The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1894-03-03
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nave been ten years
thirty years" But doea 40, tn .
face still have tender supremacy over your
entire nature? During many an eventide
does II not look Mt you2 What a sanctifying
hallowing influence IL has been in your life
You can say in the words OF the poet "Bet.
ter to have loved and lost than never to
have loved at all" Or Il may have
been sisters face. Perhaps she was
the invalid OF the family. Perhaps she
never went out except on very clear
days, and then she had to be carried
down the stairs to the piazza or for a short
ride. but she was so patient and cheerful
under 1t all. ! As that face looks at you,
through the yoAks with what an elevated and;
heavenly emos&,n you are filled. Or was IT
father lace, The storms of life had
briShtn.S ,ye had been quenched, and
to ear was tuTed with the hand behind II
in order to heai&a all. But you remember
that face so wildly that il you were an
would mean to YOU more than any face that
Rembrandt ever sketched. That face,
though long ago veiled from human sight
Is aS plain in NOur memory as though You
this moment saw it moving gently forward
and backward in the rocking chair by the
stovO in the old farmhouse Or was II your
mothers face! good mothers face Is never
homely to her boys and girls IL is "Mn-
donna in the picture gallery Of tho memory.
What sympathetic face II wEsl Did YOU
'Ntl lifNt u JOY unu luHI l1CC ulu not respond
tohI Did you eyer have n grief and no tears
trickle down that maternal cheek2 Did you
ever do a bad thing and n shadow did not
cross It? Oh II was \ sweet face The spec
tacles with large. round glasses through
which she looked Mt YOU. how sacredly they
have been kept in bureau or closet Your
mothers face. your mothers smile, your
mothers tears, What nm ovcrpowering
memory Though you have como on to mid
life or old age, how you would like just once
~ Won fop1 In, hnrl l,TN
good cry
But | can tell you OF more sympathetic
and more tender and more loving face than
any OF the fa""s have mentioned. "No. you
cannot, says some one. I can, and | will
1t is the face of Jesus Christ as He was on
earth and Is now in heaven. When prapar-
ing my life Of Christ. entitled From Man
ger &c Throne ] ransacked tho art CALLER
les and portfolios Of tho world to find pic
ture OF our Saviour 3 face that might be most
expressive, and saw IL ns Francesca Francia
painted It in the sixteenth century and as
the emerald intaglO Of the sixth century
presented II, and as ircsco in the catacOmhs
near Rome preserved it, and IA Leonardo da
Ninci showed II in "rhe Last Supper" and
looked in tho Louvre. AMI the Luxembourg
AMI the vatican. and the Dresden. and the
Berlin, and Neapoltan and London galleries
Tor the most inspirinl; face OF Christ, and
many OF tho presentations were wonderful
FOR pnlhos and majesty and power and exc
cutl"n, but although | select rd that bv Ary
SchoI"r as IN some respects tho most oxnres-
sive felt as "" all fccl-that our Christ has
never yet been presented either in sculpture
or painting. AMI that We will have 10 wait
until we rise 10 tn" upper palace. where we
shall see Him as lie is
What "A g"ntl" face IL must have been to
Undue" th" hah", - struggle ont of their
mothers arms into His arms, What an ex-
pr"sSivc fac" il must have hcen when one re-
proving look Of il throw stalwart Peter into
n NJ Of tears What II pleading face Il must
have been TO lead the pSalmist in prayer To
say ol II, Look upon the fac" ., thine
anl"tnt"d what sv-I,athetic face II
must have been to :ucOurago the sick woman
VIII" was beyond any help from the doctors
20 touch the hem Of His garment What
suffering FAC" II muJt hRv" been when sus-
pended on the ccrpsnli li"ular and horizontal
pieces of the wood ~ martyriom. and His
antagonists slapped III" pallid cheek with
their rough hands AMI hefculed II with the
saliva Of their hinsrh"mous lips. What n
tremendous face u must have been to l"aI
II. John tO describe II in IN" coming iudC-
men, 70 scattering th" universe when he
snys. From whose tJ"6. IN" earth nni tho
h"pIrn tinI away
- Christ one" tho Nagarone. hut now tho
CELESTIAL y Nn"" "t cross. but now Of throne
Dn"" crowned with singing hramblc hut
now "oInn"t"i With tn" Jewels oT ransomr
.'np'r'* Turn on Tiny pardoninG fac" ani
i"r-lN" ~. Thy ~"mpaIh"tir fac" AMI cons0i"
- ! ny -Nll' 'l'a ll'f Nil lbN' 1DN atone
mont avail Tor IL. Thy omnipotont face AMI
r''s'u" IL. o.. what face - Scared 40
lh""ri'"' :. 80 r"Spl"r t"nf. 80 OVERWHELMING
" glorious that the s"raphim put wing -
wing an with their cuuinin"l pininns keep
~ som" o. tn" luS'rr that j. too mighty even
'or "y's "h"ruhic or angelic. ani vet this
morning iurn'n- upon IA with sh"ath.J
'pl"naur IlE" that with which "" ap-
p"ar"d whom lie sIid TO the mothers
ha~htn' 0h"ni presenting their children.
'SUf"r them to oou".' AMI to the poor
wait Of IN" street, "N"irh"r do ] condemn
'h"'. nuI to IN" "v"s oi IN" hlini hcgyar OF
lh" ways l". "Br opened | think my
brother John. ~" returned fo."ign mission
aTy. dVm. suuw"r lNrorH last nj Bound
Broc|. g u ;hl glimpse OF that face OF Christ
when IN his lying huTt nay brother said II
shall H." satisfied when awaken In Hts like
ness. Aud now unto llim that loved us and
washed ~ from our sin- in His own blood
AMI hath ma I"us kings uul priests unto God
MI Ills Futh"r. TO HIM h." glory AMI domin-
ION for ever AMI "N r.. Amen AMI amen
Amen and amen