The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-10-16

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assumed for others. Christ war -.
maturely old. He had been ernasa
70 an the weathers of Palestine. Il
nag slept out Of doors, now IN tn
night dew and now in the temnest
ae had been soaked in the snrt I
Lake Galilee. Pillows for other h.,
ne had not where to lay His head
hungry, He could not even get = Az :,
which to breakfast; or have Won ,n;sss
the pathos Of that verse, I'm the morn
ing as He returned unto the city. n,
nungered, and when He saw ,
ng tree in the way, He came to i,
and found nothing thereon Oh n.
was q hungry Christ, and NOTHING
makes the hand tremble worse than
hunger, for it pulls upon the stomach
ana the stomach pulls upon the brain
ana the brain pulls upon the nerves.
ana the agitated nerves makes the
mana quake. On the top of all this
evaporation came abuse. What sober
man ever wanted to be called a drunk.
ara! out Christ was called one. What
respecter of the Lords day wants to
DC called Sabbath-breaker? but He
was called one.
What man, careful Of the company
ne Keeps, wants to be called the assoc
cate OF profligates? But He was so
called. What loyal man wants to be
charged with treason? But He was
charged with it. What man of devout
speech'wants to be called blasphemer?
out he was so termed. What man of
wants to be struck in the
mouth? But that is where they struck
him. Or to be the victim of vilest ex-
But under that He
stopped. Oh, He was worn-out Christ.
mat is the reason He died so soon up-
on the cross. Many victims OF cruel.
hxlon lived day after day unon
The cross; but Christ was in
The courtroom at 12 o'clock of
noon and He had expired at
three o'clock in the afternoon of the |
same day. Subtracting from the |
'hree hours between IL and 8 O'Clock |
he time taken. to travel from the
ourt room to the place Of execution
nd the time that must have been
aiken in getting ready for the tragedy,
mere could not have been much more
han two hours left. Why did Christ
we only two hours upon the cross,
'hen others had lived As hours? All!
e was worn out before He got there,
nd you wonder, oh, child Of God.
hat, looking into the volumes
Heaven for your name you
nd it was written with a
'embling penmanship- trembling
18th every letter of your name,
it be your earthly name, or
'embling with every letter Of your
eavenly name, if that be different /
I'D more euphonious. That will not t
the first time you saw the mark of i
qnivering pen, for did you not, oh s
an, years ago see your name so writ I
n on the back of a letter, and you y
'ened it, saying. "Why, here is let I
r from mother" or "Here is letter t
ON father" and after you opened t
you found all the words, be- t
use OF old age, were traced irregu- b
Fly and uncertain, 80 that you could p
rdly read it at ALL But after much d
ldy you make it out-a letter from b
me, telling you how much they b
ssed you, and how much they prayed Il
you. and how much they wanted to Il
you, and if it might not be on Il
eth that so it might be in the world
lere there are no partings. Yes, a
ur name is written in Heaven, if Y,
itten at all, with trembling chirog- 81
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again, in examination of your name w
the heavenly archives, if you find it fu
re at all, you will find It written cl
h bold hand. You have seen tn
ny signature that because of tn
Sness or old age had a CO
NOR in it, yet it was as gr
d as the man who wrote it. le
ny an order written on the battle mi
4 and amid the thunder of the pa
nonade has had evidence OF excite fir
1T in every word and every letter an
in the speed with which it was no
led and handed to the officer as he dis
his foot in the swift stirrups, and sal
that commander, Notwithstanding ha
trembling hand, gives boldness yo
order that shows itself in every col
d written. You do not need to be wi
that a trembling hand does not Use
avs mean a cowardly hand. 1t for
with a very trembling hand sin
rles Carroll, Of Carrollton. signed fat
name to the Declaration of Ameri- Go
Independence, but no signer had ash
, courage, and when some one mes
There are many Charles Car one
!, and it will not be known which fro
it is" he resumed the pen and of
e Charles Carroll of Carrollton. lett
nbling hand no sign of timidity. boy
daring and defiance seen in the fac
your name is written in Heaven Hes
.ha llanna tn all earth and holI 4., nan