Democratic messenger., 1892-07-02

outside the rail cry: aha, aha, that's
what we want. Pass Him out here to us
Away with Him. Away with Him.
Oh bless God tha, amid all the injus.
tice that may have been inflicted upon us
in this world we have divine Sympa-
thizer. The world cannot lie about sou
nor abuse you as much MS they did
Christ, and Jesus stands to-day in every
court t-room, in every house. in every
store, and says: Courage BY all my
hours of maltreatment and abuse, will
protect those who are trampled upon
And when Christ forgets that , O'Clock
ruflian on the mouth and the howling of
the unwashed crowd, then he will forget
you and me in the injustices Of life that
may be inflicted upon us.
Further remark; The last great in
stalment paid for our redemption was
the demise Of Christ. The world has
seen many dark days. Many summers
ago there was very dark day when the
sun was eclipscd. The fowl at MONDAY
went To their perch, and We felt gloom
as we looked at the astronomical wonder
II was dark day IN London when the
plague was at its height and the dead
with uncovered faces were taken in open
carts and dumped in the trenches. 1t
was dark day when the earth opened
aud LISBON sank, hut the darkest day
since the creation of the world was when
the carriage of Calvary was enacted.
! 1t was about noon when the curtain
began To he drawn. Ii was not the com
| ing on of night that soOthes and re-
freshes; il was the swinging of great
gloom Ill over around the Heavens. God
hung it, As when there is a dead one in
the house you bow the shutters or turn
the lattice. so God in the afternoon shut
the windows of the world As il is ap-
propriaie to throw black. pail upon the
coffin as il passes along, so il was ap-
propriate that everything should be SOM
hre that day as the great hearse of the
earth rolled on. bearing the corpse of the
King. 4 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 a loathing
for the man who could stand hy death
bed making faces and scofling. But
| Christ in His last hour cannoa be left
alone. What. pursuing HIM yet after
so long pursuit? You have been drink
ing His tears. DO yon want TO drink His
bloods They come up closely. so that
not Notwithstanding the darkness they can
glut their revenge with the contortinns
of His counienance. They examine His
feet. They want TO feel for themselves
whether those feet are really piked. They
put out their hands and touch the pixies,
and bring them back wet with blood and
wipe them on their garments. Women
stand there and weep. but can do no
good. II is no place for the tender heart
ed women 1t wants heart that crime
has turned into granite.
The waves of mans hatred and of helrs
vengeance dash up against the mangled
feet, and the hands of sin and pain aid
torture clutch for His holy heart. Had
lie 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
at the blood. Had Roman officer call
ed out for a light, his voice would not
have been heard in the tumult; but loud
er than the clash of the spears aud the
wailing Of womanhood. and the neighng
OF the charges, aud the believing of the
crucitiers. there comes voice crashing
through-loud clear overwhelming, ter
rife. II is the groaning of the dying
Son Oi God. Look, what scene, Look,
world, at what YOU have done,
Iift the covering from the maltreaied
Christ Is let You count the wounds and
estimate the cost. Oh. when the nails
went through Christ's left hand. that
brought both your hands with all their
power 10 work, and lift. and write; when
the nails went through Christ's right foot
and Christs left foot. that bought your
feet. with all their power to walk or run
or climb. When the thorn went into
Chrisi'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 20
love and repeat and pray.
o sinner, come, come back. Ii man
is in no pain, il he is prospered, if he is
well. and he asks you Ia come, you take
your time and you say; IL can't come
now III come afier awhile. There is
no haste" But il lie is in want and
trouble you say; Il must go right away,
must go now" To-day Jeses stretches
out before you two wounded hands. and
lie bcgs you to come. Go and you live.
Stay away and yon die. Oh. that to Him
who bought us we might give all our
time and all our prayers and all our sue
cessses. would we could think Of
nothing else, but come to Christ. lie is
So good. wish we could put our arms
around His neck and say; Thine, Lord,
will be forever" Oh, that you would
begin TO love Him. Would that could
take this audience and wreath it around
the heart of my Lord Jesus Christ.
What He Ordered.