The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1892-09-02

their inconsistencies But when the
mob outside of Jerusalem howled at the
Son Of God it was hate against goodness,
it was blasphemy against virtue, it was
earth against heaven. What was it in
that innocent and loving face of Christ
that excited the vituperation and the
contumely and scorn of men? II He had
bantered them to come on, II He had
laughed them into derision, il He had de-
nounced them as the vagabonds that
they were. we could understand their
ferocity; but it was against inoffensive-
ness that they brandished their spears,
ard shook their fists, and ground their
teeth, and howled and scoffed and jeered
and Knocked.
What evil had He done? Whose eye
sight had He put out? None: but He had
given vision to the blind. Whose child
had He slain? None; but He res stored the
dead damsel to her mother. What law
had he broken? None; but he had incui-
Gated obedience to government What
foul plot had He enacted against the
happiness OF the race? None: He had
come to save a world. The only cruelty
He ever enacted was to heal the
sick. The only osrentation He ever
displayed was to sit with publicans and
sinners and wash the disciples feet
The only selfishness He ever exhibited
was to give His life for His enemies.
And yet all the wrath Of the world surged
against His holy heart. Hear the red
hot scorn of the world Kissing in the
pools Of Saviour's blood! And stand
ing there to-day, let US see what an un-
reasonable, loathsome, hateful, blasting,
damning thing is the iniQuity Of the hu-
man heart Embossed. what will sin not
DO? 1t will scale any height it will
fathom the very depth OF hell, it will
revel in all lasciviousnesS. There Is
no blasphemy it will not utter, there are
no cruelties on which it will not gorge
itself. 1t will wallow in filth, it will
breathe the air Of charnel-hOuseS of cor
ruptiOn and call them aroma, it will
QUaff the blood OF immortal souls and
call ii nectar.
When sin murdered Christ on the
cross ii showed what it would do with
the Lord God Almighty If it could get at
him: The prophet had declared-I think
it was Jeremiah-had declared centuries
before the truth, but not until sin shot
out its forked tongue at the crucifixion
and tossed its sting into the soul Of a
martyred Jesus was it illustrated, that
1.-THE heart is deceitful above all things
and desperately wicked"
Again, at behoved Christ to suffer"
that our affections might be excited
Christward. Why, sirs, the behavior of
our Lord has stirred the affections of all
those who have ever heard Of it 1t has
hung in the art galleries OF the world
with such pictures as Ghirlandajo's
"Worship Of the Magi,' Giotto's "Bap-
tism Of Christ" Holman Hunts Christ
in the Temple" Tintorets agony in
the Garden" Angeles ''Crucitixion."
and it has called out Handers messiah"
and rung sweetest chimes in YOung's
Might Thoughts" and filed the psal.
mody Of the world with the penitential
Christian triumph.
Show me any other king who has so
many subjects. What is the most po-
in France. in England. in Scotland, in
many subjects, but where is the king
who had SO many admiring subjects
as Christ? Show me regiment of a
thousand men in their army, and l will
snow YOU battalion Of 10, 600 men in
ChriStS army.
Show me in history where one man
has given his property and his life for
any one else. and l will show you in his
tory hundreds and thousands of men
who have cheerfully died that Christ
might reign. Aye. there are huadred
men in this house who. if need were.
would step out and die for Jesus. Their
faith may now seem to be faint. and
Sln,- h<, s.4A h,,t
let the fires Of martyrdom be kindled,
throw them into the pit cover them
with poisonous serpents, pound them,
fail them. crush them. and l Will tell
you what their last cry would be. ''Come,
Lord Jesus, come QuIckly!'
Oh. yes. the Lord Jesus has won the
affections of many OF US. There are
some OF US who can say this morning.
Lord Jusus, my light and nay song. my
hope for time, my expectation for
eternity" Altogether lovely thou art.
NV soul is ravished with the vision.
Thou 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 l have seen thy
bleeding side. Lord Jesus. il 1 had
Souc SdTiauu pIuCAcU lIOm heavenly
gardens. l would wreathe it for tiny
brow. II had some gem worthy Of the
place. l would set it In thy crown. II
had seraphic harp, would strike it in
thy praise. But come. lost and ruined
and undone, to throw myself a. thy feet
No price bring;
Simply to thy cross I cling.
Thou knowest all things Thou knowest
that love thee.
But 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 had in his hands all the weapons
to punish his enemies. and yet in quies-
cence He endured all outrage. He might
have hurled the rocks of Golgotha upon
His pursuers: He might have cleft the
earth until it swallowed 10 His assail-
ants: He might have called in REINFORCE
ment or taken any thunderbolt from the
armory of God Omnipotent and hurled
it Seething and fiery among His foes, bu,
He answered not again.
On. my nearer. has there ever been In
the history Of the world such an example
of enduring patience as we find in the