The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1895-12-26

Through his pitiless betrayal we follow
him to the garden of Gethsemane. We
hear him agonize while his tired dis
ciples sleep. In his bitterness W. hear
that touching appeal,
"Oh, my Father, if it be possible, let
this cup pass from me. Nevertheless,
not as I will, but as thou wilt"
What think ye of this Christ?
In the midst of the mad tumult OF the
rabble who came to take him, we hear
him rebuke the disciple who smote his
enemies. We hear him say that, if he
chose he could call to his rescue more
than twelve legions of angels. Yet, he
submits to insult and captivity. Are
these the works of conqueror
What think ye of this Christ?
We see him before PLATE, falsely &C
cused of the Chief Priests and Elders,
and answering nothing.
They spit upon him they buffet him
they crown him with thorns they load
him down with his cross and drag him
to an ignominious death, and with his
latest breath he beseeches the Father to
forgive his murderers.
What think ye of this Christ
As he hangs on the cross the sun
| hides his face in darkness. The earth
shakes, the temple veil is rent in twain,
the graves give up their dead, and the
terror.stricken multitudes are scattered
in fight.
What thinksye:of this Christ =?
We see them bury him in the hewn
rock The tomb is closed with the
Roman seal, which can not be broken,
except under penalty of death. We see
the legion of trained and faithful Roman
soldiers, pacing back and forth in con-
stant guard.
We see them fall before the angel OF
God, as if the bolt of death had stricken
every warrior down. The stone is rolled
away and Christ comes forth.
What think ye of this Chlist?
And now, the allotted time goes by
the three days in which he had promised
to break the bands Of death. Now, may
the guard be taken away and the seal
be broken.
knowing this, Mary comes with her
spices and sweet perfumes for the sacred
dead.
And an angel tells her,
"He is not here. He he's risen."
What think ye of this Christ?
He walks and talks with his disciples,
shows them his wounds, and at length
rises and disappears amid the glories OF
TRANSPORTATION.
What think ye of this Christ p?
Years lengthen into ages. His disci.
Piles, weak and defenceless, are perse'
cuted, imprisoned and slain driven into
caverns and catecombs, and scattered
from the face of the earth.
Yet, has his kingdom survived and
grown until the inhabitants of the civil.
lied world rejoice in him as their Lord
and Master. No earthly scepter ever
governed multitude so numerous, 80
enlightened, SO loving and loyal.
What think ye OF this Christ?
In the darkness of the starless night,
when the pitiless storm beats against us
as we wander, lost in the wilderness,
how our hearts leap with Joy at CLINT
OF light in the distance. Nothing else
may be seen in that bank of blackness.
But our happy hearts picture the home,
the hearthstone, the glowing comfort,
the smiles of love and cheer.
When the storms of life beat hard
upon US, when the darkness seems dense
and hopeless, when we know not where
to look for aid, there comes, like CLEAN
OF welcome light, some sweet word of
Christ to our faltering souls, and dark.
ness disappears. Our trials and tribula.
tions are lightened as we think of the
bright home prepared for us among the
mansions in our Fathers house." Be.
hind all our earthly troubles, we see the
loving hand OF God.
What think ye of this Christ
Would any imposter, or could any i'm.
poster, without divinity or the aid of
divinity, have done what he has done ?
In spite of scofiing skeptics, the facts
stand forth that "Never man spake like
this man."
Never has any human institution out
battled the cruel warfare of ages like the
unweaponed cause OF this meek and
lowly Christ.
What think ye of this Christ
: Looking upon the wonderful fruitage
of his life and teachings, may we moi
say with Simon Peter:
: "Thou art the Christ, the Son OF ths
Living God"
May we not join in the grand poems o
old Coronation, with the spirit and th'
understanding also?
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