The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1900-06-01
point at which chrlsts life termin-
"nlessed Are the Poor

days, blessed Is the merchant VINO
has a castle down on the banks OF
Lake Tiberias." This young man
said, blessed are the poor" Popular
opinion said in those days, Blessed
are those who live amid statuary ana
fountains and gardens and congratu-
lations and all kinds of festivity."
This young man responded, Blessed
are they that mourn" Public opinion
in those days said, blessed is the Ro-
man eagle, the flap of whose wing
startles nations and the plunge OF
whose iron beak inflicts cruelty upon
its enemies" This young man re-
sponded, BLESSED are the merciful."
Popular opinion said, "An eye for an
eye, a tooth for a tooth" In other
words, If man knocks your eye out
knock his out. If man breaks your
tooth break his. Retort for retort, sar-
casm for sarcasm, irony for irony, per-
secution for persecution, wound Tor
wound. Christ said, pray for them
that despitefully use you" They look
ed at his eye. 1t was like any other
mans eye, except perhaps more
speaking. They felt his hand, made
of bone and muscle and nerves and
flesh, just like any other hand. Yet
what bold treatment of subjects,what
supernatural demands, what strange
doctrine! They felt the solid earth
under them, and yet Christ said, i
bear up the pillars of this world" They
looked at the moon. He said, Il Will
turn it into blood" They looked at
the sea. He said. 81 will hush It,.
They looked at the stars. He sald'
will shake them down like untimely
figs" Did ever one so young say
things so bold? 1t was all against
him.
After the battle of Antietam, when
general rode along the lines, al
though the soldiers were lying down
exhausted, they rose with great en-
thusiasm and huzzaed. AS Napoleon
returned from his captivity his nrst
step on the wharf shook all the king
doms. and 100000 men aocked to his
standard. 1t took 5000 troops TO
watch him in his exile. So there have
been men of wonderful magnetism OF
person. But hear me while l tell you
of a poor young man who came up
from Nazareth to produce thrill
which has never been excited by any
other. Napoleon had around him the
memories of Marengo and Austerlltz
and Jena. but here was man VINO nad
fought no battles, who wore no epaul-
cts, who brandished no sword. He had
probably never seen prince or shak-
on hands with a nobleman. The only
extraordinary person we know OF as
being in his company was his own
mother. and she was so poor that III
the most delicate and solemn hour
that comes to woman's soul sne was
obliged to lie down among drivers
grooming the beasts of burden.
ghe Question of Lineage.
imagine Christ one day standing in
the streets of Jerusalem. A man de-
scended from high lineage is standing
beside him, and says: my father was
n merchant prince. He had castle on
tbe beach in Galilee. Who was your
father?" Christ answers, Joseph, tne
carnenter." A man from Athens is
standing there unrolling his parch'
ment of graduation and says to Christ
"Where did you go to SCHOOL," Christ
answers. 81 never graduated" Ana
the idea of such an unheralded young
man attempting to command the at
tention of the world! AS well some
little fishing village on Long Island
shore attempt to arraign New YORK
Yet no sooner does he set foot In the
towns or cities of Judaea than every
thing is in commotion. The people &c
ont on a picnic, taking only 1000
enough for a day, yet are so fascinat-
Cd with Christ that at the risk OF
starving they follow him out into the
wilderness. A nobleman falls down
fat before him and says, MY daughter
is dead" A beggar tries to rub the
dimness from his eyes and says
lord, that my eyes may be opened
ga moor, sick, painting woman presses
through the crowd and says, Il mus
touch the hem of his garment" Chill
6ren who love their mother better
than any one else struggle to get into
his arms. and to kiss his cheek, ano
m run their fingers through his hair
and for all time putting Jesus so II
love with the little ones that there Is
hardly a nursery in Christendom from
which he does not take one, saying
81 must have them. l will fill HEAVIER
with these. for every cedar that PLAN
in heaven will have so white lilies
In the hour when 1 was a poor mar
in Judaea they were not ashamed O
me. and now that 1 have come to
throne l do not despise them. Hol;
il not back, o weeping mother! La,
It on my warm heart. OF such is thu
kingdom of heaven"
Victory Over Nature.
See him victorious over the forces o
nature. The sea is a crystal sepulcher
1t swallowed the Central American
tba president and the Spanish armad,