Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-08-05

VTOanH WITH All ntlus - 0ANtlfr Win aAt
condescension. IL breathes with all
perfume. Who like Jesus TO set
broken bone. 20 pity "a homeless or
phan. to nurse q sick man. 10 take
prodi-ai back without any scolding. 10
illunine a cemetery all plowed with \
graves, 20 make queen unto God out I
OF the lost woman. 20 catch the tears OF I
human sorrow in n laehrymatory that 4
shali never bs broken? Who has Svnh I
an eve 20 see our nccd. sucn i7t 10 KISS F.
away our sorrow. such hand TO snatch +
IA out OF the FIRE. such foot 10 trampie
our enemies. such heart 20 embrace
all our necessities? I struggle for some
metaphor with which 20 express Bim--
He Is not Nike the bursting forth OF
full orchestra: that is too loud. lie Is
not like the sra when lashcd 10 rage by
the tempest: thnt II too boisterous.
He Is not like the mountain. IT'S brow
~vreathed with the lightningss that -
too solitary. Give Us a softer type,
rentler comparison. We have seemed
20 see Him with our eyes and 20 hear
Him with our ears and 20 touch Him
with our hands. ca. that to-day lie
mieht appear 10 some other one OF our
ave senseSl Ave. the nostril shat dis
cover His presence. lie comes upon US
like snice gales from Heaven. Yea, his
garments smen OF lasting and all per
vasive myrrh.
Would that you all knew his sweet
ness, How soon YOU would turn from
all other attractions II tie philoso-
pher Ieaped out of his bath in frenzy
OF iov and clapped his haLds ond rushed
/ through the streets because ne hto
found the solution OF a mathematical
problern. how will you feel leaping
from the fountain of q Saviour's mercy
and pardon. washed clean and made
white as snow. when the question has
been solved: How can Iny soui be
saved?" Naked. frostbitten. storm
dashed soul. let Jesus this hour throw
around thee the garments that smell
OF myrrh and aloSs and cassia out OF
the ivory palaces"
Your second curiosity is 20 know why
the robes OF Jesus are odorous with
aloes. There u some difference OF opin-
ion about where these aloes grow. what
is the color Of the flower. what Is the
particular appearance of the herb. SUI
flee IL for YOU and me TO know that
aloes mean bitterness the world over
. and when Christ comes with garments
. bearing that particular odor they sug
ges, TO me the bitterness OF Sa
I viour's sufferings. Were there eve
such nights as Jesus lived through
r nights on the mountains. nights on tn
I sea. nights in the desert2 Who eve
q had such a hard reception as Jesu
- had? A hostelry the first. an unJus
( trial in oyer and termincr another.
: foul-mouthed. yelling mob the last
Z Was there a space on His back as wild
l. as your two dngsrs where he was no
4 whipped? Was there a space on Iii
: brow an inch square where he was no
e cut OF the briers? When the spik
n struck at the instep. did il not 90 clea
n through 20 the hollow of the foot? on
i- long. deep. bitter pilgrimage, Aloe
4. aloes,
T.. John leaned his head on Christ, bU
"a who did Christ lean on2 Five thOusan
men fed by the Saviour. Who re
y Jesus? The sympathy of "A Saviour
n heart going out 10 the leper and Il
= adultress; but who soothed Christi 1
le had a III place neither to be born nor
vs. die. A poor babe \ poor lad. y pos
he young man, Not SO much as a taper
TO cheer His dying hours. Even the ca
IN die of the sun snuifed out. Was IL n
he all aloes? Our sins, sorrows, bereaV
as ments, losses and all the agonies
u earth and hell picked up as in one clr
n ter and squeezed into one cup ID
il pressed 10 His lips until the acid. ma
te seating. bitter draft was swallow
as with a distorted countenance and
ne shudder from head 10 foot and
ut gurgling strangulation. Aloesl Aloe
rs. Nothing but aloes. All this for Hi
w selfP All this 10 get the fame in
ed world of being a martyr? All this
ar a spirit of stubborness, because he {
lat not like Caesar? No, no. All this
m cause lie wanted TO pluck me and ,
ct from hell. Because He wanted
raise me and you TO Heaven. Eeca'
Ike we were lost, and He wanted us -four
hn Because we were blind, and He want
er- us 10 sec. Because we were serfs, a
ect He wanted us mannmitted. o
a in whose cup of life the sacch
ne. inc has predominated; We "
ice have had bright and sparkling b
His erages, how do you feel tow'
nd Him who in your stead and 20 purch
ra- your disinthrallment took the ale
to the unSavory aloes, the bitter aloes?
up Your third curiosity is 10 know v
not these garments of Christ are odor'
hat with cassia. This was a plant VIII
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