Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-04-08
LAST HOUR OF CHRIST
Lessons Of Comfort IN the Scenes
Found by DR.. Talmage.
Heavens brightest Crowns shall
Adorz the nrovvs OF Those Who
near Lies uu urdrn. with
Chrl.tIan E'ortItudc.


for people ia trouble; text. John 1850;
when Jesus therefore had received the
vinegar"
The brigands OF Jerusalem had done
theirwork. II was almost sundown. aud
Jesus was dying. Persons I'm crucifNion
often fingered on from day 20 DAY. cry.
ing. begging. cursiug. but Christ hat
been exhausted by years OF maitreat
mcnt. Pnlowless. poorly fed. focged
"a bent over and tied TO 4 low post his
bare back was i-hamcd with 1ht
scourges intensified With pieces Of
lead and bone. and now for whole hours
the weight OF his body hung ou delicate
tendons. and. according TO custom.
violent stroke under the armpits had
been given by the executioner Dizzy
nauseated. feverish. a world OF agony Is
compressed in the two words. Il
thirst" Oh skies OF Judea. let droF
OF rain strike on His burning tongue.
oh. world. with rolling rivers and
sparkling lakes and spraying fountains.
give Jesus something 90 drink II
there be any pity i'm earth or Heaven or
hell. LEI il now bc demonstrated in be-
half Of this royal sufferer.
The wealthy women % Jerusalem
used 20 have a fund Of money with
which they provided wine for those
people who died in crucihVion-a pow
erful opiatc 20 dcaden the pain-but
Christ would not take IL. He wanted 10
die sober. and so he refused the wine.
Eut afterward they 60 20 cup % vim
egar and soak a sponge and put IL on
stick OF hyssop and then press 1t against
the hot lips OF Christ. You say the vine
was an anacsthetic and intended 20 re-
lieye or deaden the pain. But the vine
gar was an insult.
Ir some lives the snccha-ine seems 20
predominate. Life is sunshine on a
/ bank OF flowers a thousand hands 20
clap approval In December or ia Jan
uary. looking across their table. they
see all their family present. Health
rubicund. skies famboyant. days re-
/ silent. But in Z great many eases there
are not SO iSany sugars as acids. The
f Rnuoysnces and the yeXations. and The
/ disappointmeuts OF life overpower the
successes. There is a gravel 10 almost
every shoe. An Arabian legend says
that there was worm in solomon .
sto6 gnawing its strength away, and
/ there is q weak spot ia every earthly
I support that a man leans on King
/ George OF England forgot all the
/ GRANDEUR ofhis throne because one dEy
In an interview Beau Brummel called
him by his irst name and addressed
] him as a servant. crying: George, ring
the bell." Miss Langdon. hOnored al
the world over for her poetic genius. IS
q sIa -
ahoat regarding her that she is found
dead with an empty bottle OF prussiS
acid In her hand. Goldsmi said that
his life was a wretched being. and that
all that want and contempt could bring
20 IL had been brought. and cries out:
What. then. IS there formida ble in
lail?' CorreggiO's fine painting is hung
up for a tavern sign. HogaFth cannot
sell his best painting except through 4
raffie. Andrea del Sarto makes IA,
great fresco in the Church Of the An
nunciata az Florence and gets for Pay
q sack Of corn. and there are annoy
arces and vexations in high places a.
well as IN low places, showing that in
great many lives are the sours create
than the sweets. When Jesus there
fore had received the vinegar"
, II is absurd 70 suppose that a MAJ
who has always been well can symps
thizs with those who are sick. or ths
, one who has always been honored ca
appreciate the sorrow OF those who ar
cespised, or that one who has been bori
20 q great fortune can understand IN
distress and the straits OF those who ar
, destitute. The fact that Christ Himsel
took the vinegar makes Him able Z
, sympathize to-day and forever with a.
o. those whose cup is filled with the shar
A acids OF this life. He took the vins
gar.
In the first place, there was the sour
ness OF betrayal The treachery Q
Judas hurt Christ's feelings more thA
all the friendship OF His disciples di
Him good. You have had many friend
; but there was one friend upon whoE
} you put special stress You feaste
= him. You loaned him money. You b,
! friended him in the dark passes OF lif
] when he especially needed a frien.
Aftsrward. he turned upon you. and
I, took advantage of your former intim'
cies. be wrote against you. He taike
against you. he microscopized you
faults. he hung contempt at you. whe
n you ought 10 have received nothing bS
a gratitude. Al frst you could not slee
al night. Then you went about with
sense OF having been stung. That diff
Guilty viii never be healed. for thous
/ mutual friends may srbitrate in q