The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-04-28
MAGE ON CREEDS.
Ter Would Rid Humanity of
Ecclesias tical Dogma.
Tor a Greed for All Denomina-
Made Out Of Scripture QUO-
tionp-Things That Ham
per Christians.
wright, 1900. by Louis Klopschl


wright, 1900. by Louis Klopsch]
Washington,
time when the old discussion Of
is being vigorously and some
bitterly revived this discourse
Talmage has special interest
xt is John XII, A: loose him
him CO."
bible is at the place of this text
all over with lead pencil
made at Bethany on the ruins
house of Mary and Martha and
l. We dismounted from our
on the way up from Jordan to
ad sea. Bethany was the sum-
fening retreat of Jesus. After
be- the day in the hot city of
E lem he would come out there al
livery evening to the house of
A lee friends. l think the occu-
of that house were orphans,
father and mother are not
med. But the son and two
ters must have inherited prop
|or it must have been, judging
What | saw of the foundations
size of the rooms, an opulent
Lazarus, the brother, was now
head of the household, and his
depended on him and were
of him, for he was very popular,
gerybody liked him, and these
we're splendid girls-Martha, a
tie housekeeper, and Mary, a
elle, somewhat dreamy, but af-
late and as good girl as could
Ind in all Palestine. But one
hzarus got sick. The sisters
b CONSERVATION. Father gone,
.bther gone, they felt very nerv-
st they lose their brother also.
Il did it's quick work. How the
hung over his pillow! Not much
about that house-no sleep at
Ia the characteristics otherwise
ped, / judge that Martha pre-
1.-THE medicines and made tempt
|Bhes of food for the poor appe-
/ the sufferer, but Mary prayed
|bbbed. Worse and worse gets
BIS until the doctor announces
lie can do no more. The shrek
went up from that household
The last breath had been drawn
be two sisters were being led
|mpathizers into the adjoining
all those of us can imagine who
lad our own hearts broken. But
Eas not Jesus there as He had SO
been? Far away in the country
ITS, preaching, healing other
how unfortunate that this ON
int Doctor had not been at that
tic crisis in Bethany. When
Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lag
lad been buried four days and
ltion had taken place. In that
e the breathless body disin-
es more rapidly than in ours.
mediately after decease, the
lad been awakened into life, I'M
srs might have said he was only |
state or in sort of |
and by some vigorous manipu-
or powerful stimulant vitality |
cen renewed. No! Four days |
he door of the sepulcher is
of people, but the three most
able are Jesus, who was the
friend, and the two bereft sis
We went into the traditional
me December day, and it is deep
and dark, and with torches we
I'd it. We found it all quiet
fternoon of our visit, but the
oxen of in the Bible there was
an excited multitude. / won
lat Jesus will do? He orders
or of the grave removed, and
e begins to descend the steps,
nd Martha close after him, and
'wd after them. Deeper down
lie shadows and deeper! The
rs of Jesus roll over his cheeks
ash upon the back of His
We're ever so many sorrows
ssed into SO small space as
group pressing on down after
all the time bemoaning that
not come before?
all the whispering and all the
and all the sounds of shut
et are stopped. 1t is the 81
expectancy. Death had con-
but now the vanquisher of
onfronted the scene. Amid the
ush of the tomb, the familiar
which Christ had often had
is lips in the Inequalities of
age home came back to His
and with pathos and an al
ess of which the resurrection
asst day shall only be an echo,
S; Lazarus, come forth"
S of the slumberer open, and
and comes to the foot of the
I'd with great difficulty begins
I'D, for the cOrements of the
e yet on him, and his feet are
l his hands are fast and the /
tents to all his movements are
that Jesus commands: "Take
e cerements! Remove these
,es! Unfasten these grave
Loose him, and let him go!"
I'm so glad that after the Lord >
azarus He went on and COM
the loosening of the cords a
md his feet so that he could !.
d the breaking of the cere- i
hat bouNd his hards SO that >
stretch out his arms in salu- {
I'd the tearing off ct the band d
| around his jaws SO that he .
FAX. What would resurrected "
been to Lazarus if he had
freed from all those cripple
his body? I am glad that
mmanded his complete eman-
saying: Loose him, and let n
fortunate. thing now is that fl