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

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Aa.l. sad qsiv~sins Ancx With which
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uimsd 6As DID sos to~ch ~ snsan0s
1uss whgs ~ >spsctsd 70 touch IT,
Whsa - this nervuas w0sasa cozs~
ius 70 ths LosA Jssss CArsse, say she V
naking ~ WY fog A sssvO1s psop,s,
Nerves psspls % nee - oanh symps~
thy. u . man beesks Ne ssm. every
body y srsy. sA shsy talk sboss IL al
up aad down tAs slsssG II . woman
- - - pss CT b acctans. tAey say,
That's . dss.Aful thing" Evssybody
h ssking ahsss hsv cunvalsscence Brt
vhra psesoo u sn4ering under the all
meus % wAtnh ! am now spssking thsy
ny: '@OA. shafs nothing. 6hss hste
s~rvous. thasas al. passing slight upoa
the most Acquiring Of suffering.
Nov. hass nsw prescription TO give
yua- do - ask VOC u Discard human
u,sHiicamept believe In il. When the
slightsss thing occurs in the way Vt SICK
49, IN my hoasehold. We always run fos
ths doctsr. ] do mos want 70 dsspiss
DsAiCise. n you cannos sleep nights. 10
nss despiss bromide Of potassium. II
yoa have nsEvous psroxysm. do not ae-
spia morphine. II you want To strcugth-
en- mp your system. do not ds~iise q,ii-
sine - tonic. Use all right and prop-
er medicines. But want you 70 br,ny
your insomnia, and bring your irritsbih-
~. and bring all your weaknesses, and
with them touch Christ. Touch him
nos only On the hem VI his garments. tut
touch him ca the shoulder where he car
ries Ous burden. touch him On the head
whsro be remembers all our sorrows,
touch him on thu heart. the center Of sll
his sympathies. Oh. yes. Paul was right
whsn he said, I'VE havenot high priest
who cannot b touched"
cHMsTs sCYFERIS0s.
The fact II Christ himself Is nervous.
All those nights ont Of doors IN malarial
districts. whsre An Englishman or an
American dice IL he goes At certain sea
soma Sleeping cut Of doors so MANY
nights. a. Christ did. and 90 hungry. and
his fert wet with tho wash Of tho tea.
and tho wilderness tramp. and the per-
secutiou, and the outrage must have
broken down his nervous system; q fact
proved BY the statement that he liveiso
short time on the crosa That is lin
gcring death ordinarily. and many
sufferer on the cross has writhed In pain
81 hours, - hours. Christ lived only
six. Why? lie was exhausted before
he mounted tine bloody tree. Oh. IL Is
WORKOUT Christ. sympathetic with all
people worn out.
House in New York and asked for tracts
for distribution. The first day she WAS
ont on her Christian GRAND sho suw
policeman taking an intoxicated woman
70 the station house. After tie woman
was discharged from custody. this Chris
tian tract distributor saS her coming
away all unfeuipt and unlovely. The
,rac: distributor went up. threw her arm 5
around her neck and kissed her. The
woman said, "Oh. my God. why do you
kiss me- We'll. replied the other, IL
think Jesus Christ told nc to-" "Oh, no,
the woman said, don't you kiss me II
breaks mr. heart. Nobody has kissed me
since my mother died" Blu. that sis>erly
kiss brought her 10 Christ. started her ON
the road TO heaven. The world wants
sympathy Il is dying for sympathy
large hearted Christian sympathy. There
II oUaniTotenco in the touch.
Oh. I ain so sls.l that when We touch
Christ Christ touches US. The kIuchles,
and tho hints. and the joints. all falling
apart with that living death oalle1 TIE
lcprosy, u man is brought 10 Oh: .st \
hundred doctors could not euro him.
Tho wisest surgery would stand ap. allied
before that loathsone patient. What
did Christ do? He did not ampu,aie; lie
did not poulticc; he did not scariiy. lie
touched hin. and hc was we'll. The
mother-in-L.w If the Apostle Peter was
in q ragirg fevcr-brain fever. Uphold
fever. OF what. do not know. Christ
WAS tho physician. He offered no icbri-
fugc: he prescribed no drops: nc did not
put her on plain diet. tie touched her.
and she was perfectly well.
Two blind men come stumbling into q
room where Christ is. They are entirely
sightlcss. Christ did rot lift the eyeiil
t. see whether u was cataract OF op..-
thalmia liz did not put the men into
dark room for three or four weeks. lie
touched them. aud they saw every thing.
A man came 10 Christ. The drum % lis
ear hsd ceased 70 vibrste. and he had u
suffering tongue. Christ touched the ear,
and be heard: touched his tongue. AMI
hc articulstej. There is funeral COM
ing on; Of that gate--a widow foll owing
Der only boy 10 tine grave. Christ can
not ssand it. and ho puis mis- hand on the
hearso, and tie obsequies turn into res
nrrrtion dry.
III WILL pIAR OUR BURDENS
Omy brother. I am so glad when we
touch Christ with our sorrows be touches
us When out ~ your sricf and vesa,;on
you put Your hard on Christ. IT wakens
ell human r,uinisccrce. Are We tempt
edr He Yves tempted are We sickl
he was SICK. Are We rersecuted' He
was persecutod. Are we terefti lie
VA bsrpft
Sc. 700 VI kermsrtin ono morning
went ont and saw . beggar asleep ON his
aoorstep. Tho be~va- bad been al night
tn tie cold. The hext night ST. Zoo com
Pslled this beggar TO como MP ia tie
hoo.e AMI s'ssp IN tho ssint's ts,i, while
st. Yoo passed the night on the dCcrste p
in the cold Somebody ASKED him Why
that eoc-ntricity. He replied: i, isn't
On ecceutr,oity. I want 70 know how
tho poor suffer wan. 70 know their