Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-04-13

The man has no friends. Let him
die," says the judge. And the ruff
fans outside the rail cry: aha, aha,
that's what we wanti Pass him out
here to usl Away with him, Away
with him.
The Divine sympathIxer.
Oh. 1 bless God that amid all the
injustice that may have been inflicted
upon us in this world we have a di-
vine sympathizer. The world cannot
lie about you nor abuse you as much
as they did Christ, and Jesus stands
to-day In every court room, in every
house, in every store, and says: "Cour-
age. By all my hours of maltreat-
ment and abuse 1 will protect those who
are trampled upon" And when Christ
forgets that 2 o'clock morning scene
and the stroke of the ruffian on the
mouth and the bowling of the unwash-
ed crowd, then he will forget you and
me in the injustices of life that may be
inflicted upon u.s.
Further, 1 remark: The last great
installment paid for our redemption
was the demise of Christ. The world
has seen many dark days. Many sum-
mers ago there was a very dark day
when the sun was eclipsed. The fowl
at MONDAY went to their perch, and
we felt a gloom as we looked at tho
astronomical wonder. 1t was a dark
day in London when the plague was
at its height, and the dead with uncov-
cred faces were taken in open carts
and dumped in the trenches. It was
a dark day when the earth opened
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.
1t was about noon when the curtain
began to be drawn. 1t was not the
coming on of a night that soothes
and refreshes. 1t was the swinging
of a great gloom all around the heav-
ems God hung it. AS when there is
dead one in the house you bow the
shutters or turn the lattice, SO God in
the afternoon shut the windows OF
the world. AS it is appropriate to
throw black pail upon the coffin as
it passes along, so it was appropriate
that everything should be somber
that day the great hearse OF the
earth rolled on, bearing the corpse OF
the King. A mans last hours are Dr.
dinarily kept sacred However you
may have hated or caricatured man,
when you hear he is dying silence puts
its hands on your lips, and you would
have a loathing for the man who
could stand by a deathbed making
faces and scoffing. But Christ in his
last hour cannot be left alone. What,
pursuing him yet after SO long pur-
suit? You have been drinking his
tears. Do you want to drink his blood?
They come up closely, SO that notwith-
standing the darkness they can glut
their revenge with the contOrtions of
his countenance. 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. 1t is no place for
the tender hearted women 1t wants
heart that crime has turned into gran
ite The waves of mans hatred and
of helIs 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 to 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 light, his voice
| would not have been heard in the tu-
multi. but louder than the clash of
| spears. and the wailing of womanhood,
and the neighing of the chargers, and
| the believing of the crucifiers, there
comes a voice crashing through-loud,
clear. overwhelming. terrific. 1t is the
| groaning of the dying Son of Godi
| Look. what a scene! 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 Oh, when the
nails went through Christ's right hand
and through Christ's left hand, with all
| their power to work and lift and writei
When the nails went through Christ's 8
right foot and Christ's left foot. that
bought your feet, with all their power
| to walk or run or climb. When the
| thorn went into Christ's temple, that
bought your brain, with all it's power
| to think and plan When the spear
cleft Christ's side, that bought your
heart. with all its power to love and re-
| pent and pray