Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1894-05-04

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mind would create that style OF drink "nion
does more than anything else 10 M InStno
asvlums. or that He who was 50 helpiu, "
the moor would make style OF drink tIlt
crowds the earth with pauperlsn, or thN NJ
who came TO save the nations from sih WouI1
create LIQUOR that is tho source o. noSI "
the crime that now stuf5 the pehMeut'a' r. re-,
A lovely sobretv was written all over MS
face. from the hair line OF the lorehea1 u 'n0
hottom of the bear led chin. ,.,. ,rnoryh
Donestic,ty was also His habit. Inou5
too moor 10 havs a home OF His own He
went ont to spend the night at B'Enany' lw9
or three miles walk from Jerusalem, ant
over a rough and billy road that mtls
equal to six or seven oriinlry mues, eVoii11
morning aud night going to an1 iro. wo"..
rather walk from hers to Central facH, ~
walk from Einburs "a to Arthurs sea-, OF ,n
london clear arounl Hyde Park, tnau "
walk that road that Christ walker W.
day from Jerusalem to Bstafny, ~ 9u' =,
liked the duetu1e OF no NJ lit9, am no wa
lovely in His do nssticity.
How He enjoyed handing over the result
reetei girl to her father, and reconstru;Ilh3
homesteads which disease or death was
breaking up! AS the song, "Hone SWEEP
Home" was written by n man wac az tna'
time had no home 80 think the homeless
ness OF Christ added to His appreciation oil
domesticity.
Furthermore, He was lovely in His sym
pathies. Now, dropsy is most dlstresslui
complaint. 1t infames AMI swells ana Tor
lures any limb or physical organ II toucaes;
As soon as a case of that KNIT Is suomttea
to Christ, He, without any USE OF dtapaor-
cites. commands its cure. AMI what an eye
doctor He was for opening the long closet
gates of sight to the blue OF the sky, AMI tue
velow of the flower and the emerald OF the
orassI What a Christ H WIS for cooling
fevers without so much as spoonful OF
fehrifuge. and Strengthening crooked backs
without auy pang Of surgery, and standing
whole choirs of music along the silent GAL
lerjes of a deaf ear, and giving healthtut ner-
vous system to cataleptlcs sympathy he
did not give them stoical advice or pnlloso-
phzs about the science OF GRIEF. H9 sat
down aud cried for them.
It ia spoken OF as the shortest verse In the
Bible. but to me it is about the longest an
grandest, "Jesus wept." Alb. many OF us
! know the meaning OF that! Wnen we "era
in great trouble, some ons came IN WIN Vo'-
ubie consolation and quoted the Scripture IN
a sort of heartless way AMI did not help us
at ali. But after awhile some one else came
| in. and without saying a word sat down ana
burst into a foo Of tears at the slgnt OF
our woe. and somehow 1t helpe1 US right
away. "Jesus wept." You see. II was
deeply attached household, that OF Mary an
Martha and Lazarus. The father an1 motner
were dead, and the girls depended on thelr
brother. Lazarus had said TO tnem NOW,
Mary. now, Martha, stop your worrying. L
will take care OF you. l will be to you notn
father AMI mother. My arm is strong. Girls,
you can depend on ms!
But now Laz .rus was sick-yea, Lazarus
was dead. All broken up, the sisters sit
disconsolate. and there is a knock at the
door, "Come in," says Martha. come
in. says Mary. Christ entered, and he JUST
broke down. 1t was too much Tor Alm. ne =
had been so often and 80 Kinn'y e9Cetia, sn'.
in that home before sickness and death oeV,
astated it that He choked up and soooel
aIoud. and the tears trickled down the sad
face of the sympathetic Christ. Jesus
went" Why do you not try that mo1e OF
helnjnp. You say, ~ am a man OF lew
words" or "[ am woman OF few WORDS.
Why. YOUR dear soul. words are not neces'
sary. Initiate your Lord and go to those al
flcted homes and cry with them.
John Murphy! Well, you did not know
him. Once when 1 was in great pereaVe
ment he came TO my house. Kind ministers
of ths gospel had come and talked beauti
fully nd prayed with us and did all they
couid TO console But John Murphy, one o
the best friends l ever had, big soule
glorious Irshman, came Ill ana looked ln'S
nv face nut out his broad, strong mana an
said NOT a word, but sat downand cried VIII
ms. am not enough OF philosopher 10 Sd.
how it was or why it was, but somehow lro ,
door to door and from moor 10 csilinS ~
room was filed with an all perVau'nS 00'-A
fort. "Jesus wept.
think that is what makes Christ sucn
nopular Christ. There ara so many "n'
F0f Ficka fhn farlOtl
HISTORIAN missionary, was in the cnapsi on
dav talking to the heathen, and she was II
verv moor health and so weak she sat upon
,not while she talked and felt the neeu G
something to lean against, when she 1elt
voman's form at her back and hear1
1voman's voice saving, clean on me. Sn
leaned little. but did not want to be 10
cumbersome, when the woman's voice salo
sIean hard if you love me, lean nara ,,
Aud that makes Christ so lovely n
wants all the sick and troubled and weary I
Ion %',,,' acainst Him. and He says, "Lean hard
If Won love Me. lean hard" Aye, He
close nv with His sympathetic help: Ho'
lev Wears. the famous soldier and Cnrlstla
} nj the Crjmean war. died because when L
} was wounded his regiment was too far o
) from the tent of supplies He was not mo-
tally wounded, and II the surgeons coul
only have got at the bandages and tue ma
cines he would have recoverei' 30 nuc
~ human svnDathy and hopefulness cons
l TOO late. But Christ Is always close by
we want Him, and has all the medicine
. ready and has eternal lie Ior all Wa a.
for it, sympathy q.
J Ave. He was lovely in His doctrines. o
T sacrifice or the relief Of the suffering
others by our own suffering. He waStns Oh
! MUSICIAN that ever proposed to cure his
4 tents nv taxing their disor lers. SOIL sacr
o fee! And what did He not g'ye up i
Others Tbs best climate i'll the uniVers
A ths air OF heaven, for the wlntry weather
4 Palestine, scepter or unlmteu uon.nu
4 for prisoner S box in an earthly courtroom
a Aashing tiara for crown OF slin3u
: hrambles. palace for cattle pen, tnro
, for cross. Self sacrifice What is mo
, love;v? Mothers dying for their cnildr
d down with scarlet fever, railroad engtnee
0 going down through the open urawociuge
/ savai Inc train. flremsn scorehed TO del
d irving TO help some one down the lada
o from the fourth story o. the con5un'
. house. All these put together on'y ialnt u
% insufficient SMILES by which to iiiu5lraIs
ot grander, mightier, farther reacniny SOL D
Y, ri6ce of the ''altogether lovely.
Of Do YOU wonder that the story OF HIS 8
" sacrifice has led hundreds OF thousands
a die for Him? In one series OF persecutiC
over 200. 900 were put to death Ior OnrE
n cake For Him Bandina was tied TO p
1 ami wild beasts were let out upon her,
10 when life continued after the attack OF to'
as and paw she was put in net and tna' :,
10 containing her was thrown 10 WIN
as that tossed her with us horns ., , dy M"S
II tinct. All for Christ Huguenots gyms
III Christ ! Albigenses dying for Cnrist
of V Taudois dying for Christ smithfeld 4
T. endured Tor Christ The bones OF martl
0. tf distributed. would make path OF mold