The Grit-advocate., 1900-06-22
ANXIETY WORRIMENTL LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
The Conduct of the Disciplss Con-
nsnded-The Board of Invitation -
Power Of Temptation-BeArers of the
Cross of Persecution.

his disciples went and told Jesus
An outrageous assassination had Just
taken place. To appease revengeful
woman King Herod ordered the death
of that noble, self-sacrificing prophet,
John the Baptist. The group Of the
Disciples were thrown into grief and
dismay. They felt themselves utterly
defenseless There was no authority
to which they could appeal, and yet
grief must always find expression. II
there be no human ear to hear 1t, then
the agonized soul will cry it aloud to
the winds and the woods and the wat
srs. But there was an ear that was
willing to listen. There is a tender
pathos and at the same time a most
admirable picture in the words of my
text, They went and told Jesus" He
could understand all their grief, and
he Immediately soothed It. Our bur-
dens are not more than half so heavy
to carry II another shoulder is put
under the other end of them. Here
we find Christ, his brow shadowed with
grief, standing amid the group OF dis
ciples, who, with tears and violent
gesticulations and wringing Of hands
and outcry of bereavement, are ex-
pressing their woe. Raphael, with his
skillful brush putting upon the wall
OF palace some scene of sacred story,
gave not SO skillful stroke as when
the plain hand OF the evangelist
writes, 'They went and told Jesus"
The old Goths and Vandals once
came down upon Italy from the north
of Europe, and they upset the gardens.
and they broke down the statues, and
swept away everything that was good
and beautiful So there is ever and
anon in the history of all the sons and
daughters Of our race an incursion OF
rough handed troubles that come to
plunder and ransack and put to the
torch all that men highly prize. There
is no cave so deeply cleft into the
mountains as to afford us shelter, and
the foot OF fleetest courser cannot bear
us beyond the quick pursuit The ar
rows they put to the string fly with
unerring dart until we fall pierced and
stunned.
l feel that | bring to you a most ap-
propriate message. | mean to bind up
all your griefs into bundle and set
them on fire with a spark from Gods
altar The prescription that cured the
sorrow of the disciples will cure all
your heartaches. l have read that
when Godfrey and his army marched
- t<,o M, Tn~ p1r,,, how
over the hills, at the first flash Of the
pinnacles of that beautiful city, the
army that had marched in silence
lifted shout that made the earth
tremble. Oh. you soldiers Of Jesus
Christ, marching on toward heaven.
would that today, by some CLEAN from
the palace Of Gods mercy and Gods
strength, you might be lifted into great
rejoicing, and that as the prospect OF
its peace breaks on your enraptured
gaze you might raise one glad hosan-
ma to the Lord.
Disciples Conduct Commended.
In the first place, commend the be-
havior Of these disciples to all burden
GU ooulS WIZ are ulpdl uoHeu. Hei t
comes time In almost every mans
history when he feels from some
source that he has an erring nature.
The thought may not have such heft
as to fell him. 1t may be only like the
flash in an evening cloud just after a
very hot summer day. One man to
get rid of that impression will go to
prayer, another will stimulate himself