The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1901-04-05
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Co tomorrow morning and get in ~
alteration with some wretch crawling IN
from Sin cellar in the lowest part of
vour city. "\n" Won sav. Il would not
bemean myself hv getting into such con.
test Then think ot what the King of
heaven and earth endured when lle came
down and fought the great wretch of
he'll and fought him IN the wilderness and
on ton of the temple
But | bless God that in the triumph
over temptation Christ gives va the as.
suranre that we also shall t~,umuh HSv.
ing Himself been tempted, lie l. able TO
succor All those who are tempted
In a violent storm AZ sea the mate told
4 hoy-for the rigging had become eutar.
gled IN the mast-to 60 up and right -.
\ gentleman standing on the deck sad
Don't send that boy, up. He viii he
know what am about" The bov raised
his hat IN recognition Of the order and
then rose hand over hand and went ~
work. And as he swung ~ tho storm the
passengers wrung thetr hands and eN.
pected 10 see him fall The work done
he came down IN s,,ctv, and a Christian
man said 10 him. WHY did YOU 80 down
in the forecastle before YOU went ups"
"Ah'" said the bov, Il went down 20
nrav Nv mother always taught me. he
fore | undertook anything great ~ prav ="
What Is that YOU have IN your vast" 5"
"Oh. that is the New Testament" he
said Il thought I would carry " with
me u really did 90 overheard" How
we'll the bov was protected
| care not how great the height ~ how
vast the dcpth with Chrls' within us
and Christ beneath us and Christ above
MS and Christ all around us. nothing can
bcfal us in the wav of harm. Christ HIM.
self having been IN th" temnest VIII de.
liver all those who nut their trust IN Vim.
Blessed he H's glorious name forever
The third instlllment pajd for our 70.
demption was the agon,yinr PRAYER in
GethSemare As | sat M that garden
az the foot of an old Cnarled and twisted
olive tree the historic seen" came upon
me overwhelmingly These Old olive trees
are the lineal DESCENDANTS of those under
which Christ stood and went and knelt
Have the leaves Of whole botanical gov.
erations told the story of our Lord :
agony to their SUCCESSORS
Next TO Calvary. the soleNnest place in
Palestine IN Gethsemane While sitting
there It seemed "a # | could hear our
Lords prayer. laden with sohs ard
groans. Can this he the Jesus who g'th.
cred fragrance from the trankinceusa
broucht to HIS cradle and from the lilies
that flung their sweetness into HIS ser.
mons and FROM the box Vt alahaster that
broke at His fret2 L. tbs Jesus the COM
forter of Bethany. the resurrcctor at
Main the ocuist at Bcthsaiday l. this the
Christ whose frowu is the storm. whose
smile u the sunlight, the spring morning
His breath the thunder Ills voice. the
ocean a drop on the tap of Ills finger.
heaven sparkle on the bosom of His
love. the universe the dust of His chariot
wheel IL this the Christ who il able
60 heal a hearthreak or hush a tempest
or drown a world or flood immens,tv with
His glory Behold Him m prayer. the
uinhul,g pf hlnAl hN nppaaaI
through the skin OF HIS forehead What
an installment ~ part payment OF the
| greatest price that was ever paid
Further ! remark, the last great install
ment paid for our rpdcmption was the dc.
mise Of Christ The world has seen many
was very dart day when the sun was
! eclipscd. The fowl at noondav went ia
! their ucrch. and we felt gloom as we
| looked at the Astronomical wonder, II
was a dark dav IN London when tho
| plague was at lts height and the dead
! with uncovered faces we're taken ~ open
! cars and dumped IN the trenches. II was
| = dark dav when the earth opened and
/ Lisbon sank, but the darkest day since
! the creation of the word waa when tho
! carnage of Calvary was cnPcted
II was about noon wnen the curtain he
| gan 30 he drawn. II was not the corning
on OF a night that soothcs and rcircshes,
| u was if' HNllkllk bl n bl'hl EhlVl W
| around the hca"cns. God hung H. A.
! when there IL a dead one ~ The house YOU
/ how the shutters. o. turn th" lattice. 81
! God m the afternoon shut tho window.
OF the world - It ~ appropratc N
! throw a black pal upon the coffin as n
! passes along. 80 lt was appropriate that
! everything should be sonbrc that dav
as the orcat hoarso OF the earth rollci
on bearing the corpse Of tho King 4
| mans lat hours are ordinarily I"pt
! sacred. However you may have hated or
! caricaturcd a man when Won hear h" IA
| diving silence uuts It's hand on your Inns
and you would h1v. a lo3ihr1 for the
man who could stand hv dea'hbcd max
| ing faces aud sco0ipg Bat Christ ~ lis
| Last hour cannot be left alone. What
! Pursuing HIM set aficr 20 long a prrsuit
/ You have been drtukIg2 ills tears. D.
yop want 10 drink His blood; They come
40 closely sp that notwithstanding the
darkness they can g.ut their revenge
] with the COutoriI1us Of His CounieuauCc
Women stand there and weep. hut can
/ DO no good II ~ no u'arc for the ten.
/ dor.hcartcd women. j. wants n heart
! that crime has turned INTO granite. The
wa,rs OF mans hatred and Of hclPs ven.
/ goH np GasI mp against the mangcd feet
/ and the hands o' pin and pain and torture
/ clutch for lis holy heart. Had He not
/ been thoroughly fastened 10 the eros.
! thcv would have torn Him down and tram
plcd Him with lp,h feet How the cav
/ airy horses q spd their nccks and
chamurd their hR and reared and
suuied az the blood Had Roman
officer caHed out for n li2ht his voice
| would not have been heard ~ tnc tumult
/ bat louder than the clash OF spears. and
/ the w1iiing of wDmanhOpJ and the nclgn
/ ing Of the chargers. and the believing ol
/ the cruoiIcTs there comes a voice crash
INC through loud clear. oycrwhclnIin2
/ terrific. II H. thc grnaning of the DYING
/ Son of Cod Lo,ki what scepei LoOk
world. at what YOU have done!
! lift the covering from the malireatcd
! Christ 10 let you count the wounds ard
/ estimate the cost Oh when the nails
went through Christi riQht hand and
, through Chrlst's left hand that bouRh,
/ both your hands with all their power n
work and lift and write When the nail.
went through ChrIst's right foot and
/ Chrlzts left foot. that bought your feet
| with al their power 10 walk or run OI
] climb When the thorn went into
| thr.sts temple, that bought your brain
| with all its power 20 think and plan
! When the spear cleft Christ's side, that
/ bought your heart. with al its power
% love and repent and pray.
When the Atlantic cable was lost in
/ 1865. do you remember that the Great
! Eastern and the Medway and the Al
bsnv vent out 20 ind 10; Thirty times
| they sank the grapnel two and a hall
miles deep IN water After awhile they
! found the cable and brought it 80 the
surface. No sooner had 10 been brought
~ the surface than they lifted shout
/ Oi 'zuitatior. but the cable slipped back
| azaIn into the water aud was lost. Then
| Tor two weeks more they swept the sea
/ with the graphing hooks. and at last they
found the cable. and they brought o. up
20 silence They fastened ~ this time.
. Then with grc4t excitement they took
/ one end n the Dabie % the electrician.
/ 90 IT, and when they saw a spark and