Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-15

time, my expectation Tor eternity" Alto
gether lovely thou art. My soul is raw
ished with the vision. Thou art mine.
Come, let me clasp thee. Come life, come
death, come scorn and pain, come whirl-
wind and darkness. Lord Jesus, cannot
give thee up. l have heard thy voice.
have seen thy bleeding side. Lord Jesus,
If had some garland plucked from heav-
emily gardens, would wreathe 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 at thy feet.
No price bring;
Simply to thy cross cling.
Thou knowest all things. Thou knowest
that love thee.
LEARN HOW TO SUFFER.
But remark again. st 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, quiescence he en-
dured all outrage He might have hurled
the rocks Of Golgotha upon his pursuers;
he might have cleft the earth until 1t
swallowed up his assailants; he might
have called in reinforcement or taken any
thunderbolt from the armory of God Om-
nipotent and hurled it seething and fiery
among his foes, but he answered not again.
oh, my hearerl has there ever been in
the history of the world such an example
of enduring patience as we find in the
CROSSE Some of you suffer physical dis
tresses. some of you have lifelong ailments,
and they make you fretful. 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 invalid't
chair.
want to show you this morning one
who had worse pains in the head thar
Won have ever had, whose back was
scourged, who was wounded in the hands
and wounded in the feet and suffered al
over. and i want that example to make
YOU more enduring in your suffering ant
to make you say, Father, not my vii
Int thine be done" You never have hat
any bodily pain, and you will never hav'
any bodily pain that equaled Christ's tor
ture. sit beloved Christ to suffer" tina
he might show you how physically t.
suffer.
Some of you are prosecuted. There ar
those who hate you. They criticise you
They would be glad to see you stumble
and fall. They have done unaccountabl
WEAKNESSES toward you. Sometimes yo'
feel angry. You feel as II you would lik
to retort. Stop! Look at the closed lips
= look at the still hand, look at the beauti
9 full demeanor of your Lord. Struck, no
q striking back again. oh, If you coul
/ only appreciate what he endured in the
: way of persecution you never would com
a plain of persecution The words OF Chris
; would be your words, Father, II 1t b
n possible, let this cup pass from me; but
not, thy will be done" st behove
9 Christ to suffer- persecution, that b
e might show you how to endure persecu
l. ton.
q Some of you are bereft. 1t is no randoI
, remark. because there is hardly famil
70 here that has not passed under the shadow
e You have been bereft. Your house Is
,e different place from what it used to b
l. The same furniture, the same books, tn
" same pictures, but there has been yoiS
n hushed there. The face that used to hgf
n. up the whole dwelling has vanished. III
N patterinR of the other feet does not brea
d up the loneliness The wave has gone ov'
yoursoul, and you have sometimes though
ne what you would tell him when he COM
,e back. but then the thought has fiashS
e upon you, be will never come back.
OF Ali nv brother. my sister. Christ b