The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-01-01

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companions to go to y certain place; she
refused on the ground that it was Com.
munion Sunday in the church. In amaze
ment her friends asked her, Are YOU
Communicate" IF the world does not
know it, if our frienSs Do not know it, we
ar. taking up sto25 with which TO stone
Him.
HATRED.
II. On the part of those who arc rot
His followers. with some it Is absolute
hatred; certainly it was so with the Jews.
You read in thi text that they took, rp
stones again. The first time VIC read OF
their stoninC Christ is in the eighth CHAP
Ter of John. and it is supposed that they
were near a place where stones ahounded,
ard it was very easy to pick them up.
The Second time they were near So'o-
mons porch; and it is question II there
werc any stones there to be found. so H.
is thought that they carried them all the
way. perhaps only droDping them as they
listened to His sneech. by which they
were so enraged that they stopped ana
picked them un and hurled them at Him.
Are yoa casting these stones .t CHRIST!
Eemembcr that He said. "He that is not
with Me is against Me
INDIFFERENCE.
I'll. With many it is the stone o. lndii-
ference. 1t was one OF the first cast at
Him in the world. 1t began at the man,
ger. going to the cross. and 1t Is sriii
being thrown. With curling lips and In
so,eat contempt men said. is this NOT
the carpenters SON" When He was on
the cross. they said in derision. ''He saved
others; now let Him sarc Himself" II is
now the ninth hour and darkness IS settled
about the place. Listen! His lips are
moving: "Eloi! Eloi" Surely this will
move them but some one says, He Is
calling for Elias: let US see if he will come
to Him" This is all ike the gathering OF
Il storm 20 me: first the cloud was the
size of a mant hand. that Is. at Bethie.
hem; it is larger at Egypt; heavier at
Nazareth: darker in Jerusalem: then lie
comes up TO the Mount of Olives. and the
c,oud seems to break as He cries out,
"0h, Jerusalem. Jerusalem.'
Have Won been indifferent to Christ?
ANYTHING is better than that; better out
spoken opposition to Hin than 10 be theo-
retic.ily believer ard 10 he Dra articaly
deriving Him. How can you he indifferent
to Him?
A man working on orc Of the railroads
IN the State OF Indiana discovered, one
morning. that the bridge had fallen. and
he remembered that the train was due. he
started down the track to meet her. saw
her conir~. and. raising his hands. pointed
to tho h"id=e. }u.t on sha camc. having no
time to ,o.c. Uc threw himself across the
track. and the engineer. thinkinG him a
maaman. slc0nod the train. The man
of hrndf'oGs. Christ did This fo- you: He
pr-"hosCd yorr redenDtion hv the giving
OF Ui'~scif whc:hcr "nu have accented this
salvation or not. VIII YOU stone Him for
that
UHDELIEF.
". When He said: Il and Ny Father
ere one" thcv cast another stone at Him.
That was unbalief Indifference was hard
to bear: h-tred cut ike knife, hut nnhe-
lief was the crowning sin OF the Jews.
Many are hnrling it at Him to-day. He
has promised to save us five oniv believe,
and VIC need only 70 trnst Him to he
saved. A little girl in Glasgow who had
Just fcurd peace was heard counseing one
Of her p.aYmetes in this way: Il say; las
Sic do as did, grip promise and hold on
to it, and YOU will be saved" and there is
salvation in the child's words.
Now read the verse that Immediately
follows the text: "Many good works have
I Showed you from Ny Father: for which
OF those works do you stone Me- 1t Is
supposed that some OF the Jews had actin
allv struck Him with stone. and this
dr.w forth from Him words tender
enough. pathetic enough to turn aside the
hatred of one who had heart Of stone.
DO NOT STONE HIN.
]. Because OF what He was. they called
Him the bright and morning star; the
faires. of all the children OF men; the
chiefest among ten thousand. Oh. that we
might have our eyes open to behold Him:
.. Fifty years ago there was war IN
India with England. On one occasion 'sev-
cral English officers were taken PRISONERS;
among them was one man named Baird.
On, OF the Indian officers brought fettcrs
to put on then,vall Baird had been soreiy
wounded and was suffering from his weak.
ness. \ gray-haired officer said. You will
not put chains on that man. surely: The
answer was, Il have just as many letters
as prisoners. and they must all be worn.
Then said the old hero, Put two pairs on
me" Baird lived to gain his freedom,
hut the other man went down to his death
doubly chained. But what.if he had worn
the fetters of all in the prison, and what
If voluntarily he had left a palace to wear
chains, 10 suffer the stripes and endure
the agony?' That would be a poor illustra-
ton Of all that Christ has done for You
and for me. VIII YOU stone Him for that!
3. Because of what He Is to-day. In
l5lT there was a great riot in London, IN
which houses were sacked and a general
insurrection reigned; 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 to be tried before
the king. Henry VIII. As he sat in state
on the throne the door opened and in they
came. every man with rope about, his
neck. Before sentence could he 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, knelt
at the feet of His Majesty and there &C.
mained pleading until the king forgave the
five hundred trembling men.
But there is better intercession than
that going on for you and for me at this
moment. Will you stone Him for that:
Looking out from the windows of heaven
the Son OF God beheld people heavily bur-
dened, bearing the weight of their sins,
cropping about in their blindness, crying.
Peace! peace" and there was no peace.
And He said, Il will go down and become
hone of their bone and flesh of their flesh;
will open their eyes and hear their bur
dens, forgive their sins and give them