The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-04-04

day ID London when the plague uns
al its height. and the dead with uncos-
cred faces were taken in open carts
and dumped IN the trenches. 1t vas
a dark day when the earth opeaea
and Lisbon sank. but the darkest day.
since the creation OF the world was
when the carnage Of Calvary was en-
acted
Drawing the Curtain
II was about noon when the curtain
began to be drawn. 1t was not the
coming on Of a night that sooihes
and refreshes. Il was the swinging
Of q great gloom an around the beag-
ems. God hung it, AS when there Is
a dead one ID the house you bow the
shutters OF turn the lattice. SO God in
the afternoon shut the windows Of
the world AS it is appropriate to
throw a black Dail 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
the King A mans last hours are Or
dinarily kept sacred. However yoo
may have hated or caricatured a man.
when You hear he is dying silence puts
its hands on your lips, and yon would
have a loathing for the man who
could stand By deathbed making
faces and scohing But Christ in his
last hour cannot be left alone. What.
pursuing him yet after so long a pur-
suit? You have been drinking his
tears. Do you want 20 drink his blo0d9
They come up closely, SO that notwith-
standing the darkness they can glni
their revenge with the eOntOrtions u
his countenancc. 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 gar
ments. Women stand there and weep.
but can do no good. Il is no place for
the tender hearted women. It wants q
heart that crime has turned into gran
IIt. TIC NnNEH OA man MAAAE4 ava
Of hell's vengeance dash up against
the mangled feet. and the hands Of
sin and pain and torture clutch for his
holy heart Had he not been thor
oughly fastened 10 the cross they
would have torn him down and tram
pied him with both feet How the
cavalry horses arched their necks and
champed their bits and reared and
snuffed at the blood Had a Roman
officer called out for a light. bis voice
would not have been heard In the to
multi. but louder than the clash or
spears, and the wailing Of womanhOO.l.
and the neighing Of the chargers. and
the believing Of the crucihers. there
comes a voice crashing through-lnuj.
clear. overwhelming. terrific. 1t Is the
groaning Of the dying Son OF GOds
Look, what a scenel Look. world. at
what you have done'
Christ on the Cross
I lift the covering from the maltreat-
ed Christ to let you count the wounds
and estimate the cost on. when the
nails went through Christs right hand
and through Chrlst's left hand. with ali
their power to work and lift and writej
When the nails went through Chnst'a
right foot and Christs left foot. that
bought your feet. with all their power
to walk or run or climb When the
thorn went into Chfists temple. that
bought your brain, with an its power
to think and plan. When the spear
cleft Christ's side, that bought yo8r
heart, with all its power TO love and re-
Dent and pray.