The Jimplecute. (Jefferson, Tex.) 18??-1907, 1905-07-15

Isis Continues.

vi years 10 anyone on tnlS eartn
that we have any perfect knowl.
edge of. After time, though, He
gave some few imperfect signs to
the Wesley family, which is stated
in the life of John Wesley, Then
nothing more was seen or heard
which has been recorded until the
Hall sisters began TO astonish the
natives by communion with the
unseen in an imperfect way, sim.
ply by wrapping on table, after
which Swenden Bourger rises up
out of the chaos of the times and
reports in his books to the readers
the many conversations that he
had With the spirits, and the num-
Der of visions that had been shown
him while he portrayed in glorious
descriptions the beautiful heavens
that were opened to his inspired
mind. Let us retrospect or look
back to the time when the great
God of the universe decided to en-.
tighten the world by sending His
Son into it purely for the benefit
and editication of mankind. What
was the result? The awful climax7
The deadly SIM That the wicked
people perpetrated upon the Lord
of glory? They arraigned him be-
fore the austere sanhedrin and
tried him as culprit for his life.
Why? Because he was of the high.
est and noblest ancestry. The su.
perb exeellency of all that is holy
and true. Because he was supe-
rior being. Yes, vastly superior
to the common heard of mankind.
Some people of this enlightened
age of intellectually will say, II
glory in the cross -" Well, I must
say right here, that I glory in the
Son of God, but not in the way my
Savior was treated. abhor. spurn
and detest the envy and malicious
ness of those people who tried to
humiliate the Son of the most
High. One of those who pretended
to be his disciple betrayed him
with a kiss. Pilates wife, having
been inspired through a dream
with little of the milk of human
kindness, sent her cowardly hus.
band word to have nothing to do
with the convicting of that great
and glorious Goldman, as Napo-
leon dubbed him. But they were
80 Infatuated nothing could stay
the current of wallace, but like the
maelstrom of a swiftly rushing
river, it flowed through the veins
of all of them when the fatal cry
went up, "Crucify him! Cruelty
himi" The sound of a multitude of
voices rang through the Corridors
of the cerulean blue vault, while
the omnipotent God and all the
angels gazed down upon the dread.
full scene. The sun refused to shine.
The earth quaked. The graves of
the lost dead were opened and the
grim carcasses stalked around to
make the scene more hideous and
appalling, The vail of the temple
was rent in twain. The violence
of the earthquake caused the adam
antine rocks to rend in pieces with
an upheaval never before seen or
known previous to this time. After
all this phenomena wrought by the
hand of providence it was time for
the limbs of the law to quake in
their boots-like Belschazzar did
when he saw the handwriting on
the wall of his palace. Don't tell
me that they were, or ever will be
forgiven for such dastardly crime
as they committed when they kill.
ed the Lord of glory. Some ortho.
dox will reiterate there would be
no resurrection if the Christ had
not died and rose again. Yes, !
answer, he could have risen just
as be did without all this sin and
crime on the part of the sanhedrin,
and could have been the interces
sor between God and man. The
great mediator through whose
power the people could have &C
cess to a throne of grace, and
through whom the prayers of the
saints could be transmitted to Goo
the Father on His great white
throne in the celestial city. Since
that awful tragedy occurred that
shook the foundations of this eartt
the people can only approach Goo
through mediator on account o
the lost confidence in their SINGER