The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1899-08-04

| to Snat,a us OFT CT t!ic tiyc. such Il
foot to :ramplc our cncuirS. such u
| heart To- embrace al our necessities?
| | struggle FOR some metaphor with
which ~ express him. He is not like
| That is t29 loud. lie Is not like the
sca when lashcl to rage 10y the tenn.
| pest. That is too boiStcroIs. He is
not like the mountain. its brow wreath.
ci with the lightning. That is too Soli.
tary. Give Us softer type, Il gcntlcr
comparison. We have seemed to see
him with our eyes and to hear him
| with our ears and to touch him with
! our hands. oh, that today lie night
| appear to sCmc otl!cr one of our five
senses. Aye, the noStril Shall discover
! his presence. He comes upon us like
! spice gales from heaven. Yea. his gar
| mrnts smell of lasting and al! pcrva-
sivc myrrh.
<:ocS of bitterness.
Would that you al knew his sweet
! ness, How soon you would lurn from
all other attractions, If the philoSo-
pECr lcapch out Of his bath in Il frenzy
of joy ana clappcI his hands ana rush
| cd through the streets because he lad
| found the solution of Il mathematical
| problem. i!ow will YOU feel lcapin"
from the fountain Cf Il Saviour'S mercy
and pardon, washed clean and made
white rs snow, when the question has
been solved, "IIOw can my soul Ec
savcd?' Naked, frost bitten. storm
|" shed soul, let Jesus this hour throw
around thee the garments that smell
OF myrrh and alocs ana caSSia out of
the ivory palaces
Your second curiosity is to know
why til" roles Of Jesus arc oloroTS
with alocS. There Is some difference
OF opinion about where these alocS
grow, what is the color Of the flower.
what is the particular appearance of
tine herb. Suffice il for YOU AMI me to
know that aicrS mean bitterness the
worid over. AMI when Christ comes
With garments bearing that particular
oIur they suggest 10 me the bitter.
ness If Il Savinuv'S SutfcrngS. Were
there ever such nights rs Jesus lived
thruUch nights on Tie mountains.
nights on tho sea. NIGHTS in t!c desert:
WHO ever had such 4 hard reception
unjust trial in oyer and :crininrr
another, 4 foul mouthcd, yelling mob
the last. Was there Il space on his
back rs wide rs yUur two fingers
where hH was not whipped: Was
there Il space Oh his brow an inch
square where lie was not cut Of the
bricrS? Whcn the spike struck ut tie
inStcp. did it not 20 clear through to
the hollow Of the foot: oh, long, deep,
bitter pilgrimage, .\lucs. .Alocs,
Man Made Free.
Juln leaned his Lead OH Christ, but
who did Christ lean on: Five thou
sand men fed by the Saviour; who fed
Jesus: The sympathy OF Saviour's
| heart going out To the lcpcr and the
| adultcrcSS; but who Soothcd Christ?
| He had fit place neither TO be born
nor 10 die. y poor babe! \ poor lad.
| y poor young. man. Not 50 much rs 4
taper To cheer his dying hours. Even
the candle OF the sun Snuitcd out Was
it not all alOcS? our sins. sorrows,
brrcavcmcntS, losses AMI all the ago
nicS of earth and hell picked up rs in
one cluster and squeezed into one cup,
and that pressed To his lips until the
acrid, nauscating, bitter draft was
swallowed with distorted countc-
nance and Il shuddcr from head To foot
and Surgling Strangulation. .NorS.
alocS. Nothing but alocs. MI this for
himself? All this to get the fame in
the world of being Il martyr? All this
in spirit of stubbornncss because he
did not like Caesar? No, no. All this
because he wanted to pluck me and
YOU from he'll. Because he wanted to
, raise me and you TO heaven. Because
we We're lost, and he wanted Us found.
Because we We're blind, and he wanted
lis to see. Because We were ScrfS, and
he wanted us mauumittcd. Oh, yc in
whose cup of life the Sacchavin has
pr"domnatcd; oh. yc who have had
bright and Sparkln" beverages, how
do YOU feel toward him who in your
stead ana to purchase Your diScnthrall-
mcnt, took the alOcs, the unSavory
alocS, the bitter alocS?
I'll" Divine physician.
Your third curiosity iS To know why
thc>" garments IF Christ are ulornlis
with caSSia. Thi; was u plant which
grew i'll India :,nd the adjoining is
lands. You do not care IL hear what
kind Of - flower ii lIad or what Kind Of
II stalk. 1t is enough for me To tell you
tia, it was used intellectually. III that
land and in that age. where they knew
but little about pharmacy. CaSSia was
used to arrest many forms of disease.
So, When in my text we find Christ
coming with garments that smell of
c:lSSia, it suggests 10 Inc the healing
AMI curative power .! the Son OF God.
"Oh, YOU say, ROW YOU have Il SUI
pcriluOuS idea. We arc not sick.
Why do we want ca>Sia? We are
athletic. Our respiration is pcrfcct.