Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-15

vagaDonds that they were, we could un-
derstand their ferocity; but it was against
inoffensveness that they brandished Their
spears, and shook their fists, and ground
their teeth, and howled and scotfed and
jeered and Knocked.
What evil had he done? Whose eye
sight had he put out? None; but he had
given vision to the blind. Whose chlld
had he slainP None; but he restored the
dead damsel to her mother. What law
had he broken? None; but he had lncul-
t..ted obedience to government. WHAT
foul plot had he enacted against the hap
piness of the race? None; he had come to
save world. The only cruelty he ever
enacted was to heal the sick. The only
ostentation he ever displayed was to slt
with publcans and sinners and wash the
disciples feet.
The only selfishness he ever exhibited
was to give his life for his enemies And
vet all the wrath of the world surged
against his holy heart. Hear the redhot
scorn of the world Kissing in the pools OF
a Saviours blood And standing there
today, let us see what an unreasonable,
loathsome hateful, blasting, damning
thing is the iniquity of the human heart.
Embossed, what will not sin dor 1t will
scale any height, it will fathom the very
depth of hell it will revel in all lasciv-
iousness. There is no blasphemy it will
not utter, there are no cruelties on which
il will not gorge itself. 1t will wallow IN
filth, it will breath the air of charnel-
houses of corruption and call them aroma,
It. will ouaff the blood of immortal souls
and call it nectar.
When sin murdered Christ on the cross
il showed what it would do with the Lord
God Almighty If it could get at him. The
prophet had declared-I think it was Jere
miah-had declared centuries before the
truth, but not until sin shot out its forkec
tongue at the crucifixion and tossed til
sting into the soul of martyred Jesus
was it illustrated, that "the heart is de
ceitful above all things and desperatel!
wicked"
To STIR OUR AFFECTIONS.
Again, at beloved Christ to suffer
that our affections might be excited Christ
ward. Why, sirs, the behavior of our Lor'
has stirred the affections of all those VIII
have ever heard of it. 1t has hung In Tn
art galleries of the world with such pic
tures as Ghirlandajo's "Worship of tn
Mapi.n Giotto's Baptism of Christ" Ho
man Hunts Christ in the Temple" Tin
toret's agony in the Garden" Angelo
"Crucifixion," and it has called out Har
del's Messiah" and rung sweetest chime
in Young's might Thoughts" and file
the psalmody of the world with the pen
t tential notes of sorrow and the hosanna
t of Christian triumph.
A Show me any other king who has so man
t subjects. What is the most potent nan
+ today in the United States, in France,
England, in Scotland, in IrelandH Jesu
!, Other kings have had many subjects, br
e where is the king who had so many ~
r miring subjects as Christi Show me
regiment of n thousand men in their arm
y and | will show you battalion OF Il
n Thousand men in Chrst's army.
l. Show me in history where one man h
t given his property and his life for any Oh
n else. and | will show you in history hu
dreds and thousands of-men who ha
1 cbeerfully died that Christ might reig
y Ave, there are hundred men in this hou
who, IL need were would step out and q
d for Jesus. Their faith may now seem To
II faint, and sometimes they may be lnco
t sistent; but let the fires of martyrdom
of kindled. throw them into the pit, GOV
Is them with poisonous serpents, pound the
n fail them, crush them, and will tell y
o what their last cry would be. Come, 10
"a Jesus come Quicklyp
I'd Oh, yesl the Lord Jesus has won
TO affections of many of us. There are sol
e' of US who can say this morning, Lord :
ne sus, my light and my song, my hope