Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-02-26
v. h. BISHOP, Island Pond, VI

That Christ lain sympathy with those VINE
s.ammsr, or have sllsnced cars, notice how
promptly He cane TO that man with impedi-
ment OF spsGch and gave him command OF
the tongue so that he could speak with ease,
and, putting His fingers into the ears, re-
tuned the tympanum. Is there a lack OF
| circulation In your arm, thiuk Of Him who
cured the defective circulation and the mac
tive muscles Of a patient who had lost the
use Of hand and arm, by saying "Stretch
| forth thy handm and the veins aud nerves
and muscles resumed their offices, and
though in doing so the joints may have
cracked from long disuse aud there may
| have been q strange sensation from elbow TO
| finger tip, he stretched II forth And moth
| ing is the matter with you, bat you may ap-
| peal TO a sympathetic Christ. And IL you
fee! yourself to oe a great sinner, hear what
He said to that repsnting Magdalen while
with a scalding sarcasm He dashed her hY-
| pocritical pursuers.
And see how He made an immortal liturgy
| out of the publican's cry, God be mercifut
to me a sinner" prayer so short that the
most overwhelmed offender can utter it and
yet long enough to win celestial dominions.
1t was well put by man who had been con-
verte1, and who remembered that In his
dissolute davs he found it hard TO get
occupation, because he could not present .
certificate for good character
In commencing Christ to the people he
said, "Biess God, / have found out that
Jesus will take man without a characterp'
Christ on a level with suffering humanity.
Ny text says HE came down with them
and stood in the plain" No climbing up
through attributes you cannot understand
No ascending of the heights of beautiful
rhetoric Of prayer. No straining after ele-
vations you cannot reach. No hunting for
God that you cannot find. But going right
straight to Him and looking into His face
and taking His hand and asking for His par
don f5s his dis 6san 5eaTen
siege of Sebastopol an officer had COM
manded a private soldier to stand on the
wall exposed to the enemy and receive the
ammunition as it was handed up while he,
the officer, stood in a place sheltered from
the enemy's guns, General Gordon leaped
officer ito follow him, and then closed with
the words, "Never order man to do any
thing that you are afraid to do yourself"
Glory be to God, the Captain Of our saliva
ton has Himself gone through all the ex-
posures in which He commands us to be
courageous He has been through 1t all, and
now offers his sympathy in similar struggle.
One OF the kings Of England one night In
disguise walking the streets OF London, and
not giving account OF himself, was arrested
and put in miserable prison. When re-
leased and getting back to the palace, he
ordered thirty tons OF coal and a large
supply Of food for the night prisoners OF
London. Out of his own experiences that
night he did this. And our Lord the King
aforetime endungeonei aud sick and hum
CRY and prosecuted and slain, out of His own
experiences is rea ~ to help all, and pardon
ALL and comfort all, and rescue all.
Oh, join Him in the plain. As long az
you stay up in the mountain OF your pride
you will get no help. Tnat is the reason SO
G.xl NI,,II TtArr
sit high up on the Mont Blanc of their
opniouativeness and they have their opinion
about God, and their opinion about the
soul aud their opinion about eternity. Have
you any idea that your opinion will have
any effect upon the two tremendous facts
that you are a sinner, aud that Christ Il
ready at your earnest prayer TO save you!
In the final day of accounts how much viii
you opinion be WORTH Your opinion will
not be of much Importance before the blast
of the archangers trumpet When the lie
of this planet shall be thrsshed out with the
tail OF thunderbolts nobody will ask about
your opinions Come down out OF the noun
tain Of opinionativeuess and meet Christ on
the plain, where you must meet Him, or
never meet Him at all, except as you meet
Him on the judgment throne.
A Christ easy to get at! No armed sentlneI
to challenge you. No ruthless officer to
scrutinize the paper you present. lmmedL
ateTeSpOnSe. lnlmeulaIe IoERlHenesS. hhiino-
diats solace. Through what struggle people
must go to get a pardon from worldly
authority! BY what petition, by what him
drance by what nervous strain Of anxiety.
by what adroitness. count OF Italy wGs
condemned to be put to death at Milan. The
countess hearing Of the sentence, fastened
to Vienna to seek his pardon Tho death
warrant was already on its wav.
The countess, arriving in Vienna IN the
night, hastened to the palace gates. The at
tendants forbade her entrance at all and es-
pecially at night, but she overcame them
with hsr entreaties, and tho empress was
wakened and the countess pleaded before
her for the life of her husband, and then the
emperor was waksued to hear the same plea.
Communication of sentence was granted, but
how could she overtake the officer who had
started with the death warrant, and would
| she be too late to save the life of her hus-
band. BY four relays OF horses, and stop
ping not a moment for food, she reached the
city OF Milan as her husband was on the way
to the scaffold Just in time to save him,
and not minute to spare, she came up.
You see there were two difficulties IN the
way The one was to get the pardon signed,
and the other to bring it to the right placein
time Glory be to God, we need go through
no such exigency. No long road to travel
No pitiless beating at palace gate. Pardon
here. Pardon now. Pardon for asking.
Pardon for ever. A Saviour easy to get at
A Christ on the painl