The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1894-09-08

a man until you know what stuff he
made OF, and am unreasona Die when
| stop to ask YOU who this is that YOU
want me to trust in? No man would
think of venturing his life on vessel
going out to sea that had never been
inspected.
No, You must have the certificate
hung amidships, telling how many
tons it carries, and how long ago it
was built, and who built it, and all !
about it. And you can not expect me
to risk the cargo of my immortal in
terests on board any craft till YOU tell
me what it is made of, md where it
was made, and what it is.
When. then. ask you who this Is
you want me to trust in, you tell
me he is very attractive person
Contemporary writer's describe his
whole appearance as being resplend-
ent There was no need for Christ to
tell the children to come to him.
Suffer little children to come unto
me-" was not spoken to the children;
it was spoken to the disciples. The
children came readily enough without
any invitation. No sooner did Jesus
appear, than the little ones jumped
from their mothers arms an ava
lanche Of beauty and love, into his
lap. Christ did not ask John to put
his head down on his bosom: John
could not help but put his head
there. l suppose look at Christ was
lust to love him. How attractive his
manner Why, when they saw Christ
coming along the street, they ran into
their houses, and they wrapped un
their inyalids as quick as they could,
and brought them out that he might
look at them. Oh, there was some
thing SC pleasant so inviting; so
cheering in everything he did, in his
very look When these sick ones were
brought out did he say: DO not
bring before me cheese sores; do not
trouble me with these leprosies??" No,
no; there was a kind look, there was
gentle word, there was healing
touch. They could not keep away
from him.
In addition to this softness Of char
acter there was fiery momentum
How the kings of the earth turned
pale. Here is plain man with few
sailors at his back, coming off the Sc;
of Galilee, going up to the palace O
the Caesars, making that palace quake
to the foundations, and uttering
! word of mercy and kindness which
- throbs through all the earth, an'
through all the heavens, and through
all ages Oh, he was loving Christ
But it was not etfeminacy or inslpldlt,
. of character: it was accompanied witt
= majesty, infinite aud omnlpotene
D Lest the world should not realize HI
earnestness, this Christ mounts tn
cross.
= You saw: IF Christ has TO die, VIII
. not let him take some deadly potio
and lie on couch in some bright an
D beautiful home? If he must die, lie
5 him expire amid all kindly after
y tions" No, the world must hear tn
~ hammers on the heads Of the spike:
The world must listen to the deaf
, rattle of the sufferer The worl
II must feel his warm blood dropping o
~ each cheek, while it looks up into til
/ fooe Of his anguish. And so the eros
>. must be lifted, and hole is dug 0
- the top of Calvary
~ Il must be dug three feet deep, an
i then the cross is laid on the groun'
and the sufferer is stretched upon
y and the nails are pounded throug
H. nerve and muscle and bone, throug
10 the right hand, through the le
- hand: and then they shake his rlgf
-, y. hand to see if it is fast, and the
- heave up the wood, half doze
! shoulders under the weight, and the
nut the end of the cross to the mou'
=. - of the hole, and they plunge it H.
y, the weight of his body coming 90"
~ for the first time on the spikes; al
%. 10 while some hold the cross uprlgh
W others throw in the dirt and tramp
it down, and trample it hard
. e. Oh. plant the tree we'll and tho
~ -. ouphly, for it is to bear fruit such
w no other tree ever bore Why q
'1 Christ endure it? He could ha
=. taken those rocks, and with the
=. crushed his crucifiers. He could ha
- reached up and grasped the sword
- the Omnipotent God, and with o
-; clean cut have tumbled them IN
% % nerdition. But no, he was to die
.,,1 must die. His life for your life. In
~ European city young man dleo
,o- the scaffold for the crime OF murd'
~ Some time after, the mother or u
~ Young man was dying, and the pri'
'na came in, and she made confession
an the priest that she was the murder
~ and not her son; in moment OF ang
~ she had struck her husband bl'
IN that slew him The son came sudde
hn lv into the room, and "
,ke washing away the wounds o
,at TRYING to resucitate his faith
when some one looked throu
the window and saw him and supros
.h, him to be the criminal That you
80 man died for his own mother. Y
~. saw, 1T was wonderful that he me-
Wy Dat 7 toll Won ut