The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-02-18
ghe aahia Daily Eagle: Tuesday zloiue ebruary 1896
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the Mount Of TRANSPORTATION and kneel
with His disciples in PROSTATE awe as
| that light that was never on land or
sea- illumines the Holy One. Oh, il is
glorious TO linger with Him here, TO
look upon that shining raiment whittier
than snow, and hear from out the over
shadowing cloud the commanding
heavenly voice, but turning from the
radiant scene Of the TRANSPORTATION,
Jesus came down the mountain side
and amid that multitude that waited
His coming in the hate and rage filed
the valley below, He found a poor devil
possessed lad, afflicted from childhood
shrieking and writing in anguish. All,
an intellectual Buddha would have
passed him coldly by for the poor
wretch was repulsive and horrible to
look upon, convulsed in agony, his fin
ger nails clutched tightly into his bleed
ing palms, blood fecks of foam upon
his pallid lips. he wallowed on the
ground. The plying heart Of the gem
tie Savior was moved, and the sacred
verse tells US that Jesus took him by
the hand AMI lifted him up Lifted
him from the sin and debasement Of
retrfbutive penalty-lifted him 10 the
level Of His own high manhood: from
the sin and debasement of devil-posses-
sion, degradation, and despair, restor-
ed him 10 his right mind; clothed him
once more with health and power, and
he arose and stood a man amongst
men. Blessed Jesus, 1 love Thee for
that act alone. l knew Thou vert d.
vine as well as human and were no
other act of Thine recorded, this, this
alone would claim my gratitude and
love. The world is starving for just
such helpful love. The ignorant are
crying for knowledge; the afflicted are
crying for relief; the oppressed are cry
ing for deliverance from bondage, the
sin-sick sorrow-laden souls of those
who dwell in darkness needs that SYM
pathetic love which Jesus never denied
the lowest and humblest and vilest Of
human kind
You and I are instruments which God
must use to consummate His plans and
carry out His inflexible purpose. All
powerful though He be, He needs your
help and mine to hasten the dawning Of
that perfect day when the Kingdom of
Christ shall prevail; that perfect day
when under perfect conditions humani-
ty shall develope the divine When
the animal of human nature, lulled to
sleep by warmth and plenty, shall be-
come subordinated to the spiritual and
men shall become God-like. Love IL
the potent, the only factor by which
this hoped-for change may be brought
about. We may not raise the dead,
restore the sick, or make the crippled
and halt to walk again, but we can with
a loving heart cast out the demons of
human passion. comfort the afflicted,
calm the tumultous substitute peace
for strife, save ourselves and others
from selfish, repining, and cast out bit
ter longings of a vain regret. The
want Of sympathy pervades society,
We do not know each other. Draw
nearer, clasp hands, recognize the strug
Cling soul, the Hnely, the ostracized.
the fallen. Seek for the good and you
VIII find the good. Look for and dis
cover the best in each soul you greet.
Resolve that fll-will, fault-finding, and
hatred, shall find no place in your
thoughts, speech or actions. Thus
shall we scatter along LIES dusty high |
way the white flowers of love dropped
from the hills of heaven"