The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1900-06-01

dlunry means lthfDbl tho hlDuhDtt ol lnt
language He spoke, and yet He proposed 10
talk, 10 Instruct ia subjects which had con.
founded the mightlest iDtellects. John
snid. "The Jews maryeled, saying, How
hath this man letters, having never
lenrned2' We, in our day, have found out
that "a man without diploma may know
as mucn as n man with one and that col
/ lege cannot transform sluggard into
philosopher or n theological seminary teach
, n fool 10 preach. An empty head, after the
laying on OF hands OF tho presbytery,
Is empty still. But II shocked all existing
prejudices In those olden times for man
with no scholastic pretenslons and no
graduation from learned institution 70
get Himself up for a teacher. II was against
Him.
so there have been men of wonderful
magnetism OF person. But hear me while
] tell you OF "a poor young Man who came W
from Nazareth TO produce thrill which has
never been excited by any other. Napoleon
had around him the memories OF Mhrengo
and Austerlitz and Jena, but here was
Man who had fought no battles. who wore
no epuuIets, VINO Drandisned no SWORD ne
had probable never seen prince or shaken
hands with nobleman.
The only extraordinary person we know
OF as being In His company was His own
mother, and she was 40 poor that, In the
most delicate and SOLEMN hour that comes
TO woman's soul, she was obliged to lie
down among drivers grooming the bensts
OF burden.
Again, ! remark, there was no organiza
ton In His behalf, and that was against
Him. When mon propose any great work
they band together. they write letters OF
agreement, they take oaths OF fealty and
the more complete tho organization the
moro and complete the success. Here was
one who went forth without any organiza-
ton and alone. IL men had mind 10 join
In His company, nll right; IL they had
mind not to Join In His company all well.
n tney came, tnoy were greeted with 10
loud salutation; III they went away, they
were sent with no bitter anathemn. Peter
departed, and Christ turned and looked at
him; that was all.
All this was against Him. Did any ono
ever undertake such an enterprise amid
such Infinite embarrassments and by such
modes2 And yet | am hero TO say II ended
In complete triumph. Notwithstanding
His worldly occupation, His poverty, His
plain face, His unpretending garb, the
fact that He was schoolless, the fact that
He had brief life, the fact that IIo was
not accompanied by any visible organizn-
ton Notwithstanding all that, In an OK.
hilar0tion which shall bo prolonged in
everlasting chorals, He declared, 81 bnve
finished the work which Thou gavest Ne
to do"
III tho eye Innrmary now many Diseases
OF that delicate organ have been cured2
But JESUS says to one Hind. "Bo openl"
and tho hight OF heaven rushes through
gates that have never before been opened
The frost OF an ax may kill tree, but
Jesus smites ono dead with word
Chomistry may do many wonderful
things, but what chemist nt n wedding
when the wine gave out, could change "A
pail OF water into a cask of wlne2 What
human voice could command school of
iG In aha1g
.he scally trlbos until, In n place where
they had let down the net and pulled IL
up with no fish In IL, they lot Il down
again, and the disciples lay hold and be-
gan to pull, when, by reason OF the multi
tude OF fish, the net broke. Nature is His
servant. The ilowors--Ile twisted thom In
10 His sermons: the winds-thev were His
iullaby wnen He slept In the BOAT; the rain
hung glitteriDg on the thick foliage OF the
pnrables; the star OF Bethlehem--lt sang
Christmas carol over His birth; the rocks
they beat dirge at His death. Behold
His victory over tho gravel The hinges of
the family vault become very rusty be-
,ause they are never opened except TO take
another In. There Is knob on the out
side OF the door OF the sepulcher, but none
on the inside Here comes the Conqueror
of Death. He enters that realm and says.
Daughter OF Jairus, alt upl" and she sits
up. To Lazarus, Come forthl" and he
Get up from that bierl" and he goes
home with his mother. Then Jesus
snRtched up the keys of death and hung
.hem TO His girdle and cried until all the
graveyards os the earth heard Hin: 80
death, will 30 thy plagued q grave, will
be thy destructionl"
NO man couId go tnrougn ali the on
stacles have described, you say, without
having nature supernatural. In that
arm, amid its muscles and nerves aud
bones, were intertwisted tho energies OF
omnipotence. In the syllables OF that
voice there was the emphasis Of the
eternal God. That foot that walked the
deck OF the ship IN Gennesaret shall stamp
Kingdoms OF darkness into demolition.
This poverty struck Christ owned Angus
tus, owned the sanhedrin, owned Tlberias.
owned all the castles on its beach and all
the skies that looked down into its water
owned nll the earth and all tho heavens
To Him OF the plain coat belonged the
robes OF celestial royalty. He who
walked the road TO Emmaus the light
nings were the fire shod steeds OF IL
shariot. Yet there are those who look
on and see Christ turn water into wine,
aud they say, ut was sleight OF handl'
And they see Christ raise the dead 10 life.
and they say: Easily explained; not
really dead; playing deadr Aud they see
Christ giving sight TO the blind man, and
they say, "Clairvoyaut doctor' oh, what
shall they do on the day when Christ rises
up In Judgment and the bills shall rock
and the trumpets shall call. peal on peali
In the time o. Theodosius the Great there
was a great assault made upon the divin-
lty OF Jesus Christ, and during that time
rheodosius the Great called hts own son to
at on the throne with him and be a copart-
ner In the government OF tue empire. and
one day the Old bishop came and bowed
down before Tbeodosius, the emperor. and
passed out OF the room, aud the emperor
was offended, saying TO the old bishop,
why didn't you pay the same honor
to son, who shares with me In the gov.
ernment2" Then the old bishop turned to
the young man and said. THE Lord bless
.hee, my young man" but still paid him no
such honor as he had paid to the Emperor.
And the Emperor was stll offended and
jispleased when the old bishop turned 20
lheodosius the Great and said to him.
You are offended with me because I don't
pay the sane honor 90 your son, whom you
have made cOpartner in the government OF
this empire, the same honor l pay 20 you,
and vet you encourage multitudes OF peo-
pie la your realm &c deny the Son 81 God
equal authority, equal power, with God the
Father"
My subject also reassures ne OF the fact
that la all our-strugeles We have a sympa.
thizsr. You cannot tell Christ ANYTHING