Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1902-08-28

He is the Son of Man. Whatever other
interpretation may be given to this ex.
preston in Scripture this at least is true
he is presented to us in such a way that
no one need shrink back from Him. ! car
well understand how men could he afraid
OF God. He holds the winds In His fists
and in the hollow of His hand the seas
wash to and fro. but we need not be afraid
OF the Son of Man Homer tells us that
when Hector was parting from his wife
with all his armor on he walked by her
side through the streets OF the city until
he reached the gates. Following them
came the nurse with the soldiers little
child in her arms, and as he turned to
leave them putting out his arms, having
kissed his wife he would take his little
child to his heart and say goodbye. The
little fellow looked Just an instant then
burst into tears, threw his arms about his
nurses neck and refused to he comforted
Hector had a fathers instinct Lifting
his hand he removed the helmet from
which the plume was flying, and when the
child could see the face of his father he
smiled through his tears, sprang into his
arms, and Hector kissed him and was
gone. SO Jesus comes not simply as the
Son OF God, but as the Son of Man. or. az
it were, with the helmet and the plume
ldIb uSlNt llN was tHc ipdIC VI J'NthlN
hem, the man of Nazareth, the carpenter
laboring at the bench. He was tempted
i'll all points like as we are that no one
might shrink back from Him. Then let ii
not be forgotten that He came to seek. 1t
would be "A great thing that He simply
came from the lost to seek them, but thai
is not Scriptural, and it would be good
news if we could say that He came simply
to look for the lost but that is not accord
ing to the word OF God. He is the seeking
Saviour by day and by night. With tears
in His eyes and blood upon His brow He
seeks the lost. and as they make their way
finally ont toward Bethany where He is
to ascend from them all He tells them that
they must begin their message of the risen
Christ and His forgiveness at Jerusalem.
This must have been startling news to His
disciples, for His enemies lived at Jerusa.
lem, but the message of the Saviour waa
that forgiveness should be proclaimed to
them first This has always been His
spirit. Then He came to save the lost.
There is something about that word that
touches every one. A lost woman. lost
man, a lost child. There is no heart so
hard as not to be stirred under such cir!
cumstances. If we could but understand
what the word means there would not be
dry eye to be found among all my read
ers. If one could say it as God felt it they
would be obliged to speak the words with
sobs. Without Christ we are lost. With.
out holiness, by this mean the old Saxon
word Wilderness, that man is not complete
whatever may be his natural qualifications
until Christ is his We are lost to happi-
ness. There is no such thing as real en-
joyment for the man who has pushed
Christ out Of his life. There are PASSING
lnomen. u p,ea-n ne, but abiding peace =
not his. We are lost to heaven. 1t is
not possible to find text of Scripture in
which there is the slightest indication
given, If This text be taken in its proper
Connection, which would indicate that a
man NAV ever enter into heaven in any
other way than through Christ.
A mother took her little child into, an
eve infrmary in the city of Chicago. When
tho doctor had looked at the eyes OF the
child he gave the child back to his mother
and shook his head, and in answer to her
inquiry said, "The child Won Id be stone
blind in three months" She drew her lit,
tie one up against her heart and then fel
upon the floor with shrek, MY God,
riy baby blind" and this would be an aW: