Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1894-08-24

unto thee, artse =! be that was dead SAT up.
What excitement there must have been there.
about The body had lain PROSTATE. II hal
been mourned over with agoniZing tears,
and yet now IL begins to move In the shroud
and TO be flushed with life, and at tho com
mand OF Christ he rises up and looks INTO
the faces Of the astonished spectators
sob, this was the. work OF a God
hear IL in His voice | see II In the Hash OF
His eye; / behold IL In the swapping Of
deaths shackles | see II in tho face OF
the rising slumberer' hear 1t in the out
cry OF all those who were spectators OF the
scene. IL, when see my Lord Jesus Christ
mourning with the beresved, put my hands
on His shoulders and say, my brother"
now that l hear Him proclaim supernatural
deliverances, look up into His face and
say with Thomas. my Lord and my God"
Do you not think He was a God? great
many people do not believe that, and they
compromise the matter, or they think they
compromise t. They say He was a very
good man, but He was not r Col. That is
impossible. He was either God or a
wretch. and will prove II. II man pro-
iesses to be that which he is not, what is he2
He Is liar, an impostor. a hypocrite. That
Is your unanimous verdict Now, Christ
protested to be a God. He said over and
over again He was Col, took the attributes
OF a God and assumed the works and Offices
OF God. Dare you now say He was not2
He was God, or He was wretch. Choose
ye
Do you think cannot prove by this Bible
that He was IA God2 IL YOU do not believe
this Bible. of course there is no need OF my
talking to You. There is no common data
from which to start. Suppose you do be-
levo 1t. Then | can demonstrate that He
was divine. | can prove He was Creator,
IOhn 4 81 II tbintra mazda " Him
and without Him was not anything made
that was made. He WAS eternal, Revelation
xii, IS, 81 am Alpha AMI Omega, the be-
ginning and the end the first and the last
can prove that He was omnIpotent,
Hebrews l.. 10 THE heavens are the work
of Thine hands. | can prove He was
omnIscient, John H., 25, HE knew what
was in man. Oh, yes, He Is God He
cleft the sea. He upheaved the crystalline
walls along which the leraeltes marched.
He planted the mountains. He raises up
governments and casts down thrones and
marches across nations ami across worlds
and across tho universe, eternal, omnipo-
tent, unhindered and unabashei. That hand
that was nailed to the cross holds the stars
In a leash of love. That heal that dropped
on the bosom in faintins AMI death shall
make the world quake at its nod. That voice
that groanei in the last pang shall swear be-
fore the trembling world that time shall be
no longer. Oh, do not insult the common
sense OF the race by telling US that this per-
sou was only II man In whose presence tho
pnraytic arm was thrust out we'll, and the
devils crouched, and the lepers dropped
their scales, and the tempests folded their
wings, and the boys satchel OF few loayes
made a banquet for 5000, and the sad process
sion OF my text broke up In congratulation
and hosanna
Again, learn from this subject that Christ
was a sympathizer. Mark you, this WAS a
city funeral. In the country when the bell
tolls, they know all about It for Ave miles
around, and they know what was the matter
with the man, how old he was and what
were his last experiences They know with
whattemporal prospects he has left his fam
fly. There is no haste, there Is no indecency
In the obsequies. There is nothing done as
mere matter OF business Even tho chill
dren come out as the procession passes and
look sympathetic. and the tree shadows
seem to deepen, and the brooks weep In
sympathy as the procession goes by. BUT,
mark you, this that am speaking OF was
city funeral. In great cities the cart jostles
the hearse, and there ia mirtn and gladness
and indifference as the weeping procession
goes by. In this city OF Main It was com
mon thing to have trouble and bereavement
uthtu. tHEEt saw IL uhN
Perhaps that very hour there were others be-
ms carried out, but this frequency OF trouble
did not harden Christs heart at all. He
stepped right out, and He saw this mourner,
, and He hal compassion on her. and He said
Weep not E
Now have to tell you. o bruised souls,
and there are many everywhere-havey you
ever looked over any great audience and no.
ticed how many shadows OF sorrow there
are2 l come to all such and say, Christ
meets you, and He has compassion on you.
and He says, Weep not Perhaps with
some IL ia financial trouble "Oh, you say
ut is such silly thing for man to cry
over lost money
Is 1t? Suppose you had a large fortune, and
all luxurIes brought to your table, and your
wardrobe was full, and your home was beau
tiful by music and sculpture and painting
and ttrongod by the elegant and educatel
and then some rouni misfortune should
strikeyou Ia the face and trample your treas
ures and taunt your children for their faded
dress and send you into commercial circles
an underling where once YOU waved \ sccpter
OF gold. do you think YOU wouM cry then
think you would. But Christ comes and
meets all such to-day. lie sees all the straits
In which YOU have been thrust. He observes
the sneer OF that man who once was proud
| TO walk In your shadow and glad to GET your
| help. He Sees the protested note, tho I'M
Cancelled Judgment. the loreclosed mortgage
the heartbreaking evaporation. and He says
Weep not. | own the cattle on a thousand
hills. will never let you starys. From My
hand the fowls Of heaven peck all their food
And will let you stRrvc? Never no, Ny
child, never -
Perhaps IL may DO living home troubi,
that you cannot speak about to your hes
friend. Ii may DO somo domesti: unhaE
piness. 1t may be an evil suspicion. II maj
be the disgrace following In the footsteps Of
son that ia maynard, or n companion who
| Is cruel, or father that will not do right
| and for years there may have been vuturt
striking its beak into the vitals OF your soul
and you sit there to-day feeling II 10 worse
than death. 1t is. 1t is worse than death
And vet there is relief. Though the night
may be the blacklist, though tho voices oI
hell may tell you to curse God and die look
up and hear the voice that accosted the
women OF the text rs It says, Weep not"
| Earth hath no sorrow
| That heaven cannot cure.
learn, again, from all this that Christ Is
the master OF the grave. Just outside the
gate OF the city Death and Christ measured
lances, and when the young man rose Death
dropped. Now wo are sure OF our resurrec-
ton. Oh, what a scene II was when that
young nan came back Tho mother never
expected TO hear him speak again. She
never thought that he would kiss her again.
How the tears started and how her heart
throbbed as she said, "Oh, my son, my son
my son +" And that scene Is going to be re-
peated. II is going to DO repeated 10, 0OC
times. These broken family circles have go,
TO come together. These extinguished
household Lights have got to be rekindled
There will be stir In the family lot In the
cemetery, and there will be rush into life
mt tho command. Young man. say unto
thee arise ~ As the child shakes Off the dust
OF the tomb and comes forth fresh and fall
and beautiful, and you throw your arms
around 1t and press 1t to your heart. angel
to angel will repeat the story OF Main, "Ht
delivered him to his mother" Did you no
tioe that passage In the text AS | read It
HE delivered him to his mother" Oh, v,