Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-08-14

being 60 much forgiven - loved much:
| That is. Jesus love was the source ana
her love was the inevitable result. There
| are some elements OF Mary's love which
ought to be studied here, -. -,
! (a) The vision of angels did not terrlfy
her. In Matthew'S gospel the angels re,
assured the woman by saying Fear not"
as they were afraid, but with Mary she,
| was too completely filled with thoughts
! of Christ to be any ways afraid OF the
! sight of angels. Undoubtedly she was alb.
solutely forgetful of her physical weakness,
| for she said to Him whom she supposed to
| be the gardener, "Sir, if Thou have borne
| Him, and I will take Him away" How
| would it have been possible for her to
handle the body of one who was dead,
| and vet doubtless she would have found
| wav. 1t is certainly true that intense de-
| votion to the Lord takes away every
| thought of the burden of service. and thoaa
| who have an absorbing love for Christ
may perform deeds which would be I'M
| possible under ordinary. circumstances.
| There are three people whom we may re-
member as representing the three graces,
| faith. hope and love; Mary, Of Bethany;
| who believed that He was to be cruciticd
| and buried anointcd His body for the BIZ.
rial, showing her faith; the penitent thief
upon the cross expected that CHRIST
would come in His kingdom, revealing
His hope, but this Mary MagdalenH is
beautiful representation of love.
We find again in this story an illustra..
ton of the fact that fears and sorrows OF
believers are often quito needless. We
are told that Mary stood at the sepulcher
weeping as if nothing could comfort her.
The angels spoke TO her and still she
wept. The Lord Himself, addressed her
saying, "Why weepest thou?' and the
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same. "Thcy have taken away my Lord
and I know not where they have Land
Him" and yet all this time her risen
Master was close to her. Her tears.
therefore, were needless. and her sorrow
was groundless Doubtless Mary failed to
recognize Jesus.
Fmst-Because ehc was not expecting
Him. and so we often miss our choicest
blessings for want of looking for them,
RIGHT before us. but doubtless, also she
failed to recognize Him because of the
fact that it was hardly light in the morn.
ing and she saw Him hut dimly. Thus
again she is an illustration of ourselves
as We behold Him. not so much face to
face as we realize His presence with the
heart blessed are the. pure in heart,
for they shall see God" aud yet what
| thoughtful Christian can fail to sec that
nvnor;anco Uow often we nrc anxious
Whom there il no cause for anxiety. How
frcamcntly we mourn about the absence
| of things which are really within our
grasn. Two-thirds of the things we fear
| in life never happen at all, and many OF
| the tears we shed are shed in vain II
| Norv had found the ,eal Of the tomb nm
| broken she might we'll have went. The
verv absence Of the body which made her
wcep was token for good and cause Of
;ov for herself and for nh mankind,
~ II.
"Iesus saith unto her, Mary! She
tnrnc1 herself and saith unto Him. Rab.
| in Which Mary addresses Lcr Lord is most
signiGrant II is n term often applied TO
linn and always wisely. In Matthew %:
| 9 wo rood "For ono is vour Master, even
| Christ" II will he n happv dav for the
| clmrch when we Weld TO the mastery Of
| Jrsus Christ It Is true that men are fire.
| orcntlv indifferent to this claim, as. for
| nv,mnie in Matthew o6: %, "Thcn ,Ju.,
dos whicb bptravcd Him answered and
ou,i Mnstr oT 10 ! - Ha soJ mnto him..
| Thon hast said" Many man has claimed
a. void "a thn mastery Of Christ and vet
| bcs hetraveS Him NV nm inconsistent life.
or again in Matthew 90. 40. when Judas
sov. vot again "H,;l Master, and kissed
linn There can he no baser BETRAYAL
thnn that which comes from the heart Of a
friend, who claims to be Christian and
~ Christ and vet to denv Him with your
Ifc is an awfuI thinp, and sha,l merit ono
Isv Tho snvsrast standardization of Christ
| TmseIf There ore many places in the
| Now Tes.amcnt whore 7 find that He is
| c,)Ind Master in. addition to the one in
| tLn tayt hut +hrca of them I should like
rncc;allv n cmnhos;ze
'rirsfSInke i. IL .'And tbcv lifted ND
| 4ho;r yoicns and sn;d Jesrs Master have
r r", ON rs" his il n;cturc Of tLe
| LOVERS os Jcsus masses throuqh the midst
81 S,maria md Golleo and is an Sins.
,r, t;nn fnr al VIA would ho rood from
| tho;r bondocn rhey ora honn,css and
| h lniin, JonJ occnrd;r% =, no law and
cast ont from the nrcsrrce Of men accord.
| mo TO the Scrinturrs Lake II. a. "AnJ
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- on on"" - noSS IA ~ thcy ynn+ tLcv
r ~ cIoonsoI J,et i evor he remembered
| w., Nv, 10, ,,.oMt tbov ,roro n,nonsn,
| G,J r,,,o,. o;,,os ra n,nro i;,Lt than wr ,,sc,
m"n , "r froojoI thar we will nract;ce
m %r "".I onlv 20 WALL lt toworJ tbo 1"ht and
Vnc i'i o'' ,o W m"n Chr;st Z, bn senn
ro;,;c;r n; IN al tbo aInr;ons I;hertv Of tho
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S'en"a, laeE s.''i "Am1 Smn, 4o onsycr.
se'" n;i 1uta M M, Master 't "" h,yo
my S",n . ho' ,'ch t'' ana hn,e t,en nnth.
;"aleu a,l . a. az" Thv word viii lot
down the net" The disciples are fishing
and all the night they have toitd and
taken nothing. but the Master makes a
simple suggestion, as a result of which
they gather in so many fish that their
net brake and their partners came to
hcip them and fill both the ships so that
thew began to sink. He is the Master TO
HELM us in the time of perversity and trial