Milford chronicle., 1901-04-05


with me if | really did 20 overheard"
How we'll the hoy was protected! | care I
not how great the height Or how vast /
the depth with Christ within us and
Christ beneath us and Christ above us
ard Christ an around MS nothing can he |
fail Us in the way of harm. Christ him
self, having been in the tempest, viii de-
liver all those who put their trust in him. |
Blessed be- his glorious name forever.
The Agony at Gethsemane.
The third inStallmrnt paid for our re-
demption was the agnnizing prayer in
Gethspmane AS sat in that garden a.
the foot Of an Old gnarIed and twisted
olive tree the historic scene came upon
me overwhelmingly. These old olive trees
are the lnpal descendants of those under
which Christ stood and wcpt and knelt.
Have the leaves of whole botanical gen
eratiOns told the story of our Lords ag-
Ony to their succPssors2 Next to Cal
vary the solemncst place in Palestine is
Gethsemane. While sitting there il seem
ed as if could hear our Lords prayer,
laden with sobs and groans Can this
be the Jesus who gathered fragrance
from the frankincense brought to his
cradle and from the lilies that lung their
sweetness into his sermons and from the
box of alabaSter that broke at his feet?
Is this Jesus the comforter of Bethany,
the resurrcctOr at Main. the oculist at
/ Bethsaida? Is this the Christ whose
4 frOwn is the storm, whose smile is the
/ sunlight. the spring morning his breath,
/ the thunder his voice. the ocean Il drop on
! the tip of his finger heaven a sparkle on
the bosom of his love, the universe the
dust of his chariot wheel? Is this the
Christ who is able to heal a heartbreak
or hush a tempest or drown a world or
food immensely with his gloryf Behold
him in prayer. the glObulcs of blood by
sorrow pressed through the skin of his
forehead! What an inStalmenl in part
payment of the greatest price that was
ever paid!
The fourth instalment paid for our re-
demptiOn was the SaviOur's sham trial
call it sham trial-there has never
been anything so indecent or unfair ID
any criminal court as was witnessed a;
the trial Of Christ Why, they hustled
him into the courtroom at O'Clock il
the morning. They gave him no time fol
sOunsel They gave him no Opportunity
ror subpRnaing witnesses. The ruffiani
who were wandering around through thu
midnight, of course they saw the arres
and went into the courtroom. But Jesus
friends were sober men, were respectful
r. men, and at that hour, o'clock in tn
morning, of course they were at HON
asleep. Consequently Christ entered til
A courtroom with the ruflians.
9 Oh, look at him! No one to speak
word for him. lift the lantern until
a can look into his face, and as my hear
I beats in sympathy for this, the be,
:. friend the world ever had, himself no
Il utterly friendless, an officer of the cOur
room comes up and smites him in Il
II mouth, and ! see the blood stealing fro
, gum and lip. Oh, it was a farce of
,t trial. lasting only perhaps an hour, an
e then the judge rises for sentence! StOI
4 Il is against the law to give sentence II
p. less there has been an adjournment
le the court between condemnation and Sc
rs tence, but what cares the judge for Il
f. law? "The man has no friends. Let hi
rs die" says the judge. And the ruffia
We outside the rail cry: AHA, aha, that
ID what we want! Pass him out here to L
of Away with him! Away with himw
nd The Divine sympathizer.
I'd Oh, bless God that amid all the
a justice that may have been inflicted I
n on us in this world we have a divi
u sympathizer. The world cannot lie abe
ia you nor abuse you as much as they
ms Christ, and Jesus stands today in eve
ow courtroom, in every house, in every stO
Ike and says: Courage! BY all my hol
/" of maltreatment and abuse l will prot
me those who are trampled upon" A
Md when Christ forgets that , o'clock mo
cen ing scene and the stroke of the ruff
for ON the mouth and the bowling of the
md washed crowd then he will forget
til and me in the injustices of life that n
.rk. be inflicted upon us.
vac Further | remark: The last great
or. stallment paid for our redemption '
vas the demise of Christ. The world
tro. seen many dark days Many SUNNI
Of ago there was a very dark day when
mr.. sun was eclipsed. The fowl at noon
;bot went to their perch, and we felt
en- gloom as we looked at the astronOm
# II wonder. 1t was a dark day in Lon
,on when the plague was at its height,
a the dead with uncovered faces were
mail en- in open carts and dumped in
MIA trenches. 1t was a dark day when
now earth opened and Lisbon sank, but
81 darkest day since the creation of
If it world was when the carnage of CalN
that was enacted.
Ives 1t was about noon when the curtain
nj gan to be drawn. 1t was not the con
, on of a night that soothes and refres
1t was the swinging of great gloon
around the heavens. God hung it.