Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-15

cruelties they nave enacted, by the mas
sacres they have inflicted, by the horrors
of which they have been gu IVY have be-
come little children in the presence of this
diving Saviour What the sword could not
do. what Juggernauts could not subdue,
the wounded hand of Christ has accom-
plished. There are this moment millions
of people held under the spell of that one
sacrifice. The hammers that struck the
snikes into the cross have broken the rocky
heart of the world. Nothing but the
aponies of Saviour's death throe could
rouse the worlds sympathies
| remark again, at beloved Christ to
suffer" that the strength and persistence
of the divine love might be demonstrated.
Was it the applause Of the world that IN
duced Christ on that crusade from heaven
WHY. all the universe was at his feet.
Could the conquest of this lnslgnlncunt
planet have paid him for his career OF pam
if it had been a mere matter OF applauseE
All the honors of heaven surging at his
feet. Would your queen give up her throne
that she might rule "A miserable tribe III
AfricaY Would the Lord Jesus CHRIST, on
the throne of the universe, come down TO
our planet if it were a mere matter OF APP
plause and acclamation2
Nor WAS il an expedition undertaken Tor
the accumulation of vast wealth. what
J could nil the harvests and all the diamonds
Of our little world do for him whose are
the plories of inilnitude and eternityF Nor
was it an eXperiment-an attempt TO snow
what he could do with the hard hearted
race. He who wheels the stars IN theT
courses and holds the pillars OF the UNI
verse ON the tips of his fingers needed 10
l.. Il
make no experiment to find what he coulu
do. Oh. | will tell you, my friends, what
It was 1t was the undisgulsed, unllm-
tied, all conquering, all consuming, IN
finite, eternal, omnipotent love that
opened the gate, that sVarJeu 'ne
star in the east, with hnger OF llSh1
pointing down to the manger' VhaI ar
rayed the Christmas choir above Bethle-
hon. that opened the stable door where
Christ was born; that lifted INN on the
GROSS Love thirsty at the well. Love at
the sick mans couch. Love at the GRIP
nle,s crutch. Love sweating in the gar
, den. Love dying on the cross Love
wrnpped in the grave. You cannot mis-
take it. The blindest eye must see it. The
, hardest heart must feel it, The deafes'
a ear must hear it, Parable and miracle
wayside talk and seaside interview, all the
7 scenes of his life, all the sufferings OF ms
, death. proving beyond controversy tha'
, for our migrate earth God has yearned Will
4 stupendous and inextinguishable love.
t SOCIETY is OUT OF GEAR.
/. But remark again, "lt beloved Lhrls
to suffer- that the nature of human gun
t might be demonstrated. There is not
n common sense man in the house today ina
n will not admit that the machinery ct soci
: ETY. is out of gear, that the human mlnt
4 and the human heart are disorganlzed
$ that something ought to be done and don
p right away for its repair and readJust
r. ment. But the height and depth ant
e length end breadth and hate and reckless
y ness and the Internal energy of the humal
W heart for sin would not have been demon
If strated II against the holy and innocen
one of the cross 10 had not been hurled L
one bolt of fire,
Christ was not the first man that he
been nut to death. There had been man
before him put to death; but they ma,
Of their whims, their folles, their sins, thei
Inconsistencies. But when the mob GU
Of side of Jerusalem howled at the Son
ne God II was hate against goodness, II WI
en- hlasphemy against virtue, 1t was cart
yh against heaven. What was 1t in that Inn
'el cent and loving face Of Christ that eNclt'
he the vituperation and the contumely AZ
he scorn Of meuY II he had bantered them
a. come on, il he had laughed them INTO q
he rision, II lac had denounced them as u