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

Fallen Asleep.
INV, satn N christianity concerning
.nat. : a., eatifni. }, regards drath a.
uni, a steep. .ft.i which comes Il glorious
awakening. OFT '.i''.i Lazarus - ia'-
Zen ssle.r." sa.l Jesus. Tough his com
sueg.s, iN. risur, tv'r how many biers
do wc tlo.r ~, comforting hymn. Asleep
IN Jesus. ami tao apostolic words con
c.rnin. believers WHO haN. fillcl asleep.
Say no, saoa ni=h,. 49, !. so:sc brighter
cline.
BID me good moiIlile.
4 mos affont us argument s%ai"si inf
.i.iiiv MAS delivered ii. he ,!cath - Nio
mos, famous niu.ei of rcc,.iit years. when
his hr,rt-hrok.u family refused 10 sur
r.ui.T llr puor. cord easement of clay.
l. was all tn"v mad l,ft Of iii" one incN
loved toi IN. 2ioriuus hope was not theirs;
and .ii"'r ~ontcri.s of anguish when, after
repeated DELAYS, iheN were obliged tn re-
l~inuuisll the BODY, cr'to'l Throughout
chrisfcn!om.
The Bethany sis,crs believed in Il res
urr,ctioi. Yet that only sottcilcI the
blow III The TERRIBLE present separation.
Tho: were TWO types "f wo,nanhood.
Mar,n:,, the active. lunnirS to meet jesus:
Mary. The cont"mplatNo. sitting alone
with icr grief. but both u.tclrd lovc's
srii,ut" and i~proa"h 10 Jesus. "If thou
has; pcer herr. my brother had not died. :"
Can We wonder that Jesus %'sroaned in the
spirit and was troubled? Wliat con-
mineline CT grief and Indignation over the
power of Unb"licf. over III" dread harvest
af death, was there in that uttcrance?
When a Strong Man Weeps.
SpurScon once said ;liai he could almost
forsiv" the English iranslators for chop
ping the Bible w into texts because they
had made his shortest verse of al stand
ont alone. ''lpSnS wont " ftx.rv. lc1p ,al Inv
the grief of his friends. and by the emo
ton caused by the death of Lazarus. the
strong son of God gave way To tears.
And those tears laV, been Il close bond
between III" serrowinp Saviour and mil
Ions OF ssirowing souls since. He was
touched with the feeling of our infrmi-
tics. His tears Attest his humanity. even
as his m,rac'e, u riurn.m' later. aitesls his
divinity.
So pronounced MAS the agitation of
Jesus that The bystandcrs remarked. BE
hold, how h. loved him. They had Il lit
Tie glimpse into the capacity OF tlat
srca. neart Tor personal human affection.
A greater miracle of grace than the rails
ing OF Lazarus is that God should stu he
moved ny - deep. intense and yrari,:ng
love To- individual men and women. j.
is 'i'is love that be4ets love and cha, has
wen TO Christ the supreme and passions
ace dcvot-n: of myriads OF uoblc hears
Throughout; all tn" Christian centuries.
The Challenge to Death.
III" miracle has Il setting. AS
tho Lord badc Them remove the stone.
Wn.ch sealed the LIMB of Lazarus. pru-
dent Martha remonstrat q tho body must
already have begun 10 ecompos The
answer, =; rchnkc and Il might message OF
faith aud Il word ii; fur a life mu,io. IF
thou i,eli"vest. thou sllon'd.sJ So. he
glory of God.
Blind unhcliof is sur. to cr-.
And sean his work in vain.
Faith has vision. Trusting hearts SEQ ;Na,
which is denied 10 skeptical minds.
Then Jesus .prayed-prayod trustjnelv
gratefully. as one in closest communion
WIN the Father. The lesson of prayer is
associated with all the gre.t, events of
the life Of Christ. he stiI teaches tina,
Moii onsIi, always 10 pray. and not to
faint
Whilr Tho hcWildelcd crowd stood won
ueH,hg, inc'edulous. "Xl,"ctant. The pray
-ns rapbi Strengthened up his form. his
mead was unified as in challenge, TIL. eye
sun wet with tears %giisioncd with the fire
OF conquest. aud the scntlc voice rang out
IN slentoria:l tones. '.LaYarms, come
FORTH
The startled Spectators stared with
tense. drawn 1'lccs. almost rcpr.ssinp the
effor; Of breathing. Nothing like this had
ever happened beforc. Their minds wer..
crowded with conflicting tboughts-t.,e he
iicf mat III" dead body which they had
seen in;erro.; had already begun to de-
cay. the question whether his miracle
WORKING Nazar.n.t might no. even have
pcwe! over life AID death. and curl o1s
wonder as to what Lazarus would look
like should he appear.
Inetf wonder was straightwa, satisGCn-
or Increased. clad in the linen crcmen,s
OF the grave. he that was dead came
forth" Trembling hands unlooscd Inn.
and he stood amid hem all. with the gov
OF life's fun tide upon his check. and the
majesty of his meil of ono who has seen
supernat ur;.l things which he dare no, ,;-
Ter. Small wonder thai poets and nove-
ists have been appealed 10 in their high
est art by this figure. who. in Tho words
OF Sir Edwin Arnold
Wakes
A wordless. gentle. wis.ful man. aw;r..
" NOR" than may be sad in speech:
Not of our world. though In IL. well can
tent 80 W"
TO wait heavens ways N all things.
Death had met it's master, 81 am III.
resurrection and the lifc'-tha, IL the o.u
Easter hope which humanity hugs IN ire
heart. since Lazarus and Jesus cam. f,r.,,