Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-08-20

soul Is ruvlSneu WIN the VlblOu. IhOu
art mine Come, let me clasp Thee
Come life, come death, come scorn and
pain, come whirlwind and darkness,
Lord Jesus, cannot give Thee up. l
have heard Thy voice. Ihave seen Thy
bleeding side. Lord Jesus, If l had
some garlands plucked from Heavenly
gardens l would wreath it for Thy
brow. If / had some gem worthy Of
the place would set it in Thy crown.
If had seraphic harp would strike
it in Thy praise. But come lost and
ruined and undone to throw myself ut
Thy feet
mo price bring;
Simply to Thy cross cling.
Thou knowest all things. Thou know
est that love Thee"
But / remark again: ut beloved
Christ to suffer" that the world might
learn how to suffer. Sometimes people
suffer because they cannot help them
selves; but Christ had in His hands all
the weapons to punish His enemies, and
yet in quiesence He endured all out
rage. He might have hurled the rocks
of Golgotha upon His pursuers; He
might have cleft the earth until it
swallowed up His assailants; He might
have called in reinforcement or taken
any thunderbolt from the armory Of
God Omnipotent, and hurled it seeth-
ing and fiery among His foes; but He
answered not again.
o, my nearer! has there ever been in
the history of the world such an ex-
ample of enduring patience as we find
in the cross? Some of you suffer phys
ical distresses, some of you have life
long ailments, and they make you fret
full. Sometimes You think that God
has given you cup too deep and too
trimming. Sometimes you see the
world laughing and romping on the
highways of life, and you look out of
the window while seated in an invalid's
chair.
want to show you this morning one
who had worse pains in the head than
You have ever had, whose back was
scourged, who was wounded in the
hands and wounded in the feet and SUI
fered all over; and l want that example
to make you more enduring in your suf-
fering, and to make you say: Father,
not my will, but Thine be done" You
never have had any bodily pain, and
you never will have any bodily pain
that equalled Christ S torture. 1T be-
hoved 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 I'M
accountable meannesses toward you.
Sometimes you feel angry. You feel as
if you would like to retort Stop!
Look at the closed lips; look at the still
hand; look at the beautiful demeanor
of your Lord. Struck, not striking
back again. o. if you could only APP
preciate what lie endured in the way
of persecution, you never you'd COM
plain of persecution. The words OF
Christ would be your words: Father,
if it be possible, let this cup pass from
me; but if not, Thy will be done st
beloved Christ to suffer" persecution
that He might show you how to endure
persecution.
Some of you are bereft. 1t is no ram
dom remark, because there is hardly
family here that has not passed under
the shadow. You have been bereft
Your house is a different place from
what it used to be. The same furni-
ture, the same books, the same pic
lures, but there has been voice hushed
there. The face that used to ligh: up
the whole dwelling has vanished. The
pattering 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 bereft soul
is here to-day. Behold Him. He knows
what it is to weep at the tomb. 1t
seems to me as if all the storms Of the
worlds sorrow were compressed into
one sob, and that sob were uttered in
two words, "Jesus wept"
close my sermon with doxology:
blessing, and glory, and honor, and
power be unto Him that sitteth upon
the throne, and untoth Lamb, forever.
Amen, and amen!"