Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-05-02

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three decedrs Of Christ's residence on eartn
must have seemed to Him almost asiEgtI
minable. You have often tried to n06fhI7
the other rsnys Of Christ. but you EaVe
never tried to measure the maenltuas%
ponderositv Of a Saviour homeslcknefF..
! take a step farther and tell you~tnHi
Christ was in an exile which He knew .olia
end in assassinati5r. Holman Hunt. ire
master painter, has a picture ID "hlcn =.
represents Jesus Christ in the Nazarene ear
penter shop. Around Hin are the saw. ~
hammers. the axes. the drills Of carpentr:.
Tke picture represents Christ as rlSnG fr.AL
the carpenters working hencn ana "eaLns
stretch III out His arms as one viii alttl Y
Ing in contracted or uncomfortable post~t
and the light Of that picture - 50 affsh-@
that thu arc1s Of Christ, YEARLY esIescle1
forth, together with His body. tbrow on the
wall the @hadow OF the cross. On! NY
friends, that shadow was on everything IL
Christ's lifetime. Shadow Of a cross on tee
bethlehem swaddling clothes. Shadow O. q
cross on the road over which the three fugi-
tives feel into Egypt. Shadow Q. a cross o.
Lake Galilee as Christ walked lis nosai@
floor OF opal and emerald and crystal
Shadow Of a cross on the road to Emnaus.
Shadow Of p cross On the brook Kedron, and
on the temple and on the side OF Olive.
Shadow Dt e cross on sunrise and sunset.
Constantine, marching With his army. say
Just once a cross in the sky, but Christ 81"
the cross ali the time.
Hawthorne. turned out Of the office o. ~
lector at Salem, wen. home in despair. His
wife touched him oa the shoulder aud said.
"NoW is the tine to write your book. ana
his famous 'Scar,et Lette- was the brill
liant consequence. Worldly good sometimes
comes from worldly evil. Then be not I'M
believing wher / tell YOU that from the
greatest crime Of al eternity and OF the
yChnla l1pi1prcp fhp mnrinr 0f fho Son OF
God. there shall come results which shall
eclipse all tire granteurs Of eternity past and
eternity 70 come. Christ. IN exile from
heaven opening the way for the deportation
toward heaven and to heaven q HI those
who will accept the prefer. A~tonemenf. a
ship large enough 10 take ali the passengers:
that will come a!oarjits
For this royal exile / bespeak the love and
service Of al! the exilos here present. and 10
one sens 20 Or the other that includes ali q
US. The gates OF this continent have been -
widely opened that there are here many VOL
Untary cNles from other lands. Some e
ecu are Scotchmen. / see it III your high
cheek bones end in the color that illuninas
your face when l mention the lanI Of youl
nativity. Bonny Scotland, Dear old kirk.
Some OF your ancestors sleeping in Grey
friars c~hurchyard, or by the deep lochs FILES
out OF the pitchers OF heaven. or under tn"
heather. sometimes 50 deep Of color It makes
oic tulUh OK Tue blOott u tie tpNtiltIttEts
wko signed their names for Christ. dipping
theif pens Into the veins OF their own arms
opened Tor that purpose. How every
fiber nf your nature thrills as / mentiol
tho names Of Robert Bruce and the Camp
bells and Cochranei | beepeak for this rov&.
exile Of my text the love and serviceeo ell
Scotch exiles. Some Of you are EngliShmen.
Your ancestry served the Lord. Have not
read Of the suferings Of the Haymarket. and
have Inot seen in Oxford the very spot where
Ridley and Latimer mounted the red char
lot? Some Of your ancestors heard George
Whltef1eld thunder. or heard Charles IVES
ley sin or heard John Bunyant + / S 'rear1
OF the celestial city, and the catneira.s ~
der the shadow Of which some Of You were
born had in their grandest organ roll the
name Of the Messiah.
l bespeak for the royal exile Of my sermor
the love and the service Of all English ex-
lies. Yes, some Of YOU came from the island
pf distress over which hunger. on athrone q
human skeletons. sat queen. All efforts a,
ameliOratiOn halted by massacre. Process.
sion Of famines. procession of mar yrdoms
marching from northern Channel o Cape
Clear and from the Irish Sea across to, the
Atlantic. An island not bounded as geogra
piers tell us, but, as every phiianthropis'
knows, bounded on the north and tre south
and the east and the west by woe which nc
human politics can alleviate and only Al.
mighty God can aSsuage. Land Of Gold.
smiths rhythm. and Sheridan's Wit. ant
OConnells eloquence, and Edmund Burke:
craftsmanship, and O'Brien's sacrifice
Another Patmos with its. apocalvnso o
blood. Yet you cannot think OF it to-da,
without having your eyes blinded with emo
ton, for there your ancestors sleep in graves
some Of which they entered for lack o
bread. For this royal exile Of my sermon /
hespeak the love and the service OF all Irlsl
exiles. Yes, some OF you are from Germany
the land of Luther. and some Of You ar,
from Italy. the land of Garibaldi. and som,
Of You are from France. the land Of JOIN
Calvin. one of the three mighties OF Thu
glorious reformation. Some OF You are lie
scendants OF the Puritans. and they wer'
y exlles. and some Of You descendants Of tn,
I Huguenots, and they were exiles. and som,
of you are descendants of the Hollali reiu
gees, and they were exiles.
Some Of You We're born on the banks 81 til
lazoo or the Savannah. and you are now-iv
Ing IN this latitude. Some OF you Cd tn
banks OF the kennebec. or at the foot Of the
Green Mountains, and you are here now
Some OF YOU on the prairies Of the West. .
the tableiands. and you are here now. Oh
how man. Of Us far away from home. Al
OF Us eNIleS. ! his Is not our home. Hcavel
Is our home. Oh. I am so cla,
when the royal exile went back II
lett the gate ajar, or left it Wild
open. Going home That is the OWN,
exclamation OF the majority 81 Christians
l have seen many Christians die l thin.
nine out Of ten OF Thorn in the last momen
say. Going home Going home out c
punishment and sin and sorrow and >a!
ness. Going homes to join in the hilaritics I
our parents aud our dear children who hav
already departed. Going home - Chrs1
Going home to God. Going home to sta,
Where are Your loved ones that died i
Christ? You pitvthen. All. they ought {
pity you You are .n exile far from h0ms
The are home. Oh. what 4 time it Will J.
for you when the yatekeeper of heaven sha
say: Take of that rough sandal. the joul
ney's ended. Put down that saber.t the ba-
ties Won. Put of that iron coat q ma
and put on the robe Of conqueror.' At thu
gate OF triumph | leave YOU to-day. Oh
reading three tender cantoS translated fro;
the Italian. II you ever heard anxtnin
sweeter. ! never did. although |. ann.
adopt all its theology
Twas whispered oae norainc in heaven
How the little child angel May.
In the shaie q the great white portal,
Sat so-rowiuS night end Gay.
How sne said - Tie stately warden,
He 4 the nev and aar
!, 'Oh. angel. 9.v"e. angel. I~tray
Set tte h.aUtIfst yates aia-.