Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-06-30
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| lattice, so God in the afternoon Edf the
windows of the world. AS it Is appro-
pirate to throw black pail upon the
coffin as it passes along, so it was appro-
pirate that everything should be somber
that day as the great hearse OF the earth
rolled on, bearing the corpse Of the king.
A mans last hours are ordinarily kept
sacred. However you may have hated
or caricatured man, when you hear he
is dying, silence puts its hand on your
lips, and you would have loathing for
the man who could stand by deatnbed
making faces and soothing. But Christ
in His last hour cannot be left alone.
What. pursuing Him yet after SO long a
pursuit? You have been drinking His
tears. Do you want to drink His blood?
They come up closely, so that notwith-
standing the darkness they can CLINT their
revenge with the cOntOrtionS or his cOun-
tenance. They examine His feet. They
want to teel for themselves whether
those feet are really spiked. They put
out their hands and touch the spikes,
and bring them back wet with blood and
wipe them on their garments. Women
stand there and weep, but can do no
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hearted women. 1t wants heart that
crime has TUNED into granite.
The waves of mans hatred and CT
hell's vengeance dash up against the
mangled feet, and the hands Of sin and
pain and torture clutch for His holy
heart. Had 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 necks and champed their
bits, and reared and snuffej at the blood!
Had Roman officer called out Tor a
light his voice would not have been heard
in the tumult; but louder than the clash
Of spears, and the wailing of woman
hood. and the neighing of the chargers,
and the believing of the crucifers there
comes voice crashing through-lond,
clear, overwhelming, terrific. 1t is the
grooming of the dying son of God Look!
what scene! Look, world, at what you
have done!
lift the covering from the maltreated
Christ to Let you count the wounds and
estimate the cost. Oh, when the nails
went through Christ's right hand and
through Christ's left hand that bought
both your hands with all their power to
work and lift and write When the
nails went through Christ's right foot
and Chrst'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 and plan.
When the spear cleft Christ's side, that
bought your heart, with all its power to
love and repent and pray.
Oh, sinner, come, come back! If
man is in no pain, if he is prospered, If
he is we'll, and he asks YOU to come, you
take your time and You say: 81 can't
come now. I'll come after awhile.
There is no haste" But if he is in
want and trouble you say: 81 must go
now" To-day Jesus .rGtches out be-
fore you two - and He
begs you to- a Tou live.
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