Connecticut western news., 1892-02-18

young man tor III those llnuS the face is always exposed in such pro- cessionl, Christ speaks one sentence, before which Death fell prostrate un. der the bier. Young man, l say unto thee. arise" He sat up, while the overjoyed mother wrapped him in her arms and well nigh smoth. cred him with her caresses, and the air was rent with congratula- tions. Can any one who has ever lost a son doubt that Christ sympa- thizes with such woe2 And how many there are who need that par ticular comfort.
 It was not hollow sentiment when, after Edmund Burke, the greatest orator of his time, had lost his son. | and the bereaved father, crossing the pasture field, met the horse that had belonged to that deceased son, that the orator threw his arms around the horses neck and kissed the dumb brute. Itwas not hollow sentiment when David, the psalmist, cried out at the news of his sons death. al- though he had been a desperately bad boy: "Oh, Absalom, my son! my sonl Would God I had died for thee. Oh, Absalon, my son my sonl" But for such and all other bereavement there is divine condolence.
 Christ on the plain. I care not from what side you approach him, you can touch him and get his help. Is it mental depression you suffer2 Re- member him who said, My God, my God, why hast thou forsalsen mer Is it a struggle for breads Remember him who fed the five thousand with two minnows and five biscuits, neither of the biscuits larger than your fist Is it chronic ailmentl Remember the woman who for eighteen years was bent almost double, and he lifted her face until she could look into the blue sky. Are you sailor and spend your life battling with tho tempestsl Re. member him who flung the tempest of Genesareth flat on tho crystal pave. ment of quiet sea.
 That Christ is in sympathy with all who have trouble with their eyes. and that is becomin .a almost uni. vers;d trouble through much reading in rail cars, and the ovorpressure of study in the schools where children are expected to be philosophers at ten, boys and girls at fourteen with spectacles say with all such trou- ble Christ k in sympathy. Witness blind Bartimeus. Witness the two blind men in the house. Witness the two blind men near Jericho. Witness the man bern blind. Did he not turn their perpetual midnight into midnoon, till they ran up and down clapping their hands and say ing, "I see! l see!" ...
 That Christ is ill sympathy with those who sta1nmer, or have silenced ears, notice how promptly he came to that man with impediment of speech and gave him command of the tongue so that he could speak with ease, and, putting his fingers into the cars, retuned the tympanum Is there lack of circulation in your arm, think of him who cured the de fective circulation and the inactive muscles of patient who had lost the use of hand and arm, by saying Stretch forth thy hand!" and the veins and nerves and muscles re- sumed their offices, and though in doing so the joints may have cracked from long disuse, and there may have been Il strange sensation from elbow to finger tip, he stretched it forth And nothing is the matter with you, but you may appeal to sympathetic Christ. And if you feel yourself to be great sinner, hear what he said to that repenting Magdalcn, while with a scalding sarcasm he dashed her hypocritical pursuels.
 THE CRY OF THE PUBLICAN.
 And see how he made an immortal liturgy out of the publican's cry. God be merciful to me a sinner" prayer so short that the most over whelmed offender can utter it, and yet long enough to win celestial do minions. l. was well put by n man who had been converted, and who re membere'l that in his dissolute days he found 1t hard to get occupation, because he could not present cer- tificate for good character.
 In commenting Christ to the peo- pie he said, Bless God, have found out that Jesus will take a man with. out characterl" Christ on level with suffering humanity My text says, He came down with them and stood in tse plain" No climbing up through attributes you cannot under stand. No ascending of the heights of beautiful rhetoric of prayer NJ btraining after elevations you canno; reach. No hunting for God that you cannot find. But going right straight to him and looking into his face and taking his hand and asking for his pardon, his comfort his grace, his heaven.
 Christ on the level. When during the siege of Sebastopol an officer had commanded private soldier to stand on the wall exposed to the enemy and receive the ammunition as it wal handed up, while he. the officer, stood in q place sheltered from the enemy's guns, General Gordon leaped upon tho wall to help and com manded the officer to follow him, and then closed with the words, Never order a man to do anything that you are afraid to do yourself. Glory be to God, the captain of our salvation has himself gone through all the exposures in which he com mands us to be courageous. He has been through it all, and now offers his sympathy i'll similar struggle.
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