Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-08-28

there. leaning on the arm OF the be
loved disciple who had rested OF
Jesus breast That band of women
they are there, and they are beautiful
and lovely They are offering Hin
their tribute OF love. But Jesus
looked upon them He had prayed
lor them while He was in the garden
sweating great tears of blood. but now
as he looked upon them, he refused
10 be an object of pity. and said to
the good women. Weep not for me
+ but weep for yourselves and your
children. For He saw the ruin of that
city ana of that people, who were tax.
ing Him to death. There are two
thieves upon the crosses. One sees
nothing beautiful in Him He is just
like the mass of the people. But the
other sees something. He sees the
sweetness of His face. and by and by
he will turn to Him and say. Remem-
Der me when Thou comest into Thy
kingdom He becomes the first whom
the Savior takes into glory.
The dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain in his day:
And there may though vile as he.
Wash all my sins away
Now we stand on the place where
the cross will soon be erected. We
look fiom that hill upon the city of Je-
rusalem its white synagogue resplen-
d dent under the Syrcan sky that is shin
! ing upon ii in all It's beauty. We look
upon that beautiful city and see how
there the psalmist received his nspira-
tion and the prophet his eloquence.
I But while we stand there on that hill
\ separated by thousands of years and
thousands OF mile from the present
time and land. why does not the heart
within us break? Why does there not
flow from us one beautiful stream of
divine love as we stand by faith and
| look upon that scene? The Son of
Man is about to lose His life. but the
King of humanity is about to be
crowned Lord of all. Upon that cross
You see the suffering Christ. They
have lain Him there, and placed His
feet one over the other. Then you
hear the sound of the mallet They
are breaking the rock of salvation. No
finer halleujah was ever heard than
the sound of the mallet that drove
the nails and wounded the Lord Jesus
Christ. They are wounding the
hands of the architect who built the
temple of humanity.
How terrible that scene, They
raise the cross and we see His mus
cles contorted ana His beautiful face
agoniZed. 1t would be impossible for
e.,
death. Even God withdrew Himself
for a time. and the dying Christ
cried: MY God my God, why hast
thou forsaken me-? Then came the
darkness. Well might the sun in
darkness shine and shut His slories in,
when Christ the mighty maker died,
for man, His creatures sin.
"They laid Him in the tomb. Moth
ing breaks the stiffness. but the Ro-
man sentinel marching back and forth.
But the women are preparing spices
aud the disciples are in an upper
room saying, Would that it had been
He who would have redeemed the
lost Wait a moment. The morning
of the third day is coming and the
women are preparing spices The
beautiful morning dawns, and He rises
triumphant. depriving death of its
sting and the grave OF its victory, de
caring Himself the resurrection and
the life. 'Whotever believes in Me.
shall never die We could not meas
ure or understand what it means for
us. Can it be possible that He has re
moved the sting and terror of death?
had sister and she was dying.
stood by her bedside. She seemed to
have taken her departure but in a few
moments she returned and said:
why do you weep? | have seen Jesus
beautiful Then she took her flight
and entered into rest. Death has lost
it's victory. There is no sin over
there What is it to have life? Not
simply that we may be saved from
catastrophe and damage, but saved to
full destiny saved TO move into some
thing more beautiful, brighter and no.
bier, to open our lives unto God as
the flowers open to bloom unto the
rays of the sun. For this end we have
erected this building, that we may
attract men, and they may reach a
mature and complete life. and enter
triumphantly into the city of God"
After the sermon, prayer was offer
ed by the pastor. and II g hymn, Il
Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" sung by
the choir and congregation. Mr.. Sar-
ber then acknowledged the popular
character of the movement towards
building the church Last September
it had been arranged to build an
SIS 900. The church building without
any furnishings had cost sl0.25i0l,
and the cost of furnishings had
amounted to S9Ol.44, making the total
cost of the church SlE15j.45. The
entire amount had been raised with
the exception of $l.511. which he ask
ed the people to contribute in order
that he might dedicate the church alb
solutely free from debt The congre-
cation responded to the amount of
$692 so. The prayer of conservation
was then offered, and after singing
the hymn, IAN Hail the Power of
Jesus Name" by choir and congrega-
tion. Rev. Mr.. Bonner of the South
Methodist church closed the services
with benediction.
A description Of the church has here
.,r To-, 1 Ia hut