The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-02-19

white lily to red rose, and the parents
cry, She lives She ives" and in
tile next room they take up the
sound She lives She livesI' and
the throng in front of the doorway
repeat it, She lives! She hvesr'
Will not all those who have lost a
daughter feel that such Christ as
that can sympathizea
THE COMPASSION OF CHRIST.
On another occasion he showed
how he felt about the loss of son.
Here are the obsequies: A long pro
cession. a widowed mother following
her only son. know not how long
the husband and father had been
gone, but upon this son, who had now
come to be young man, the leader
ship of that household had fallen. !
think he had got to be the breadwin-
ner. He was proud of his mother,
and she should never lack anything
az long as he lived And there is no
grander spectacle on earth than a
young man standing between want
and a widowed mother But that
Young man had fallen lifeless under
accident or disaster, and he was be-
ing carried out.
Only few hours in that land are
allowed to pass between decease and
burial. 1t is the same day or the
next. And there they move on.
Christ meets the procession. His
eye picks out the chief mourner. He
puts his hand on the bier, as much as
to say to the pallbearels: Stop
There will be no burial today. That
broken heart must be healed. That
mother must have her home rebuilt. "
And then looking into the face of the
young man flor in those lands the
face is always exposed in such pro
cession). Christ speaks one sentence,
before which Death fell PROSTATE un
der the bier, Young man, | 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-
tons Can any one who has ever
lost 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. 1t was 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
SOM Would God l had died for thee.
Oh, Absalon, my son my son" But
for such and all other bereavement
there is divine coincidence.
Christ on the plain. 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 forsaken me?"
Is it a struggle for breadl Remember
him who fed the five thousand with
two minnows and five biscuits, neither
of the biscuits larger than your fist
Is it chronic ailment2 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 the tempests9 Re
member him who flung the tempest
of Genesareth fiat on the crystal pave
ment of quiet sea.
That Christ is in sympathy with
all who have trouble with their eyes,
and that is becoming an almost uni
versal trouble through much reading
in rail cars, and the overpressure of
study in the schools where children
are expected to be philosophers at
ten, boys and girls at fourteen with
,pectacles. l say with all such trou
Die Christ is in sympathy. Witness
blind Bartimeus Witness the two
blind men in the house. Witness
he two blind men near Jericho.
Witness the man born blind. Did he
lot turn their perpetual midnight
nto midnoon, till they ran up and
lown clapping their hands and say
ng, II see | seel"
That Christ is in sympathy with !
hose who stammer, or have silenced !
airs, notice how promptly he came !
o that man with impeachment of s
peech and gave him command of :
he tongue so that he could speak :
nth ease, and, putting his fingers 1
lto the ears, retuned the tympanum. n
, there lack of circulation in your
RIM, think of him who cured the de !,
,ctive circulation and the inactive n
luscles of patient who had lost the Il
SO of hand and arm, by saying, b
Stretch forth thy hand n and the $,
Gins end nerves and muscles re :,
lmed their offices, and though in n
ping so the joints may have cracked n