The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-05-29

He was not N symap:hy with MIN: If He
were known TO be black the. white man
would certainly feel barrier between
them. But as it is. He is Jesus, the Light
of the world and the Caucasian, the Mon
eo,ian, the African, all can say together:
Fade. fade each earthly JOY, Jesus IS
mine" And yet, there are phrases OF
Scripture which seem to give us hints not
to be passed by silently.
I. HIS FACE SET TO JERUSALEM
Luke ix: 5l-"And it came to pass when
the time was come when He should be re-
ceived up He steadfastly set His face to
90 to Jerusalem.
He loved the city of Jerusalem, bat at
the time He went toward it, it was city
of shadows. and every step He took was
into the deepening shadoH Of Caivarys
cross. l need not describe His going. he
WAS like a conqueror. In the very way de
trod the streets of the city. and walked
the highway of the land He loved, lie
was filled with courage, and when lie be-
held the city He wept over it. Take this
as picture and there is nothing finer in
art Take it as a sentiment, and there !;
rothing deeper in human Dathos. lake IL
as a revelation of God. and no one need b.
afraid of Him. Philosophy may sneculate
about Him and try to reconcile HIS TWO
natures: theoogians may attempt TO &C.
fine Him as being infinite, eternal and uh-
changeable, but the common man grows
confused, and all that he can say, is that
the One to whom he has given his soul
is the Son of God, who was divine enough
to 60 to Jerusalem in the very face OF
death. and human enough to be blinded
with His tears as He looked upon the city
He knew all about the suffering OF Jerusa'
lem from all eternity. and yet He went on:
When He ate the Passover and spoke OF
the one who should betray Him, lie knew
what was coming. and still He went on.
When PLATE mocked Him He knew 1t was
hut the forshadowing OF the sutterlngs OF
the cross. but still He went on. When lie
endured the pain of the scourglng He knew
that this was but the beginning OF agony
with which the pain of the cross was not
to be compared because it was so great,
and vet He went on. The word has never
seen such conqueror as the Son Oh zoo,
"who died that We might live.
II. HIS FACE IN THE DUST.
Matt. XVI: 36-339-"Then cometh Jesus
with them unto a place called Gethsemane,
and saith unto the disciples, Sit We here,
while l 60 and pray yonder. And He took
with Him Peter and the two sons or Leoe'
dee. and began to be sorrowful and very
heavy. Then saith He unto them, NV soul
is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death !;
tarry We here and watch with Me. And
He went little farther, and fell on HIS
face and prayed. saying: Oh, My Father,
if it be possible, let this cup pass from Me;
nevertheless, not as l will, but as lhou
wilt"
In the thirtieth verse we read that when
hyro wont T..
How simple, and yet how profound the
meaning!
There never had been such golng.out
before; there never has been such going
out since. From the supper He made His
way with the faithful few to Gethsemane,
where the agony was so great that Gethse-
name has stood for suffering ever since.
"Oh, My Father, if i. be possible, let
this cup pass from Me-" / wonder why
the cry9 Some one has said it was be-
cause He was about to be branded as
sinner, treated as a sinner, put to death as
a sinner. and it was His horror OF sin that
wrung the cry from His soul. Yet we have
trihed with it, and sin has always been
the same, is to-day, and shall be till the
end of time.
DR.. Gregg tells of story in Fox's Book
OF MARTYRS. where Christian was to die a
most horrible death-being placed in q
sack filed almost with venomous reptiles.
As he looked at it he said:
"I can stand this for Jesus sake"
Yet when they put him in the sack and
he felt the first touch of the reptiles upon
his face he gave shrek of agony that
could not be described.
1t is said that no one has ever really
known what prayer is until he has learned
of the Spirit to put into practice this one
offered in Gethsemane. 1t is not the kind
that is offered to the congregation. or that
is said at the bedside before we close our
eyes in sleep: it is the kind that Is
crushed out of us. 1t Is the cry OF the
Syrophenoecian woman, "My daughter Is
crev.ously vexed of the devil" 1t is the
cry of Jesus in Gethsemane, My Father,
let this cup pass from Me-"
You say, What. His Father and all
His sufferlng?'
Yes, His Father. still, and yours. also.
In the midst OF an agony that may have
almost broken YOUR heart. You might have
cried: MY Father" When there was not
a hope in your lie YOU might have whis-
pered, "My Father" And if the cry had
come from the heart YOU would have got
ten as quick response:
"Be STILL and know that am Cod
III. HIS FACE SPIT UPON.
But there is still another picture OF His
face in the New Testament. Matthew
XVI: 62-6s-"And the high priest arose,
and said unto Him, Answerest Thou moth
ing? What is it which these witness
against Thee? But Jesus held His peace.
And the high priest answered and, said
unto Him, | adjure Thee, by the living
God that Thou tell US whether Thou be
the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus saith
unto him, Thou has said; nevertheless l
say unto you, hereafter shall We see the
Son of Man sitting Oh the right hand of
power and coming in the clouds of heaven.
Then the high priest rent his clothes, say
ing, He hath spoken blasphemy; what fur.
ther need have We of witnesses: behold,
hot