Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-22

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thsossh end shssaGA, The hfs e thoas
who ase gu,s thrilling through ths lfs
a thoss vhO seayf Bat mark you. ths
principle ] evolve frum thu subject
No sddisioa q haalth - othsss unlen
there hs Q s1h6acsioa q sRvngth from
oarsslvss He fsls thss strength bad gone
sot Of him.
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Notice also In thu subject . Christ
sensitive 10 human touch. We talk about
God on . vaas soalo % much w hardly
sppseciass his accs.sibihsy-0od In mag
nitusis rsehR than God In minutin. God
tn ths INFINITE rsshcr than God IN tho tn
6niteAmal-but here In nv text we have
. Gud arrested BY . suffering touch.
Whsn IN ths sham trial Of Christ they
struck him on Tho cheek We can realize
how thas cheek tingled With pain. When
under the so0ursing Tho rod struck The
shDulders and beck Of Christ. we can 70
aliss how hs must have writhed under
the lAccestioos. But hero there 10 q DICK
and ncrvcssas finger that Just touches the
long thrsods Of the blue fringe OF his
coat. and be looks around and ssya
WHO touched meT
We talk about ssodtive people. but
Christ wss tho impeFsonataoa Of all SEN
dsivenee. The slighbsst stroke Of tho
smallest finger q human disability
makes al the nerves Of his head and
heart and hand and feet vibrate. II IL
not . stohd Christ, not . phleSmatic
Christ. not preOccupietl Christ, not
hard Christ. not an iron cased Christ.
but an exquisitely sentative Christ that
my text unveilaI An the things that
touch Us touch him. II by tho hand OF
prayer wc make tho connecting line be-
tween him and ourselves complete.
Mark you. tits invalid Of tho text might
have walked through that crowd all day
and cried about her suffering, and no
relief would have come II she had not
touched him When In your prayer you
Law your hand on Christ ron touch all
tho syInpathies Of an ardent and glow
ing and responsive nature.
You know that in telegraphy there arc
two currents OF electricity. So when you
pat out your hand ct prayer TO Christ
theFe are two curreuts-a current Of sOr-
row rolling mp from your heart TO Chrit
and . current Of commiseration rolling
from the heart Of Christ 70 you. Two
currents. Ch. why do You SO unhelpeti?
Why do you so wondering about this
and wondering about THAR Why do you
not touch him?
Are you sick? I do not think you are
any worse Cd than this invalid Of the
taxi. Have you had long struggle.
do not think IL has been more than 12
years. Is your case hopeless? So was
this Of which my text is the diagnosis
and prognosis "Oh." you say. there
are - many things between iae and
God" There was whole mob between
this Invalid and Christ. She prssseu
through. and I guess you can press
Arough-
L. your trouble homo troubled Christ
shows hiIn~elf especially sympathetic
with questions Of domesticity. rs when
ut the wedding In Cana he allcvisted q
housckeeper's predicalnent. a. when tesrs
r,v.aei forth at the broken home OF Mary
and Martha and LAxsruA Men are
sometimes ashamed 20 weep There are
men who IL the tears start will conceal
them. They think IL IL unmanly 70 cry.
They do not seefn 20 understand il 10
maniiness and evidence OF grea. heart
am afraid u . taAn who does not know
how 10 cry. The Christ Of the text was
not ashamed to cry over human misfor-
tune. Look ut that deep lake OF tears
opened BY the two words Of the evangci-
i~s: 'Jssns weptr' Behold Carist On she
only day Of his early triumph marching
cu Jerusalem, the glitsrring domes OF
liberated by tho binding ram Of tears IN
his ayes and on his checks. for when lie
t-sheld tho city be wept over II. o man
81 the many trials. q woman Of tie heart
treak. why DO You not touch hirnl
ELwAYs uEiFYvL.
oh ssvs some one. Christ doesn't
car. for me. Chriss u looking the Other
way. Christ has the vast affairs Of his
kingdcm 20 look after. He has tie
armies e Gin 10 overthrow. and thsre ae
30 many wore caaFS Of trouble than
nainc he dSr~ar carr about me. and his
face IL Turned the other way" 50 his
back wa turned TO this invalid Of the
text He VS. on his way 20 eject cure
which We famous and popular and wt'e
r-~punoinx. But the CONTEXT sAys. lie
turuesi him abcut" n he wa facing 10
the north. h turned 70 tte sUush; II lie
Wa facing tn the eat. be Turned to the
v-st What turned him shpufi TIE
Bible aAys ~ be- no shadow of turning:
ha rsaes 90 In his chariot thrOush the
stsrnitisa. He marches on, cyushinx
s~ps-rs - though they vere Tire erac-
king slaers on . brooks hank. AMI Nnse-
ing thr,rnes On either do a him vtshs ut
seopvtns n loot which wsy they fall.
From everlasting 30 ev.xiastine lie
eaynri HIM sboaA- He. vhnm I'll t,e
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