Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-08-12

perNaslVe myrrh.
Would that you all knew his sweet
ness. How soon you would turn from all
other attractions. II the philosopher
lcapcd out Of his bath in frenzy ~ joy
aud clapped his hands and rushed through
the streets because he had found the So
luton of mathematical problem. how
will you feel leapins from the fountain
Of a Saviour's mercy and pardon washed
clean aud made white a. snow. when the
question has been solved. How can my
enul be- SaNcd1' Naked. frosihittcn
storm dashed Suul. let Jesus this hour
throw around thee the garments that
smell 81 myrrh and alocs and cassia out
81 the ivory palaces.
Your second curiosity i To- know why
the robes ~ Jesus are odorouS with alocs.
There is some difference of opinion about
where these aloes grow. what j. the color
of the flower. what is the particular APP
pearaure of the herb. Suffice il for you
aud me 10 know that alncS mean bitter
ness the world over. and when Christ
comes with garments bearing that par
ticular odor they suggest To- me the bit
terness OF a Saviour's sufTrringS. Were
/ there ever such nights a. Jesus lived
/ through nights On the mountains. nights
ON the sea. nights in the desert: Who
7 ever had such hard reception rs Jesus
had! \ hosiclry the first. an unjust trial
I in oyer and icrmimer another. a foul
monthed. yelling mob the last. Was
/ there a space on his back a. wide as your
two fingers where he WAS not whipped?
[ Was there space on his brow an inth
I square whcr, he was not cut Of the bri-
erS? When the spike struck AZ the in
step. did il not go clear through To the
. b.,tt q II ~
ter pilgrimage. Aloes. alocS.
4 John leaned his head on Christ. but
who did Christ lean on? Five thousand
men fed 10y the saviour Who fed
Jesus: The sympathy 81 Saviour's
heart going ont 10 the lcper and the
adultcrcSS: but who soothed Christ? He
had tit place neither 10 be born nor to
die. 4 poor babe \ poor lad. a poor
young man, Not So much as 4 taper to
cheer his dying hours. Even the candle
of the sun snuffcd out. Was il not all
alocs? our sins. SorrowS bcrcavcments.
losses and all the agnnics Of earth and
hell picked mp rs in one cluster and
squeezed into one cup and that pressed
To- his lips until the acrid. nauseating.
bitter draft was swallowed with dis
torted countcnance aud Shudler from
head To foot and gursins Sirangula
tion. Aloes Aloes. Nothing but alocs,
All this for himself: All this To get the
fame in the world 81 being martyr? All
this in spirit Of StuhhornncSS. because
he did not like Caesar? No. no All this
because he wanted to pluck me and you
from hell. Because he wanted To- raise
me and you TO heaven. Because we were
lost. and he wanted us found. Because
we were blind. anl h. wanted us To see.
Because we were SerfS. and liz wanted
us manumittcd. q We in whose cup of
life the saccharinc has predominatcd;
q We who have had bright and spar
king beverages. how do you feel toward
him who in your stead and 10 purchase
your disinihrallmcut took the alocs. the
unsavnry aincs. the bitter aloes!
Your third curiosity is To- know why
these garments Of Christ are odorous
with caSSia. This was a plant which
grew in India and the adjoining islands.
You do not care Ia hear what Kind Of
flower il had or what kind of a stalk. II
is enough FOR me L. tell you that il was
used incidentally. In that land AMI in
that age where they knew hut little
about pharmacy. cassia was used To ar
rest many forms of disease. So. when in
my text We find Christ coming with gar
mcnts that smell OF cassia. it suggests 10
me the healing and curative power of
the Son Of God. oh" ynu say. now
you have suprriluuus idea. We are
not sick Why do We want caSSia? We
are athletic our respiration is perfect.
Our limbs are 1.-the. and on bright cool
days We feel We could hound like roe.
| beg 10 differ. my brother. from You.
Non. 81 you can Ice better in physical
health than am. and Yet must say We
are all sick. | have taken tn, diagnosis
+ of your east, aud have examined all the
best authorities ga the subject. and
have 10 tell you that ynu are full Of
wounds aud bruises and putrefying sores
which have not been b"rnd MP or molli
fed with ointment" TIL" marasmus Of
sin is GA ms. the palsy. the dropsy. the
l"prosy. The man that i expiring 10
night in the next street.-The allopathic
and homeopathic doctors have given him
up aud his friends now standing around
to tab" his last words is no more Ger
iaiuly dying a. to his body than you and
! arr dying unless We have taken the
medicine from Gods apoihccary All
the leaves OF this Bible are only - many
prescriptions from the Divine Physician.
written. not in Latin like the prescrip-
tions ~ earthly physicians. but written
in plain English 80 that a man. though
fool. need net err therein" Thank
God that the Saviour's garments smell OF
casSia,
Suppose man were sick. and there
was phial on his manielpi"ce with
medicine he knew would cure him. and
he refused To- take il. what would YOU
say of him. H.. is suicide. And what
do you say ~ that man who. sick in sin.
has the healing medicine of Gods grace
offered him and refuses To- take il? III
he dies. h. is q suicide People talk as
though God took a man and led him out
10 darkness aud death. aS though he
brought him up to the cliffs and then
pushed him "a. oh. ne, When man
is lost. it is not because God pushes him
on. il is because be- jumps on. In "lden
times q suicide was buried AZ the cross
roads and the people were accustomed
10 throw stones upon his grave. So il
seems To- inc there may hc nj this time a
man who is destroying his soul. and as
though the angels 81 God were here 10
bury him At the point where the roads Of
life and death cross each other. throwing
npon the grave the broken law and n
great pile 81 misimprovcd privileges so
that ihoS, going hy may look ~ the fear
ful mound aud learn what suicide il is
when an immortal soul for which Jesus
died puts itself ont Of the way.
When Christ trod this planet with foot
Of flesh. the people rushed after him
people who were sick and those who. be
ing 50 sick they could not walk. were
brought 10y their friends. Here see
mother holding M her lit;lc child. crying:
Cure this Group Lord Jesus. Cure this
scarlet fever" Aud others: Cure this
ophthalmia' Give ease and rest Ia this
spinal distress. Straightcn this club
foot" Christ made every house whore
he stopped dispcusary. do not he
..cve that in the 10 centuries which
have gone 10y since. his heart has
got hard. | feel that We can come now
with all our wounds If soul aud get his
bencdiction. q Jesus. here we are. We
want healing We want sight. We want