Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-07-08
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think what the King OF haven and earth
endured whea He came down aud fought
the great wretch OF he'll. and fou yht him in
The wilderness ani On top OF the temple.
But bless Col that in the triumph over
temptation Christ gives Us the assurance
that we too shall triumph. Having Himself
been tempted, Hs Is able u succor ali those
who are tempted.
care not how great the height or how
Fast the Depth with Christ within us and
Christ beneath US an 4 Christ above US and
Christ all around us nothing can befall US in
The way OF harm. Christ Himself having
been In the tempe.t viii! deliver all those
who put their trust in dun. Blessed be His
glorious name forever.
The third installment paid for our re-
1emption WAS the Saviour's sham trial
>all it sham trial-thsre has never been
anything so in tecont or unfair in any
criminal court as was with $3.50 at the trial
of Christ. Why they hustled Him into the
courtroom at O'CLOCK in the morning. They
gave Him no tim, for council. They gave
Him no opportunity 70. su5poe laing wit
nesses. The rutfians who were wandering
around throu yh the midnight Of course they
saw the arrest aud went into the court
room. But Jesus's friends ware sober men,
were respectable man, and at that hour,
o'clock in the morning, Of course they were
at home asleep. Consequently Christ entered
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Oh, look at Himl No one to speak word
for Him. lift the lantern until can look
! into His face and as my heart beats in SYM
pathr for this, the best friend the world
ever hal. Himself now utterly friendless, an
officer OF the courtroom comes up and smites
Him on the mouth. and ses the blood steal
ing from gum and lip. Oil it was farce
OF trial. lasting only perhaps an hour, and
then the Judge rises for sentence. Stopi 1t
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there has been an adjournment Of the court
between condemnation and sentence: but
what cares the judge for the lawf 'Ths
man has no friends-let Him dien says the
| judge; and the rufiians outside the rail cry:
AHA! aha that's what we want. Pass Him
out here to usl Away with Himi Away
with HimF'
Oil bless God that amid all the in1ustica
that may have been inflicted upon US in this
world we have divine sympathiEar. Tht
world cannot lie about you nor abuse You a.
much as they did Christ, and Jesus stands to-
day In every courtroom, in every house In
every store, and says 'Couragei By all
my hours OF maltreatment and abuse will
! protect those who are trampled upon" And
when Christ forgets that two o'clock morn.
ing scene, and the stroke OF the ruffian on
the moutN, an the bowling OF the unwashej
crowd, then He will forget you and me In
the injustices of life that may be inflicted
| upon u.
Further I remark: The last great install
meut paid for our redemption was the de
mise OF Christ. The world has seen many
dark days. Many summers ago there was q
very dark day when the sun was eciipsed
The fowl at monday went to their perch,
and we felt a gloom as ws looked at the as
Economical won Ter. 1t was dark day In
London when the plague was at its height,
AMI the dead with uncovered faces were
taken in open carts and dumped in the
| trenches. IL was DARK day when the earth
| opened AMI Lisbon sank, but the darkest
day snc3 the CREATION OF the world was
when the carnage OF Calvary was enacted.
1t was about noon when the curtain be-
gan TO be drawn. 1t was not the coming on
OF night that soothes and refreshes; it was
the swinging OF great gloom all around
the heavens. God hung it. As when there
is dead one in the house you bow the shut
ters or turn the lattica, SO God in the after
nooa shut the windows OF the world. AS it
is appropriate to throw black pail upon
the coffin Us it passes along, so IL was appro-
pirate that everything should be somber
that day as the great hearse OF the earth
rolled on, bearing the corpe Of the King.
The waves of a mans hatred and of helrs
vengeance dash up against the manglei feet
and the hands Of sin and pain and torture
clutch for His holy heart. Hal He not been
| thoroughly fastened to the cross they would
have torn Him down and trampled Him with
both feet How the cavalry horses arched
their necss aud champed their bitS and
reared and suutfed at the bloodi Had q
Roman officer called out for a light his
voice would not have bsen heard in the tu-
mutt, but louder than tn, clash of spears,
and the waiting OF womanhood, and the
neghing OF the chargers and the believing
OF the cruciders there came a voice crashing
throuy yh-loui, clear overwhelming. ter
rifle. 1t is the groaning OF the dying Son Of
Godl Look! what a scenel Look, world,
at what you have done!
lit the covering from the maltreated
Christ to let you count the wounds and
estimate the cost. Oh, when the nails went
through Christs right hand and through
ChriSts left hand, that bought both your
hands with all their power to work and lift
and writel When the nails went through
Christs right foot and Christ's left foot
that bought your feet, with all their power
to walk or run or climb. When the thorn
went into Christ's temple, that bought your
brain, with all its power to think aud plan.
When the spear cleft Christ's side, that
bought your heart with all its power to
love ana repent and pray.
Oh, sinner, come, come backi II a man Is
in no pain, II he is prospered, II he Is well,
and he asks You to come, you take your time
and you say: II can't come now. Pli come
after while. There is no haste" But IL
he is in want and trouble you say: 81 must
go right away. l must go now" To-day
Jesus stretches out before you two wounded
, hands and He begs you to come. Go and you
live. Stay away and you die.
When the Atlantic cable was lost in 1855,
do you rem smber that the Great Eastern,
4 and the Me1way, and the Albany went out
to find It'll Thirty times they sank the grap-
!. mel two and half miles deep In water.
I After awhile they found the cable and
brought it to the surface. No sooner had it
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1 a shout of exultalion, but the cable slipped
, back again iAto the water and was lost.
t Then for two weeks more they swept
, the sea with the graphing hooks and
/ at last they found the cable. and
, they brought 1t up in silence. They
{ fastened it this time. Then, with great ex'
element, they took one end Of the cable TO
, the electricians room to see IL there were
/ really any life In it and when they saw q
| spark and knew that a message could be
, sent then every hat was lifted, ana the
rockets flew AMI the guns sounded until all
the vessels ON the expedition knew the work
was done, and the continents were lashed
| together.
> Gospel messengers have come searching
own for your souls. We have twept the se'
3 with the graphing hook Of Christs Cos
! pol. Again and again We have though
shat you were at the surface, and we begai
, to rejoice over your redemption; but at TIM
/ moment OF our gladness you sank back
: again into the world and back again init
I sin. To-day we come with this Gospe
, searching for your soul. We apply tn
cross of Christ first to see whether there 4
any life left in you, while all around the peo
|, pie stand, looking to see whether the worl
y will be done and the angels Of God ben
down ana witness an OIL IL now we coull
v see only one spark OF love and hope and faith
: we would send up a shout that would b
q heard on the battlements Of heaven, an
n two worlds would keep jubilee because con
munication is open between Christ and I'll
...,l L.uh h.u.. saaxaLa