Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-04-13

Fallen Asleep.
~. :Atii ~ christianity CONCERNING
3 n..t. a.. eutifuI. i. regards drith as
onls a sleep. ,ftc, wliri comes \ glorious
awakening. Or .ri' :.d Lazarus - iai-
'cn ,si."n. SAL J.sIs. though MS 'o,h-
%lapions wo'r r"' vet familiar WILD inc
sna.csiiN.. isur, oyer how many Diers
40 wn near m, comforting hymn Asleep
tn Jesus. ana tho apostolic words con
corning believers WAC haNv fallen asleep.
Sa, rot .ao.i nigA,. put Ia .o.1r brighter
cline
ED M, .opd muinliiG.
4 mos; af1ott.n s tl;,t.iacnt against mn
.i"iijv Was delivered a. ihc eca'h 81 IN
mos, fau,ons lnt,,el OF recent years. when
his hcart-hroken family r"ius.d 10 sur
! render the puor. cord easement of clay.
L, was ali they had left Of the on" ihey
loved. ton .l,o glorious ho,m was NOT theirs;
and .h"il o'itcri.S Of anguish, when, after
repea i,d DELAYS, ihcN were obliged 4" re
l~inquisli the body. rrfn'd Throughout
thristcnLo1n
III" Bethany sisters believed in Il res
ur,rc:ion Yet thai only Sotloned the
blow pf The TERRIBLE present separation.
The were TWO types of woinanhood,
Maroha, The active, running TO meet jesus;
Mary, thu ccntrmpla'Nr. sitting alone
with lor grief: bu; both u.te.rd loves
tribute aid rcptoa"h 10 Jesus. III thou
has; pcer here. my brother had not died.
Can we wonder that Jesus .%'groancd in the
spirii aE.t was ;rotblcd?' What con-
mineline Of grief and Indignation over the
power Of unbrlicf. over I'll. dread harvest
Of death, was there in that uttcrance?
When a Strong Man Weeps.
Sturgeon once said ;hat h. could almost
forgive the English iranslators for chop
ping the Bible up into texts because they
had made his shortest verse of all stand
out alone. Jesus wcp;." overwhelmed by
TN" grief of his friends. and by the emo
ton caused ny the death of Lazarus. the
strong son of God gave way to tears.
And those tears hav. been "A close bond
between III" sQrrowinr $. .viour and mill
Ions of ssirowing souls since. He was
touched with the feeling of our infirmi-
ties" His fears attest mis- humanity. even
as his mi.ar'c. n n.onlrn' later. aiteslS his
divinity.
So pronounced MAS the agitation of
Jesus that the bystandcrs remarked. BE
hold, how h Lived him" They had 4 lit
Tie siirnps, into the capacity OF that
erea, heart for personal human affec dion.
A greater miracle of grace. than the rails
ing OF Lazarus is thai God should st.l! he
moved ny :. deep. intense and y"aril:ng
love f,I' individual men and women. 1t
is :liis love that begets love and that has
wen to Christ the supreme and passion
~ ''NOt-'. VI ny IttS W! ilOUl' near. -,
throughout; all the Christian cen urics.
The Challenge to Death.
Til" miracle has a dramatic setting. AS
the Lord bahc Them remove the stone
winch sealed the ,omb of Lazarus. pru-
dent Martha remonsirat q the body must
already nav" begun to ~.leconpost. The
answer. n irhu!t. and Il might message OF
faith and II word ii; for a life motto. IF
thou oelievest. thou shonidest So" thu
glory of God
Blind unlcliof is sure to crr,
And scan his work in vain.
Faith has vision. Trusting hearts sec ;bat
which is denied TO skeptical minds.
Then Jesus .prayed-pray.d irustingly.
gratefully. as one in closest communion
with The Father. The lesson of prayer is
associated with all the great events nf
the life of Christ. He still, teaches thai
Men ough, always 10 pray, and not to
faint"
While the bcwildsrod crowd stood won
der'ng. incfedulous. cxprctant. the pray
ing rabbi Strengthened up his form, his
head was unified as in challenge, the eve
stu wet with tears giiStencd with the fire
OF conquest. aud the genilc voice rang out
in stentoriaa tones. Lazarus, come
forth"
The startled spectators stared with
tense. drawn fslces. almos; depressing the
effor; Of breathing. Nothing like This had
ever happened before. Their minds were
crowded with conflicting thoughts-the he
lief Thar The dead body which they had
seen Inferred had already begun to de.
cay. the question whether this miracle
working Nazar"n. mighi no. even have
power! over life ard death. and curious
wonder as to what Lazarus would lool,
like should he appear.
lneir wonder was straightwa, satisfied
or Increased. Clad in the linen crrmcn,s
or the grave. he that was dead came
iorth. Trembling hands embossed him.
and he stood amid them all, with the gov
OF life's full tide upon his check, and the
majesty of his meir of one who has seen
supernatural things which ne dare not Ut
Ter. Small wonder Thai poets and n.,ye-
Ists nave been appealed 10 in their high
est arr by this figure. who. In the words
OF Sir Edwin Arnold
Wakes
A wordless, gentle. wis!ful man. aware
Of more than may be sad in speech:
Not OF our world, though in If. wcll CON-
tent
TO wait heavens ways IN all things.
Death had met it's master. ~ am In,
resurrection and the lifc"-tha, is the new
Easter hope which humanity hugs Ia ;ts
heart, since Lazarus and Jesus camr form,
l trlNmDlant from rho to,n1