St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1900-06-30

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social position IN doing that. 1t il
always safe to bury a dead man. Zac-
cheus risked no wealth or social posi-
tion in following Christ. but took
sDoftioe IA tree 70 loek d9vpas II
passed. Nicodemus, wealthy Nicode-
mSs, rsiied netting ba social position
in followingsfhHet, for he skulked by
night to flnd Him.
All this was against Christ. So the
fact that He was not regularly grad
uated was against Him. If a man
comes with the diplomas Of colleges
and schools and theological semna-
'ries. and he has been through foreign
travel. the world is disposed to lis
ten. But here was a man who had
graduated at no college, had not i.
any academy by ordinary means
learned the alphabet of the language
He spoke, and yet He proposed to talk,
to instruct in subjects which had con-
founded the ,mightiest ihtellects. John
Says, The jews marveled, saying:
How hath this man letters, having
never learned?' " We, in our day, have
found out that . man. without di-
ploma may know rs much as . man
with one, and that a college cannot
transform sluggard into . philoso-
pher ora theological seminary teach
. fool to preach. An empty head
after the laying on Of hands of the
presbytery is empty still. -sd But it
shocked all existing .prejudices in
those olden times for, a man with NO
scholastic pretensions and no gradu-
alton from . learned institution to set
Himself up for . teacher. It vssa
against Him 80
So also the brevity Of His life was
against him. He had not come 10
'wAas 3tescaI nlillaie 81 Bgt .1@ry few
men d. anything hef9re % years of
age. and yes thst wAs the point at
which Christ's life terminated. The
first Is years you take In nursery and
school, Then it will take you six
years to get into your occupation or
profession. That wiff bring you to
q years. Then IL will take you ten
years at least. to get established. in
your life work, correcting ne mis-
takes you have made. If any man
at So years OF aeS gets fully estab-
lished in his life work he is the ex-
ception. Yet that is the point ut
which Christ's life terminated. :
I imagine Christ one day standing
In the streets OF Jerusalem II A man
descended from high lineage is stand
ing beside Him and says: "My father
was merchant prince He had .
castle on the beach In Galilee Who
was your father?" Christ answers:
"Joseph, the carpenter" A man from
Athens is standing there unrolling his
parchment Of graduation and says to
Christ: where did you go to schol2"
Christ answers: II never graduated" "
Aha, the idea OF such an unheralded
young man attempting toscommand
the attention Of the, world! As well
some little fishing village on Long Is
land shore attempt to srfaign New
York; Y at mo sooner does He set His
foot, in. the towns, or cities of Judea
than everything is in commotion. The
people 60 ont on . picnic, taking only
food enough for 4 day. yet are SO fas-
cinated with Christ that at, the risk
of starving they follow Him out into
the wilderness. A nobleman falls down
nat before him and says: my daugh-
ter is dead. A beggar tries to rub
the dipness from his eyes, and says:
Lord, that my eyes may be opened"
A poor, siek. painting woman presses
through the crowd and says: II
must touch the hem Of His gar
ment." Children who love their
mothers better than anyone selse
struggle to get into His. arms, and
10 kiss His cheek, and to run their
fingers through His hair, and for all
time putting Jesus 20 in love with
The little ones that there is hardly
nursery in Christendom from which
he does not take one, saying: II must
have them. will MI Heaven with
these, for every cedar that plant in
Heaven will have so. white lilies. In
the hour when / was q poor man in
Judea they were not ashamed Of Me,
md now that I have come to . throne,
do not despise them. Hold It mot
back, o weeping mother! Lay it on
ny warm heart. OF such is-the King.
1om of Heaven" stf,aafe ~
Again I remark there was no or
,anization in His behalf, and that was
against Him. When men propose
my great work, they band together.
hey write letters of agreement, they
AXE oaths. Of fealty, and the more
complete the Organization the more
ind complete the SUCCESS. Here was
,ne who went forth without any or
yanization and alone. If men had .
mind to join in His company, all right;
I they had mind not to join in
His company, all well. II they came,
hey were greeted with no loud sal
If they went away, they were
'ent with NO bitter anathema. Peter
departed, and Christ turned and
looked at him, that was all.
All this was against Him. Did any
,ne ever undertake such an enter
prise amid such infinite embarrass-
nents and by such modes? And yet l
am here to say 1t ended in & COM
plete triumph. Notwithstanding His
worldly occupation, His poverty, His
plain face, His uppretentious garb-
The fact that He was schoolless, the
'act that He was not accompanied by
my visible organization--notwith-
all that, in an exhilaration
which. shall be prolonged in everlast-
ng chorals He declared: 81 have fin
shed the work which Thou gavest Ne
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See Him victorious over the forces
II nature. The sea n . crystal sep
llcher. Il swallowed the Central |
America, the president and the Span
sh armada as easily AZ any fly that
.ver foated on it. The inland lakes