The Newtown bee., 1901-08-30
Jesus in vain, coupled with the com

Jesus in vain, coupled with the com m and are given the consultations: "I will not leave thee desolate," "I will give thee my peace," My spirit shall bear witness with thee," "Ye shall see me-" But these words, like the music heard in the distance at even- tide, could soothe but for the moment and with tinge of sadness. They re- blessed promises are read throughout the world, to hearts uncalmed, dis traught, without courage, and faint. A change must come into the heart of man, following the change in the ap- pearance of Jesus who spoke them be- fore the 14th chapter of John gives it's sustaining power. Weeks later when the Il were as new men, then did memory turn back to these farewell sayings-they understood and fed.
 Brethren, Christ promises refresh ment to the soul in which the spirit abideS-and that comes when one fol lows Jesus from the cross to the heart of God. Then does His glory like a magnet bring us, It's metal, within the sphere of it's alchemy, drawing us unto Himself.
 Melrose Abbey of Scotland, hoary in paul !OOiC nUOiy, iAdS Dtcu ucldCcu duu overturned by -four different armies. But in tower amidst the general ruin, one window stands unscarred. It rep. reSents the crown of thOrnS, down turned to pierce the Saviour's brow.
 Before that symbol of love suffering eternally for mems sins, hosts have marched and remarched, many weep ing-and no hand was lifted to strike a blow.
 The disciple must follow Jesus, his friend, to Calvary and tremble beneath it's terror and then behold the Father exalting Him at His own right hand, crOwning Him as His souls Lord.
 The humblest suppliant before the blessed Christ is in the pathway of the Spirit sent to woo him from the sting of pain, the darkness of sorrow-tOuch- ing his soul with strength for every duty and labor of life. His words are
 for me and for thee. "If a man love Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him." GA: 23). "And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Paraclete, that he may be with you forever. GA: l6).
 ALL THEY WHO YIELD THE HEART IN LOVE,
 shall be blessed in at least four waves of healing and power:
 l. "I will not leave you desolate. "
 "Comfortless" is not the right trans. lation, but rather Orphans. "I will not leave you fatherless.'' These
 men were to suffer the greatest possi-
 ble loss except perhaps One-the in
 tegrity of the soul before it's Maker. Jesus had become very life and light
 to these men. What grief could equal theirs from whom was to be snatched Him who combined father, mother,
 leader, friend, in HimSelf-and to die
 in agony and in scorn! Added to this
 was soon to be Peters anguish of guilt and shame; Thomas crushed in the iron box of melancholy. Most were
 in a cold, cheerlesS world. To them, Christ promises, 'I come again; l will not leave you orphans.
 Is it the lot of rare spiritual lives to suffer loneliness among men? In cer-
 tain sense, yes; in reality, no. Some times Jesus is described as man of loneliness. He must leave a mother and brothers who not rising to his
 height did not understand-and to be mOtherleSS! Often he enjoyed the pop ularity of crowds, whose huzzas rang
 loud and long. only to be left by them in comparative solitude again, to be
 followed by little hearty band who said, Lord Twill follow thee every where-that is joyous; but soon to heal them quarreling for chief seats at his last meal, to turn sad gaze on the most enthusiastic now denying-that was cruel.
 But this is very far from being all When we go to the very heart, we find that he had solved the problem so many are struggling under. He was not des olate. Listen to Him: "Behold, the hour cOmeth, yea, is come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet am not alone, because the Father is with me-"
 Oh, friends, that was not with him { dream, a hope, a promise, some othel
 had given which he was grasping as { straw. It was to hlm the blessed real ity, the surest joy. And it is because l losing all dear ones, fOrSaken when ht
 most needed help, with no earthly cOun l sel ever at hand which was not temp | tatiOn; that he found a real. abidint l cOmpaniOnship which he can bring tt
 every sOrrOwful soul; and thus he be
 came the cC mfOrter,and is able to senC l another comforter who shall abide with
 us forever.
 Christ was not lonely man in the true sense. We cannot make req