The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1901-04-06

~ "o ho"iihg OF the Mn
washed crowd then He will force. un'
and me in the injustices of lifo you
may be inflicted upon us. mat
Further l remark: The las,
installment paid for our redems.eat
was the demise of Christ. Tho puon
has seen many dark days. MANY snm
mers ago there was a very dart sn
when the sun was eclipsed. Tho 10y
at MONDAY went to their perch Nv,
we felt a gloom as we looked M .Iu
astronomical wonder. 1t was n a Me
day in London when the plapuo ,a nh
at its height, and the dead with unc"r
cred faces were taken in open cou,.
and dumped in the trenches. II N.Y..
a dark day when the earth opened ans
Lisbon sank, but the darkest dav s;nsa
the creation of the world was when ~.
carnage Of Calvary was enacted.
II was about noon when the cur,e,.
began to be drawn. 1t was the sw;na
ing of a great gloom all around n.
heavens. God hung it. As when ,bers
Is a dead n in the house Won bo,u
the shutters OF turn the lattice =,
God in the afternoon shut the window,
of the world. AS it is appropriate. n
throw a black pail upon the coffin a.
it passes along, SO it was appropriate
that everything should be somber that
day as the great hearse of the earth
rolled on, bearing the corpse of tha
King. A mans last hours are ord;.
narily kept sacred. However you NAV
have hated or c%aricatured a man. vben
you hear he is dying silence puts its
hands on your lips, and you wonld
have a loathing for the man who could
stand by a deathbed making faces and
scofiDg. But Christ in His last hour
cannot be left alone. What, pursuin,
Him yet after so long a pursuit? Yon
have been drinking His tears. Do Won
want to drink His blood? They come
up closely, so that notwithstanding tbe
darkness they can glut their revenge
with the contortions of His counte
nance. They examine His feet. They
want to feel for themselves whether
those feet are really spiked. They put
out their hands and touch the spikes
and bring them back wet with blood
and wipe them on their garments.
Women stand there and weep, but can
do no good. 1t is no place for the ten.
d~er-hearted 1t wants a heart
that crime has turned into granite.
The waves of mans hatred and of hel's
vengeance dash up against the man.
gled feet, and the hands of sin and
pain and torture clutch for his holy
heart. Had he not been thoroughly
fastened to the cross they would have
torn Him down and trampled Him
with both feet. How the cavalry
horses arched their necks and champed
their bits and reared and shifted at
the blood! Had a Roman officer called
out for a light, his voice would not
have been heard in the tumult, but
louder than the crash of spears, and
the wailing of ~womanhood, and the
neighing of the chargers, and the bel
lowing of the crucifiers, there comes
a voice crashing through-loud, clear,
overwhelming, terrific. 1t is the groan.
ing of the dying Son of Cod Look,
what a scene! Look, world, at what
you have done!
I lift the covering from the mall
, treated Christ TO let you count the
wounds and estimate the cost. Oh,
when the nails went through Christ's
right hand that bought your hands
with all their power to wors and lif,
and write! When the nails went
5 through Christ's right foot and
Christ's left foot. that bou- 1T your
feet, with all their power 10 walk oil
= run or climb. When the thorn vent in
to Christ's temple, that bought YOU
, brain, with all it's power no th nix ant
= plan. When the spear clctt hrist''
, side, that bought your heart. nth al
: its power to love and repent and pray
When the Atlantic cable Wa lost il
5 1865. do you rememher chat he 'ireaI
Eastern and the Medwag ana ''e Al
bany went out to find st. Thirty 9 mel
! they sank the grapnel 90. miles ieel
t in water. After avn le they tonr1 tht
r cable and brought il f1 tA- ace
No sooner had it been liul-. B.. thu
r surface than they lifted lnU' "f ex
n ultation, but the cab sl,'ptL olci
9 again into the water .Dd "s 81
r Then for two weeks more 10 y -"ep
$ the sea with the grapplnG no.@, ana
, at last they found the csnl" 800 hey
brought it up in silence loe' t'' ene'
y il this time. Then wit great eFcite
v ment they took one en- al &c th"''
to the electricians room ~ II '.ei
n were really any lifesin 70 'r" "h''
a they saw a spark and kne~ tlf' q mes
sage could be sent then t esl nav wa
II lifted, and the rockets lt" ana '''
. guns sounded, until all Il vessH's oi
q the expedition knew, and me c'nu
~ nents were dashed togethe We'll my
:, friends, Sabbath after Saba. 'S7 wv
- messengers have come sea -l'
for your souls. We have s''e la
with the graphing hook by 70"
d Gospel. Again and agaiI we H-
u thought that you were at '"l s1.. ~.
y and we began to rejoice oTer you ~
&c demption, but at the moneut Oh ~
u gladness you sank back ag 3'n il.o ~
sr world and back again into STA Io-aa.
IS we come with the Gospel sc renNs ",
ID vour soul We amply the cross VI