Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-04-03

the Messianic sacrifices for the saw
Is ing Of all NATIONS ana speaks OF Gefa-
semane as it appeared 10 him; text |,
Corinthians vi, 20, 'Ae are haught W!tA
a price
Your friend takes you through LIS val
liable hose. Y0H examine the arches.
the frescoes. the grass plots, the hsh
ponds. the censceFatories. the parks Of
deer, and YOU say within Yourself or yoa
say aloud What did ail this cost z
You see a costly diamond flashing in IN
earring, or you hear costly dress rus
ting across the drawing room, or you see
high mettled span OF horses harnessed
with silver and gold, and you begin to
make an estimate of the value
The man who owns large estate can
not instantly tell you all it is worth. lie
says, Il will estimate 50 much for the
house, so much for the furniture. so much
for laying out the grounds. so much for
the stock, so mu,A fol. the barn, so much
for the equipaee, adding up in all max
ing this aggregate.
Well, my friends, hear so much about
our mansion in heaven, about its furni-
ture and the grand surroundings. that
want to know how much ii is ali worth
and what has actually been paid for 1t.
i cannot complete in month nor year
the magnificent calculation. but before |
get through to-day | hope to give you
the figures. You are bought with a
price
With some friends went to the Tower
of London to look at the crown jewels.
We walked around, caught one glimpse
Of them and. being in the procession,
were compelled to pass out. l wish that
could take this audience into the tower
of Gods mercy and strength that you
might walk around just once at least and
see th4 crown jewels of eternity, be-
hold their brillance and estimate their
value. Se are bought with price.
Now, il you have a large amount of
money to pay you do not pay it all at
once, but you pay it by installments-so
much the LIST of January, 50 much the
LIST of April. 50 much the LIST of July, 50
much the LIST of October, Until the entire
amount is paid, and have to tell this au-
dience that you have been bought with
a price, and that the price was paid
in different instailments.
The first instalment paid for the clear
ance of our souls was the ignominious
birth Of Christ in Bethlehem. Though
we may never be carefully looked after
afterward. our advent into the world
is carefully guarded We come into
the world amid kindly attentions. Pri-
Yacy and silence are afforded when God
launches an immortal soul into the world.
Even the toughest of men Know enough
to stand back. Bat | have to tell you
that in the village on the side of the
hill there was very bedlam of uproar
when Jesus was born. In a village eapa-
BILE of accommodating only few hun
bred people many thousand people were
crowded, and amid hostlers and mule
teers and amel drivers yelling at stupid
beasts of burden the Messiah appeared.
No silence. No privacy. y better adapt
ed place hath the eaget in the eyrie hath
the wmhelp in the lions lair. The exile
of heaven lieth down upon straw. The
first night out from the palace of heaven
spent in an outhouse. One hour after
laying aside the robes Of heaven dressed
in wrapper OF coarse linen. One would
have supposed that Christ would have
made more gradual descent. coming
from heaven first to a half way world of
great magnitude, then to Caesars palace,
then to merchants castle IN Galilee,
then to a private home in Bethany. then
to a isherman's hut and last of all to
stable. No. It<was one leap from the
top to the bottom.
Bringing Glad TidinGs.
Let us open the door of the caravan
sary il Bethlehem and drive away the
camels Pass on through the group of
idlers and loungers. What, 0 Mary, no
light? NO light" she says, save that
which comes through the door" What
Mary, no food? None" she says, only
that which was brought in the sack on
the Journey" Let the Bethlehem woman
who has come in here with kindly at
tentions put back the covering from the
babe that we may look upon it. Look.
Look, Uncover your head. Let us kneel
Let all voices be hushed. Son of Mary!
Son of God, Child of day. Monarch Of
eternity In that eye the glalce of
God. Omnipotence sheathed in that
Babes arm. That voice 10 be changed
from the feeble plant to the tone that
shall wake the dead. Hosanna! Hosan-
ma, Glory to God that Jesus came from
throne to manager that we might rise from
manger to throne. aod that all the gates
are open, and that the door of heaven
that once swung this way to let Jesus out
NOW swings the other way to let us in.
Let all the bellmen OF heaven lay hold
the rope and ring out the news. Behold,
| bring you glod tidings Of grea joy
NAltu Slittt BG ~ All ltopitF iOi lp-uaS Is
born in the city of David Saviour,
which is Christ the Lord"
The second instalment paid for our
souls clearance was the scene in Quaran-
tania, a mountainous region, full Of cav
ems, where are to-day panthers and Wild
beasts of all sorts, SO that YOU must now
go there armed with knife or gun or pis-
tot 1t was there that Jesus went to
think and to pray, and it was there that
this monster of hell--more sly, more ter
rible, than anything that prowed in that
eountrY-satan himself, met Christ.
The rose in the cheek of Chrst--that
Publus I.entuilus. in his letter to the Ro-
man senate, ascribed TO Jesus-that rose
had scattered its petals Abstinence
from food had thrown him into emacia-
ton \ long abstinence form food re-
corded in profane history is that of the
crew Of the ship Juno. For twenty-i ssee
DAYS they had nothing to eat. But this
sufferer had tasted a month and ten
days before he broke fast. Hunger must
have agonized every fiber Of the body and
gnawed on the stomach with teeth Of
death The thought of a morsel Of bread
or meat must have thrilled the body with
something ike ferncity. Turn ont pack
Of men hungry rs Christ was a-hungerei.
and if they had strength with one yell
they would devour you as Kid. 1t was
in that pang Of hunger that Jesus was