Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-07

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Fue.oea H.n gaaus old NOT send message
ke ttrt tn John. What l.a John care
about aurreru-a therefore. when Jerus
SEN. h.s message hr said l answer .aur
hsa~. j do mot mind YOUR 'e..p~s. j ar-
-Ha- -.u- heart J send sou back upon
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What a.a be say about ths kingdom of Gul'
ss did not say H was going so De swords
.rl .ha-Iu.s Hs said j.. was going 90 DE
healthy E-au- mon .u soul lie said
ts was going TO he freedom. Hs said j. was
going &c he peace and righteousness. "TcI
John what YOU have seen Tell him YOU have
seen SICK men MADE whole Tell him sau
have seen bod men made GOOD. Tell him
v.u have seen The beginning Of new state
,ha. v.I bs far greater than the Roman en-
4 r.re-the only strong state, the state that
viii stand 10 The strength uf soul and right
/ eousuass Of life. And what more Nothing
more -hat g enough for John ] know ny
servant ana there Will be no more complaint
] when yea carry bach my message Fi saw
them depart. carrying message which. IN
. every syllable Of it. was o tribute 10 The
nobility O. johns character
Art in EuloEium.
ta.ttl aAr' LtA tt.I Jesus NN4Ia DIt DE
/ patient don't use exaggerated language
lie could not content Himself as He thought
( af John You know uur Lord never allowed
Himself to fall or to rise as you Ike 10 call
it-iuto passionate rhetoric. tie did so only
twice once il His terrible invactive against
I the Fharisees "Wo unto three ana The
/ other time when He delivered the euluEium
upon John as j. John were really dead. That
/ was the passion Of admiration. There is
! great art in this euiuEium upon John. for
| Jesus deliberately set Himself TO work The
| people w into a white heat over John the
! Baptist He looked al the peuple-they used
! To 60 long distances TO hear John, and he
/ was the idol Of their hearts-he looked al
them ana he said. Whom did ye come out
to see ." Then there was silence over all
/ the people. Did ye come out 10
see reed like one Of the reeds
on the banks Of the Jordan shaken
/ by every little puff Of popular applause and
! beaten down by every storm Of popular dis
/ al'oroSaIon"" Then he paused There are
! questions that need no answer. There are
/ questions that come back with The rebound
| Of an answer from their own heart. John
! was the mighty food that used to wash the
/ reeds away. John was The mighty wind be-
/ fore which even scribes and Pharisees bent
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every man Strengthened himself and looked
al his neighbur; and yet you seem to hear
/ hem say: a man. Tha, is John" Then
/ there is pause, and Jesus begins again.
| Whom did We come out to see A man like
/ one OF Herod 5 perfumed courtiers, Who lay
/ on ivory CuuChes and wore the pun
/ pie, and a-e fine bauque,s and lived luZuri-
/ ously!' pause again. Then the people
saw John rise before them in his rough gar
ments eating his loathsume food living on
! an earthen bed, with his thin worn lace the
! very type Of self u5DeEauon. Why. think
! you know. in that moment there We're tears
( in the hearts OF all the people as they
! thought Of this man who mad literally lifted
/ them il his arms and carried them 10 the
/ very gate Of the kingdom Of God. with the
( sacrifice that was dear TO htm-a man in
! deed. Then The real John stood up and the
/ people said 10 themselves again, An, man
that is john That is John"
Prophet.
| Jesus was not yet done. He began again:
| Whom came ye out to see? but the peo-
pie could not stand this long He had SO
famed the fame that, as I take it, the peo,
! pie could not keep quiet and the men
shouted out: Whom did we come 10 see
a prophet" and then from different places
the CRY arose, "A prophet, a prophet
| Why do you ask" The greatest name ever
! given 10 man beside which The name priest
| IS not 10 be mentioned, nor the name king:
the brightest name ever given 10 man, the
| name Of Noses. Elijah and Elisha, and Isa-
! ian and jeremiah and Daniel prophet.
| Then Jesus looked Al The people. He was
| almost satisfied. but not quite. "A prophet
! You are right But greater than any prophet.
4 prophet Is one afar Of but this nan--he
ran before my face The prophet suffered
| fer me but this man laid himself down that
my chariot might go over his body. There
viii De people who shall know more than
/ John, that Will have superiority il knowl-
edge, but that is not the greatest thing.
! There is not" said Jesus, a man born that
viii be greater in religion, IL character ana
| superiority Of character is the crown of life.
Well, now, you are taken IL witness o-
1 this judgment DO you understand what
that is There is Herod q king, an easy
living man. & man with power and with
title. the blazing splendor Of whose palace
at Ti1e-ias stretched itself out like gor-
/ Eeous sunset across the blue skies Of
! GaIilee DO You envy him today?
There is -rn without q home with
| out q friend without q career. in dun
Eeun about 70 die al the bidding Of a wan
ton and 10 be buried OUT Of sight. You see
him today d man who has devoted himself
to the CHRIST, TO the cause ut CHRIST 10 me
kingdom Of God. In that DAY whom would
the people say if you had stopped 4 man in
GalIee ana asked whether he would stand
in Herod's shoes or in The shoes Of John the
Baptist Or If you had stopped q man and
said, Who has Succeeded what would ne
have said? Why. what would you and
have said Would We rather have been
upstairs with Herod than downstairs with
John?
Who Succeeded:
There is only one answer today between
these Two men for though We make mis-
takes about the present life, we make no
mistakes about he after life. VINO sue
ceeded2 Why the son Of God arose on his
throne, because ne could not sit in quiet
ness and, with an absolute enthusiasm Of
delight and admiration, pronounced julg-
meut on John the Baptist. When Jesus
said The greatest amongst men The light
Of heaven filled thar dungeon. though John
did not see il. and the walls Of The dun
Eeon passed like q grave and over his
unselfsh self-reEardless life the angels
OF the mighty God stood do not say il
admiration Of him, ] Will say IL glad and
sera.hic ecstasy.
Closing Prayer:
Almighty God, who knowest how thy Ferv-