Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1898-08-19

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Trsr Jesus -iaUs..I down and with
HI gur.f- wrote on tE~ ground. JOHN
wifi. g.
YUu must take your siors OF ami put
on fh,. especial slipper provided at th"
door q Yea would enter The Mohamm-,ian
,r1-.sur. which stands LOW where ugfr
stood Hrrad'~ temple the scene Of my text.
>gI.ry.af-- frmUls had stood there. tut
N.In-Ira.!uyszar had Numbered IL down.
y.ru,lHIst.l'- temple had stood there. hut
lad b,.,u prusiuitcd. Now Ne tax" our
la.r- be- "a trmVl"that Hrrnd built, because
E.. was fond eft great architecture, ami hc
. ,rHutrl the preceding temples To seem IN
fgrilrarf. Tut eight or ten modern ga
ihrIral~ together. and they would not
,..,u1l that structure. II covered nineteen
,,,'r.s There we're marble pillars support
;,.., roofs Of cedar. ami silver tables. on
which stood golden cups, aud there were
carvings exquisite. aud Inscriptions re-
-rl,rd,nt glittrring haluslrud"S and urua-
uauiei satrways.
I'm that stuprndous pile OF pomp and
marnilrrure sat Christ, aud II listeuing
rbrrl.: stood about Hin when wild di--
tUrIamre took place. \ group Of men a.e
milling and pushing along woman who
had committed a crime against society.
When they have brought nrr in front OF
Christ. they ask that He sentence her to
death hv ~toning. They are a critical.
mrrcie~s. disingenuOus crowd. They want
to get Christ into controversy and public
rpprehrusion. II He say Let her die.
they will charge Him with cruelty. II lie
let her go they will charge Him with being
in completely with wirErdness. Which
ever way He does, they would howl at Him.
Then ocrurs n scene which has not been
sufficiently regarded. He leaves the
Lounge or bench OF which He was sitting,
and gees down on one kner. or both knees
and with the forennger of His right hand
He begins to write in the dust Of the floor,
word after word. But they were not to be
diverted or hinderel. They kept on de-
mundiu. that lie settle this case of trans
erosion, until lie looked up and told them
they might themselves begin the womans
assassination, ii the complainant who had
never done anything wrong himself would
Oprn the fire. Go ahead, but be sure that
the man who tliu-- tine FIRST missile is i'm
marulatr." Then lie resumed writing
with His finger nail in the dust of the floor,
word after word. Instead of looking over
His shoulder to see what He had written.
the sruundrels sEHlEed away. Finally, the
whole place is clear OF pursurrs, antag
onst5 and plaintiffs, and when Christ mas
finished this strange chirography in the
dust He looks up and finds the woman all
alone.
The prisoner is the only one of the court
room left. the Judges the police. the prose
cutting attorney having cleared out. Christ
is victor. and lie says to the woman.
where are the prosecutors in this case:
are they all gone? Then | discharge You:
90 and sin no more | have wondered
what Christ wrote ON the ground For do
You realize that this is the only time that
He ever wrote mt alt? know that Euseblus
says that Christ once wrote letter to
Abgarus. the King of Odessa, but there is
no good evidence OF such Il cores ond-
rncc The wisrst Being the world ever
saw, and the One who had more to say
than anyone whoever lived, never writing
a book or Il chapter or Il paragraph or Il
word on parchment. Nothing but the lit
eratuIc OF the dust, and one sweep OF Il
brush or one breath Of a wind obliteratri
it forever.
Among all the rolls Of the volumes of the
first library founded at Thrbrs there was
not one scroll of Christ. Among the books
of the Ai"NandriHn Library, which, 10y the
infamous decree Of Caliph Omar, were used
MS fuel to heat the baths Of the city, not
one sentence had Christ prnncd. Among
! all the ininitude of volumes now standing
I in the libraries of Edinburgh, the British
/ Museum, or Berlin, or Vienna, or the
! learned repositories Of all nations not one
word written directly by the finger OF
| Christ. All that He ever wrote He wrote
| in dust. uncertain, shifting dust.
My text says He stopped down AMI wrote
on the ground. Standing straight mp Il
| man might write on the ground with stan
| but if with His fingers He would write in
the dust He must bend clear over Ave, He
! must get Mt least on one knee, or He can
not write on the ground. Benot surprised
that He stopped down, His whole life was Il
, STOPPING down. StOoplng down from castle