Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1899-08-05

our hands. Oh, that today he might
appear to some other one of our five
senses! Aye the nostrIl shall discover
his presence. lie comes upon lis like
spice gales from heaven Yea, his gnr-
ments smell of lasting and all porva-
sivc myrrll.
tIocs of Bitterness.
Would that you all knew his sweet
hess. How soon yon would turn from
all other attractiOnSl II the philOso
phcr lcapcd out Of his bath in II frenzy
Of joy AMI clappcd his hands and rush.
cd through the streets because lie had
found the solution of Il mathematical
problem. how will you feel leapins
from the fountain Of Il Saviours mercy
and pardon. washed clean and made
white as SnUw, when the question has
been solved. "lI0w Gun my soul he
s;aved?" Naked. frost bitten storm
dashed soul. let Jesus this hour throw
around thee the garments that smell
of myrrl and alocs and cassia out Of
the ivory palaces"
Your second curiosity is to know
why the robes of Jesus are OdOrOuS
with alocs There Is some difference
of opinion about where these alOcS
grow. wlat is the color Of the flower
What is the particular appearance OF
the herb Suffice it for you and me to
know that alOes mean bitterness the
world over, and when Christ comes
with garments bearing that particular
odor they suggest 10 me the bitter
ness of Saviour's sulfcrings. Were
there ever such nights as Jesus lived
througll-nigllls on the mountains
nights on the sea. nights in the desert?
Who ever had such Il hard reception
as Jesus had? \ llostelry the first, an
unjust trial In oyer and tormincr
another, foul mouthcd. yelling mob
the last. Was there space OH his
back as wide rs your two fingers
where he WAS not whipped? Was
there space on his brow an inch
square where he WAS not cut OF the
briers? When the spike struck At the
lnstep, did it not 30 clear through to
the hollow of the foot? Oh, long deep,
bitter pilgrimage. Alocs! Aloes!
Man Nude Free.
John leaned his head on Christ, but
who did Christ lean on? Five thou
sand men fed by the Saviour; who fed
Jesus? Tie sympathy of Saviour's
heart going out to the leper and the
ndulteress; but who soothcd Christ?
He had lit place neither to be born
nor 10 die. 4 poor babe. y poor Ind!
a poor young man! Not so much US
taper TO chcer his dying hours. Even
the candle Of the sun snutfed out Was
1t not all aloes? Our sins, sorrows,
| bereaveIncnls, losses and all the ago
mics of earth and hell picked up as in
one cluster and squeezed into one cup,
and that pressed to his lips until the
ncrid nausenting, bitter draft was
swallowed with Il distorted counte-
nance and shudder from heal to foot
All gurgling strangulation. Aloes.
alocsl Nothing but aloeS. All this Tor
himself: All this to get the fame in
the world of being Il martyr? All this
in a spirit OF stubbornness. because he
did not like Caesar? No, no! All this
because he wanted to pluck me and
you from hell. Because lie wanted to
raise me and you to heaven. Because
we were lost, and lie wanted us found.
Because we were blind. and he wanted
us to see. Because we were serfS, ana
he wanted us manunlittcd. Oh, yc in
whose cup of life the saccharin has
prcdomiuatcd; oh, yc who have had
bright and sparkling beverages, how
do YOU feel toward him who in your
! stead and to purchase your discnthrall-
ment, took the aloes, the unsavory
aocs, the bitter aloes?
The Divine Physician.
Your third curiosity is TO know why
these garments of Christ are odorous
with cassIa. This was Il plant which
grew in India and the adjoining is
lands. You do not care to hear what
kind Of flower it had or what kind Of
a stalk. 1t is enough for me to tell you
that it was used incidentally. In that
| lIllu anu III lIltl ttSCt Will tiiSs H'~''
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
cassia, it suggests to me the healing
and curative power of the Son OF God.
oh" you say. now you have SUI
pcrtluous 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 bound like
roe" beg TO differ. my brother, from
YOU. None of you can be better in
physical health than am. and yet |
must say we are all sick. have taken
the diagnosis of your case ana have eX-
aminud all the best authorities on the
subject, and | have TO tell you that you
are full Of wounds and bruises and
putrefying sores which have not been
bound ND or Modified with ointment"
| The marnSinus of sin is on uS-the
palsy. the dropsy the leprosy. The
man that is expiring tonight In the
next street.-the allopathic and homeo-
pathic doctors have given him up and
his friends now standing around to
take his last words-is no more GER
tainly dying as to his body than you
and are dying unless we have taken
the medicine from Gods apothecary.
All tile leaves of this Bible are only so
many prescriptions from the Divine
Physician, written, not in Latin. like
the prescriptions of earthly physicians,
but written In plain English, so that
imam, though q fool, need not err
therein" Thank God that the Saw
tours garments smell of cnssia!
Christ the Healer.
Suppose man were sick, and there
was a phial on his man+7.piece with
medicine he knew would cure him, and
he refused to take it, what would you
say of him? He is Il suicide. And
what do you Say Of That man who, sick
in sin, has the healing medicine Oh
Gods grace offered him and refuses to
x,1-o ;.1 Tf bo fioc no is Il suicide.