The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1895-10-24

apologize. God is our best friend. anf
yet how many Of us have never apoIo
Him! KS - IS = &C w '''''
There is nothing that we SO much
need to get rid Of as sin, II is n borri.
bic black monster. IT.
~ polluted Eden. II killed Christ
~ mas blasted the world. Men keer
dogs IN kennels, and rabbits in a war.
rem and cattle ina pen. What man
'hat would be who would shut them
up IN his parlor? But this foul dog OF
SIN, and these herds of transGression.
we have entertained for many a long
year in our heart, which should be
me cleanest, brightest room in all
our nature. Out with the vile herd!
begone, ye befoulers of an immortal
nature!
Turn out the beasts and let Christ
GENE I'M A heather came to an early
christian, who had the reputation of
curing diseases. The Christian said:
You must have all your idols de-
stroyed." The heather gave to the
Christian the key TO his house, that he
might go in and destroy the idols He
battered to pieces all he saw, but still
the man did not get well. The Chris
tan said to him, There must be some
IDOL in your house not yet DESTROYED"
The heather confessed that there was
one idol of beaten gold that he could
not bear to give up. After awhile.
when that was destroyed, in answer to
the prayer OF the CriStian the sick man
got we'll.
Many man has awakened in his dv-
ing hour to find his sons all about him
They ciambered up on the right side
OF the bed, and on the left side, and
over the head board, and over the foot
board, and horribly devoured the soul.
Repent the voice celestial cries.
Nor longer dare delay;
The wretch that sCorns the mandate dies,
And meets u fiery day
Again, we need u believing heart. A
good many years ago a weary one went
up one of the hills OF Asia Minor, and
with two logs on his back cried out to
all the world offering to carry their
sins and sorrows. They pursued him.
They slapped him in the face. They
Knocked him. When he groaned they
They shook their fists
at him. They spat on him They
bounded him as though he were wild
beast. His healing of the sick. His
to the blind. His mercy
to the outcast, silenced not the revenge
Of the world. His prayers and bene-
lictiOns were lost in that whirlwind of
eXecratiOn: Away with Him! Away
with Him"
All! it was not merely the two pieces
If wood that He carried it was the
,ransgrcssions of the race, the anguish
If the ages, the wrath of God, the sor-
'owS Of hell, the stupendous interests |
IF an amending eternity. No wonder
His back bent. No wonder the blood |
started from every pore. No wonder
hat lie crouched under a torture that |
made the sun faint, and the everlast- |
ng hills tremble, and the dead rush |
Up in their winding sheets as lie cried: |
If it be possible. let this cup pass
rom Me-" But the cup did not pass.
Zone to comfort
There He hangs! What has that
land done that it should be thus
rushed in the palm? 1t has been
lealing the lame and wiping away
ears. What has that foot been doing
hat it should be so lacerated? 1t has
,een going about doing good. OF what
las the victim been guilty? Guilty Of
aving a world, Tell me- We heavens
nd earth, was there ever such an
ther criminal? Was there ever such
crime? On that hill of carnage, that
unless day, amid those bowling
ioters, may not your sins and mine
ave persisted? ] believe it, oh, the
ansom has been paid Those arms of
esus were stretched out so wide that
when He brought them together again
hey might embrace the world. Oh,
hat might, out of the blossoms of
he spring, or the flaming foliage OF
he autumn, make one wreath for my
ord! Oh, that the triumphal arches
( the world could be swung in one
ateway, where the King of Glory
light come in! Oh, that all the harps
nd trumpets and organs Of earthly
lusic might, in one anthem, speak His
raise! I
But what were earthly flowers to
linn, who walketh amid the snow OF
he white lilies of Heaven? What
yere arches of earthly masonary to
lin who hath about His. throne
rainbow spun out of II ever
lsting sunshine? What were ali
arthly music to him when
ne $4,000 on one side, and cherubin
nd seraphim and archangels stand on
he other side, and all the space be-
ween is filed with the doxologies of
ternal jubilee--the hosanna of re-
eemed earth, the hallelujah Of un.
allen angels, song after song rising