Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1902-08-30
ND TO SAVE
By DR.. Chapman, the
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With Tears in Ills Eyes
In His Heart. is Try.
c Every One Of Us.
LITY the sermons OF the
Wilbur Chapman are now
| by more people than are
merican pulpit orator. His
have made deep impress
portion OF the public which
its discourse in the weekly
Lhese admirers DIR. Chapman
the following sermon. enti-
sekng Saviour and Seeking
j. preached from the texts:
make haste and come down.
The Son OF Nan is come to
save that which was lost,
> texts form a part OF the story
ting of two men. each very dit
m the other. The one Is Fac
publican. a rich man because he
AK gatherer and had dcfrauded
e. The other is the Son 81 God.
rich. vet for our salies became
he one comes from the presence
and the company OF the angels.
er down from the sycamore tree
OF the seeking sinner and the
Saviour was the salvation of the
This has always been the result.
one reading this message Is not
ian to-day IL Is simply because he
OF sought Christ in the right way
iall seek Ne and shall find Me when
earch for Me with all your heart. In
book OF Proverbs when men seek FOR
as they seek for silver or for any hid
treasure then He will be found for
n.
was nv privilege once in Colorado e
err what Is called 4 pocket mine.
man engaged in work there who was
inted out to me as 4 graduate OF iial-
I'd College. vet he was toiling away SC
dustriously that he did not hear my APP
reach in the mine. and when | asked him
Inv he was thus working he simply
topped dcwn and gathered up a handful
If dust and held it out at arms length so
that the light in his miners hat would
strike upou it, and there | saw the glisten-
ing particles OF silver. This was more eio
quent than anything he could have said
and the wise man smoke truly. Put two
locomotives upon the same track. both
going IN the same direction and at the
same rate OF speed. and ii the track is long
enough one cannot overtake the other eS-
cept in case of accident. hut If they are on
the same track headed toward each other
and one of them is gong with the speed of
the wind. while the other travels with the
proverbiai snaIfs mace. IL will be but
short time before they will come together.
The Son of Man has been a seeking Sa.
v:ou- ALWAYS. with tears in His eyes and
sorrow in His heart He has been seeking
every one OF MS. The very moment
turn toward Him that moment He will
claim us as His own.
The division of the New Testament INTO
chapters is sometimes embarrassing. Not
infrequentiy the division is III the midst OF
a story. Sometimes between an lntroduc
ton in the story as is the case here. Turn
back to the close OF the eighteenth chapter
of Luke and YOU read the story of Barti
maeus. Mr. Moody used to describe one
OF his friends stopping to say, Il have good
news for you. | have seen the Galilean
prophet, and saw Him cause a man blind
as yourself to see. and He Is coming this
way speedily We can only imagine how
Bartimaeus listened for the approach oi
the Saviour. but finally when He did COME
near enough he began 10 shout. Jesus
Thou son OF David. have mercy upon me-
and the Master gave HIM his sight instant
ly. Following this healing of the blino
man a certain rich man in the city hearing
OF the approach OF this notable character
determined to see Him. but as he passed
out of his Office and mingles with the
crowd ne realizes that the task is hope.
less. he = Il man small OF stature ana the
Others tower head and shoulders above
him, but suddenly bright thought strikes
him. He will go out along the highway
and climb some elevation and then behold
Him as He comes near. So he climbs the
celebrated sycamore tree and waits for the
approaching multitude. At last his eve
lights upon the Saviour. \ strange fascin.
alton must have held him until suddenly
Jesus standing underneath the tree looks
up and says. "Zaccheus. make haste ana
come down. for to-day | must abide at thy
house" and he made haste and came
down. confessed that he was a sinner. and
immediately the Saviour said. The Son
OF Man Is come to seek and to save tina.
which was lost"
He is the Son of Man. Whatever other
Interpretation may be given to this ex-
preston III Scripture this a. least is true
he Is presented to rs in such way tina.
no one need shrink back from Him. / car
well understand how men coIld be 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 ms armor on he walked by hep
side through the streets of the city until
ne reached the gates. Following them
came the nurse with the soldiers little
child IN her arms, and as he turned to
leave them pI ing 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 be comfortcd.
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 wa
gone. SO Jesus comes not simply as the
Son OF God. but as the Son of Man. or. az
II were, with the helmet and the plume
laid aside. He was the Babe OF Bethle.
hem. the man of Nazareth. the carpenter
laborIng at the bench. He was tempted
might shrink back from Him. Then let ii
not be torgottea that He came to seek. lie
would be great thing that He simply
came from the lost to seek them. but thai
Is not Scriptural, and it would be- good
news II we could say that He came simply
to look Tor the lost. but that is not accord.
ing to the word OF God. He is the seeking
Saviour By day and by night With tear
In His eyes and blood upon His brow II.
seeks the lost and a. they make their WaN
finally out toward Bethany where He j.
to ascend from them all lie 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. Tor HIS enemies lived AT Jerusa
lem, but the message OF the Saviour wa.
that forgiveness should be proclaimed to