The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-04-09
THE PULPIT.
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
The REV. L. o. ROTENBAcH.
Theme; Dead Eyes Opened.

q. Rotenbach. preached the third
on In the series on Miracles: the
V onders OF Jesus and Their Lessons
Fc- To-day" His theme was Blind
E' Orened." The texts were in
Ma. 7;23' "He took the blind man
by tho hand and led him out of
town" and Matthew in 9:29 and 20:
"a: According to your faith be it
unto YOU: Jesus had com passion. 4"
Mr. Rotenbach said
The texts bring before us three
scenes IN the healing mercy of Jesus.
The first Is Wonder where lies the CITY
of Eatasaida. near the Sea OF Cali
lee, close by the Jordan. Jesus is IN
that city; YOU can see Him together
with His disciples. Now. notice that
comnanv OF peonle yonder. See. they
are leading a blind man. They bring
MIN TO Jesus and beseech Him to
touch him. Here is faith on the part
OF that com7any and neutrality ap-
parentlv on the part of the man. What
he needs is faith Jesus undertakes
TO arouse that. He takes the blind
man by the hand, leads him out of
the cirv one side by themselves. the
man and Jesus.
Now, notice the process, for such Il
is. The Master moistens his ewes
with spital. places His hands over
them ana asks: "Seest thou aught
at au?' The man looks up. Here
is fH'th's beginning: Yes. yes. I
sec men but ! see them like unto
trees waiting" Again those hands
are placed over his eyes, and now
Jesus makes him look up also. He
sees clearly
We're, now. is the second picture
two blind men Of their own volition
aro following JESUS. Let us get the
setting. The Master is teaching with
Jairus, q ruler. comes beseechine
Him. My daughter is dead: come.
lay Thine hand upon her and she
shall live" " He goes to grant the
reqcss-, when through the throng a
woman makes her way, reaches out
her hand timidly and touches the hem
of His garment and is made we'll At
the house of Jairus professional
mourners have taken possession. Jes-
us nuts them out The maid is not
dead but sleepeth." They laugh at
Hin. He goes in, takes her by the
hard. and 10! she rises, and the fame
of q went everywhere.
That i7 the setting. and now as He
deYarts from thence, these two blind
men keen following Him. We can
see them 90. How pathetic the sight!
We can hear them creeping out after
Hin. Listen, Son of David have
mercy, have mercy, have mercy" But
He heeds them not. Now, at length
they approach the house where He is
to remain. He goes within. Crowd
remains outside. But these two blind
men. what will they now do? They
are keeping right on eagerly through
the crowd. They are at the door
now. What, they have gone into the
house and right up to Jesus.
He asks, as He looks upon their
sishtless eyes: BELIEVE ye that I am
able to do this?" Do they belieyei
Why He has healed that woman in
the way a little while before when
she had but touched Him. He has
raised from the dead the daughter of
Jairus by simply taking her by the
hand, and they had kept following
after Him all along the dusty road,
though utterly ignored by crowd and
by Him. DO they believe now when
at last they stand by His side? Yea,
Lord, and as the answer bursts from
their eager lips. He touches them,
saying: According to your faith be
IL unto YOU" and their eyes are
opened. Faith is triumphant.
Now, over there we have the third
picture. Again we need the setting
to bring out the force and the beauty
OF IT, Jesus is going up to Jerusa-
lem. 1t is the week before Passover
"a week before the cross As He
goes He takes His disciples one side
and says: behold we go up 10 Ier-
usalem, and the Son of Man shall be
BETRAYED: and they shall condemn
Him to death and deliver Him to the
Gentiles to be mocked, scourged and
crlclfed. end the third day He shall
rise again
Then comes to Him the mother of
Ze0sdee's children Her request is
tFet her sons might sit one on the
right. the other on the left of Jesus
in His kingdom. The ten. you re-
member, are incensed but Jesus calls
them unto Him, saying: "Ye know
that the princes of the Gentiles lord
1t over them, but it shall not be so
among YOU. Whosoever will be great
among YOU let him become your SER
want, even as the Son of Man came
not TO be served, but to serve and to
give His life a ransom for many"
After these two events Jesus His
disciples and great multitude de-
part from Jericho. He Is In the midst
of one Of those great pilgrim bands
on their way to Passover feast They
have come from Galilee. augmented
in numbers as they have drawn near
er 70 the city of David.
Their people believed on Him-as
prophet, and in a va que way as
? s5ish and the coming king. who
even now, when they arrive at the
c'tv, may be crowned, as once before
they sought to crown Him by force.
On sweeps the procession crowd
before Him, another behind, Himself
and disciples with others in the mid
die. He perchance engaged in teach
ing.
suddenly a sharp cry breaks in up
on them. At the roadside ahead sits
blind Bartimaeus and companion
begging They hear the advance of
the multitude. What means this?"
''5esus OF Nazareth passeth by" At
once all he had felt, hored and be-
lieved Of Jesus burst out in one great
cry: Jesus, Son Of David, have mer-
cy on rs" The multitude, impatient
at disturbance, rebukes them and
bids them be still. No, no, louder yet
rises their cry: Jesus, Son of David,
have mercy on us
-Aat cry reaches Jesus. He stops,
rolmands that they be brought to
Him. Bartimaeus leaps forward,
t''rows aside his cloak. lane opens
through the crowd and now they are
before Jesus. What will ye that
shall do unto you" Lord that our
eyes may be opened" See the won
dering multitude, those eager blind