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of drink which Is the cause OF disease mor1
than al other causes combined, or that L
who calmed the maniacs into their rl9nt
mind would create that style OF drink which
does more than anything else to fll insane
ssylums, or that He who was so helpful to
the poor would make style OF drink that
crowds the earth with pauperism, or that He
who came to save the nations from sin would
create liquor that Is the source OF most OF
the crime that now stuffs the penitentiarles.
A lovely sobrietv WAS written all over His
face, from the hair line OF the forehead to the
bottom OF the bearded chin.
too poor to have a homo OF His own, BE
went out to spend the night ct Bethany, two
or three miles walk from Jerusalem, and
over a rough and hilly road that made 1t
equal to six or ssyen ordinary miles, every
morning and night going to aud fro would
rather walk from here to Central Park, or
walk from Edinburgh to Arthurs Seat, or In
London clear around Hyde Park, than to
walk that road that Christ walked twice q
liked the quietude Of home life, and He was
lovely In His domesticity.
How He enjoyed handing over the resur-
recte1 girl to her father, and reconstructtng
homesteads which disease or death was
breaking up! As the song, "Home, Sweet
Home" was written by man who at that
time had no home. so think the homeless
ness Of Christ added to His appreciation ot
domeshcfty.
Furthermore, He was lovely In His SYM
pathies. Now, dropsy Is a most distresseul
complaint It indames and swells and tor
tures any limb or physical organ 1t touches.
As soon as q case OF that kind Is submitted
to Christ, He, without any use Of diaphos-
etics, commands its cure. Aud what an eye
doctor he was for opening the long closed
gates OF sight to the blue Of the sky, and the
yellow Of the flower and the emerald OF the
grass! What O Christ he was for cooling
levers without so much as spoonful OF
febrfuge, and Strengthening crooked backs
without any panS OF surgery, and standing
whole choirs OF music along the silent gal
leies OF deaf ear, and giving healthfulner-
vous system to catateptlcs! Sympathy! He
did not give them stoical advice or philoso-
phize about the science of grief. he sat
down and cried for them
II Is spoken of as the shortest verse In the
Bible, but to me ii Is about the longest and
grandest, "Jesus wept." All. many OF us
know the meaning OF that! When we were
In great trouble, some one came in with VOL
uble consolation and quoted the Scripture In
sort OF hearttess way and did not help us
at all. But after awhile some one else came
In, and without saying a word sat down and
burst into food OF tears at the sight OF
our woe, and somehow 1t helped US right
away. tJesus wept." You see. It was
deeply attached household, that OF Mary and
Martha and Lazarus. Ths father aud mother
were dead, and the girls depended on their
brother. Lazarus had said 70 them: "Now,
Mary, now, Martha, stop your worrying. l
will take care Of you. I will be to you both
father and mother. My arm Is strong. Girls,
you can depend on ms!'
But now Lazarus was stcS-yea, Lazarus
was dead. All broken up, the sisters sit
disconsolate, and there is knock at the
door. "Come in," says Martha. "Coma
In," says Mary. Christ entered, and He just
broke down. It was too much tor Him. he
had been 80 often and 50 kindly entertained
In that home before sickness and death dew.
sstated 1t that He choked up and sobbed
aloud, and the tears tricSled down the sad
face OF the sympathetic Christ. Jesus
wept" Why do you not try that mode OF
words" or "I am woman Of few words"
Why, your dear soul. words are not nsces-
s1ry. Initiate your Lord and go to those al
ficted homes and cry with them.
John Murphy Well, you did not know
him. Once, when was In great bereave-
ment, he came to my house. Kind ministers
Of the gospel had come and talked beanrs-
fully md prayed with US and did all they
could to console. But John Murphy, one OF
the best friends I ever had, a big souled,
glorious Irishman, came in and looked into
my face, put out his broad, strong hand and
said not word, but sat down and cried with
us am not enough OF philosopher to say
how II was OK why 1t was, but somehow nom
door to door and from floor to ceiling the
room was fliledwtth an all pervading cooa-
fort. "Jesus wept."
think that Is what makes Christ such
popular Christ. There are so many who
want sympathy. Miss Fiske, the famous
HISTORIAN missionary, was in the chapel oas
day talking to the heather, and she was IN
very poor health and 80 weak she sat upon q
mat while she talked and felt the need OF
something to lean against, when she fs& a
woman's form at her back and heard
woman's voice saying, clean on me." She
leaned little, but did not want to be TOO
cumbersome, when the wonan's voice SAID,
"Lean hard II you love me-, lean hard"
And that makes Christ 80 lovely. He
wants all the sick and troubled and weary to
lean against Him. and He says, Lean hard
II you love Me. lean hard" Aye, he ~
lev Wears, the famous soldier and Christian
of the Crimean war. died because when hs
was wounded his regiment was too far on
from the tent OF supplies. He WIS no. NOR.
tally wounded, ami II the surgeons could
only have got at the bandsges aad the msds-
cines he would have recovered. So mu:a
OF human sympathy an1 hopsfulness nes
too Late But Christ Is always close by II
We want Him, and has all the medicines
ready, and has eternal life for all wao ask
for 1t. Sympathy!
Aye, He was lovely In his doctrines. Salt
sacrifice or the relief OF the suffering o:
Ipo o,,pP rip ua rra nn n
physician that ever proposed to curs His pl-
tients By taking their disorders. Self sacrt-
fee! And what did he not give up foe
others! The best climate III the universe.
the air o. heaven, for the wintry weather OF
Palestine, q scepter OF unlimited dominion
for prisoners box in an earthly courtroom,
a flashing tiara for crown OF singing
brambles, palace for cattle pan, q throns
for a cross. Self sacrifice! What Is moro
lovely2 Mothers dying for THAR children
down with scarlet fever, railroad engineers
going down through the open draworidce to
save the train, flrenen seor2hed TO death
trying to help some one down the ladder
from the fourth story OF the consuming
house. All these put together only faint AMI
insufficient SMILES by which TO illustrate IL.
grander, mightier, farther reaching self sac-
rifce of the ''sltogether lovely"
Do you wonder that the story OF His self
sacrifice has led hundreds of thousands TO
die for Htn2 In one series OF prosecutions
over 200, 900 were put to death for Carist's
sake. For Him Blandina was tied to u po,t
and wild beasts were let o1t upon her, an /.
when life continued after the 6ttaci or toocI
and paw she was put in net. and that n.s
containing her was thrown to wild bull
that tossed her with its horns till life WAS eX-
tinct. All for Christ! Huguenots dying for
Christ! Albigenses dying for Cnrist The
Vaudois dying for Christ! Smithfield fires
endured for Christ! The bones OF martyrs,
If distributed, would make path OF nolder-
bao rfh The l0Talinncd