The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-08-22

when ne saw that He was condemned, re-
pented himself. aud brought again the
thirty pieces OF silver 20 the chief priests
and elders, saving, II have sinned IN that
| have BETRAYED the innocent blood. And
thew said, What is that 10 uss See thou
to that. And he east down the pieces OF
silver IN the temple. and departed, and
went and hanged himself. You have
seen a storm held back by the force ct the
wind. when suddenly the wind ceased and
the storm Would break with all lts fury.
This was like Judas. | doubt not IN AL
his following after Jesus that again and
again he was filled with the desire to be
true 20 Christ but the time passes and he
ia false 70 the appeal of his conscience, and
suddenly tho Master withdraws from him
and all the storm of his awful spirit ot be
trayal breaks upon him. and Judas hangs
himself There are some OF us who have
been resisting Christ, for this spirit has m
huenced Us We are persuaded of his, di,
vine character. Some day Ills divine hold
upon us NAV Trs broken. IL would be an
awful thing for us 10 have TO say, They
have taken away my Lord.
II.
The text again. Let us now think TO-
cether especially of Christs care. There
are some texts very like Il IN the Bible, "a
FOR example. Take not Thy holy spirit
from me-" Restore unto me the JOY ot
/
hope IN the world" for only those can an
preciate Mary's position who have been IN
! the same place with her, aud the most of
us have been there. and there have been
times without number when we felt that
| all was lost that our position was hope.
| less Notice first OF all the weakness OF
| Mary's fifth. II she had hut stopped TO
| consider ,e would have remembered His
/ word that lie must rise again. IL m the
! dark hour of trial we would pause for a mo-
mcnt 20 think of His messages we shall hn
! delivered from this awful fear. oh, that
| God would strengthen our faith m the
! hour of trial, Notice also the strength oi
! her love Nothing could keen her away
! from Christ: the Jewish soldiers had nc
terror for her; she would see His body, for
she loved that. There are certain things
that cause as 20 lose conscious fellowship
| with Christ
First, physical weakness Whenever the
| body ~ weak be sure 90 watch and pray,
! for the devil will easily overthrow us at
| this time.
| Second. weakness of faith. but since faith
| Is the gift OF God 1t becomes weak only
because of lack of exercise, and II Is not
necessary that any of va should fail be.
cause Of this.
Third. sin. blessed are the pure in
heart, for they shall see God" 1t is not
! gwen 10 great minds alone 10 see Him, nor
great hearts to feel llls presence, hut to
pure hearts and this blessing IS within the
reach of Va all.
Oh, TO have no hone. What n we should
lose Christ. what dreary world this would
be- Let Us imagine Him as taken out of
art, and with tina would go Hoffman
! Christ in the Garden" Christ before pi.
late" and every other painting that has
gone 60 enrich the galleries of The world
-. A . a..
| the music of the Old Testament would go,
for they sang Of the Saviour 70 come; the
music of the New Testament would be ban
! lshcd. for lie Is the theme OF the Psalms
| All the music that is worth singing IN the
worlds history would depart from us for
He Is the subject OF our praslng. Sup
pose lie were taken out OF literature, the
best books in the world are either written
| directly concerning HIM, or have been in
spred indirectly by His matchless love. II
He were taken out of preaching there is no
man in all the world that could hold a con
gregatlon for any length of time, for men
delighted 20 hear concerning Christ. and
without Christ the message would be n.
sounding brass and tnklng symbol
What II He were taken out of our living
Men who do not call themselves religious
yet believe in Christ and flee 10 Him agar
and again in the hour OF temptation and
trial, and without Christ thev would b,
like a boat upon the sea, rudderless and
helpless. What IL He were taken out o
our homes; how could we live when TIA,
baby goes away and the mothers heart /,
breaking
"Oh, TO have no hope. no Saviour,
How dark this world would be"
There is a story written by DIR. Henr,
Van Dyke entitled The Lost Word" II
gives an account ot one llormas, the son o
Demetrus. who became a Christian he
cause of this his father, a man OF larg,
wealth, disinheritcd him. lie becomes
disciple of John, and at last wcaries %
this dscipeship, and utterly discourage
he wanders back in the vicinity OF his ole
home. There he meets magician, wh'
reads his fortune IN "A leaf, and finally
promises If he viii give him but one wore
out of his vocabulary that he will restore
him TO the old 10Y that once was his. Th'
promise sat last made. and suddenly Her
mas "a IN his horse again without the on
word, and the one word is the name Of hi
Lord. He finds his father dying and IN,
old man welcomes his return and cries out
MY son, when you left me YOU ionnC
something that made your lie beautiful
Mine has been failure; will you not tell mn
what must do now, for ] am 20 die, anC
uncOnsciously the boy began. Father, yOl
! must believe in and behold, the wor,
had gone from him lie had parted will
IL, and he stands shamefaCcd In the pres
encc Of hu dying father. He marres
beautiful girl, and God gives him a Lowell!
child They are seated one day IN th
garden with their hearts overflOwing will
gratitude, when the wife suggests that tbel
ltncei down and express their thanks io
an their treasures and again he begins
We thank thee oh" and speech fail
him, for he has sold his Lord and he can
not even recall HIS name. lie ~ compel
itor In the chariot races and wins the prize
but cares nothing for a. because his hear
- heavy. lie takes his little son IN th'
chariot with him and whlr,s about th
course The horses become unmanageabl'
and the child is thrown from the cherIO
and seriously injured Nearer dead thar
alive he IS carried back % the palace, au'
the father krecis down by his bedside
There IS no hope now except IN prayer
lie cries ont, Spare him, oh. spare him
OH and there Is no word % fll tn
place. for he has sold his Lord Then sud
denly his old master, John, appears, an,
after tears Of repentance he - restored
again 90 his priceless position. IL this no
an Illustration for many of us who have II
an unguarded moment because Of our loy
sor the world and our desire for powc
partcG with Him who alone can satisf
the soul. IL Is an awful thing % be with
ont Christ God save us from the cry .
Mary. They have taken away my Lord"
Tn..u.H 4.