Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1902-06-13

And Christs face is a SCARED face
because it is the face Of one who real
lied the awful nature of sin. Though
Christ could forgive US our sins by the
sacrifice of blood. yet he could not take
away the punishment for sin. So he
offered his own face to be lacerated.
He offered his lips to become parched
and bleeding. He offered his eyes to
become CLASSY in death. Yet the scar
red and 7lisfigured face of Christ will
be more beautiful to the redeemed
spirits in the heavenly land than if
those divine features were without spot
or blemish. The scars upon his face
will appeal to us in the same way that
the wrinkles upon our mothers face
touched our hearts when she lay asleep
in the casket. We looked at the wrin-
llles and said "That wrinkle came
when she took care of me while was
sick with diphtheria. This wrinkle
came when my brother died. That
other wrinkle came when she was pre-
pairing my clothes for college. Yonder
wrinkle came the night l was married
and left home" Therefore to us chill.
dren those wrinkles were beautiful be-
cause they told the story of her vicari-
GUS love and suffering Yes, in heaven
we want to see our mothers wrinkles,
that came as the battle scars Of life
while fighting for her children. In
heaven we also want to see the SCARED
face of Jesus, which scars were cut in
to his fair skin while suffering for our
redemption.
When Alexander the Great had his
portrait painted, he made the artist
represent him with his head resting
upon his hand. The emperor did this
so that his forefnger might cover up
deep scar which was slashed into his
right cheek by the sword of an enemy
But when the Bible paints for US
Christ's face it does not cover up one
Of the divine scars. To the Christian
the most beautiful parts of the divine
face should be the places which reveal
to us how Christ suffered and died that
we might live.
The Scared face of Christ is an H.
lumined face. Have you ever seen a
sad cOuntenance light up with a smile?
Have you ever heard little child burst
forth into a laugh in the midst Of a fit
! of crying-laugh when tear is yet
glistening upon the wet cheek? WEEK,
Christ's face, though in one sense a sad
face a Scared face, is yet an illumined
face. 1t has joy in the eye, joy on the
lip, joy in the cheek, joy everywhere
when one of his loved ones has beer
saved by the sacrifice of his blood.
There is more joy in that divine face
over one sinner that repenteth than
over ninety and nine just persons that
need no repentance.
nIumined by Love.
If Christ's had not been an illumined
face the little children would not have
loved to run to him. Children are at,
tracted by a smile. They are afraid Of
tears. Yet everywhere. as Jesus smil-
ing face appears, we can hear the chill
dren calling to one another: Come,
come! Here is Jesus! Come, comep If
Jesus face was not an illumined face, he
could never have spoken such trium-
phant words as those which he spoke to
him sick of the palsy, "Son, be Of good
cheer; thy sins are forgiven thee" He
could never have spoken such words of
commentator as those he spoke in
reference to the centurion, Verify,
say unto you, have not found so great
faith, no, not in Israel" And, 0 my
brother, if our sins are making the Saw
/ . 70 Il foo nd
repentance will make Christ's face
such an illumined face. should we moi
be willing to brighten up our Savionr's
face since it has suffered so much?
But the sweetest thought to me of all
Is that Christ's is face that wants t.
be loved. Some portraits have an in
deScribable something about then
which proves that those faces crav
affection. If the closed lips coul,
speak, they would say: Il live for 9th
ers in order that others might live 70
me. l love in order that l can be loved
J suffer in order that others can b
, made happy. And, being happy, the
can pour out their gratitude upon me.
, l only awoke to the fact a few year
. ago that Christ's face was face tina
, wanted to be loved. l used to thin
that | must love Christ because Chris
: could and would save me if l aske
him. But now | have learned to Low
! him because he loves me and wants N
: to love him. He loves me with lOy
. that passeth all understanding. 81
that love is incomplete unless l r.
spond to it and love as l am love-
Mr.. Moody told a pathetic story no
a short time after his fathers deaf
! his elder brother ran away from HON
= Then he described how his moth,
: used to be continually watching f,
the return Of the prodigal, how 81
would send the children every dG
down to the pOstOfiice to find out
there were a letter from her absel
boy. They would hear her praying
night for the return of her son, that
might give her his love. Well, tod;
y Christ's face is a face craving affe
ton.
Are you ready to satisfy the cravin
n for affection which are pictured up
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= your face stamped upon Christ's hear
. If you would, you cannot have 70
:. face there alone. There are MAJ
:. faces imprinted upon his heart, and J
- all these faces blend into one. The
faces, which are stamped upon
= tender, living, forgiving heart
~ Christ, make a composite pictu
/
-, photographer made u composite p
:, ture of your class. He took all the d
ferent photographs of the memb,
- and passed them rapidly before
80 cameras eye. Then the various pho
- graphs were combined in a single /
- ture, and that was called the class p
90 trait. So upon Christ's heart there
80 composite picture. That compos
- portrait is made up of your Christi
&c mothers and fathers faces, "
= Christian wife's and child's faces;
VI is made from the faces of the CHI
,u' tan men and women who have
- "a in the past and of those who are liv
en- today. VIII you have your face in (
A'S composite picture, which is ineffa
% 1Dly StdLhpeu upOh eHS great HSaLl
VI Christ?
'OH Divine Love Not Blind.
zen But. sad to relate, after all CHI
I'VE has suffered and done for u.s. his f
III may be cOndemning face. The
vas vine love may be great enough to
leE pass all human understanding, yet
lho divine love is not blind. The spirit
ar God will not always strive with N
OF In Ezekiel we read, "AIy face wi