The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-06-16

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nestle group than there was an an
fantile excitement, and the youngsters
began to struggle to get out of their
mothers arms. They could not hold
the children back. "Stand back with
those childrenl" scolded some OF the
disciples. Perhaps the little ones may
have been playing in the dirt, and
their faces may not have been clean,
or they may not have been well clad,
or the disciples may have thought
Christ's religion was religion chiefly
for big folks. But Christ made the in
fantile excitement still livelier by His
saving that He liked children better
than grown people, declaring: Except |
We become as little child We can
not enter into the kingdom of God. "
Alas! for the people who do
not like children. They had better stay |
out of Heaven, for the place is full OF
them. That, l think. is one reason
why the vast majority of the human
race die in infancy. Christ is SO fond
of children that He takes them to Him.
self before the world has time to de-
spoil and harden them, and SO they are
now at the windows of the palace, and
on the doorsteps, and playing on the
green. Sometimes Matthew, or Mark,
or Luke tells a story of Christ, and
only one tell it. but Matthew, Mark
and Luke all join in that picture OF
Christ girdled by children, and know
by what occurred at that time that
Christ had face full of geniality.
Not only was Christ altogether lovely
in His countenance, but lovely in His
habits. l know, without being told,
that the Lord who made the rivers, and
lakes, and oceans was clearly in His
appearance. He disliked. the disease
of leprosy, not only because it was dis
tressing, but because it was not clean,
and His curative words were: II will;
be thou clean" He declared Himself
in favor of thorough washing. and OPP
posed to superficial washing, when He
denounced the hypocrites for making
clean only 1.-THE outside of the plat
ter" and He applauds His disciples
by saying, ''Now are We clean" and
giving directions to those who tasted;
among other things He says, Wash thy
faces" and toa blind man whom He was
doctoring: ''Go, wash in the pool of
Sloan" And He Himself actually
washed the disciples feet, / suppose
not only to demonstrate His own hui
mility, but probably their feet needed
| to be washed The fact is, the Lord
was great friend of water. know
that from the fact that most of the
world is water. But when find Christ
| in such constant commentator OF wa
ter, know He was personally neat, al
though He mingled much among very
rough populations, and took such long
/ journeys on dusty highways. He wore
His hair long, according to the custom
of His land and time, but neither
trouble or old age had thinned or in
iured His locks, which were never
worn shaggy or unkempt. Yes, all
His habits of personal appearance were
lovely.
Sobriety was also an established
l.habit of His life. In addition to the
water, He drank the juice of the grape
When at wedding. party this bever
age gave out, He made gallons on gal
Ions of grape juice, but it was us un
like what the world makes in our time
as health is different from disease. ant
as calm pulses are different from the
paroxysms of delirum tremens. There
was no strychnine in that beverage, o.
logwood, or nux yomica. The tippler
and the sots who now quot
the wine-making in Cana of Cali
lee as an excuse for the
fiery and damning beverages of tn
n ineteenth century, forget that tn
wine at the New Testament wedding
, had two characteristics, the one tina
, the Lord made it, and the other that
, was made out of water. buy all yo
, can of that kind and drink it at leas
!. three times a day, and send barrel O
: it around to my cellar. You can NO
: make me believe that the blessed Christ
! who went up and down healing tn
: sick. would create for man tina
style of drink which is the caus
> of disease more than all othe
:, causes combined; or that He VIII
; Gained the maniacs into their RICH
. mind, would create that style of drin
which does more than anything else t
> fill insane asylums; or that He VII
! was SO helpful to the poor, would max
a style of drink that crowds the cart
/. with pauperism; or that He who cam
. to save the nations from sin, woul
: create a liquor that is the source of mo
= of the crime that now stuffs the pen
!, tentiaries A lovely sobriety wi
written all over His face, from the hal
: line of the forehead to the bottom
!, the bearded chin.
Domesticity was also His hati
n Though too poor to have a home OF II
A. own He went out to spend the nigl
a at Bethany, two or three miles wa
70 from Jerusalem, and over rough al
% billy road that made it equal to six
AZ seven ordinary miles, every mornil
IL and night going to and fro l won
IA rather walk from here to Central par
a. or walk from Edinburgh to Arthur
! seat. or in London clear around Hy
ID park, than to walk that road TIL
= Christ walked twice day from Jer
= salem to Bethany. But He liked t
a ouietude of home life and He was lov
is ly in His domesticity.
st How He enjoyed handing over t
i. resurrected boy to his mother and t
no resurrected girl to her father and
he constructing homesteads which dises
mr. or death was breaking up. AS t
song Home, Sweet Home" was WI
- Tan nv a man w no at that time had