The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-02-13

pafden and we hear Him saying What,
could you not watch with Me one hourt
The stone that hurts Christ most Is not tne
one that Is cast by the unbeeving Worlai
lie expects that; IL is the one tnot ls
cast bv His own people, and there ~ only |
one stone that they can cast at HIM, ana
that Is the one of Inconsistency 70 tals
one way and live another conlessing WIN
the lips and denying m the walk lou
never took a step In the wrong diTecuoh
but IL was a stone cast at Christ. i nave
heard of a young lady who was engaged
in the greatest amount OF pleasure ana
friyolity, nearly iorgetlu OF her loyalty
TO Christ One day being asked ny het
eompanions TO 20 to a certain place, she
refused ON .he ground that it was Com
munion Sunday in the church. In amaze
ment her friends asked her, Are you
COMMUNICATE" If the world does nov
know II. if our friends do not know it, we
arr taking up stones with which 70 sloue
Him.
H. On the part Of those who are not
His followers, with some 1t rs absolute
| hatred certainly it was so with the IeNs,
| You read in the text that they tooh w
! stones again. The first time we reaa OF
! their stonng Christ is in the eighth cnap-
| ter of John, and it is supposed that they
were near a place where stones aDouhueu'
and It was very easy to pick them up
! The second time they were near SoIo-
mons porch: and it is a question Il mere
wera any stones there to be found 20 y
is thought that thew carried them an Ihe
| vvav nerhaps only dropping them rs Jney
| I;sfonad ~ His speech by which they
we're so enraeed that they stopped ana
| niclred them un and hurled them at Him.
| Are Won casting these stones at ChflsJ;
Remember chat lie said, "He that IS not
with Me IS against Me-
INDIFFERENCE.
I'll. with many it is the stone OF indit-
ference II was one of the first cast az
Him in the world It began at the man,
GER. going to the cross. and u Is sun
being thrown. With curling lips "a IN.
solent contempt men said, is TINS hov
the carpenters SOM When re lGr was s. "a
the cross. they said in derslon. lie saved
others: now let Him save Himself" lt Is
now the ninth hour and darkness IS settled
about the Mace Iistenl His lps are
moving. "Tloi! Eloi" Surely this will
move them; but some one says, lie Is
calling for Elias; let us see If he Will come
to Him" This is all like the gathering OF
a storm to me: first the cloud was tne
size of a man't hand, that is, at Bethle-
, hem. It is larger at Egypt; heavier at
, Nazareth: darker in Jerusalem; then (te
comes up to the Mount of Olives, and the
/ cloud seems to break as He cries out,
= "Ohl Jerusalem. Jerusalem!"
) Have you been Indifferent to Christ
ANYTHING is better than that; better OUT
: spollen opposition to Him than to be thee{o
| reticallv a believer and to be practically
! DENYING Him. How can you be Indifferent
, 20 Him?
e in the State of Indiana discovered, on'
. morning, that the bridge mad fallen, an
e he remembered that the train was due. ID
f started down the track to meet her. say
g her coming. and, raising his hands, pointe
k to the bridge, but on she came: having i
! time to lose. He threw himself across tn
d track, and the engineer, thinking INN
d mailman. stopped the train. The ma
- arose and told his story and saved the live
Is Of hundreds Christ did this for you; II
Is purchased your redemption by the givln
e. of Himself whether YOU have accepted tn
d salvation or not. viii you stone Him tc
ID that?
se UNBELIEF.
~ ". When He said 81 and My Fath6
rs are one" they cast another stone az I haI
IN That was unbelef. Indifference was mar
Q. to beor: hatred cut like knife, but unb
tn lief was the browning sin of the Jew
m MANY are hurting it at Him to-day. L
TT has promised to save us if we only behev
Z and we need only TO trust Him TO- 7
Oh saved A little girl in Glasgow who ha
- lust found peace was heard counsellng OF
~ of her playmates in this way: Il say, ia
,iio sic, do as did, grip promise and holu
If to it. and you will be saved, ana JheIe
- salvation in the childs words.
ny Now read the verse that immediate
ue follows the text: "Many good works Ia
vs. I showed YOU from Ny Father: for VIII
~ of those works do you stone Me- 1t
III III supposed that some Of the Jews had, act
nS alIv struck Him with a stone, and u
. on- dr5w forth from Him words .ten99
az. enough, pathetic enough to turn ASIDE I
. ,Ile hatred of one who had heart OF stone
eWJ DO NOT STONE HIM.
ere l. Because of what He was, they call
He Him the bright and morning star;
ne fairest of all the children OF men; I
chiefest among ten thousand. Oh that
for might have our eyes open to behold him
lair D Fifty wears ago there was a war
Ole India with England. On one occasion S
use eral English officers were taken prsQine
old among them was one man named bal
ten One of the Indian officers brought lett
an to put on them AN. Baird had been soI
ply wounded and was suffering from ms we
,ose ness. A gray-haired officer said, You J
try not nut chains on that man, surely. !
lure answer was, ri have just as many tett
the az prisoners, and they must all be wor
era Then said the old hero, "Put two pairs
In me" Baird lived to gam his freea
lee but the other man went down to his de
she doubly chained. But what if he had W
aid, the letters of all in the prison, and W
one if voluntarily he had left palace to "
urse chains. 10 suffer the stripes and end
ried the agony? That would be poor illus
aler ton Of all that Christ has done. for
edge and for me. Will you stone Him for tt
and 3. Because of what He is to-day.
ried 1877 there was great riot in London
rink which houses were sacked and a gen
had instruction reigned; guns in the to
and were laundering against the lnSurg
lem- and armed bands were assalllng them
e,1 - ridn Three hnndred were ares