The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-29

We Wou10 sec 1e4u4s
ssir we would soc Jesus.e-st.
Thoughts OF wonderful and slgnifi-
cant Import clustsr around the In
quiry OF these certain Greeksr as ex.
pressed In the text, I'VE Would see
Jesus Wonderful Significance also
attaches itself 10 the particular time
OF the inquiry, from the fact Of the
momentous Issues that were In pro-
cess OF contamination, and as It were
at The threshold OF realization. ready
70 burst forth In vivid and startling
reality. Events foretold by holy men
OF old, as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost. and flashed forth In ad-
vance Of time, were now upon the
very eve OF realization and fulffllment
The promised seed OF the woman
which should bruise the serpent's
head-the very Christ-had been born.
and the period Of His visible person
age and ministry among men was
drawing to a close. The incompre-
sible and divine plan OF human RS
qemption, through Jesus Christ, 'the
Lamb OF God, which taketh away
the elm of the world" was In few
abort hours to be presented to a world
OF sinners. In the crucifixion OF the
Son OF God.
An event SO stupendous, so start
ling. 30 amazing, SO tncomprehensi.
bic, and yet SO dazzling bright with the
Fathers immaculate love for q help
less, dying race that the sun OF the
material heavens grew dark before the
scene, and earth itself qualed and
trembled beneath the cross upon
which hung the man, Christ Jesus.
',bearing our sins In his own body"
Strictly speaking. the last passover
ever to be celebrated under the old
Mosaic dispensation was being pre-
pared. and untold thousands from
the country adjacent to
and remote from Jerusalem were as
In and around this ancient
city, this typical city. typical Of the
New Jerusalem, the saints everlasting
metropolis. And among tho sursing
multitudes that filled and crowded Its
streets ana avenues on the occasion OF
this yearly jewish feast was one OF
the most wonderful Of beings. He
was the Man OF Sorrows; He was
Jesus. the Christ the wonderful and
promised Deliverer.
But the poverty sourroundlng his
birth, the associations OF his life, up
TO tho dawn Of his ministry were OF
that character, as to exclude the rich
and the noble of worldly men from his
acquaintance, and it is but reasonable
to conclude that PERSONAL he was un.
known save to few. And even whe u
Gods voice was heard In the cloud,
This Is my well beloved son, hear We
Him." and his public ministry began,
and the multltudes began to follow
Him, and his fame hal spread far and
wide. the record gives no evidence
other than IL was comparatively the
Few and mostly the poor VINO did soc
In him the real Christ, that should
save his people from their sins, " and
it Is sad reflection that to- day among
the millions who are crowding the
highways OF earth, and have heard so
much OF his fame, and have been told
so much and 30 continuously OF his
wonderful and divine power to save,
that 30 few really see or know Him as
the great master force" that can
change sinful men and make them to
stand complete before Holy God.
These certain Greeks, who had come
to Jerusalem to worship at the feast OF
the Passover on this occasion, no
doubt had heard often and much of
this wonderful man. Perhaps they
had heard OF his first miracle at the
Wedding in Cana of Gallllea; and of
His feeding five thousand hungry
men, besides women and children, till
they were all filled. with scarce enough
OF food TO breakfast small family
No doubt they had heard of His Civ
ing sight to the blind, and making the
lame to walk, and OF healingthe lepers,
and OF curing all manner OF diseases,
and OF shilling the foaming pillows of
a disturbed and angry sea, and hush
Ing the boisterous and contrary wipde
into complete stiffness.
Perhaps they had heard also of his
meeting that sorrowful company OF
mournsrs, as they slowly and sadly
were vending their way out OF the
city OF Main, In the direction OF q pre-
pared grave. into which the only son
OF the poor widow was soon to be
buried, and as He bebeld the dead boy
and the weeping mother, his great
heart OF tenderness, beating in sym.
patty with human sorrow was moved,
and He called into exercise His Di.
vinity and spoke life into the pale
corpse, and into the arms OF the be-
reayed and anguish smitten mother
~ . leads q living son.
Surely they must have heard all
about the man Lazarus, who was dead
four days and buried, and how Jesus
commanded him to come forth. aud
he. who was dead was mads alive and
came forth and accompanied his sis.
tiers, Mary aid Martha, to their home
again. And perhaps they not only
heard all this, but they may have seen
Lazarus themselves and talked with
him during the occasion of the pass
over feast, and no doubt lie was the
object of wonderful attraction from
the multitude for his very presence
inspired the people with desire tc
see Jesus. and led to the swelling oil
tho multitude, that thronged Hin
upon the occasion OF His memorable
entry into Jerusalem.
IL Is therefore reasonableto conelud,
that these certain Greeks" wero wei
and fully Informed in regard to tn,
many things which had transpired dur
ing the ministry OF the Sayiour,and n,
doubt their minds were deeply i'm
lpressed, and wonderful interest wa
being developed in them concerning
the wonderful gospel He was deelar
ling; for Ills doings and fame hat
grown TO such proportions, and spreat
SO far and SO wide, as to elicit from
even His late-inspired enemies tn,
IScribes and Phaiisees, this conces
sion: Perceive ye how ye prevail
nothing? Behold the world is gon
after Him." But with all this accumu
ilation of information;with all the mul
Implicitly OF accredited facts in thei
possession concerning Jesus, still Their,
was coursing through their minds
desires greater and more intensl.
keen, and longings deeper, and ia
moro earnest than even yet had takel
hold on them, and all thus far unsat
iisfied by all and everything hitherti
lobtained.
] And now with seeming emphasis
these mature and full ripe desire
come rushing to their lips, and in thei
expression there was born the mos
important inquiry that ever did. o
ever will, or ever can engage til
minds of sinful. mortal men: NV
Would sec Jesus" All this surfac
knowledge concerning Him did NO
satisfy these certain Creeks The,
WANTED, they desired something more
They would see Jesus" And, reader
you may know much of the history o
this man Christ, you may know tn
Bible by heart, you may know al
about the formal services OF tn
Church, yea, you may engage In then
and live strictly In obedience to thei
: rules and observe their ordinances
and yet you will remain unsatisiied
lunsayed, unless you Would see Je
,sus." I'VE Would see Jesus" To Sc
Jesus. OH what does IL mean to us
oh! that we could in some measur
tell its meaning and comprehend Il
isome degree what 1t is TO us.
"a sinner saved by grace" who ca
/ comprehend itp A sinner justly doom
, ed to death, pardoned and liberated
made free from the law of sin an
, death by the Spirit Of Life in Chris
/ Jesus. oh! incomprehensible though