Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-04-14

All good men have for centuries
been trying to tell whom thi. substi-
tute was like, and every comparison,
inspired and uninspircd, cvdngelistic,
prophetic, apostolic and human falls
short, for Christ was the Great TN
like. Adam, type of Christ, because
he came directly from God; Noah a
type of Christ, because he delivered his
own family from dclugr; Mclchiscdcc
type of Christ, because he had no
predecessor or successor; Joseph a type
of Christ because he was east out by
his brethren; Moses "A type of Christ,
because he was "A drlivcrcr from
bondage; Joshua a type of Christ, be-
cause he was cunqucror; Samson u
type Of Christ, because of his strength
to slay the lions and carry off the iron
gates of impoS>ibility, solomon a type
of Christ, IN the aiilucncc of his do
minion; Jonah a typs of Christ, he
/ cause of the stormy SEA in which he
threw himself for the rescue az others;
but put together Adam. and Noah. and
Mclchi~c,lic, and Joseph, and Moses,
and Joshua. and they would not make
/ a fragment of Christ, Il quar-
1 ter of "A Christ, the half of Il
Christ, or the millionth part of IA
Christ lie fnrsnoli throne aud sat
down on Ills own funtstnol. lie came
| from the top of glory to the bottom of
/ humiliation, and changed "a circumf r.
encc scraphic for "A circumference dia-
| bolic. Once waited nn 10y angels, now
Kissed 1T 10y brigandS. From altar and
| high up lie came down; past IN 'trCrS
| swiftcr than they; by starry thrones,
Himself more lustrous; past larger
worlds to smaller worlds; down stairs oi
| ornaments All from cloud to cloud and
through the tree tops and into the
| camcl's stall, To thrust His shoulder
under our burdens and thrust tn,
| lanccs of pain through Ills viials. and
wrapped Himself in all the agonies
which we deserve for our misduings,
and stood On the splitting decks of a
| laundering vessel amid the drcnching
surf of the sea, and passed midnight,
on the mountains amid wild beasts al
prey. ami stood at the point where al
earthly and Internal ho,tilitics charged
on Him at once with their keen 81
bers-our Substitute!
When did attorney ever endure Sc
much for paupcr client, or physician
for the patient in the lazarctto. al
mother for the child in mcmbranou,
Group, as Christ for US. and Chris
for you, and Christ for me? Shal
any man or woman or child in thi'
audience who has ever Suircre,
for another find it hard To under
stand this Christly suffering for US
Shall those whose svmpathies hav,
been wrung in behalf of the un
fortunate have no appreciation of tina
one moment which was lifted out q
all the ages of eternity IL most con
spicuous, when Christ gathered up al
the sins of those to be redeemed under
| His one arm. and said: Il will atom,
for those under my right arm, and viii
heal all those under my left arm
Strike me with all thy glittcring shafts
q Eternal Justice! Roll over me will
all thy surges, ye oceans of SORROW
and the thunderbolts struck Hin
from above. and the seas of trouble
rolled up from beneath, hurricane af
ter hurricane, and cyclone after cv-
clone, and then and there in the pres
encc of Heaven and earth AMI he'll
yea, all worlds witnessing, the price
the bitter price, the transcendan
price, the awful price, tn. gloriou
price, the infinite price, the eterna
price was paid that set US free.