Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-05-06
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REV. DR.. TALMAGE. s
HIS SUNDAY SERMON IN THE METROPOLITAN Pull (
PIT.
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Err Drl. May d. tecA Nl+ N"NN '---s
ss hold an audience with such
.. interest. as did that which Rev.
~.Inage delivered this afternoon,
Academy of Music. He chose
~ subject. Conscience the text
being Matt 27:2+ He took
and washed his hands before
rude saying. I am innocent
blood of this just person; see we
bout seven o'clock in the morn
the marble stairs Of palace
ROSS the doors Of richest mosaic,
under ceilings dyed with all the
of color. and between snow
.. .r white and glistening sculp-
misses q poor, pale, sick young
rrtrrv-threa already condemn
...fr on his way TO be condemn
-,r Jesus of Nazareth is his
-.~fre ont to meet him on this tes-
....F r4yamaut is an INSCRIPTIONS,
-..-rr-i-.r- fime-serving COwardly
of.- f.T traces of sympathy
.-H rs.r H..u- left in his composition
.o,.~r. "'1rius Ptlate. Did ever
.... ...r.-.-.- meet? Luxury and pain,
r..r and generosity, arrogance
t....r sin and holiness, mid
r uiluoon.
ad-lpped Governor takes
.. toned seat but the prisoner
- his wrists manacled In q
circle around the prisoner are the
ST.. .trsrs.
WITH FLASHING EYES
all rr.pdished fists. prosecuting this
.n the name of religion. for the
.-~.sr prosecutions have been rehg-
prosecutions. and when Satan
., hold of gO0d man he makes up
intensity for brevity of occupation.
..r have never seen an ecclesias-
court trying "a man, then YOU
t.-. no. idea of the fOaming Internal
ism o.. these old religious Sanhedrlsts.
Governor PLATE cr0ss-Ques the
-ra- and finds right away he is
I'm .rt. and wants TO let him so. His
caution is also increased by some one
r.. comes tO the Governor and whiS-
r u his ear The Governor puts
nj. hand behind his ear. so as 20 catch
Id. words almost iuaudible. IL is a
sage from Claudia POrcula, his
wife, who has had a dream about the
frrleenss of this prisoner and about
Che danger of executing him, and she
FH-saus from this morning dream IN
cine -0 send the message TO her hus-
l.rf then ON the judicial bench. And
what with the protest Of his wife. and
t.sto.re of his own conscience. and the
entire failure of the Sanhedrists 10
make 0ur their case, Governor PLATE
resolves t0 discharge the prisoner from
custody.
H- the intimati0n of such a thing
brings upon the Governor an eQuinoc-
-H storm of Indignation. They viii
report him 10 the Emperor at Rome.
They viii have him recalled. They
vIn send him mp home and he will
ha rrr- for treason, for the Emperor
-. Rom. has already o. suspicion i'm re-
gard 20 plate. and that suspicion does
not eeas. until plate IS hanished and
commits suicide So
GOVERNOR PONTIUS PLATE
compromises the natter and proposes
chat Christ he whipped instead Of as
-ass.ua.ed So the prisoner is fasten-
ef toa iow pillar and ON his bent and
barred back come the thongs of leather.
with pieces of lead and bone intertwist-
.. SD that every stroke shall be the
moro awful Christ lifts himself from
Nh. saarrg.uc with flushed cheek and
torn and gu.yering and mangled flesh.
presenting % spectacle of suffering in
which Buheus. the painter, found the
theme for his greatest masterpiece.
|rt ... -uLeIrIstS are not yet sat
l0e. They have had some of his
r.. HeerateJ. they want them all
'..-.. They have had some of has
.ooI they want am of it, down 20 the
".HUs0'e So Governor POnrlus
..... after AN this mercitul heSita-
"0r ~rrulers t0 the demoniacal cry
'~r.f. him" But the Governor
Sends 1r something He sends slave
E -o 500 something. AlthOgSh the
ah.- are n haste 20 tE&e the
r.r -1 execution and the mob out
Impatient to glare upon their
m. . pause is uccessitated. lon-
nwas wash basin. Some pure.
water Is poured intOiJ. and then
rUr plate puts his white delicate
into the water and rubS them
and then lifts them dripping.
o towel fastened at the slaves
while me- practically says: Il
hands OF this whole
H'NICIDAL TRANSACTION.
hands of this entire respOn-
.nr viii have TO- bear IT, That
ming of my text when it says.
tools water and washed his hands
multitude saying L am in
the blood of this just person;
I'm this. that ceremony
.1 nothing. If there are not in
nujenCies of heart and life.
.i thing 90 wash the hands.
aI three quarters of the world
u that commanded clean
when the ancients did not
2 hint ne plunged the whole
under water and kept it there
time. Pilates wash basin
lead failure.
u.es. however beautiful and
a.e may De no more than this
..a. abutiOn.
aeaiust creeds; we an have
either written or implied. Moth
INST ceremonies. they are of in
Importance Wash the hands by
oIt more than all. wash the
every sin, great or small, con-
which is the voice of God. has
more or less emphatic. Char
responsible for St BarthOlO-
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