Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1892-09-03

roma. IL will qua7 the Diood OF Immortal
Ouls and call IL nectar
When sin murdered Christ On tae cross II
bowed what 1t would do wath1tae LordGod
Almighty II it could get at Him. The
Drophe. had declarej-1 think it was Jere-
rniah-had declared CENTURIES before the
truth, but not until sin shot out ita forked
tongue at the crucidx and tossed its sting
into the soul OF q martyred Jesus was It II
iaszated, that the heart is dc oeitful above
all things, and desperately wicked"
Again. lit beloved Christ TO suffer"
that CUR affections might os excited Christ
ward. Why, airs. the behavior OF our Lord
has stirred tie affections OF all those who
have ever heard Of It. It has been the art
galleries OF TIE world with such pictures a.
gwen nis property ana MS .ire Tor any ono
else, aud / will show you IN history hun-
dreds and Thousands o. men who have cheer
July died that Christ might reizu. Aye.
there are a hundred men IN this house who,
II need were. would step out and die for
Jesus. Their faith may now seem to be
faint and sometimes they may bs inconsls-
tent out let the fires Of martyrdom be kin
died, throw them into the pit, cover them
with poisonous s-rpents, pound them, fail
them, crush them, and / will tell yOa what
their last cry wolii De, Come. Lord Jesus,
corne quickly"
Oh. YES, the L0r lesus has won tins al &C.
lions OF many o: Us. Iinera are soma OF us
who can say this morning. Lord Jesus. my
light and my song; nay nope for time. my
expectation for eternity Altogether lovely
Thou art. Ny soul is ravisne1 with the
vision. Thou ar. mIne. Cone lie. me clasp
Thee, Coms lie. come death, coma scorn
,ihir!andaio's 'Worsalo OF the Magi," Giot-
x's Baptism Of Christ" Holman Hunts
Christ in the Temple" Tintore6s agony
IN the Garden Ange.o's .CrucihEon,"
and 1t has called OUT Handei's Messiah" and
rung sweetest chimes in Youngs Night
thoughts" and filled the psaimody OF the
world with thu penitential n >tss OF sorrow
and the hosanna Of Christian triumph.
Show me any other king who hH 30
many subjects. What 10 the most potent
nameto-iay in the United States, In France,
in Englani, In Scotland, IN lrelaad! Jesus.
Other kings have had many suhects, but
where Is the king who has 50 many admir-
ing subjects as Christ! Show me a regi-
ment Of a thousand men in their army and
will show you a battalion OF ten THOUSAND
men in Christ army.
SHOW ma IN HISTORY vhorA one IVAN ha.
and pain. come whirlwlnd and darkness {.
Lor3.e-us. | cannot give Thee Ut. bhavs
heard Thy voice. | have seen Thy bleeding
side. Lord Jesus. if had some garland
plucked from hea venHy gardens / would
wreath it for Thy brow. II had some
gem worthy OF the place | would set it in
Thy crown. II l had seraphic harp l would
strike it in Thy praise. But | come lost and
ruined and undons to throw myself at Thy
feet.
No price | bring:
Simply TO Thy cross | cling.
THOU knowast al thin Thou k.:owtst
that | love Tnee.
fut | remark again, 1T beloved Christ to
suffer" that the world might learn how to
suffer. Sometimes people suffer because
they cannot help themselves, but Christ ha1
IN His hands all tao weapons to punish His
n1oD,It and vat IN n1joxcanoa Va ,,nr M
all outrage. IIs N ,hL have hurlei the
rocks Of G9iGotna uoou His pur.uars. He
might have cleft thu earth until He swal-
Lowell up His assailants: He might have
called IN reinforcement or taken any thun-
derbolt from the armory OF God nnipotent
AMI hurlei it seething and fiery among His
toes, but he answere / not again.
Oh, my hearers. has there ever been in
the history o. the worI1 such an %exanpl Of
endurin. patience as We find in the CROSSE
Some OF you suffer physical distresseS, SO ne
Of you have lifelong ailments and tn y make
YOU ircttul. So netimes you think that God
has given YOU a cup too deep aud too brin
ming. Sometimes you sea thu world laugh
ing aud romping on the highways Of lite.
AMI YOU looi out OF the win low while seated
III lnvalld's chair.
want to show you this morning one who
hal worse pans in the head tlan you have
ever HdN, "uOSc INCA NdS S-DuTK NJ, III
was wounded in the. hands and wounded in
the feet, and suffered all over; and l want
that example to make you more enduring in
your suffering. and to make you say,
Father. not My will but Thine he done
You never nave had any bodily pain, and
equaled Christs torture. 1T beloved Christ
to suffer-" that He might show you how
physically to suffer.
Some Of you are prosecuted. There are
those who hate you. They criticise you.
They would be glad to see you stumble and
fall. They have done unaccountable mean.
nesses toward you. Sometimes you fee
an-ry. You feel ss if you would like to re
tort. Stop. Look at the closed lips, look a,
the still hand, look at the beautiful demeauol
or your Lord. Struck, not striking bach
AGAIN. On. 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, il it he possible, let this cup pas
from Me; but il not, Thy will be DONE" II
beloved Christ to suffer- persecution, tina
He might show you how to endure persecu
ton.
some Of you are lereft. 1t is no random
remark, because there is hardly, a family
( here that has not passed under the shadow.
/ You have been berett. Your house is
different place from what it used to be. The
same furniture, the same books, the sam,
. pictures, but tnere haS Oeen a Voico nusnet
there. The face that used to light up tn
I whole dwelling has vanished. The patter
inc OF the other feet does not break u
! the loneliness. The wave has gone over you
, soul, and you have sometimes thought wha'
YOU would tell him when he comes back
but then the thought has flashed upon you
be will never come back.
. All my brother, my sister, Christ ha
! sounded all that depth, Jesus OF the beref'
SOU Is here to- Law. BEHOLD Him, H
J knows what it is to weep at the tomb.
TO me as il al the storms OF the world
sorrow were comarasSel into one sob. an
that sob were uttered in two WORKS. 'Jesu'
wept.'
| close my sermon with a doxolozy
"biessing and glory AMI honor an pow ar b
unto Him that stitch upon the throne, an
unto the Lamb. forever. Amen an 1 amen.