The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1897-01-14

on my shoulders a ransomed world
Till this is done Il choose worldly scott
L to heavenly cclamat ton, and a cattle
q pen to u kings palace, frigid zone OF B
a earth to atmOsphe Of celestial Tadi-
ance. i have no time to lose, for, bark
a We to the groan that grows mightier
4 gelie! will come back again, carrying
Il Ye. know the grace of our Lord j esus
4 Christ, that though he was rich, yet
q for your sakes he became poor. AS
eS Was there eyer#a contrast. so over
a SpOsvering as that between the MONDAY
a 81f Christ's celestial departure and the
q midnight Of his earthly arrival? Sure
n enough. the angels We're out that night
4 in the sky, nd an especial meteor act
a ed as escort; but all that was from 9th
il er worlds and not from this world.
The earth made no demonstration OF
II " elcone If one IF the great princes
q of this world steps out at a depot,
cheers resound, and the band PLAYS.
h and the flags wave. But for the 4 r'iv.
q al of this missionary prince Of the
81 skies not a torch tlared. not q trumpet
q blew, not a plume futtered. All the
music and the pomp were overhead.
4 Our world opened for him nothing bet
q ter than a barn door. The RajalI Of
n Cashmere sent to Queen Victoria a bed
stead OF carved gold and a canopy that
D cost S1JO.OOO, but the world had for
the Prince of Heaven and Earth only
little straw. The crcWn jewels IN the
| Tower of London amount to SfJ,OO',- 81
a 600, but this member of eternal Royalty
Il had nowhere to lay his head. To know
how poor he was, ask the camel-driv-
ers, ask the shepherds, ask Mary, ask
& the three wise men of the East, who
& afterward came to Bethlehem. 10
know how poor he was. examine all
b the records of real estate in III the
{ Oriental country, and see what vine
yard or what field he owned. Not one.
OF what mortgage was he the mort
gage? OF what tenement was he the
landlord? OF what lease was he the
lessee? Who ever paid him rent? Not
y owning the boat on which lie sailed,
\ or the beast on which he rode. or the
/ IpillOw on which he slept. He had so
!. little estate that in order to pay his tax
s he had to perform 4 miracle, putting
{ the amount Of the assessment in q
! fsh's mouth and having it hauled on
) shore. And after his death. the world
!. rushed in to take an inventory of his
! goods, and the entire aggregate was
: the garments lie had worn, sleeping in
! them by night and travelling in them
p by day. bearing on them the dust OF
t the highway and the saturation OF the
!? sea- st. Paul, in my text, hit the mark
& when he said of the missionary Prince.
6 ssFor your sake he became poor"
Il The world could have treated him
n better if it had chosen. 1t had all the
means for making his earthly condl,
q tons comfortable. Only a few wears
!. Before, when Iompey, the general, ar
II rived in Frl1 dist. Ii eWas greeted witt
q arches anu q costly column which cele
f brated the twelve million people whom
4 he had killed or conquered. and he was
J. allowed to wear his triumphal robe II
f the senate. The world had applause
i for imperial butchers, but buffetins
,f for the Prince Of Peace. Plenty u
q golden chalices for the favored to drinl
4 out of, but orr Ptince must put his
X lips to the bucket Of the well by thu
6 roadside. after he had begged for ;
= drink. Poor? Born in another man.
# barn and eating at another mans ia
ST 4 bic, and cruising the lake in anothe
81 mans fishing smack, and buried in an
= other mans tomb. -Four Inspired an
a thors wrote his biography, and inllu
II merable Lives OF Christ have been pub
q. lished, but he composed his sutobios
~ raphy in & most compressed way. H
"a i said: Il have trodden the wine pres
in alone 2 5J5g 4.
Al Pr or in the estimation of nearly III
IL the prosperous classes. They Gale
n Iiln Sabbath breaker, Wine-blbber, ira
N tnr, blasphemer, and ransackcd til
- dictionary of opprobrium from cover
d: c,,vers to express their detcstation.
hn can think now OF July two well-to-l
men who espoused his cause. Nicodt
~ mus and Joseph Of Arimathea I'll
81. friends, fol: the most part. We're peop]
1T who. in that climate. where tpthalni;
Il. ~ inflammation Of the eyehall. sWs.el
nc ever and anon as a scOurgc, haG b.
l1f come blind: sick people anxious to s.
If we'll. and troubled people in who's
ar family there was some one dead (
10 dying. Ii he had q purse at ALL it wa
&c empty, or we would have heard VIII;
F., the soldiers did with the content
ha Poor The. pigeon in the dove-cote. tt
no rabbit in its burrow. the be-, in it's hi,
al, is better provided for better off, bett
~. sheltered. Aye. the brute creation Ii;
~, NO a home on earth, which Christ had nC
.th IA poet says:
mi If on windy days the raven
a.. Galnl,ol like a dancing skif,
NJ Not the less lie loves his haven
NC On the bosom Of the cliff.
of If almost with eagle l,iniEn
+iaI Ger the Alps the cnamOis roam,
-. Yet he has some small dominion
no Which no doubt lie calls his home
10 But the Crown Prince Of all heaven
10. dominions has less than the raven. le
III :, than the channels, for ne was hcmele'
co., Aye, in the history Of the univel
M there is 10 other instance of such co
49, ing down. Who can count the mi
50 80 from the top Of the throne to the b
80 ~, tomaof the cross !? Cleopatra, giving
' III banquet to Antony, took a pearl VOL
.l ne hundred thousand dollars and d
8 az AZ solved it in vinegar and swallowed
Az But when our Prince, according to |
~. ~, Evangelist, in his last hours took
Nv ~ vinegar, in it had been dissolved
~ -. the pearls Of his heavenly royal
Ky Down, until there. was no other h
10y ~ assment to suffer, poor until there v
20 no other Dauperism to torture. 3
~, {, ions Of dollars spent in wars to destl
e,lt, men, who will furnish the sta tistics
80 the value of that precious blood u
3 81. was shed to save us Ye know