The Penn's Grove record., 1894-08-24

SUCH u pTOCSSSIOuE hUulu Db hdNo SuC~
ceeded In His interruption? He was more
than a man, Tor when He cried out, 81 say
unto thee, arise p he that was dead sat up.
What excitement there must ave been there
aboutl The body hadlain PROSTATE. 1t hal
been mourned over with ~agonizinS tears,
and yet now 1t 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.
"Ob, this was the work OF a Coll L
hear 1t in His voice 1 see 1t in the fash of
His eye 1 behold 1t in the swapping OF
deaths shackles l see II in the face OF
the rising slumberer 1 hear it in the out
cry of all those WHO were spectators of the
scene. II, when l see my Lord Jesus Christ
mourning with the bereaved, l put my hands
on His shoulders and say, "My brother"
now that l hear Him proclaim supernatural
deliverances, I look up into His face and
say with Thomas, "My Lord and my God"
Do you not think He was a God2 A great
many people do not believe that, and they
compromise the matter, or they think they
compromise it.. They say He was q very
good man, but He was not a God. That is
impossible. He was either a God or a
wretch, and 1 will prove 1t. If man pro-
fesses to be that which he is not, what is hep
He is a liar, an impostor. a hypoerite. That
is your unanimous verdict. Now, Christ
prOIeSSeu TO DC q Zoo. he SAID over an l
over again He was a Goj, tool the attributes
of a God and assumed the works and Offices
Of Il God. Dare you now say He was not?
He was a God, or He was a wretch. Choose
Sc.
Do you think 1 cannot prove by this Bible
that He was a God? II you do not believe
this Bible, OF course there is no need OF my
talking to YOU. There is no common data
rom which to start. Suppose you do be-
ltn,,1 q nhAa II 80 Ia-a ahaN H.
vas divine. l can prove He was Creator,
John l., 8, "All things were made by Him,
md without Him was not anything made
hat was made" He was eternal, Revelation
Ex1., 10, 81 am Alpha and Omega, the be-
ginning and the end, the first and the last"
can prove that He was o~mnipotent,
Hebrews l.. 10, 1.-THE heavens are the work
If Thine hands," 1 can prove He was
,mniscient, John H., 25. "He knew what
vas Ia man." Oh, yes, he is a God. He
left the sea. He upheayed the crystalline
walls along which the Israelites marched.
de planted the mountains. He raises up
governments and casts down thrones and
marches across nations and across worlds
md across the universe, eternal, omnipo-
ent, unhindered and ~unabashed. hand
hat was nailed to the cross holds the stars
n q leash of love. That head that dropped
IN the bosom in fainting and death shall
make the world quake at its nod. That voice
hat groaned in the last pang shall swear be-
ore the trembling world that time shall be
10 longer. Oh, do not insult the common
tense Of the race by telling us that this per-
ION was only a man in whose presence the
oaralytic arm was thrust out well, and the
lewis %crouched, and the lepers dropped
heir scales, and the tempests folded their
wings, and the boys satchel of a few loaves
made a banquet for 5000, and the sad process
zion Of my text broke up in c~ongratulation
md h%osannaii
Again, 1 learn from this subject that Christ
vas a sympathizer. Mark you, this was a
,ity funeral. In the country, when the bell
.olls, 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
lily. There is no haste, there Is no indecency
In the obsequies. There Is nothing dom 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 l am speaking of was q
city funeral. In great cities the cart jostles
the hearse, and there is mirth and gladness
and Indifference as the weeping procession
goes by. In this city of Main it was a com
mon thing to have trouble and bereavement
n death. Christ saw 1t every day there.
Perhaps that very hour there were others be-
ing carried out, but this frequency Of trouble
did not harden Christ's heart at all. He
stepped right out, and He saw this mourner,
and He had compassion on her, and He said
"Weep not r
Now 1 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
q $50
and He says, Weep not" Perhaps with
some it is financial trouble. "0h," you say,
''lt is such a silly thing for a man to cry
over lost money!
Is it2 Suppose you had a large fortune. and
all Injuries brought to your table, and your
wardrobe was full, and your home was beau
tiful by music and sculpture and painting
n thronged by the elegant and educated,
and then SOM u misfortune should
| strike you in 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 a scepter
Of gold, do you think you would cry then? l
think you would. But Christ comes and
| meets all such to-day. He 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, the I'M
Cancelled judgment, the foreclosed mortgage,
the heartbreaking evaporation. and Hesays
"Weep not. i own the cattle on q thousand
hills. l will never let you starye. From Ny
hand the fowls OF heaven peck all their food.
And will I let you starve? Never no. Ny
| child, neverr'
Perhaps it may be a living home trouble
that you cannot speak about to sour bes
friend. 1t may be some domestic unhap'
piness. 1t may be an evil suspicion. II MAJ
be the disgrace following in the footsteps Of
a son that is Maynard, or h companion who
is cruel, or a father that will not do right.
and for years there may have been a vulturs
striking its beak into the vitals of your soul,
and you sit there to-day feeling it is worse
than death. 1t is. 1t is worse than death.
And vet there is RELIEF. Though the night
may be the blacklist, though the voices OF
hell may tell you to curse Col and die. look
up and hear the voice that accosted the
woman OF the text as it says, sweep not"
Earth hath no sorrow
That heaven cannot cure.
Ilearn, again, from all this that Christ Is
the master of the grave. Just outside tho
gate of the city Death and Christ measured
lances, and when the young man rose Death
dropped. Now We are sure of our resurrec-
ton. oh, what a scene ii was when that
young man came back The 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, "Ob, my son, my son,
my son p And hat scene is going to be re-
peaied. 1t is going TO be repeated 10000
times. These broken family circles have got
to come together. These ~extinguished
household lights have got TO be rekindled.
There Will be a stir in the family lot in the
cemetery, and there will be "a rush into life
at the command, ''Young man, 1 say unto
thee arise ~ As tho child shakes of the dust
OF the tomb and comes forth fresh AMI fair
and beautiful. and o throw YOUR arms
around it and press 1T TO your heart. angel
to angel will repeat the story OF Main, IL
delivered him to his mother" Did you no-
tiee that passage in the text as | read iii
"Hs delivered him to his mother" OBJ, ye
t.oubled souls! Oh, ye who have lived to
see every prospect blasted, peeled, scattered,
consumed, wait a little The seedtime oil
tears will become the wheat harvest. In a
cline cut OF no wintry blast, under a SKY
palled by no hurtlIng tempest and amid re-
| deemed ones that weep NOT, that part not,
that die not, friend will come TO friend, and
| kindrel will join kindred, and the long pro-
eession that marches the avenues OF gold
will lift up their palms as again and again IL
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