The Burke County news. [volume] (Morganton, N.C.) 1899-1901, 1899-04-14

beauty Of which He was more apprecia-
1--WE than We ever could be. He KNOWS
.he "reminiscences OF the phosphorescence
Of the sea: He trod it. He knows the
eIories OF the midnight heavens, for they
we're the spancled canopy OF his wilder
ness pillow. He knows about the lilies; H'
twisted them into His sermon. He Knows
about he fowls OF the air; they whirred
they way through His discourse. He knows
about the sorrows Of leaving this beausl1ul
world. Not "A taper was kindled in the
darkness. He died physician.ess. He died
in cold sweat and dizziness and hem
morhace and gony that have put Him in
sympathy with all the dying. He goes
through Christendom and gathers up TIE
sttnss out Of all the death pillows, and lie
puts them under His own neck and head.
To all those TO whom life has been an
acerbity-a dose they could not swallow,
a draft that set their teeth on edge and o.
rasping-I preach the omnipOtent sympa-
thy OF Jesus Christ. The sister OF Her
schell, the astronomer, used to spend much
OF her time polishing the telescopes
through which he brought the distant
worlds nigh, and it is my ambition now
this hour to clear the lens &c Your spiritual
vision so that, looking through the dark
night Of your earthly troubles YOU
may behold the glorious constella,
ton OF a S~aviours mercy AND
"a S~aviour's love. Oh. my friends, do not
L ~ SSll' tiA NCoA - i1i1N -
vour poor shoulder unde the Apennines
when the Almighty Christ is ready 10 lift
mp all Jul burdens. When YOU have .
trouble OF any kind, you rush this way and
that way, and YOU wonder what this mar
viii say about it and what that man will say
about it. and you try this prescription and
that prescription and the other prescrip.
ton. Oh. Why do you not go straight t.
the heart Of Christ, knowing that fer oCl
Y SHINING and suffering race He took tie
vinegar?
There was a vessel that had been tossed
on the seas for a great many weeks and
been disabled, and the supply Of water
gave out, aud the crew were dying Of
thirst. After many days they saw a sal
against the sky. They signaled it. When
the vessel came nearer, the people on the
suffering ship cried to the captain OF the
other vessel: "Send Us some water. We
are dying for lack Of water!" And the
captain on the vessel that was hailed re.
spcnded: dip your buckets where YOU are.
You are in the mouth of the Amazon. and
there are scores Of miles OF fresh water
all around about you and hundreds Of
feet Deep And then they cropped their
buckets over the side 0: the vessel and
brought up the clear. bright, fresh water
and put out the fire Of their thirst. SO ]
hail you to-day, after long and perilous
voyage, thlrstlng as you are for pardon,
and thirsting for comfort, and thIrsting
for eternal life, and l ask you what is the
use Of your going in that ~death-struck
state, while all around you is the deep,
clear, wide, sparkling nOod Of Gods svnl.
pathetic mercy? Oh. dip your buckets
and drink and live forever. .'Whosoeye1
will. let him come and take OF the water OF
life freely"
Yet there are reopIe who refuse this
divine sympathy. and they try 10 fight
their own battles. and drink their own
dnI IN r 80 s,y,rY,
thelr life, instead Of being a triumphal
march from victory to victory, will be a
hobbling on from defeat to defeat until
they make final surrender to retributive
disaster. ON, l wish could to-day gather
up In my arms all the woes OF men and
women, alitheir h~eartaches, all their disap.
polntments. all their chagrins, and lust
take them right to the feet Of a ~sympathjz-
Ing Jesus! He took the vinegar. Mana
Sahlb, after he had lost his last battle
ID lnula, fell back into the jungles OF Iher!
-JungleS SO full OF malaria tina no mortal
can live there. He carried with him also a
rudy OF great lustre and Of great value.
DE died In those jungles. His BODY was
never found, and the ruby has never vet
neen recovered. And I fear that TODAY
there are some who will fall back from
this subject into the sickeninc. killing inn.
giles of their sin, carrying a gem OF infln.
lie value-a priceless soul to be lost for.
ever. Oh, thai that ruby might flash in the
eternal coronation! But, no. There are
some, l fear. who turn away from this
offered mercy and comfort and divine
sympathy Notwithstanding that Ch,ist. for
an VINO accept His grace, trudged the long
way, suffered the lacerating thongs
and received in His face the expecto9a.
lions OF the filthy mob, and for the guilty.
and the discouraged, and the disconnected
OF the race took the vinegar. Nav God
Almighty break the intatuation and lead
YOU out into the strong hope, and the good
tEiunnhal Eospeu
"Chestnuts."
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