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

The brigants Of Jerusalem had done their
WORK. 1t was almost shutdown. and Jesus
was dying. Persons in cruciflxiOn often
fingered on from day 70 day. crying, bog
cling, cursing, but Christ lad been ex-
hausted By years fnaltreatment. Pillow
less, poorly fed, foCged-as bent over and
tied to "a low post His bare back was in
famed with the scourges intensified with
pieces o. lead and hone-and now Tor whole
hours the weight Of His body hung on deli
cate tend0ns, and. according to custom, a
violent stroke under the armpits had been
given By the cxecutioner. Dizzy, nausea
ted. feversh-a world OF agony is com
dressed Ia the two words. Il thirst @
skies q Judra. let n drop 81 rain strike on
Hi. burning tongue, O world, with rolling
rivers and sparkling lakes and spraying
fountains, give Jcs4S something TO drink!
II There be any pity ia earth or heaven o.
he'll, let II nov be demonstrated in behalf
or this royal sufferer.
The wealthy women OF Jerusalem used
70 have a fund of money with which thev
provided wine for those people who died
Ia cruclilXion. a po"Hrlu. oplate 70 deadeo
the pain, but Christ would not take it. II
wanted t. Ii" sober, and 80 He refused the
wine. But nftcrwarl they 60 70 a cup Of
vinegar AMI SOAK i sponge in it and put It
on Il stick % ivssop and then press it
against the hot lips of Christ. You say the
vino was IN ana-tactic and intended to re-
lievc or deaien the pain. But the vinegar
WAS an insult.
In some lives the saccharine seems to
predoniuate. Life IS sunshine or q bank
OF flowers. Athouscnd hands - clap APP
prevail. In December or In January, look
lag across their table, they see all their
family preseat. Health rubicund. Skies
~tamboyant. Days resilient. Bat in a
great mAnv cases there are not so many
sugars as acids. The aunovances and the
vexatlons and the iisappointments Of life
overpower the Successes. There is a
ORR 70 in alTnn Gt [.aV shoe An Arabian
legend says that there was q worm in
holOnon's STAFF, gnaWinG its strength
away, and there il "A weak spot in every
earthly support that Il man leans on. King
George Of England forgot all tie grandeurs
OF AIS throne because one day. In an inter
Wow. Beau Brummei called him by mis- first
name and addressed him as u servant, cry
Ing, George. ring the beit,' Miss Lang
don. h0nored all the world over for
her poetic genius. IS 50 worried over the
evil reports set utioat regarding her that
she is found dead, with an empty bottle of
prusstc acid III her hand. Goldsmith said
that his life was a wretcheh being and that
ali that want and contempt could bring to
1t had been brought aud cries out: ''What.
then. IS there Formidable in a Jail:" Cor
TeSSlo's fine painting is hung up for IA
tavern sign. Iogarth cannot sell his best
painting except through a rafde. Andre
del Serto makes the great fresco in the
Church OF the Annunniata at Florence and
49, 49, "a =" '~N VI -. AA' dCL alC
annoyanceS eDd veXations in high places
as we'll rs in low rlaceS, showing that in a
great many lives are the Sours greater than
the sweets. when Jesus therefore had re-
ceived the %vinegar."
1t is absurd to suppose that a man who
has always been We'll can svmpathize with
those who are sick. or that one WHO has al.
ways been hCnOred can appreciate the sor.
row OF those who are despised, or that one
who has been born to a great fortune can
understand the distress and the straits OF
those who are destitute. The fact that
Christ Himselftook the vinegar makes Him
able TO sympnthiZe to-day and forever with
the sharp acids Of this life. He took the
vinegar.
In the first place. there was the sourne.s
OF betrayal. The treachery OF Judas hurt
Christs feelings more than all the friend
ship OF HIS disciples did Him good. You have
had many friends, but there was one friend
upon whom you put especial stress. You
feasted him. You loaned him money. You
befriended him in the dark passes O; life.
when he especially needed a friend. After
ward he turned upon you. and he took ad-
vantage OF your former intimacies. He
wrote against you. He talked against YOU.
He microscopized your faults. He flung
contempt at sou. when YOU ouShtto have
received nothing but gratitude. At first.
you could not sleep at nights. Chen YOU
went about with a sense OF having been
stung. That difficulty will never he healed,
FOR. though mutual friends NAV arbitrate
IN the matter until you snail shake hands.
the old coriiaiity will never come back.
Now / commend TO all such the sympathy
OF BETRAYED Christ. Why, they sold Him
fer less taaa our 120, Ihey all torsook Him
az! fed. Iaey cut Hon 10 the cuick. H
drank that cup 10 the dreSs. He TOOK The
vinegar.
There Is also the s0urne-s 81 path. There
~. some otya1 who h9ye not seen a we'll
day for many years. Is Keeping out q.
drafts and Ivy earetGl4y studying d.e.c.5cs
>.u contlHE" - tt.- t".e. tGt. oa, the
headaches. and the s..~ aches. t4e
- aches, AND lie hea-tacGe> which.aaye
ieea Noar accompaniment al tie way
through, loU have trucc.ri uEter i