The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1893-05-26


take hold Of her dress and let the dress
slide through her pale fingers. She said
1t helped her pain so much and made her
so happy all the day. Aye, have we not
in all our dwellings garments of the de-
parted, touch of which thrills us
through and through, the life Of those
who are gone thrilling through the life
of those who stay' But mark you, the
principle l evolve from this subject.
No addition of health to others unless
there be subtraction of strength from
ourselves. He felt that strength had gone
out of him.
cHRIsT's sENsITIvENEss.
Notice also in this subject Christ
sensitive to human touch. We talk about
God ON a vast scale so much we hardly
appreciate his ccessibility-God in mag
nitude rather than God in minuti@, God
in the infinite rather than God In the in
finitesimal-but here in my text wehave
a God arrested by a suffering touch.
When in the sham trial of Christ they
struck him on the cheek we can realize
how that cheek tingled with pain. When
under the scourging the rod struck the
shoulders and back of Christ, we can re-
oI;,a Nov, no n,,st have wr;tbed npder
the decorations. But here there is sick
low, +broods 80 tba hIre f,inao 90 h;s
coat, and he looks around and says,
"Who touched meY'
We talk about sensitive people, but
Christ wac tho ;,nnarsor atom of ali som
s;tiveness Tho sliobtest stroke of the
smallest finger Of human disability
makes nil the nerves of his head and
heart and hand and feet vibrate II a.
NOT a stolid Christ NOT a nhleomatic
Christ. not n nreoccupied Christ. NOT n
hard Christ. not an iron cased Christ.
but an exouisitely sensitive Christ that
NV text unveils, All the things that
touch us touch him, if by the hand of
PRAYER we make the connecting line be-
tween him and ourselves complete.
Mark YOU, this invalid of the text might
have walked through that crowd all day
and cried about her suffering, and no
relief would have come if she had not
touched him. When in your prayer you
lay your hand on Christ you touch all
the sympathies of an ardent and glow
ing 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 sor-
row rolling up from your heart to Christ
and current of commiseration rolling
from the heart of Christ to you. Two
currents. Oh, why do you go unhelped?
Why do you go wondering about this
and wondering about that? Why do you
not touch him?
Are YOU sick? | do not think YOU are
any worse off than this invalid of the
text. Have YOU had a long struggle? l
do not think it has been more than 10
wears. Is your case hopeless? So was
This Of which nv text is the diagnosis
and nrognosis, "Oh." YOU saw. 4there
are so many things between me and
God" There was whole mob between
this invalid and Christ. She pressed
I'll snpb. and | guess Won can nress
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sonoet;mes asbamad 10 waan Tbaro oro
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+ho,, Tbav tbink a 10 nnmanl,, 20 o,.,,
Tbav do NOT seam To understand II l.
:, Y,in oss and ev;denca Of 4 oreot bao,.+
+ -, af,.aid &c ,nan WHO does IA Ir,.an,
hon 70 NV Tba Christ of +bo tox+ 1no .
not ashamed To crv over human misfor.
+,,na TooL o+ That doom loko Of +oars
onenad NV tha two words Of the evanoal-
IL. "Jas,s wantrn Rahold Christ IN tha
onlv dav Of his early t,iumnb marcb;n -
IN Ier,sole,n tho glittaring domes OBJ
l;tarotad hy +bo hlinaino roin of +oars IN
lie o1as ond an his cbeeks for uhon 10
baboId +ha c;ty be want over Il Owen
If The many trials q woman of the heart
break, why do you not touch him?
ALWAYS HELPFUL.
"Oh," says some one, Christ doesn't
care for me. Christ IS looking the other
way. Christ has the vast affairs OF his
k1ngdom to look AFTER. he has the
armies OF Sin to overthrow, and there are
so many worse cases OF trouble than
mine ne doesn't care about me, and his
race Is turned the otner way: 80 ms
back was turned to this Invalid OF the
text. he was on his way to erect a cure
which was famous and popular and wide
resoundlng. But the context says, HE
turned him about" II he was facing to
The north, he turned to the south; If he
was facing to the east, he turned to the
west. what turned him about! The
Bible says he has no shadow OF turning;
he rides on in his chariot through the
eternities. he marches on, crushing
scepters as though they were the crac-
king alders ON q brooks bank, and toss
ing thrones on either side OF him without
stopping to look which way they fall.
From everlasting to everlasting. HE
+,,rnod 49,, oho,+p no wbo,o oil +bo
allied armies Of hell cannot ston min.