Milford chronicle., 1902-11-14

You do not know meY' NO" l an
swer; Il have never seen you before"
"Well," she says, Il know you. saw
you when you read my epitaph this
morning in the catacombs. My father
and mother We're eaten in this massa-
ere, but they are not dead. Come, let
me show you something. The Coli
scum at this time is deserted" But as
the young girl speaks suddenly a
strange light appears. The walls of
the Coliseum begin to enlarge. They
grow so high that they lift themselves
above the clouds; they grow so wide
that they are larger than two hemi-
spheres. Then this huge Coliseum be-
gins to fill up. Angels and arehangels
and all the redeemed of heaven fill the
galleries. Men and women of all ma
tiOnalities-white and black and yell
low and brOwn-crOwd into the seats
which fill the arena. The EskimOs of
the arctic are there; the black men of
the tropics are there; all peoples are
there. Then a musical leader takes his
place in the center of the arena and
lifts his baton. Suddenly all these
voices swell into one great chorus as
thew sing.
While that great multitude is sing
ing I turn to my companion and say,
"Who are these and whence came
theyY ''These," she answers, "are the
hosts of heaven. Those in the arena
are the members of the living human
race which are bending the knee to the
name of Jesus Christ. That chorus is
. the echo Of Pauls valedictOry in the
dungeon. This scene was depicted i'll
the superscription which was written
over the cross and which, in the Latin
language. told the Jews that Jesus was
to be the temporal as well as the spir-
itual king" Oh, my brother and sis
] ter, as Christ is some day to rule per
! sOnally over the two hemispheres, shall
not you and l, by consecrated lives, try
to hasten this glorious millennial day
J Shall not our voices be lifted in praise
! so that they shall some day find theil
full diapason in the song Of Moses and
the Lamb?
But the Hebrew superscripuOn Ougm
to be the most important TO us all. II
ought to be the most important be
cause the Hebrew language has always
been the symbol of Gods protecting
and pardoning love. The Hebrews
were Gods favored people. So, wheI
we read the superscriptiOn of the cross
in the Hebrew tongue, God seems t
say to us as individuals, 81 have sen
my only begotten Son into the worl'
that by his blood you may be pardone'
of your sins and become part of M.
new kingdom" We might believe tina
Christ is the Son of God. We nigh
even believe that some day he shal
rule from sea to sea, but that belle
will not make him our individual Kin
and Saviour unless we can read on
atonement in his death and his resul
rection, which was by symbol write
in the Hebrew inscription nailed upO
the top of the cross. Can you not an
will you not, by the Hebrew message
believe and accept the statement ths
Jesus Christ died to save you as ind
J viduals? He died to save you, oh, mai
? oh, woman, just as though you wei
: the only sinner in all the universe.
2 BY the Hebrew superscription naile
!. to the cross proclaim a universal pa
{ don and salvation for all sinners. jest
/ Christ once said, AS Moses lifted L
t the serpent in the wilderness even
b must the Son of Man be lifted up"
e today lift high the Hebrew superscri
d ton of the cross. l cry out in the wOr'
e of Revelation 1.-THE Spirit and the Brit
d say come, and let him that heareth S;
e come, and let him that is athirst com
e and whatsoever will let him come al
e take of the water Of life freely" 81
/, ner today, through the atOnement
n proclaimed in the Hebrew superscri
g ton, will you come and worship t
re Christ of the intellect, the Christ
st coming universal domain, and also t
ID Christ who died that we might all ha
IS a part in his future rulership?
rs Would that we might one and all
te able to interpret the three superscr
IS lions over the cross in the way that t
s. dying Christians tried to interpl
V. them. The watcher by the bedsi
is heard her mother whisper: "BriI
a Bringr The daughter said to the dyi
&c woman, Mother, what shall bring
IF ooh" answered the dying wOmi
he Bring! Bring" Then the daugh
asked again, but, mother, what sh
be 1 bring?" why" cried the dying '
he man, bring forth the royal dad
SIS and crown him Lord Of ALL" May
ed one and all, by the blood of Je
" Christ, which was shed for sin, Gro
'ul Christ King of the heart, King Of
We head and King Of the two hemisphel
lis May we crown him King Of hea
p and of earth, even as the superscript
irl over the cross declared in three diff
at snt languages that Christ was the *
VS.. Of the Jews.