The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-23

Npho hic, Cline dchtn, como acOrn ana
pain, come whirlwind and darkness,
Lord Jesus, can not give thee up. I
have heard thy voice. have seen thy
bleeding side. Lord Jesus, II had
some garlands pluclSed from heavenly
garlands, would wreath IL for thy
brow. IL had some gem worthy of
the place, would set IL In thy crown.
IL had a seraphic harp, l would strike
IL In thy praise Hut come lost and
ruined and updons To throw myself at
thy feet
No price bring:
Simply 10 thy cross citing.
Thou knowest all thingS Thou krow~
est that love thoe
But l remark again: at beloved
Christ to suffer" that the world might
learn how to suffer. Sometimes peo-
pie suffer because they can not help
themselves, but Christ had In His hands
all the weapons to punish His enemies,
and yet in quieScence He endured all
outrage. lie might have hurled the
rocks Of Golgotha upon his pursuers;
lie might have cleft the earth until IL
swallowed up his assailants; lie might
have called in Reinforcement, or taken
any thundcrbolt from the armory OF
God Omnipotsnt and hurled IL seething
and fiery among His foes; but lie an-
severed not again.
q my nearer! has there ever been in
the history of the world such an ex-
ample OF enduring patience rs we find
in the cross? Some of you suffer
physical distresses; some OF you have
lifelong ailments, and they make you
fretful. Sometimes you think that God
has given you - cup too deep and too
Drumming. Sometimes you see the
world laughing and romping on the
highways OF life, and you look out OF
the window while seated in an invalid's
chair.
want 10 show you this morning one
who had worse pains in the head than
you have ever had, whose back was
scourgcd, who was wounded In the
hands and wounded in the feet and
suffered all over; and l want that ex-
ample To make you more enduring in
your suffering. and 10 make you say.
Father, not my will, but thine be
done" You never have had any bodily
pain. and you will never have any
bodily pain that equaled Christ's tor
ture. 1t bohooved Christ to suffer-"
that He might show you how physically
TO suffer.
Some OF you are prosecuted. There
are those who hate you. They eriticisc
YOU They would be glad u see you
tumble and fall. They have done un-
I'll
Sometimes you feel angry. You feel as
II you would like IN retort Stop! Look
at the closed lips, look ut the still hand,
look at tho beautiful demeanor OF your
Lord. Struck, not striking back again.
Oh. IL you could only appreciate what
He endured In the way OF persecution.
The words Of Christ would bee your
words Father II 1t bs possible let this
CUP pass from me. but X not, Thy viii!
10 done" 1T beloved Christ 70 suffer
persecution, that He might show you
how to endure persecution.
Some OF you are bsreft Ii b no ran.
dom remark, because. there IL hardly "a
family here that has NOT passed under
the shadow. You have been bersft.
Your house Ia different plsce from
what II used TO be. Tho same furniture,
the same books, the same pictures. but
there has been voice hushsd there.
The face that used To light up the whole
dwelling has vanished. The pattering
OF the othor feet does not break mp the
loneliness The wave has gone over
Your soul, and You have sometimes
thought what you would tell him when
he comes back; but thon the thought
has flashed upon you, he will never
come back!
All, my brother. my sister, Christ hns
sounded all that depth Jesus of the
beroft soul il here to-day. Behold Him!
lie knows wha, 1t is To weep ut the
tomb II seems to me rs II all the
storms OF the worlds sorrow were com
pressed into one sob. and that sob were
uttered In two words: Jesus wept."
close my sermon with doxology;
blessing. md glory. aud honor, and
power be unto Him that stitch upon
the throne. and unto the lamb forever.
Amen, aud Amen"