The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-01-02

The second time they were near Solo
mons porch; and it is a question II there
we.N any stones there 20 be found. 50 10
is thought that they carried them all the
way, perhaps only dropping them as they
listened To His speech. byrwhieh they
were 50 enraged that they stopped and
picked them Mp and hurled them az Him.
Are YOU casting these stones az Christi
Remember that He sand, He that Is not
with Me rs against Me.
INDIFFERENCE.
Ill. With many II is the stone OF indf.
ference. IL was ore OF the hrst cast az
Him IN the world. Ii began az the man.
ger going 90 the cross, and 10 Is s,ill
being thrown. With curling lips and in
so.ent contempt men sad, Is tins not
the cross. they said in derislon. He saved
others, now let Him save Himself" IL is
now the ninth hour and darkness is settled
about the place Listen, His lips are
moving: "Eloll Elol," Surely this viii
move them: bat some one says. He is
calling for Ehas; let us see II he will come
a storm 20 me: first the cloud was the
size OF man't hand, that Is, at Bethle-
hem; II Is larger az Egypt; heavier az
Nazareth; darker IN Jerusalem; then lie
comes UP 10 the Mount Of Olives. and the
cloud seems 70 break as He cries out,
oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Have you been indifferent 10 Christi
Anything is better than that; better out.
spoken opposition 10 Him than 20 be theo-
retically a believer and 20 be practically
DENYING Him. How can you be Indifferent
20 Hmy
man working on one of the railroads
in the State of Indiana discovered, one
morning, that the bridge had fallen, and
he remembered that the train was due, lie
started down the track 10 meet her, saw
her coming and raising his hands, pointed
20 the bridge. hut on she came, having no
time TO lose He threw himself across the
track and the engineer, thinking him a
madman, stopped the tram. The man
arose and told his story and saved the lives
OF hundreds. Christ did this for YOU; lie
purchased your redemption 10y the giving
of Himself whether YOU have accepted tins
salvation or not. VIII you stone Him for
thaty
UNBELIEr.
". When He said; Il and Ny Father
are one they cast another stone at Him.
That was unhehef Indifference was hard
20 bear; hatred sut like a knife but unbe.
lief was the crowning sin OF the Jews.
Many are hurling IL at Him to-day. De
has promised 90 save ms II we only believe,
and we need only 20 trust Him 90 be
saved. A little girl IN Glasgow who had
Just found peace was heard counsclug one
sic. do as did, grip promise and hold on
20 It, and you will be saved, and there IS
salvation ln the Child's words
Now read the verse that Immediately
follows the text: MANY good works have
Showed YOU from Ny Father; for which
of those works DO YOU stone Me| IL IL
supposed that some of the Jews had actu.
Or W forth from Him words tender
enough, pathetic enough TO turn aside the
hatred OF one who had a heart OF stone.
30 NOT STONE HIN.
l. Because of what lie was, they called
Him the bright and morning star; the
iaircst OF all the children OF men; the
CnlCicst among ten thousand. Oh, that we
might have our eyes open 10 behold HIM!
.. Fifty years ago there was a war IN
India with England. On one occasion sew
cral English officers were taken prisoners;
among thGm was one man named lbalrd.
one OF the Indian officers brought ietters
TO put on them all Baird had been sorcly
wounded and was suffering from h.s weak.
ness. A gray-harcd officer SAID, You viii
not put chains on that man, surely The
answer was, Il have just rs many icttcrs
as prisoners. and they must all be worn"
Then said the old hero, Put two pairs on
me- Baird lived 20 gain his freedom,
but the other man went down TO his death
doubly chained But what If he had worn
the t.ttors OF all IN the prison, and what
if volutarily he had left palace TO wear
chains, 30 suffer the stripes and endure
the a2ony2 That would be a poor illustra-
tion of all that Christ has done for you
and for me. Will you stone Him for thatE
3. Because OF what He rs to-day. in
l5l7 there was n great riot IN London, IN
which houses were sacked and n general
insurrection reigncd; guns IN the tower
were laundering against the insurgents
and armed bands were assailing them on
every side Three hundred were arrested
tried and hanged; five hundred were cast
into prison, and were 10 be tried before
the king Henry VIII. As he sat IN state
on the throne the door opened and m they
came, every man with a rope about his
neck. Before sentence could be passed on
them three queens entered, Catherine Of
Aragon. wife Of the king Margaret Of
Scotland, sister Of the king, and Mary Of
France. They approached the throne, knclt
at the feet Of lis Majesty and there re-
mained pleading until the king iorgayC the
five hundred trembling mon.
But there il a better intercesson than
that going on for you and for me at this
moment VIII you stone Him for that?
Looking out from the windows OF heaven
the Son OF God behcld pcop,c heavily bur.
dcned bearing the weight OF their sing,
cropping about IN their blindness, crying,
Peace! peace' and there was no peace.
And He said. II viii 60 down and become
bone OF their bone and flesh of their flesh,
] will open their eyes and bear their bur
dens, forgive their sins and give them
peace Between man and the Fathers
house was a great gull, wider than the dis
tance from east 20 west deeper than the
distance from north 20 south but Christs
coming bridgcd the gulf over. Across the
ch1sm He cast His cross, and on the other
side ] see Him standing, His arms out
spread, His attitude one Of pleading. Lis
ten you will hear Him saying, Come unto
Me. come unto Ne, whosoever will let
him come Will you stone Him for that!