New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-02
"CHRIST'S- CALVARY VISION"
AN INTERESTING SERMON BY THE REV.

The Rev George c. Widlng pastor OF the He'd
ding Methodist Episcopal Church of Jersey CITY, oc-
cupied the pulpit of Centenary Methodist Epscopai
Church, Newark, yesterday morning his sermon
which Of exceptional Interest. was eh'l'Ieu
"Christ's Calvary Vision" The text was from
Isaiah ILL., II: "IIe shall SEQ OF the travail OF his
SOUL and shall be satisfied" Mr. Wid.ns SAID IN
part:
Prophecy IN a civinely bestowed gift that enables
10 gaze away 'wn the avenues of the future hn
With power to Utter or pin the marvellous vision
o,mss the prophet himself had Pu; dim nf a ,ba
Ts Ss sSaSs4 d nj iP; S,S" the
and beautiful and bnehcent His love for man.
HSw subme devoted ne Of Ta eros T for men to
s W 900 ,er tho inner movements of His SOUL the
We may draw to Him az we read TINS oea -, E
Him as we never knew Him before. II We walk
through this Scripture In the devout ana reVefe"'
Yes His travail Of soul apparent to us II, here eo as
READ and think His 1 was y SgfifTs ss 81 suffering
with marvellous outcome In y:sT a ne wac cou ID
% nd Ssee ny SO
presence God has kindly kept Us from Sa this hy d 6ut
what He was coming TO. 1t was ever plain to Hin
Its gloomy shadows always hung over His path;
With sidy grief H ~f He o I referred to Win
sadness He drew near 10 Calvary ana yett re
moment-"thai desoIate night in Gethsemane's gar
den, when the awful load seemed more than RE
from Him this t-touchlng "oh, my Father,
be s let , aS irO heros and
this trustful prayer followed: Nevertheless not as
The elements OF His sufferings were numerous
and unique We may know but few a OF hG any an of
them beyond our reach and ken II may
strengthen us this morning to spend some n9ments
observe the greatness OF His descent In order TO
complete the work OF the Atonement. From
upon him there. to Pilates hall and the criminals
cross; What marvellous stopping 10 conane d, Note
such soul must of necessity have been rare one
What delicate, nervous orsaniza'ion, ,.,t re must
perceptions His. How warm and tender ana
loving His affectional nature How keehy su fr
but feeble conception. And realize fully the idea
Of guilt and yet ali these indisniies and outrages
were heaped upon Him; How sharply ana crueIiy
He He % %a Deserted s' BY s best friends who had
promised to stand by Him in everything. lie was
and vengefully pressed by religious teachers of
the day And lie misunderstood by almost
misunderstood and no way of Fighting II. And,
saddes Of ALL in hs terribly ad ~ % Fher in
meaSen He seemed to be deserted by MS rather
Remember that the great weight of humanitHy's
lonely and awta , WHIT had hs m 0@d is
own to atone for His immaculate holiness cor
trasts vvidly with the dark weight Of sin that is
bearing Him down on Calvary.
All, yes how many sharp singing elements en-
tered into His excrucating torments that horrible
fering yet, it was doubtless the smallest of all
How Ike knife must have entered His heart nSs the
ms; IPW their vulgar and terrible cries must have
W h A%4 H Of Sa @
have swept over His soul in dark pain waves
. cT rF eohcs ssHSd AZ Ne of
All in meekness His heart uttered no complaint.
quences He even refused the supplying drink or
drug Offered to Him as He hung IN awful agony on
by His sufferings and His spirit. and would fan
deaden His pain. But He would drink the bitter cup
furnish with clear and undmmed intellect. He had
chosen it for Himself and was unto death:
brightest that eye gazed upon From out OF
the thick darkness that gathered about Him He
eoHsnoss There was no limit lit to Ills Vision. The
opened TO us. His was the divine gaze. The CULVER
Ills clear eye behods on the cross that day the
unfoldngs Of wondrous history. He sees the birth
Ism and martyrdom There rises before Him the
glory Of, the Pentecosal baptism and its results.
divine power. How His eye falls on the Clarifying
Of faith In His Church the growth Of holiness and
perstitlon. There He beholds the organization of
missionary sSciees devoted men hearing the Cos
fore His cross Now His kindling eye sees war pal
llG III the distance. BarDdrlSm l. Yielding 10 phi
larthropy. The world is coming know Him He
sees kings and princes bringing the honor ana glory
OF their nations into His kingdom laying their tro-
plies AT His feet All this He saw that day More
than we see yet and we a great deal He ".
great Gospel panorama spread before His eyes
What transcendant vision,
A remarkable statement OF this Scripture Is that
He was satisfied with what He beheld. We cannot
at all comprehend what He saw. II must indeed
have been marvellous vision. Despite all His IN
iense and terrible sufferngs what He beheld more
than compensated Him for al. that He was passing
through. He was satisfied He realized that He
had not died IN vain The future would richly repay
the Investment of Cavarys agony. He tasted OF the
future then and thore and II enough. Satisfied
Is strong word. He was fully conented with what
He had entered upon His desires and expectations
were met. II would take great deal TO balance
the sunerings of Jesus. And knowing Him even as
we 40. we can readily see that T. would take great
enough TO satisfy Him
There must he great vic. cries Just around tho
curve In the future. Christ has achieved striking
victories In the last nineteen hundred years. Mar
vellous progress Is being made daily. But the most
thrilling victories Of His cross are IN the more i'm.
mediate future. The hungry word viii come flock
ing around His standard The heavenly world will
Ne crowded with jubilant souls