Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-11-13
TREATING A SINNER"
Sunday Discourse by DR.. Chapman, the
Noted Evangelist.
Il, tells Of the Worlds Treatment, the Laws
Treatment and the Savlour's
Treatment Of the Erriny.

Il, tells Of the Worlds Treatment, the Laws
Treatment and the Savlour's
Treatment Of the ErrinS.
New YORK CRY. - The distinguished
evangelist. the Rev. Dr.. J. Wilbur Chap
man.. has prepared the following sermon
for the press. 1t is entitled Three Ways
Of Treating Sinner" and was preached
thee; 60, and sin no more" John s: II.
There is something exceedingly pathetic
; in the beginning OF this chapter where we
read Jesus went unto the Mount of Olives
] know the critics say that this story does
not belong to the New Testament, but did
you ever see a better representation of
Christ. first. in His going out to the
Mount of Olives as He wa. accustomed to.
secondly, in His rising early i'll the morn.
with the great throbbing mass of people so
much in need of His service. Thirdly, in
His sitting down and teaching, showing
that He spoke with authority. Fourth. in
the scorn with which He treated the Phar-
isecs as they condemned this poor, unfor.
tunste woman, when lie said, lie that is
without sin among you let him first cast Il
stone at her. and finally in His tender
treatment of the sinner herself when He
hdlu, l>tllhtI w COuuCHhih bhCCp w. uuu
sin no more" This is all very like Him.
and somehow cannot get it out of my
mind that it belongs just where we have
ever found it, and that anything which
has SO genuine ring as this must have
been given to us by inspiration OF God.
But the pathos of the first verse comes to
us when we connect it with the last verse
of the 18th chapter OF John, And every
man went unto his own house" -. Jesus
\ g 'IA all
had houses. His Commouest accuser had
home. The people that helped Him all had
lodgings somewhere, but the Son of Man
had not where to lay His head He was
rich, but for our sakcs He became poor,
homeless wanderer, although the cattle OH
q thousand hills were His and the very
world in which He lived had been only. as
it were, His footstoOl. 1t Is. really touch.
ing to see Him going TO the Mount Of
Olives. II may be that He, went to lodge
with friend, possibly 10 sleep out in the
open air. with only the blue sky above
Him; perhaps He went to pray, for again
and again do We tad Him IN communion
with HIS Father on tins mountain side. and
He may have gone gust to wait upon God
that lie might have come new message
from heaven or that some new direction
might be given to His life OF self.sacrihce.
He was always gong IN the direction oil
TINS mountain, ana IL - LOT th's rchSo''
that Christian travellers always are ever
delighted to do the sam" thing, but at tins
particular time He was w carly in the
morning What worker Tie was. The
most tire!ess servant the world has eyer
seen was our Master, beginning IN His
childhood when He said. Visit We not that
| must he about Ny Fathers business,
gong out in His ministry when lie de-
clares, II must. work the works OF HIM
that sent Me while It Is day, loT, the n'ghI
Coneth, when no man can Work, saving as
Vie sad on the well curb. My meat Is to
do the will al linn that sent Me, ana
then stepping INTO boat aud pushing on
from the shore when the crowd - TOO g'eat
to make Ills m'n'-tr' helpful. thus using
the boat tor liz pulpit, bv DAY ana ny
night lie tolrd, IN heat or ~ cold lie ih'
bored, with the mulutudcS following Inn
shouting hosinna, aud the, mob close
tracking after linn. lei HIM he eruc'hed.
lie did nothing but work, What JOY II
was to HIM 10 say ~ ie came ny TO the
cross. y have finished 20" WORK l ou
garcSt Me to do. How few men can say
IT. Most men ieel ~ u tneE were "ut a'
the beginning of their HES journey when
they stop IT, ana "a! win reRr9''
could but live my litt over again would
do something worthy ot note, nut Jesus
finished His work, Ike to picture him
tho o;, =" ~ tbe t;m, Iyinc a. lis very feet
t t az. us ,,yea ,|i,h n,,sionate devo.
t;n rhat ,.,ilo, r,rIer !; tho k,dron
L t,r''r liz, nnd jerusalem and Thai
..r ,%,h 81 I ii, w Tho dist,nrr with The Ne
c,,l;sr h,,n ~ Tho UoIv land mon them,
ionEmg mara Ike . string Of levels than
anvth;no elsr orc the Mountains of Mohsh
Inoling off ~ The direction IN which Jesus
l>o'N'lis N'' ~ Wv ~ -
,n,',,,, IN, in tbn I;sterrc rnmes from the
Dcnd Ses Int lie cares not for beautiful
ecenrrv nilhnugh Tie was IN love with all
,atmrc Ile tnn,bt ali d,y Yesterday and
Iio ,,,,,i taonh tH.d,v :, Iown tb, mount.
~ ~ Ia r,es n,st III. Garden where
iat , III II, i 70 suffer over he Kidron, IN
tbrnugh the cafes and lie is al the temple
,nd ill., Uie srat with the people throng.
; %,p a 'n HIM The DAYS work is begun.
p,b,o and i others remove Il 7 shall keep
~ w '' ~. haart hi 500 Him find
~ II tbree ,ravs If treating sumner
Il" F ); St'I The wo,ld's wav which il cruel IN
the eytreme
VI" So eAt,i"it the law. way which !. a. re-.
1,nt,es" - deotI,
Thir1 ,hs Sav;our's treatment, which
,,rasonis to ~ =, snhi;mer n;cture than any.
ihing ,he " Wall has c~er seen
'''"7 WV "'''' ~.
l.
The worlds treatment OF sinner. And
early in the morning He came again into
the temple, and al the people came unto
Him, and He sat down and taught them.
And the Scribes and Pharisees brought
unto Him woman taken IN adultery, ana
VIII IN they had set her IN the midst they
say unto Him. Master. this woman was
taken IN adultery, in the very act" Verses
"a Sin is an awful thing. You do not
need to turn to the Bible to dndsrs tand
this; read the daily newspapers, keep
your eyes and ears open MS YOU walk the
streets OF the city; but still you may read
it IN this account, whica is almost 2O0O
years old. 1t il a woman the mob hns
taken and hurried into the presence of the
Master. You can understand how man
could SIM but not a woman, yet ii our