The Progress., 1897-08-14
THE PROGRESS.

| OF the world! AS well some little FISHING
village on Long Island shore attempt t.
arraign New York. Yet no sooner does b.
set foot in the towns or cities of .Jud;ea thar
everything is in commotion. Tie people
go out on picnic, taking only food enough
for the day, yet are SO fascinated with
Christ that at the risk of starving they fol
| low him out into the wilderness. A noble
| man falls down fiat before him. and SAYS,
My daughter is dead A beggar tries
to rub the dinness from his eyes, and says,
Lord, that my eyes may be opened A
poor, sick, painting woman, pressing
! through the crowd, says, II must touch the
| hem of his garment Children, who love
their mother better than any one else,
struggle to get into his arms, and to kiss
his chct x. and to run their fingers through
his hair. and for AL time putting Jesus so
III io.r with the Little ones that there is
:s:.rUiy !: Iii"s,ry in Christendom from
>:.cl! !c C,'s not take one, saying: 81
Isl: Ia. ':rm ! will fill heaven with
-. >""v &c lar that plant in heaven
- - White lilies. In the hour
~ ntr man in .Jud;ea they were
"ii.....'n / nc. and now that have
''n :h"'.'e do not despise them
4 IT,! lack. oh. weeping mother!
II, WIZ, heart. OF such is the
'nGti' =: i,aNen."
What - t. = L, ming down the road: A
/" :: Charlie: Tut on an ass, and yet the
people take 'I their coats and throw them
III the Way OH, what time Jesus made
among IN" children, among the beggars,
among the fishermen, among the philoso-
piers. You nay EcNst Of self control, but
II you had seen hin you would have put
your arms around his neck and said,
Thou art altogether lovely
Apparent Inconsistencies.
III f,,1 tn,
and seeming antagonisms Of his nature.
You want things logical and consistent,
and you say. "How could Christ be God |
md man Mt the same time?' John saws
Christ was the Creator. "All things were |
made by him. and without him was not
made.' Matthew says that he
was omniprcsent. "Where two CT three are
met together in my name. there am in
The midst Of them.' Christ declares his
,wn eternity II am Alpha and Omega"
How can he be n lion, under his foot
Kingdoms and yet lamb, lick
ng the hand that Stays him2 At what |
Joint do the throne and the manager touchp
I Christ was God, why flee into Egypts
Why not stand his ground? Why, instead
4 bearing the cross, not lift up his right
and and crush his assass.ns? Why stand
nd be spat upon? Why sleep on the
fountain, when he owned the palaces of
ternity? Why catch fish for his breakfasts
n the beach in tho chill morning, when
II the pcinegranatcs are his, and all the
Vineyards his, and all the cattle his, and |
IL the cartridges his? Why walk when
'eary, ana his feet stone bruised, when he ,
light have taken the splentlors of the |
unset for his cquipnge and moved with I
orses and ohariots of fire? Why beg .
rink from the wayside when out of the ,
'ystai chaliccs of eternity Ire poured the I
uphrates, the Mississippi and the ANA ,
IN, and, dipping his hand I'm the fountains s
heaven and shaking that hand over tho '
orld from the tips of his fingers dripping
'e great lakes and the oceans? Whv let | 8
10 Roman regiment put him to death, s
hen he might have ridden down the sky. q
liowcd by all the cavalry of heaven.
ounfed OH white horses of eternal VIC
ry?
You cannot understand. Who can? You
y to confound mo- am confounded be-
re you speak. Paul said it was nm Y
'rchablo He went climbing up from | b
guncnt to argument, and from aTltithe- G,
to nntithesis, and from glory to glory, h
Il then sank down In exhaustion as hs | o.,