New-York tribune., 1897-08-11

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fao% ss haS shs sssn Hsa
aas Of f the saS then sat
and heard Ills so";S wS5d have done just
what she did II you had not learned Mars secpe,
not be mgr with her she 3 s for
she cannot get things dUns as ret through as
would m ike .hs shG% @Gnf c ss
things to be put just right An9 ~ at rst
M Se ane a the thing With
Getting the What rhs rss sna na' is 0
cross with Jesus and she goes right IN ar, afd ma ~
sirTe? "0 cumbered in her own spirit angry With
her lister rejecting upon her Master ara & Pu.a1 som
how sS she loved and wanted that supper to be all
that II ought to be- but she had forgotten hat sep
nunion with the Lord! oh the mntitudes Of pso
pie in Martha's condition to-day. Iney % low 70 erve
from morning to night from day to day and ron yTn
year to year and yet tney set e 80 cannot do all we
want TO do and then we begin to grumble at people
who sit at Jesus's feet and even to say MASTER
10 That is the first picture OF sunshine in the homH
Lazarus Martha Mary and Jesus e LOVING Zoo o"G and is
Sitting at His feet Martha getting upset and bdcsTs woF
there is so much to do That's the picture
THE SECOND PICTURE.
Now the next is in the eleventh chapter OF John:
Tho scene Is all changed in that little home, ana
the sunshine has gone and the darkness has settled
upon IT, Prosperity has given way 10 the oi'te'eS'
adversely in their hearts and experiences '''
brightness and gladness are banished. and they are
right down under the deepest, darkest cioud oi SUI
row that ever settled on their home. We have lett
the sunshine and here We are in the thick sorrow.
and what sorrow this was. have no need to read
this chapter YOU know 1t so well, but think what
had happened. Lazarus Is ILL., and Jesus Is no.
there He was there but He Is now away anu
they send after Him and tell Him their Dro'her is
I'LL The news reached Him away. and He ala not
hurry; He stayed Just where He was. Now, Jesus
He had heard therefore, that he was SICK re
To me those verses are the wonderful
in the story Oh, how often the Lord uoes 80 WIZ,
He does not come but always right In front Oh !!
@ when e xed dOSf @bcre net M MAS But how it to
their sorrow! Lazarus dying; Christ not co",i,s;;
and AT last Lazarus is dead and in the tomb, ana
Tet the Master has not come. Darkness and sor-
row have come over the home but ittie "hi'e ae'
so full of sunshine and beauty. r. ,,r,h,
as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming weht
and met Him. but Mary sat still in the h, house:
me ask you the question, when Tou1 S yUbu ybrs, % ia
Smn G0nss at s' as or SsaPns sG G" IS dead but lie
Ing, coming coming What VIII YOU 90? ,k knn Gnt Ibt
vast yS Of us would say Let US go and meet
Him Eut how works out There Is y !rbnu
hadst been here, my brother had not died dss me
iude
H' the accent Of rebuke and repTOach a1f If Th0H @
hadst been here my brother mad not dieo; bue ~
how GrseOa5y S1 s afns Hs sae Te and With his
argument teaches her He is the ~ S Si9 her
win dread and paJenW,EE WEerd me Is dsnT MaTy WIN in
her. her bSss Mss 4 Wbat ,n' haputned She her
and called Mary her sister, secrey tco or course
Master is GENE or ana her. There ' is no doubt
although i Is not chrOnSleS T aS Vent Gn1is and
said no
LAS soon as she heard that she arose 9ocHg; oi Yst
cnme cnm into the town but was in that place where
Martha met Him. Then when Mary Was come e. III lis
feet saying unto Him Lord II thoH haast wSat pSe
here my brother had not dIed; dm, d,d IL nroduce
Snnn Mar,d Him When Mary said it? when jesus there
fore her weeping ana the i'm IN the spirit and
was trouhled' and then We have IN ve:Te ;n ,Ii IL
So hook 81 far as the revelation of Christ is con
cerned Martha gets His teaching Mary se1 Wban I
tears Martha said exactly what Mary sa'o' ""'"
"Wbich 40 Won think beloved the better thhig
run @fer al lin ae; ana II! get eas? m think know
which you would rather have when sorrow on U,' Ills Ills
,oanbinr bright and luminous as It IS with resur-
rect,on glory and think Mary got to deeper dePtS m
IN the heart or rcT No lis tears Of deepest sympathy
with her sorrow Why Oil Jesus WE wTeP Pj, hack for
dc1i,e purpose lie knows that bereavement has
broken the heart Of those two ss;Grs ana b Ser
re Is Eli lie beart goes out in their sorrow. Every
wounded heart in this Auditorium that ne 1tss .rJ ~
bv vet lie suffers with you in the wouniiie a a,r
enters by tears with you In me oop NJ went
Wbch was the better thingo sit still IN the house
i sent for. or like Martha. run OUT ot II anu 'ee'
The teaching of this second picture is this In.;ead
of trying to get out Of my % ,,l mo9 calls me cut
yJore is the ,esson we should learn but perhaps ca
moi until have been through SOM %or Is some
t5ng trying 10 ne delivered from pain ana sorrow ";
and that IS TO abide IN II oecau1~ s M be secon,
picture.
THE LAST or THE THREE PICTURES
Now. the last picture is in tho xiith OF John
II seems as though we must come into the presence
Of this picture with mufied voice cannot 90 JUS
,ico ~ T. hut the Holy Ghost will. 1t is in the
arst seven verses That Is my Third picture. IL Is
the same home. the same people IN IT, out' my
what a change there is here! Let us get the hu-
manness as well as the divinity out Of IT, LOOK az
those people nay @ are er III Ia men to sit at But
| Martha servai. DO not miss that. She is dong
,,bat she did before-getting supper ready She i
w@t Sn bn,t Win such things In her earnestness
| but She has ost her grumbling Mary Is AZ the 90
! business again, only with deeper depths than pG-
! fore Martha gets ali through the business WIT
| smiles all the time. remember IN rc taaS hS uhS
! ~ The Salvation Army movement IN England whei
,tcv were training the cadets, they had ths motto
! stick TO II and keep smiling Marina Is no Iess
y puSy n WAN me % She is not numbered with her bust
ness nor angry with Mary and is not rejecting OF
| Icsns christ She had learned something In tht
| Say of sorrow and darkness. 1t has not altered
! her power to serve, but the matter ana the man
| ucr OF her service. l., .,.,,
what about Mary? | tell you this IS lovely IN: IN:
nctlre of Mary. If you have carefuily STUDIED th'
ist few, days of our Lords life upon the earth yol
| have noticed how He was lonely man, ana now now
no sirr,lc one His disciplesl say II delberateI!
| ever entered for a single moment into sympath!
! with His passion and His suffering as II over over
| shadowcd Ills own life. Take the story OF these
| last six days and Lords journey to Jerusalem
| and you will find that 1t IS an awful picture On
| 'oney Son OF God without a single feart 10 come
! into sympathy with Thy passion for human souls
| A handful OF disciples were wrang.ing as TO wh'
! was the biggest man. But there was one sou
| fhnt saw the Cross-Mary. Never forget H. yot
! men IN was a woman that saw the Cross ana wen
| into' the shadow OF IL with Christ. as II was
| woman who became the first preacher OF the Kesur
| rection when lie came back again. DO not forge
| these things =, o,,. -. ., -. l., .
| uis wav 10 Jerusalem and there He sits Judas Is
| here the financial secretary, looking after him