The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-06-01
point at which Chr!st's life termin-
"plessed Arc the POOR"

Lake Tiberias." This young man
said, Blessed are the poor" Popular
opinion said in those days, BLESSED
are those who live amid statuary and
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 infiicts cruelty upon
It's enemies" This young man re-
sponded, blessed are the merciful."
Popular opinion said, can eye for an
eye, tooth for a tooth" In other
words, If a man knocks your eye out
knock his out. II a man breaks your
tooth break his. Retort for retort, sar-
casm for sarcasm, irony for irony, per-
secution for persecution, wound for
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, II
bear up the pillars of this world" They
looked at the moon. He said, 81 will
turn it into blood" They looked at
the sea. He said. 81 will hush it,"
They looked at the stars. He said, II
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-
tbuslasm and huzzaed. AS Napoleon
returned from his captivity his first
step on the wharf shook all the king
doms, and 100000 men flocked to his
standard. 1t took 5000 troops to
watch him in his exile So there have
DCtn UlCu VI NOlutllul nEliSlAA VI
person. But hear me while l tell you
of poor young man who came up
from Nazareth to produce a thrill
which has never been excited by any
other. Napoleon had around him the
memories of Marengo and AusterlitZ
and Jena, but here was a man who had
fought no battles, who wore no epaul-
cts, who brandshed no sword. He had
probably never seen a prince or shak-
en- 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 in
the most delicate and solemn hour
that comes to a woman's soul she was
Obliged to lie down among drivers
grooming the beasts of burden.
The Question of Lineage.
l 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
a merchant prince. He had castle on
the beach in Galilee. Who was your
Christ answers, Joseph, the
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" Aha,
the idea OF such an unheralded young
man attempting to command the at
~ Na .rrNv1Hf uyo11
little fishing village on Long Island
shore attempt to arraign Now York.
Yet no sooner does he set foot in the
towns or cities of Judaea than every
thing Is in commotion. The people go
out on a picnic, taking only food
enough for a day, yet are so fascinat-
ed with Christ that at the risk of
starving they follow him out into the
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"
a poor, sick, painting woman presses
through the crowd and says, II must |
touch the hem of his garment" Chill
iren who love their mother better
han any one else struggle to get into
MS arms. and to kiss his cheek, and |
10 run their fingers through his hair,
and for all time putting Jesus so in
love with the little ones that there is
hardly a nursery in Christendom from
which he does not take one, saying, |
L must have them. | will fill heaven
with these, for every cedar that plant |
n heaven | will have so white lilies. |
In the hour when | was a poor man
n Judaea they were not ashamed OF |
me. and now that have come to n |
throne l do not despise them. Hol1 |
t not back, o weeping mother! Lay |
t on my warm heart. OF such is the |
kingdom of heaven"
Victory Over Nature.
See him victorious over the forces of
nature. The sea is crystal sepulcher.
Il swallowed the Central American. |
ha president and tho CNon;ch o.n..r. |