Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-09-06

~ IN the corner. One dav Will
gaht young man and his w;fa
ell seated at their table. with chased
lit,la ana all the luxuries. and their
+ha son sat upon the floor. thew saw
soa son whlttling, and they said: "Mv
IL ~ what are you doing there with tbe
4lie % said he, sI-rm mal,ino
trough Tor my father and mother to
cat out OF when they get old"
But this young man Of tha 80.
- u mat Character. He did not be-
ing 70 that school. can tell IL from
1ne way they mourned over him He
" vas 10 De the companion of his motba,
n re was to be his mothers protector
nc would return now some of the kind.
nesses he had received in the dars ~
en IN and boyhood. Az. he would
win ms strong hand uphold that form
dlreauy enfeebled with age. WIN he
40 NO. In one hour all that prom
tSe Oh help and companionship is gone
mere Is world of anguish in that one
snort phrase: The only son of his
mother, and she widow"
Now, my friends, it was upon this
Soene that Christ broke He came in
without any Introduction. He stonned
'he procession. He had only two utter
ahces TO make the one to the MOURN
ing mother, the other to the dead He
cried out to the mourning one. "Ween
not; and then, touching the bier on
when the son lay, he cried out: Young
man say unto thee, Arise! And he
that was dead sat up
learn two or three things from this
subject, and, first, that Christ was a
man. You see how that sorrow PLAYED
upon all the chords of his heart. |
thlnk we forget this too often Christ
was man more certainly than you are
Ior ne was a perfect man. No sailor ever
slept IN ships hammock more soundlv
than Christ slept in that boat on GEN
hesaret In every nerve, and muscle.
ana bone, and fiber of His body: in
every emotion and affection of His
heart; in every action and decision Of
Ills mind, lie was man. He looked of
upon the waters. He went into Mar
tha's house just as YOU 90 into a cot
tage. lie breathed hard when He was
tired, just as you do when you are ex-
hausted. He felt after sleeping out
night in the storm Just like you do
when you have been exposed to tenn
pest. It was just as humiliating for
Him TO beg bread as it would be for you
TO become pauper. He felt just as
much insulted by being sold for thirty
pieces of silver as you would if you
were sold for the price of dog. From
the crown OF the head to the sole of the
foot He was man. When the thorns
were twisted for His brow, they hurt
Him just as much as they hurt your
brow, If they were twisted for it, He
took not on Him the nature of angels;
He took on Him the seed of Abraham.
"Ecco homo Behold the man!
But | must also draw from the sub
ject that he was a God. Suppose that
a man should attempt TO break up a
funeral obsequy; he would be seized by
the law, he would be imprisoned, if he
were not actually slain by the mob be-
fore the officers could secure him. II
Christ had been mere mortal would
lie have a right to come in upon such
procession? Would He have succeeded
in His interruption? He was more than
a man. for when He cried out: ~ say
unto thee. arise, he that was dead sat
up" What excitement there must have
been thereabouts The body had lain
PROSTATE II had been mourned over
with agonizing tears, and yet now it
begins to move in the shroud and to
be flushed with life: and at the com
mand of Christ, he rises up and looks in
TO the faces of the astonished specta-
tors. o. this was the work of God.
hear il in His voice; | see il in the
flash of His eve; behold it in the snap
ming of deaths shackles; | see il in
The face OF the rising slumberer; ]
hear it in the cutlery of all
those who were spectators OF
the scene. If, when | see my Lord
Jesus Christ mourning with the be-
reaved. put my hand on His shoulders,
and say. "My brother" Now that !
hear Him proclaim supernatural deliv-
GRANGE. | look up into His face and say
With Thomas. 'My Lord and my God.
M Won not think He was God? A
Great many people do not believe that,
and thew compromise the matter, or
they think they compromise it. They
saw He was a very good man, but He
,ras not God. That is impossible.
Ne was either God or wretch, and l
will prove it. If man processes to be
that which he is not what is he? lie
is a liar. an imposter, hypocrite. That
: rour unanimous verdict. Now, Christ
-,.,tassed TO be a God. He said over
pnd over again lie was God took the
80 a,tr;hutes of a God. and assumed the
. 800, and Offices of God. Dare you
80 mU, saw He was not? He was God
III IL was wretch. Choose We.
u NJ vou think cannot prove by this
p,i1a ,bat He was God? If you do
p,ei believe this Bible, of course there
=, ~ - need Of my talking to you. There
J, : -, - common data from which to start
- = - .,,,ose YOU do believe it? Then can
1upp that lie was divine; can
49, -, hat He was Creator: John l. 8:
pfpfS ,,,ada bv Him. and