The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06


sblo o. Ais sanerinxs. being made coz
.ormabse unto Ills death. Phil iA.lo.
Tompanlonship IL q common experience
generally brings ew0 SONS issto closes isi-
lorsalp Different IN many other respects
and unregponsgYe 20 each Cthes DfcaAse
OF that diff >Fearc. they viii Immediately
IND themselves closely related ~nen ihey
stand N common ground. And iAe more
personal and pathetic max ea'S7
OF oneness is, the Sesrer they
vii! get TO eash ot4eE- : ="
ren VINO fought IN the civii ~ar meet ia
some patriotic gathering They salute eAeA
other formally IA old soldiers ~ tilS sane
cause They ca.4 up Old ue1iosse- A.4sF
axe interested in eac.. other because tAsy
fought Ia the same battles my IIiI Ina.
they belonged 20 the same regiment s''S
faelr eyes aAshsa with delight, mat lafE
belonged to f.4e same conIAany' a44a t""l
grasp hands warmly. BH- Shen tne!F
names are repeated. and Il Is foshd 'hA.
they stood side ~ side ia The ranks, ana
bore 20 the rear gallant of'aceF' VIZ
died IN their arms. aD1 were inTins@4Fes
wounded and spent a comp25sAoAsA1p o
sufTer!ng in contiguous beds ~ s3e same
s0sEitaf can any al Us picture the ten
cerness Of their mutual gfe@tf yf eHsei
into the sacredness o. that ie1io~=nl2 OF
woe?
man who has lost hts wife. and az
other who has lost his child. can 81 down
together and through their common De-
reayernent feel that they are faster
friends. but there Is apt 20 De. on the pass
OF each, d feeling that perhaps the oLheF
does not fully enter into Ms case ne'ts
- an outer room compani0nssip rendered
sacrsd 70 taesn because OF the atmospheric
OF so.row which they Unite3ly breathe,
and of the drapery OF gloom, whica seems
alike fitting 10 both. But they eFldeht4y
do not fully understand each other grlef.
Now let two men come togetAer' sacA
having lost a child-in each case son.
And let II be found that the boys were
Of the same age. In the same grade II
school. and died OF the same disease, and
how both mea will enter together tnai In
usr chamber OF sympathy. from which all
others are excluded. ku6 enjoy IN closest
union The sweet. sad fellow ship Of suffer
ing DO they not. after THIS interview,
feel that they know each other better.
thar they understand each other only as
those similarly situated can. that they
have a right 10 larger ownership ia each
others life because o. this Intimate COM
ransonshp ia the same sorrowg was not
This the thought that drew Paul wonder
fully close 10 Christi He was aec4 by
Ais power bat he was melted by His saf-
ferlngx. 4 being who could control sin
Paul wanted 70 worship. But one who.
clothed IN His humanity. suffered the
sama temptations. grleved over the same
diSappolntments. fought the same one
mics went over the same experiences. and
FEY falnting under the same burdens.
Paul wanted 20 clasp TO his heart "a pas
slonate love When he though; OF Chrlst's
exal,silon he fslt alrsed. bur when he
realized christs intense humiliation.
through suffering and death. he felt the
bond Of union and knew that one day he
should he exalted with Him.
The Limitations or Chri-t's Life.
yLet Us Try. this morning. to take IN the
tenderness Of ihis view Of Christ. and in
This fellowship of suffering To seek daily
encourage and help sinai divide
the surrrings % Our Lord into four
CLASSES. two negative and two positive.
and speak to you first Of the limitations
OF III. life. What contrast there must
have been hetween the minstFclsy OF
heaven and tho manager IA ...chem' Up
there angels veiled their faces before Him:
down here He WAS subject 10 His parents.
Tn there He spake and the world spTanE
into being, down here "a the very world
He had created. He realized the contract
Ell conditions OF SIS existence and MAS con-
srolled by them. He. the lmitleSs one
found Himself cfr,wmx bed on ov-
the~e eouiitions Ia satisfy HIS
Inherent love NJ liberty would
have been 10 abandon His mission sad %
leave the world without hope. !; was
only by conformity % the limitations OF
the life lie had assumed that He ccnld
expect 20 win Humanity over - Himself
Think OF person OF the Trtuns Goahead
being cared for through the hoip'essness
of hahyhcod. Instructed through growing
childhood. controlled and advised in OK
pandng youth. and as He developed into
manhood and more f0ilv appreciated Hts
mission nn6ing out l!mlt of strength
here, = limit ~ comfor. thvre. limit az
environment every " here Think of such
. One eating 20 satisfy hunger. resting
On a well curb after , long Nalk and ask
sng for drink Of water. sleeping in the
midst ~ a wild storm az sea because He
was 80 weary. fsintinE under the weight
az a cross another could easily carry /
cannot explain 20 YOU how " w8s that
Jesus increased in Wisdom as "a s8n.An be-
sns. and Yet MAS always CONSCIOUS Of HIS
divine origin and divine anVoini mems. How
Ca lis divine consciousness WAS com
,uuuicafea 70 iiis human SOFA, ! have no
means OF knowing The chlid who. a. tho
age Of l.. astouuteA the Jewish dortcrs
% the law With the spiritual ms ght 81
1ils mind. vas nos a vrscDcious VNnfA. ru-
naturally developed. lie was God. maai-
fest IN The gesh TIE Chta who when
shortly after repToyct rs Has mother for
lingering 10 the CRY wh.n she and Ills
father bad started FOR home. SAID WIS,
- net that I must h- about my Father
business" v8s0e uA q lroif ans hGWptto1 e
,gpiy He was the Eternal SON de.-' r.'Te
allegiance 10 ihe FternA Father. Al
Through It's CROWNS years whlte fis
heightened aut IN sfatute ana age and
added expert fn cNrerfenre. ard
sunvrYAs~.s se q .ys '4t,fp. 80 A~tN- r8ts -,