The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-05-25

-. s'Nh NoSslb Onf1rt. UuI All fAUul9ltpN
sensitive Christ that my text unveils. All IN,
things that touch us touch Him, ~ by IN,
hand OF prayer we make the connecting line
between Him and ourselves compicte MARI
you, this invalid ofthe text might have walked
through that crowd all day and cried abou,
her suffering, and no relief would have come
IL che had not touched Him. When in your
prayer you lay your hand on Chris. YOU touch
all the sympathies Of an ardent and glowing
and responsive nature
You know that In telegraphy there are two
currents OF electricity. so when you put out
your hand OF prayer TO Christ there are two
currents-a current Of sorrow rolling up from
your heart 10 Christ and current of COM
niseration rolling from the heart OF Christ %
you. Two currents. oh. way do you go un-
helpedI Why do you 70 wondering about
this and wondering about that? Why do you
not touch Him2
Are you sick2 I do not think YOU are any
worse on than this invalid Of the text. Have
you had long struggle2 do not think n
has been more than ~ years. Is vour case
hopeless 80 was this OF which my text Is
the diagnosis and prognosis. "Oh." YOU say,
there are 80 many things between me and
God. There was n whole mob between this
invalid and Christ She pressed through. and
guess you can press through
ls your trouble n home trouhle2 Christ
shows Himself especially sympathetic with
questions OF domesticity. as when n, the we'd
ding In Cana He alleviated housekeepers
predicament. as when tears rushed forth at
the broken dome Of Mary and Martini and
Lazarus. Men are sometimes ashamed TO
weep. There are men who II the tears start
will conceal them. They think IL Is unmanly
10 cry. They do not seem TO Understand II is
manliness and evidence of great heart.
am afraid OF a man who does not know how
TO cry. The Christ Of the text was no,
ashamed TO cry over human misfortune Look
~ that deep lake of tears opened by the two
words ot the evangelist Jesus wept - Be
hold Christ on the only day of His early
triumph marching on Jerusalem the glitter
ing domes obliteratci by .he binding rain OF
tears In His eyes and on His cheeks. for when
He beheld the city II" wcpt over il. o man
ot the many trials. q woman of the heart
break, why do you not touch Him2
ION, says some one, Christ Decent care
for me. Christ Is looking the other way.
Chrlst has the vast affair of HIS kingdom 10
look after. Tie has the armies oi sin To over
throw and there are 50 many worse cases of
trouble than mine He doesn't care about me
and His face Is turned the other way. So
His back was turned To- this invalid of the
text. He was on His way 10 effect "a cure
which was famous and popular and wide re-
sounding. But the context says. He turned
Him about II He was facing to the north.
He turned 90 the south u He was facing to
the east. He turned 20 tho west. What
turned Him about The Bible saws He has 90
shadow Of turning He rides on His chariot
trough TIE Ctc-nitias. He nar,hps on.
crushing sctpters Gs though thCy were the
cracking alders on brooks hank. and toss.
ing thrones on either side OF Him without
looking which way the fail. From cycrlast-
ins TO everlasting. "lie turned Him about.
He. whom all the allied armies 81 hell can
not stop q minute or divert an inch bv the
wan. sick. norycless finger of human suffer
In. turned clear about
on. what comfort there IS in this subject
for people who are called nervous OF course
Il i q misapplied word In that ease. but use
II In the ordinary pl-lance. After u years
nf f~ulicring. Oh. what nervous depression she
must have mad You all know that good
zeal ~ medicine taken u IL does not cure |
leaves the system exhausted. and In the Bihie !
N 80 many words she ''had suffered many
things o! many physicians and was nothing I
'cttered. but rather grew worse" She was
= nervous as nervous could be- She knew I
al about insomnia, and about the awful APP |
nrehension OF something going TO happen. /
and irritability about little things that IN /
health would not have pc. her. ! war
10 the garment OF Christ. but a trembling
.ore-arn, and an uncertain motion of the /
hand. and quiyerng finger with which she /
missed the mark toward which she aimed. |
She did not touch the garner; Just where I
,ne expected TO touch H.
When see this nervous woman coming 20 .
he Lord Jesus Christ. | say she is making
he way for all nervous people. Nervous I
people 90 not get much sympathy. II a man
'reaks his arm. everybody il sorry. and thew I
AK about 1t all up and down the street. II a /
woman has an eye put out hy accident. they .
dy That's "A dreadful thing" Everybody .
= asking about her convales'enNe. But when .
person J. suffering under the ailinent of
Shlch am now speaking they say. "Oh.
hat nothing. She's q littl" nervous. that's
w. putting "a slight upon tho mos; aconiz-
"a: oi suffering.
Now, hgve new prescription TO riyeyou
DO not ask you 10 dis 'ari human meaira-
nent. believe In H. When the slightest
hlns occurs m the way OF sickness in ny
.uus"hold. We always run for the doctor. /
10 not want 10 despise medicine. II you can
.p: sleep nights. do no; despise bromide Of
'oiGssium. you have nervous paroxysn
.o not desp!se morphine. II YOU wants To-
trengthrn up your system. DO not desplsa
uinlLe a. q tonic. Use all right and pr0per
Medicines. But / want you 20 bring your
Insomnia. and bring your irritability. and
ring al your weakness-s and with them
ouch Christ. Touch HIM no; only on ;he
rL % His garments Tut touch HIM on the
boulder. where Hecarries our burden. touch
lin on the head where He remembers al
ur sorrows. touch HIN on the heart. the
enter OF all His sympathies. Oh. yes Paul
'as richt when he said. we have not high
ri-st who cannot be touched
The fact Is Christ Himself Is nervous All
hose nights out Of door IN malarial districts.
here al EnclishmGn or an American dies II
e goes "a; certain seasons. Sleeping out u!
oors 20 many nights, a. Christ did. and 50
ungry. and His feet wet with the wash OF
he SCI, and the wilderness tramp, and the
erseclron, and the outrage must hay.
roken His nervous system fact proved by
be statement that He lived 70 short time
d the cross. That i q lingering death or
manly. and many sufferer on the cross
a. wrthed IN pain y hour. s3bours. Christ
we'd only six. Why He was exhausted be-
1re He mounted the bloody tree. Oh. IL Is
wornout Christ, sympathetic with all peo-
le worn out.
Christian woman went 20 the Tract .
Iouse IN New York and asked for tracts for
istribution. The firs; day she was out on
cr Christian errand she saw d policeman
king an intoxicated woman % the station
ouse. Alter the woman was discharged
'om custody this Christian tract distributor
iw her coming away all unkempt and IN ,
,yely. The tract distributor went up. threw
er arms around her neck and kissed her Z
be woman said. "Oh. nv God. why do you