The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-08-23

i 70 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 II they were twisted for II. He took
not on Him the nature OF angels. He took
on Hin the seed OF abraham. "Ecce Homo !"
behold the man
But must also draw from this subject
that He was a God. Suppose that n man
should attempt to break up funeral obse-
guy. He would be seized by the law he
would be imprisoned, II he we're not actually
slain by the mob before the officers could
secure him. II Christ had been nero NOR
tai, would He have right to come in upon
such procession? Would He have sue
reeded In His interruptonp He was more
than man, Tor when He cried out ''I say
unto thee, arise ~ he that was dead sat up.
What excitement there must have been there
about The body had lain PROSTATE. 1t hnd
been mourned over with agonizng tears,
and yet now Ii begins TO move In the shroud
and TO be flushed with life and at the COM
mand OF Christ he rises up and looks into
the faces OF the astonishei spectators.
"0b, this was the work OF God I
hear II In His voice 500 II In the flash OF
His eye; behold IL In the swapping OF
deaths shackles l see II In the face OF
the rising slumberer I hear IL in the out
cry OF all those who were spectators OF the
scene. III, when | see my Lord Jesus Christ
mourning with the bereaved, put my hands
on HIS shoulders and say. "My brother"
now that hear Him proclaim supernatural
deliverances, look up into His face ard
say with Thomas, "My Lord and my God"
Do you not think He was God2 A great
many people do not believe that, and they
compromise the matter, or they think they
compromise II. They say He was "a very
good man, but He was not a God. That IL
| impossible He was either a God or
wretch, md will prove II. Ifa man pro-
80 k, kt..I, a. AL k..y
He Is liar an impostor. n hypocrite. That
ls your unanimous verdict. Now. Christ
| pro.essed to be n Go1. He said over and
| over again He was a Go :, took the attributes
| OF God and assumed the works aud offices
OF q God. Dare you now say He was no,2
He was God, or He was wretch. Choose
| ye
Do you think I cannot prove by this Biblo
that He was a God? II you do not belieys
this Bible. OF course there IL no need OF my
talking to YOU. There is no common data
from which to start. Suppose you do be-
lieve It. Then l can demonstrate that He
was divine. ! can prove He was Creator,
John l., ., "All things were made by Him,
and without Him was not anything made
that was made" He was eternal, Revelation
xxll, 13,. 81 am Alpha and Omega, the be-
| ginning and the end, the first and the last"
| can prove that He was omnipotent,
Hebrews t.. 10, "Tho heavens are the work
OF Thine hands" / can prove He was
| omniscient, John 49,, 25. "He knew what
was in man." Oh yes, He Is n God. Hc
,leit the sea. He upheaved the crystalline
walls along whci the Israelites marched.
lie planted the mountains. He raises up
governments and casts down thrones and
marches across nations and across worlds
and across tho universe, eternal, omnipo-
ent, unhindered and unabashed. That hand
chat was nailed TO the cross holds the stars
N a leash or love. 1nat mead that droppei
IN the bosom in fainting and death shall
make the world quake at its nod. That voice
that groaned In the last pang shall swear be-
fore the trembling world that time shall be
40 longer. Oh, do not insult the common
sense OF the race by telling US that this per-
son was only q man in whose presence the
paralytic arm was thrust out WELL and tho
devils crouched, and the lepers dropped
their scales, and the tempests folded their
wings, and the boys satchel of n few loaves
made u banquet for 5000 and the sad process
sion OF my text broke up in congratulation
and lbosapnAi -. = .------..--. 80.
Again, learn from this subject that Christ
was q sympathizer. Mark you, this was "A
city funeral. In the country, when the bell
tolls, they know all about 1t for five 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
ily. There Is no haste. there Is no indecency
In the obsequies There Is nothing done as
n mere matter OF business. Even the 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 a
city funeral In great cities the cart iostles
the hearse, and there Is mirth and gladnesS
and Indifference as the weeping procession
goes by. In this city OF Main II was "a com
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and death. Christ saw It every day there.
Perhaps that very hour there were others be-
ing carried out, but this frequency of trouble
did not harden Christs heart at all. He
stopped right out, and He saw this mourner
and He had compassion on her, and He said
"Weep not -
Now have to tell you. o bruised souls.
and there are many everywhere-have you
ever looked over any great audience and no
ticed how many shadows of sorrow there
are? / come TO all such and say, "Christ
meets you, and He has compassion on you,
and He says, Weep not; Perhaps with
some II Is financial trouble. son" you say
''it is such silly thing for a man to cry
over lost money
Is ~ Suppose you had n large fortune AM
all luxurles brought to your table, and youi
wardrobe was iul, and your home was beau
tiiul by music and sculpture and paintinl
and thronged by the elegant and educatet
strike you In the face and trample your treas
ures and taunt your children Tor their fadeC
dress and send you into commercial circle
an underling where once you waved a scepte
OF gold, do you think you would cry then?
think you would. But Christ comes an
meets all such to-day. He sees all the strait
in which you have been thrust. He observe
the sneer OF that man who once was prou
to walk in your shadow and glad to ger you
help. He sees the protested note, the un
Cancelled judgment, the foreclosed mortgage
the heatbreaking evaporation, and He says
"Weep not. own the cattle on IA thousnn
hills. will never let you starye. From NJ
hand the fowls OF heaven peck all their ooC
And will let you starve. Never, no. Ai
, child, never"
Perhaps IL may be living home troubl
, that you cannot speak about to YOUR beS
friend. 1t may be some domestic unhaE
, piness. II may be an evil suspicion. 1t mn
be the disgrace following in the footsteps c
, son that Is wayward, or "a companion VIII
is cruel. or father that will not do right
, and for years there may have been a vultur
striking its beak into the vitsls OF your sou
| ..ts al Naa "a,