The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-10-11

thew groaned. They shook their lists
at Him. They spat on Him. They
bounded Him as though He were
wild bsast. His healing of the sick,
His sight-giving to the blind, His
mercy to the outcast, silenced all the
revenge of the world. His prayers and
benedictions were lost in the whirl-
wind of execration: Away with Him!
Away with Him.
All 1t was not merely the two pieces
of wood that He carried; it was the
transgression of the race, the anguish
of the ages, the wrath of God, the sor-
rows of hell. the stupendous interests
of an amending eternity. No wonder
His back bent. No wander that He
crouched under torture that made the
sun faint and the everlasting hills
tremble, and the dead rush up in their
winding sheets as He cried: IF it be
possible, let this cup pass from me-"
But the cup did not pass. None to
comfort
There He hangsl What has that
hand done that it should be thus
crushed in the palm? 1t has been
healing the lame and wiping away
tears. What has that foot been doing
that it should be so laceratel? 1t has
been going about doinE good. OF what
has the victim been guilty? Guilty of
saving world. Tell me, We heavens
and earth, was there ever such another
criminal? Was there ever such a crime?
On that hill of carnage, that sunless
day. amid those bowling rioters, may
not your sins and mine have persisted?
/ believe it. On, the ransom has been
paid Those arms of Jesus were
stretched out SO wide that when He
brought them to yether aTain they
might embrace the world. Oh, that |
might, out of the blossoms of the
spring, or the flaming foliage OF the
autumn. 'make one wreath for nv
Lord! oh. that all the triumphan t
arches of the world could be swung in
one gateway. where the King of Glory
might come in, Ga, that all the harps
and trumpets and organs of earthly
music might. in one anthem, speak
His praise.
But what were earthly flowers to
Him who wallleth amid the snow of
the white lilies of Heaven? What
were arches of earthly masonry to
Him who hath about his throne rain
bow spun out of everlasting sunshine?
What were all earthly music to Him
when the hundred and forty aud four
thousand on one side, and cherubi and
seraphim and archangels stand on
the other side. and all the space
between is filled with the doXolo-
gies of eterna: jubilee - the
hosanna of a redeemed earth, the
| halleluiah OF unfallen angels, song
after song rising about the throne of
God and of the Lamb? In that pure,
high place. let Him hear US. Stop!
harps of Heaven, that our poor cry
may be heard. Oh, my Lord Jesus! it
will not hurt Thee for one hour to
step out from the shining throng.
They will make it all up when Thou
| goest back again. Come hither, o
blessed One, that we may kiss Thy
feet. Our hearts, too long withheld,
we now surrender into Thy keeping
They have some old wine in He aveu,
not used except in rare festivities. In
this world those who are accustomed
to use wine on great occasions brin g
out the beverage and say: This wine
| is thirty years old" or forty years
old" But the wine of Heaven IS more
| than eighteen centuries old. 1t was
prepared at the time when Christ
trod the wine press alone When sucf
Crievous sinners as we come back, me
thinks the chamberlain of Heaven erie:
out to the servants: This is unusual
joyl Bring up from the vaults OF
Heaven that old wine. Fill all the
tankards Let all the white-robed
guests drink to the immortal health Of
those newborn sons and daughters o
the Lord Almighty. There is JOY il
Heaven among the angels of God owe
one sinner that repenteth;" and Goo
grant that that one may be you.
Again, to have a right heart it mus
be a forgiving heart. An old write
says: To return good for evil is God
like: good for good is man-lille; evil 70
good devil-like." Which of these ma
lures have wee Christ will have moth
ing to do with US as long as we kee1
any old grudge. We have all beef
|
people who dislike US so much that
we should come down to poverty ant
disgrace. they would say: Good 70
him, Didn't l tell you SOP They d.
not understand US. Unsanctioned hu
man nature says: Wait till yo
get q good crack at him, and when a
last you find him in a tight place, Civ
it to him. FlsE him alive. No quarter
Leave not 4 rag OF reputation. jun
on HIM with both feet. Pay him in hi
) own coin-sarcasm for sarcasm, scorl
: for scorn. abuse for abuse" But, m
| | friends. that IS not the right kind Q
= heart No man ever did so mean
2 ! thing toward Us as we have done to
t ! ward God. And if we cannot forgiv
? others. how can we expect God to fol
2 give Us? Thousands of men have bee
kept out of Heaven by an unforgivin
4 | heart.
: Here is some one who says: Il wi
forgive that man the wrong he did n
: about that house and lot; l will 70
give that man who overreached me
l. a bargain; | will forgive that man VIII
d sold me shoddy overcOat; l forgiy
5 them-aT but one. That man l cal
T not forgive The villain-I can hardl
keep my hands off him If my goin
!, 20 Heaven depends on my forgivin
l. him, then l will stay out" Wron
h feeling. If man lie to me once. a
not called to trust him again. If
i man betray me once, am not calle
Y to put confidence in him again. But
# would have no rest if l could not off
|: a sincere prayer for the temporal ar
= evcrlaStin: welfare of all men, wha