
feet
No price bring
Simply to Edy crJs cling.
Thou kD,V.-F n
that love Fnee.
But re mark again, ut beloved Christ to
suffer, that the wor.i mi sh. learn how to
suffer. Someum. = people suffsr beclu
they cannot help thsmsalveA but Christ had
In His hands all tls welpons u punish His
enemies, and yet in quies es.enc, He 60 tured
all outraG1. Hi M n; have hurlei the
rocks OF G)l-otla upol His pursusrs: Hs
might havs cleft tha earth un:il He swal-
Lowell up His GsslrI1nt'; II" might have
cal!ei in reinforcement or taken auy thun-
derbolt from the armo.y OF Col Onnipotent
AMI hurlei 1t sething and fiery among His
foes, but He answe-e not Ngaln.
Oh, my hearers has there ever been in
the history the world such an example OF
enduring patience rs We lind in the croSsi
Some oi you suffer pdysic Al dlstr esses, some
Of You have lifelong ailments and tn ey make
you fretful. SO netm you think that God
mas given Nuu u cup 100 le-p hn1 tOO DTltn-
ming. Sometimes you see tha world laugh
ing an1 romping on the highways OF life.
and YOU lOoi out OF toe win low while seated
IN invalid Is chair.
want to show you this morning one who
ha worse pains in the heal than you have
ever had, whose back was scourgs 81, who
was wounded in the hands AMI wounded in
the feet and suffered all over; and want
that example 10 make you more enduring in
a v
"Father. not Ny will but Thine be done"
You never have hal any bodily pain, and
you will never have any b b)dily pain that
equaled Christ's torture. at behovei Christ
to suffer- that He might show you how
physically to suffer.
Some Of you are persecuted. There are
those who hate you. They criticise you.
They would be glad to see you stumble and
fall. They have done uuaccountabls mean
nesses toward you. Sometimes you feel
angry. You feel ss IL you would like to re-
tort. Stopl Look at the closed lips look at
the still hand, looS at the beautiful demeanor
OF your Lord. Struck, not striking back
again Oh, If you could only appreciate
what He endured IN the way OF persecution
YOU never would complain OF persecution.
The words OF Christ would be your words,
"Father, If it he possible, let this cup pass
from Me; but if not, Thy will be done" at
beloved Christ to suffer" persecution, that
He might show you how to endure persecu-
ton.
Some OF you are bereft 1t is no random
remark, because there is hardly a family
here that has 1t passed under the shadow.
You have boen berett. Your house is a
different place from what it used TO be. The
same furniture, the same books, the same
pictures, but there has been voice husned
there, The lace that used 10 light up the
whole dwelling has VANISHED. The patter-
ing of the other feet does not break up
the loneliness The wave has gone over your
soul and you have sometimes thought what
you would tell him when he comes back
but then the thought has flashed upon you,
he will never come back.
All! my brother, my sister, Christ has
sounded all that depth, Jesus Of the berett
soul is here to- law Behold Hin! de
knows what il is to weep aJ the tomb. ~
seems to me as il all the stor ms OF the worlfs 8
sorrow were comor esse1 into one sob and
that sob were uttere in two wor is, Jesus
wept'
close my sermon with doxoiogy:
"Blessing and glory and honor an pow or ot
unto Him that Sitteth upon the tdrone, anl
unto the Lanb, forever. Amen an amen"