The New South., 1893-06-17

htfsaRih has gone dnt ~ her. nat
strength ~ virsne may have gone out
through garment she has made fer
The home. that strength may have gone
out through the sock that you ltni, for
the barefoot destitute: that strengh
may 20 ont through the mantle hung
mp II sone closet after yoH are deaa.
50 = crippled child sat On her fathers
front step 20 that when tha kind Chris
tian teacher passed by 70 school she
might take hold ~ her dress and let
the dress slide through her pale fingers
She said 4 helped her pain 70 much and
made her - happy all the dag Aye.
have We not mall our dwelling garments
~ the departed, touch ~ which
thrills rs through and through, The lie
~ those who are gone thrilling through
the life ~ ihoae who siay7 lsgt mark
you, the principle ! evolve from this
snbieci, No addition 81 health 70 9TH.
era unless there be subtraction ~
strength from ourselves ile felt that
strength had gone ont of Him
Notice aieo in this subject q Christ
+ sensitive ~ human touch We talk
about God on vast aeale 40 much we
hardlg appreciate lie accessibility, G0l
/ il magnitude rather than God - NIL
naisnp, tod Ia the infinite rather than
/ lied IL the inanitesimal. but here il my
I text we have Ged arrested hy snf.
/ ferinK touch When ~ the sham trial
N Christ they struck Him on the
cheek, sse can realize how that check
/ tinRled with pain When under the
eeaufging the rod struck the shoulders
and baals - Christ, We can realize how
! lie must have writhcd under the ineer.
aiiomh Hut here there Is kiclt and
4 neryaless finger TINT juet touches the
lang threads ~ the blue fringe If Ills
ooat, and he looks around and says
who touched ne2'
wc talk about sensitive people, hut
Christ was the impersonation u al
Bensitiveneas Tho slightest stroke ~
the smallest finger ~ human disability
iualtos all She nerves ~ His head aud
hrnrt and hand aud feet yibrafa u IL
not htolid Christ not . phlegmatic
/ Christ. not hard Christ. not an irons
cnsed Christ, hut an exaniniieiY aensi-
| tive Christ that my text unveils. All
| things that touch as tonoh Him, II BY
| tlic hand ~ prayer we nafe the con-
| Meeting line between Him aud our
selves complete Mark yon, this inyas
/ I'D of the te3t might haye Walltcd
through that crowd nli day and cried
about her suffering and norslief would
hn1c come II she had not touched Him.
When, ID your prayer, yun lay your
hand on Christ you touch ail the sym
pathies nf 80 ardent and glowing and
responsive nature.
You know That In telegrnphy there
are two currents of electricity. So
when you put ont your hnud of prayer
20 Christ there are two currentsa car
rent oi sorrow rolling up from your
hunri to Christ, and current ~ conn
miReratian rolling from the heart of
Christ 10 yon. Two currents. oh, why
do you 70 unhelpcd7 Why do you 70
wondering about this aud wondering
about that9 Why do you not touch
llima
Are you aielt9 | do not think you nre
any worse of thnn this invalid Of the
text Have you had long KtrnEgle9
I do not think Il has been more than
4 twelve years IL your case hupeleRs2
So WINS this of which my text y tho
/ diagnosis and proRnosia, "Oh you
\ say there ARE So many things between
me and God There was Whole mob
| between this invalid and Christ She
presscd through, and guess yon can
prcss through
n your trouble home troublc2
Christ showed Himself especially sym
pathetic with questions ~ domestlcity
ns when AZ the wedding Ia Cana lie
allcyiatcd q houselseepera prcdieamcnt
as when tcara rushed forth at the
broken home Of Mary and Martha and
Lazarus Men are sometimes ashamed
20 weep, There are men who II the
tears start will conceal them, They
| think Il Il unmnnly to cry. They do
not seem to understand II IL manliness
and evidence of great heart, ! am
afraid ~ man who does not know
how 10 cry. The Christ Of the text
was not ashamed 10 cry over human
misfortune Look NJ that dccp lake Of
tears opened by the two words " the
evangelist. Jesus weptlH BEHOLD
Christ on tho only day Of His oarly
triumph marching ON Jerusalem, the
glittcring domcs ohlitorated by the
| binding rain Of tears in His eyes and
on His check for when He heheld the
city lie wcpt over IL man ~ th,
many trials, woman Of the heart
break. why do you not touch liim9
noh,e says some one, Christ dom
care for me. Christ IL looking the 9th
or way. Christ has the vast affairs o
His Kingdom 10 look after. lie has Oh,
armies of sin 10 overcome, and ther,
are so many worse eases Of trouble thar
mine lie doesn't care about ME, ans
His face Is turned the other way $,
I His back WAS turned to this invalie
~ the text lie was on His wa,
Is effect cure which was famous an,
popular and Understanding. But tn,
context says "tic turned Him about.
II lie was facing 20 the north He turne,
Ia the south. II lie was facing 20 til,
east lle turned to the west, Wha
turned Him ahout9 The Bible says II,
| has no shallow of turning He ride
on III His chariot through the etorni
tics He marches on crushing sceptcr
as though they were the cracking ~
ders on a brooks hank, and tossing
! thrones ON either side 81 Him withou
! stopping 20 look which way they fall
! From everlasting 10 everlasting, III,
! turned Him about He whom all thu
/ allied armies of hell can not stop min
= ute or divert an inch, by the wan. siei,
ncrveless finger of human suffering
, turned clear about
, "oh. what comfort there is in thi
! subject FOR paople who are called merry
. ous, Of course IL Is a nisapplied wor'
: IN that case, but use Il in the ordinar.
Z parlanee After twelve years of sui