The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-02

master and conqueror. He is the true
moral hero, the. man worthy indeed Of
being the son Of God, Of being crowned
with the radiant light from Gods throne,
who rises above all pillows on the furious
ocean, and straightway sails across the
raging waters, despite storms and clouds,
into the harbor marked out for him by
Almighty. God, never faltering and never
yielding, always strong in his own dig
nifty and In Gods divine strength.
Christians, disciples of the cross, when
the wave of tribulation strikes you, when
the waters Of sorrow seek to drown you,
when all is darkness within and without,
when sickness and death have done their
best to make this world of miIery for
you, then look upward, ask for strength,
move forward In obedience to your des.
tiny, strong, courageous, invincfble, and
you are the hero, you have the right
when you arrive before the judgment
seat of the Almighty to call for the re-
This is a world of sorrow, but we who
live in 1t are sinners. Alas, our soul
has been made a slave of the body Alas,
we have offended Almighty God and have
made ourselves tributary to His eternal
Justice. Our sins alright US. Oh, we'll
they may. What then? Turn to your
mysterious law of the divine sovereignty,
law Of which we are allowed to enter
tain no doubt, that divine justice de-
mands adequate satisfaction. The creature
rebels against and defes God The
creatures must give satisfaction for the
offense. Adequate satisfaction he alone
cannot give.
Why, Jesus, art Thou to be nailed to
Thy cross and to die upon it? give the
answer In the words Of PAUL. For 1 de-
livered unto. you first Of all, which l
also received, how that Christ died for
words Of John: HE is the Precipitation
for cur sins, and not for ours only, but
also for those of the whole world" Christ
is the man Of sorrow to pay the penalty
for our sins. Are we then to hope for
mercy and pardon without any suffering
on our part? Are we to offend God and
then to demand mercy while we are still
thirsting for earthly JOY and complaining
If earthly sorrow falls to our lot. It Is
a contradiction to the manifest law of
| Gods justice. 1t is a contribution to the
cross of Christ. He, who knowing that
he is a, sinner, has no patience or resig-
nation, does not cheerfully embrace sor-
row when sorrow comes to him, has not
understood the mystery of the cross,
does not merit the name of disciple of
Christ So, whatever your trials, what
ever your sorrows, 1 bid you remember
your Savior and learn from him obedience
to Gods will and submission to His pTovi-
dence, even when His hand reaches out
Brethren, your Savior crucified on Cal
vary rose again the third day from the
grave. glorious and triumphant, and His
resurrection was the symbol and the
pledge OF our Immortality. On Friday He
died on the cross, on Sunday He stands
on the brim of His empty tomb, and ex-
claims. Death, where now thy victory;
rem, there Is another life, our true des-
| tiny; there is another country, our true
home. There no sorrow Will come to us;
there we shall be with God, inebriated
with the delights of His most beauteous
presence. And that other life is the re-
ward of our well-doing in this, the re-
ward of our submission to Gods will of
our penance, of our efforts to build up
within us the image Of God, whereby
We. are capable of and entitled to a par
ticipation In Gods own. felicity.
Brethren. during holy passontide, let
us mediate frequently and lovingly upon
the sufferings. and the death of Christ.
Let US take often in our hands the book
of the gospels. and read therein those
chapters palpitating with divine life, that
tell of the suffering and the death of
Christ. Let US oftener than usual visit
Christs temples, and assist at the sac
rifice Of the mass, the repetition of the
sacrifice of Calvary. Let us be given to
prayer and united with God in holy sub
mission to His providence. Let us learn
from the cross of Calvary the great les-
son that the. sorrows of this life must
be borne with sweetest resignation, and
that when night is darkest upon earth
we must seek consolation and joy in rays
| of heavenly light coming down from the
skies. This life without Christ is sad and
bitter. This life with Christ, # we truly
| live 1t In Christ and for Christ, is q
foretaste of heaven; what is bitter in It
becomes sweet joy; its infirmities are
turned into opportunities to merit grace
and glory. oh, Jesus, we thank Thee for
Thy cross: we thank Thee that Thou
! didst come to US "a man Of sorrow, ac-
! quainted with inffrmfty."