The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-01-01


we're near pace wnerc stones apounded,
and It was very easy to pick them up.
The second time they were neo~ Solo.
mons porch; and it rs a question IL there
were any stones there to be found. So ii
is thought that they carried them ali The
way, perhaps only dropping them as they
listened to His. speech. by which trey
were so enraged that they stopped and
picked them up and hurled them at Him.
Are you casting these stoves at Christ :
Remember that Hc. said, 'Hc that is moi
with Me is against Me"
INDIFFERENCE.
I'll. With many it is the stone Of indit
Him in the world. 1t began at the man.
ger, going to the cross. and it is still
being thrown. With curling lips and in.
solent contempt men said. 'Js this not
the carpenters SOM" When He was on
the cross, they said in dersion. "He saved
others; now let Him save Himself" II i.
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 lie will come
to Him." This is all like the gathering OF
a storm TO me: first the cloud wos the
size of man't hand, that is, at Bethlc.
Y
Nazareth; darker in Jerusalem; then He
comes up to the Mount OF Olives, ard the
cloud seems to break as He cries out,
"Oh! Jerusalem, Jerusalem!"
Have you been indifferent to Christ :!
Anything is better than that; better out.
spoken opposition to Him than to be theo-
retically a believer and to be practically
denving Him. How can you be Indifferent
to Him?
A 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 to meet her. saw
her coming. and, raising his hands, pointed
to the bridge, but on she came. having no
time to lose. He threw himself across the
track, and the engineer, thinking him a
madman. stopped the train. The man
arose and told his story and saved the lives
of hundreds. Christ did this fol. you; He
purchased your redemption by the giving
Of Himself whether YOU have accepted this
salvation or not. Will you stone Him for
that?
UNBELIEF
w. When He said: 81 and nv Father
are one" they cast another stone at Him.
That was unbelief. Indifference was hard
to bear; hatred cut like knife, but unbe-
lief was the browning sin of the Jews.
Many are hurling it at Him to-day. He
has promised to save us il we only believe.
and we need only to trust Him to be
saved. A little girl in Glasgow who had
Just found peace was heard counseling one
Of her playmates in this way: II say, las
Sic, do as 1 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
1 Showed you from My Father; for which
oe those. works do you stone Me-" 1t is
supposed that some of the jews had actu-
ally struck Him with a stone. and this
enough, pathetic enough to turn aside the
hatred of one who had heart of stone.
DO NOT STONE HIM.
, l. Because of what He was, they called
Him the bright and morning star; the
fairest of all the children OF men; the
chiefest among ten thousand. Oh. that we
might have our eyes open to behold Him!
2. Fifty years ago there was war in
India with England. On one occasion sew
eral English officers were taken prisoners
among them was one man named Baird
On, Of the Indian officers brought fetters
to put on them all. Baird had been sorely
wounded and was suffering from his weak
ness. A gray-haired officer said. You vii
not put chains on that man, surcly!" The
answer was, Il have just as many fetters
as prisoners, and they must all be worn.
Then said the old hero, put two pairs OF
me" Baird lived to gain his freedom
but the other man went down to his death
doubly chained. But what if he had worn
the letters of all l.. the prison, and what
chains, TO suffer the stripes and endure
the agony? That would be poor illustra
ton of all that Christ has done for .yo,
/ and for me. Will you stone Him for that
g. Because of what He is to-day. lr
l5l7 there was a great riot in London, III
which houses were sacked and a genera
insurrection reigned; guns in the towel
were laundering against the insurgents
and armed bands were assailing them OF
every side. Three hundred were arrested
tried and hanged; five hundred were cas-
into prison, and were to be tried before
the king, Henry VIII. As he sat in stat,
on the throne the door opened and in they
came, every man with a rope about hi
neck. Before sentence could be passed OF
them three queens entered, Catherine o
Aragon, wife of the king; Margaret o
| Scotland sister of the king, and Mary o
| France. They approached the throne, knel
| at the feet OF His Majesty and there re
mained pleading until the king forgave thC
| five hundred trembling men.
| But there is a better intercession thar
| that going on for you and for me az thi'
moment Will you stone Him for that
| Looking out from the windows OF heaver
| the Son of God beheld people heavily bur
| dened, bearing the weight OF their sliis
cropping about in their blindness. crying
| peace! peace!" and there was no peace
And He said, 81 will go down and becomt
bone Of their bone and flesh of their flesh
| will open their eyes and bear their bur
dens, forgive their sins and give then
peace" Between man and the Father
house was a great gulf. wider than the dis
tance from east to west, deeper than tht
distance from north to south, but Christ
coming bridged the gulf over. Across tht
as aide I see HI Him standing "'ij His IS arms m out out
spread, His attitude one of pleading. Lis
ten! you will hear Him saying, Come unto
Me, come unto Me, whosoever will. lei
him come" Will you stone Him for that
| A Will Power