The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-02
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mons porch; and it is a question if there
were any stones there to be found. So it
is thought that they carried them all the
way, perhaps only dropping them as they
listened to His speech, by which they
were so enraged that they stopped and
picked them up and hurled them at Him.
Are You casting these stones at Christ?
Remember that He said, He that is not
with Me is against Me"
INDIFFERENCE.
Ill. With many it is the stone of indif-
ference. 1t was one of the first cast at
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
soient contempt men said, Is this not
the cross, they said in derision, "He saved
others; now let Him save Himself" 1t is
now the ninth hour and darkness is settled
about the place. Listeni His lips are
moving: "Eloii Eloil" Surely this will
move them; but some one says, He il
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 the
size of a man't hand, that is, at Bethle-
hem; 1t Is larger at Egypt; heavier at
Nazareth; darker in Jerusalem; then He
comes up to the Mount of Olives, and the
cloud seems to break as He cries out,
"Ohi Jerusalem, Jerusalemi"
Have you been indifferent to Christi
Anything is better than that; better out
spoken opposition to Him than to be theo-
r~eticaily a believer and to be practically
denying 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. He
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
mailman, stopped the train. The man
arose and told his story and saved the lives
of hundreds. Christ did this for you; He
purchased your redemption by the giving
of Himself whether you have accepted this
salvation or not. viii you stone Him for
that?
". When He said: 81 and My Father
are one," they cast another stone at Him.
That was unbelief. Indifference was hard
to bear; hatred cut like a knife, but unbe-
lief was the browning sin of the jews
Many are hurting it at Him to-day. De
has promised to save us If 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: Il say, las
SIC, w DIS L ulu, grip d P-SntsS on1 hOAo "a
to it, and you will be saved" and tfeye Is
salvation in the child's words.
Now read the verse that Immediately
follows the text: MANY good works have
I showed you from My Father; for which
OF those works do you stone Me-" 1t Is
supposed that some of the Jews had actu-
ally struck Him with a stone, and this
dr.w forth from Him words tender
enough, pathetic enough to turn aside the
hatred of one who had a heart of stone.
DO NOT TONE 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 a war IN
India with England. On one occasion sew
erai English officers were taken prisoners;
among them was one man named Baird.
One of the Indian officers brought letters
to put on them all. Baird had been soreiy
wounded and was suffering from his weak
ness. A gray-haired officer said, You will
not put chains on that man, surely?" The
answer was, Il lave just as many letters
as prisoners, and they must all be worn-J
Then said the old hero, Put two pairs d
me" Baird lived to gain his freedom
| but the other man went down to his death
doubly chained. But what if he had wornN
the letters 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. Will you stone Him for that?
g.. Because of what He is to-day. In
1877 there was a great riot in London, in
which houses were sacked and a general
Instruction 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 end in the
came, every man with a rope about
neck. Before sentence could be pass
them three queens entered, Gather
Aragon, wife of the king; Margaf
Scotland, sister of the king, and Ma
France. They approached the thrones
at the feet of His Majesty and thel
manned pleading until the king forgaV
five hundred trembling men.
But there is a better intercession
that going on for you and for me al
moment. Will you stone Him for
| Looking out from the windows Of heaS~
dened, bearing the weight of their sins,
| cropping about in their blindness, crying,
Peace! peacei" and there was no peace.
And He said, Il will go down and become
| bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh;
l 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 gulf, wider than the dis
lance from east to west, deeper than the
| distance from north to south, but Christ's
coming bridged the gulf over. Across the
| chasm 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 Me, whatsoever will. let
him come" VIII you stone Him for that!