Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-15

Uas re1aar1 aysii. II. be.aoyed
Shrisr - setter faaE fae vorll right
searri how 70 suffer. Sometimes people
suffer because they cannot help them
sslyss, bur CErist had II his hands Al
the weapons 70 punish his enemies, and
yes Ia aaleseenes he easured all cat
rage. he might have hurled the rocks
OF Golgoths upon his pafsuers; he migai
have elsEI the earth until he swallowed
up his assziianss; be might have called
IN reinforcement or taken any thunder
bolt from the arnlory Of God Omn1po
tent and hurled IL seefhing and hery
among his foes, bur be answered not
again.
On, my nearer! has there ever been In
the history af the world such an exam
pie Of enduring patience AS wa md Ii
the cross: Sonle Of you suffer physic
distresses, some of you have lifelong
ailments and they make You fretful.
Sometimes you think that God has
given you cup too deep and too brim,
ming. Sometimes you see the world
laughing and romping on the highways
Ut life. and you look out of the window
while seated in invalid's chair.
PATIENT SUFFERING OF CHRISTIAN LOVE.
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 tie
hands and wounded in the feet. and suf-
fered all over; and want that example
to make you more enduring in your sui.
fering, and to make you say, "Father,
not my will, but thine be DONE" You
never have had any bodily pain, and
you will never have any bodily pin
that equaled Christ's torture. at be
bowed Christ to suffer-" that he might
show you how physically 10 suffer.
Some Of you arc persecutsd. 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 WEAKNESSES toward you.
Sometimes you feel angry. You feel a.
if You wonld 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. Oh. il
you could only appreciate what he en-.
dured in the way Of persecution you
never would complain Of persecution.
The words of Christ would be your
words, Father, if it be ~. sble, let this
cup pass from me; but If .-at. thy will
be DONE" 1T beloved Christ to suffer
persecution, that he might show You hew
to endure persecution.
Some of you are bereft. 1t is no ran
dom remark, because there is hardly q
family here that has not passed under
the shadow. You have been beraft
Your house is . different place from
what it used to be. The same furni
ture, tho same books, the same pictures
but there has been q voice hushed there
The face that used to light up the whole
dwelling has vanished. The patterine
Of the other feet does not break up thu
loneliness. The wave has gone ovel
your soul, and you have sometimes
thought what you would tell him wheI
he comes back; but then the though
has flashed upon you, he viii never
come back.
Ahl my brother. my sister, Chris
has sounded all that depth. Jesus o.
the bsreft soul is here today. Behold
him! He knows what it is to weep a
the tomb. 1t seems to me as If all thu
storms of the worlds sorrow were com
pressed into one sob, and that sob wer'
uttered in two words, "Jesus wept."
close my sermon with a doxology
blessing and glory and honor ant
power be unto him that sitteth upon tn,
throne, and unto the Lamb, forever
Amen and amen"