Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-04-24

beak Of its war eagles. For years after
his arrival the only question was how
best 20 put him ont Hcrod hated him,
the high priests hated him, the Pharisees
hated him. Judas Iscariot hated him.
Gos,as, the diving thief, hated him. The
whole earth seemingly turned into de-
tectiyc o. watch his steps. And yet he
faced this frcity. Notice that most Of
Christ's wounds were in front. Some
scomging on the shoulders, but most Of
Chris. wounds in front lie was not
on ratrcatwhcn ho expired Face to face
with the worlds frocity. Face to face
with the worlds sin. Face TO face with
tie worlds Woe. HIS eye on the raging
couutonunccs Of his foaming antagonists
when Dc expired. When the cavalry Off
Ger rowoled A.s stocd so that he might
come lirarrr up and see the tortured Wis.,
age f the suffering exile, Christ saw it.
When Oh. spear was thrust at his side,
and when tha hammer was lifted for his
fe.t, and WHEN the reed was raised to
strike do.i.t d0u the spikes Of thorn,
Christ watched tie whole procedure.
When his hands were fastened to the
cross th.y were wide open still with
benc6i.tiDl Mind you, his head was
not fastened llo could look TO the right
and he could look to the left, and he
could look up and he could look down.
lie SAYS when tha spikes had been driven
home. AID the hard round, iron heads
were in the palms Of his hands. He saw
them a. plainly as you ever saw any
thing in the palms Of your hands. No
ethor, no chl1rofoIm, no merciful anes-
thet.c to dull or stupefy, but, wide
awake. he saw the observation Of the
heavens. tine mbalancing Of the rocks,
the countonauccs quivering with rage
and the cachinnation diabolic. Oh, it
Wa, the hostile as well as the barren IS
land Of " .rid
Far From Heaven.
7 gl farh.r and tell you that this
cx.io WAS t4. from home. 1t is 80, OOO,-
600 miles lom here To the sum- and all
astronomer, agree i'm saying that our
solar system is only one Of the smaller
wheels If the great machinery Of the
universe tuning around some one great
c.u.or the contor So far distant 1t Is
bev.ud all imagination and calculation,
and it, as some think, that great center
in tlc distance 4, heaven, Christ came
fir fr.Ia homo wien he came here.
Have v.u over tnoughto of the homesick-
r.-..,f Christ? Some Of you know what
hOme-.clncss is when YOU have been
only a f.v- weeks absent from the do
in..fic circle. Christ was 33 years
away from home. Some Of you feel
home-ickuo,s when You are hundred
crata.usaud miles away from the do
mc-t.c cullo. Christ was more million
miles away from home than you could
count If all your life you did nothing
Iut count Y.u know what 1t Is to be
home..,', ry0Y amid pleasant surround
ings. lur Christ slept in huts. and ne
was atairsr. nd hewas a-hungered, and
Le WAS ou the way from being born III
another MANS lun to being buried IN
another man -ldVe
h-Ft i.i" Ao" 'uc ." - ~ ~
th.v me fir away from their native
country. at the sound Of their national
air CT sI h.mesick that they iall lht'
maluch iv. and sometimes they die un-
d,rthc h.uc,io ku,ss. But. Oh, the home
siclmos ci Christ. Poverty homeslcA
fcr celestial riches. Persecution nome
sick flr hos.laa. Moarness holiesicA
/ for rest. Homcsick for angelc ana arch
angelic ccmraniCnshlp. HomesicK u
get ont Cf the night and the storm
and -he worlds cxCcration. HomesicK
ness viii ma>c q week seem as long a
/ d month. and IL seems 10 me that th'
thr.o decades of ChriSt's residence OF
eortb nu-, have seemed to him almos
intormiuable You have often tried L
measure the other pangs Of Christ, bu
Won have never tried to measure tn
mornitude and ponderosity Of a Saw
| iour's homosiclness.
take % step farther and tell you tina
cl,ri.r was in I'm exile which he lmey
would end I'm assassination. Holmai
Hunt. the master painter, has pictur
I'm which me represents Jesus Christ i
| the Na4arcuo carpenter shop. Aroun
/ him are the saws, the hammers ID
/ axes. the drills Of carpentry. The pl(
ture represents Christ as rising fror
~ ,,.,,,t,r's WORKING beuch an
YEARLY stretching out his arms as on
will after being in contracted or uncom
Portable posture, and the light Of tha
nictura is so arranged that the arms
Christ. wearily stretched forth, togeth'
with his body, throw on the wall IN
shadow of the cross OH my friend.
thaf shadow was on everything
Christ's lifetime. Shadow Of cross 0
tine Bethlchom swaddling clothes. Sha'
o,yof q cross on the road over which u
rbroo fugit.vos fed into Egypt. Shade
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