Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1892-08-18

loathsonle, hateful. blasting damning
thing Is the iniquity Of the human heart.
Unloosed. what viii not sin dos Il VIZ
scale any height il will fath@n Tie yrfg
depth Of hell. il viii revel ia ail iaseiy-
iousness. There is no blaspLes-y Z VA
not utter. there are no cruelries ON f--eA
il will not gorge itself Il viii va 1w "a
filth, il will breath the air q larael-
houses Of corruption and call them aroma
Il viii aualf the blood u immortal souls /
and call il nectar.
When sin murdered Christ on the cross 4
il showed what il would do with the Lord !
God Almighty il il could get az him. The 4
prophet had declared--I think il was Jere- /
miah-had declared centuries before the I
truth, bat nor until sin shot ont its forSed (
tongue at the crueifxion and tossed is I
sting into tile soul % martyred Jesus I
was il illustrated. that .tAe heart Is De
ceitful above all things and desperately
wicked"
TO SIR OR AFFECTIONS.
Again. 1T beloved Christ to suffer-
that our affections might be excited Christ
wari. Why, sirs, the behavior of our Lord
I has stirred the affections OF all those who
have ever heard of it, Ii has hung IN the
| art galleries 81 the world with such pic
/ tures a. GhirlauGaio's worship q the
Magir Giotto's Baptism Of Christ, Eoi-
/ man Hunts Christ in the Temple, lin-
toret's Agony in the Garden, Angelo
! s.Cruci1xion and il has called out Han
/ del's Messiah" and rung sweetest chimes
in Young's might Thoughts and hiied
the pSalmody Of the world with the penn
tential notes Of sorrow and the hosailii-s
Of Christian triumph.
show me any other king who has 50 many
subierts. What Is the most potent name
today in the United states, 10 rance -
Fuclaud. in Scotland, ia lrelands Jesus
OTHER kings have had many subjects. but
where Is the king who had SO many adj
miriug subjects as Christ; Show me
/ regiment Of a thousand men ia their army,
. and will show you a battalion Of ten
! thousand men in Christ's army.
! show me in history where one man has
! given his property and his life for any one
E else. and / will show you in history nun
: dreds and thousands Of men who have
cheerfullv died thar Christ might reign
! Ave. there are hundred men in this house
+ who. If need were would step out and die
; for Jesus Their faith may now seem TO De
+ faint. and sometimes they may be incon-
; sistent: but let the fires Of martyrdom be
( / kindled. throw them into the pit, cover
. them with poisonous serpents. pound them,
Z aail them crush them, and l will tell you
; what their last cry would be, Come, Lord
e Jesus, come quicklyl
2 on YES, the Lord Jesus has won the
= affections OF many Of Us. There are some
: ~ rs who can say this morning, Lord Je-
d | sus. nv light and my song, my hope Tor
time. my expectation for eternity" Alto
o gether lovely thou art My soul Is raw
e ished with the vision. Thou art mine.
|. | Come. let me clasp thee. Come lie, come
l. death. come scorn and pain, come whiri
p wind and darkness. Lord Jesus, cannot
|. give thee up. l have heard thy voice.
Il have seen thy bleeding side. LORD Jesus
n If had some garland plucked from heaN
: enly gardens, would wreathe II ior my
Is brow II had some gem worthy Oh IN,
le nIaee. / would set it in thy crown II
n bad seranbic harp. | would strike it in thy
n praise. But / come. lost and ruined ant
o nndope. to throw myself at thy feet.
D. No price bring.
simply 10 thy cross cling.
II Thou knowest all things. Thou knowes
y that love thee.
Is LEARS HOw TO SUFFER-
s Pint / remark again. lit behoyed Chris
p 70 snffern that the world might learn hov
y ~ suffer. Sometimes people suffer becaus
j. they cannot help themselves, but Cnrls
! had in his hands all the weapons TO puhlsi
y nj enemies, and yet in quiescence he en-
y dured all outrage. He might have hurie'
the rocks Of Golgotha upon bis pursusrs
he might have cleft the earth until
! swallowed up his assallants' ne nlgn
!. have called in reinforcement or taken an
tbunderbolt from the armory OF 1ou VI
4, nipotent and hurled 1t SETTING ana ner
~ sr.ons- his foes. but be answered not agar
r. ~ ~ bearer, has there ever been j
e ne history of the world such an exampl
= "a enduring patience as we find ia "a
ne c-osss Some of YOU suffer physical III
q srssses some of you have lifelong ailments
p snd they make you fretful Sometime
y vou think that God has given you Gu
Is ~ deep and too trimming. Sometims
= vou see the world laughing and rOmpln
nc on the highways Of life, and you look on
= II ~ window while seated II invalld
- chair. -
~ .-bo had worse pains in the head tina
at ~, bsve ever had. whose back w
e ..--,as who was wounded in the hand
- wounded in the feet and suffered
go and I want that example 20 mas
ist ~, more enduring in your suffering an
iii fo make you say, Father NOT my w
a hut thine be done" You never nave 2"
la1 any bodily pain, and you viii never nav
e INV bodily pain that equaied Cnrls. : 20
nd rnre. 1t beloved Christ % su1er tn'
ed =. might show You how physicAlly
y suffer. rrt =,
st some Of you are prosecuted There a
nd -, NO hate YOU. They criticise yo'
- r-s,sv vxos,Id be glad 10 see you stumb
AN a,,a falI They have done unaceountao
0n .,,ssnnesses toward You Sometimes ye
snt - anr-rx. You feel a if you would III
IN :, retorf' Stop Look at the closed hI
- at the srill hand. look at the oeaui
Isl ri demeanor Of your Lord. Struck. d
ny srr;king back again- Oh, II you cou