The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-12-03

desert WnliNeT re nuu 5vh1 iOi iShiit
ment and needed rest. when He be-
held their desire for Him and knew
the hunger and heart sickness that
impelled them to seek Him, He was
moved with compassion on them be-
cause they we're scattered abroad aa
sheep having no shepherd
When the blind and the demented
cried unto Him. the Lord OF Light
and Spirit was mighty IN deed. When
the leper OF Galilee knelt before Hin
saving, IF Thou Wit Thou canst
make me clean" His heart was
touched "And Jesus, moved with
compassion, put forth His hand and
touched him and saith unto him,
will; be thou clean"
oh. the mighty love OF 1esusl IL
met that dear mother at the gate OF
Main and did for her what none in all
the city could do, restore 10 her her
son. Can any of you imagine the
wonder and Joy unspeakable that
came to her when Jesus delivered
him to her?
One OF the striking characteristics
of the compassion Of Jesus is its in
clusiveness. IL knows no bounds. II
goes out TO the multitude and TO the
Individual, to the stranger as freely
as 10 lLt AIltHuf W Aht otN dih " Nho
Gentle. His heart went out for the
| CITY and He wept over 1t and His
/ heart went out to the lone woman in
! need OF q Saviour. The one essential
was that there exist grief, burden.
/ n sorrow and Immediately His helu
/ was forthcoming. Where the sicA
! were gathered by their friends, or
among the porches by the pool where
| the impotent lay, there was Jesus to
| bless. No custom delayed Him, no
| fear for life nor weariness of the
flesh restrained Him, but freely He
ministered unto all who called upon
Him
Another Characteristic Of Jesus
compassion Is its attitude toward evil.
He does not tell the blind man that
It is best for him to remain blind. nor
does He point out to the leper that
there are compensating blessings that
come through his afiiction. His ac-
ton IS rather to strike at the evil that
Is responsible for their condition. |
dare say that He could have visited
the widow Of Main and through His
revelation OF the heavenly home and
the Fathers love lie could have light
ened her heart of much of its sorrow.
But His way WAS that OF the most in
/
grief. Afliction and sorrow and pain
are not regarded BY Jesus as divinely
sent nor to be unnecessarily borne.
He opposed them. He threw tho
weight OF His teachings and life
agains. everything that tended to pro-
duce them. He set priceless value
not only upon human lie, bat upon
the liberty that life was to enjoy, and
everything that bound and dwarfe 4
that liberty He fought unto the end
Oh, what judgment upon this coun
try, where human life Is held So
cheaply, where men perish by thou
sands upon the railroads and in tn'
mines, where grinding industrial life
sweeps pinching poverty into th'
, homes. wnere selfizhness and, pleasure
I allow disease and suffering to spreaC
. far and wide with ravaging hand
| Jesus fought this misery and CAV
! ! Himself unstintedly to unburden tn
| lives of men.
And now In approaching tdc fina
, consideration OF this theme it is i'm
. portant that we bear in mind tn
, steps thus far taken, for they have al
= immediate bearing upon what is L
2 follow. We have seen tnat Jesus wa
7 in fullest sympathy with all VINO car
! !
a way Of approach TO Him at all time.
. In the second place, we have see
. that He was in such accord with Hi
@ Father in heaven that the mighties
!. of works were possible unto Him an
e were accomplished through Him I
g relieve human sorrow. And we hay
4 seen, too, that His loving compassio
knew no bounds, that 1t embrace
Il the individual as well as the mutt
/. tude, that It left no one with whoi
y He came in contact outside His
e fection. And lastly, we have consit
{. cred the fact that Jesus opposed Hin
10 self to evil in whatever form 1t wa
.. found, and regarded pain and ami
y ton as enemies to be trodden und'
n foot.
v Dear friends, while we have bee
3? talking about Jesus we have in reali'
Il been talking about our heaven
IA Father. While we have been consi
II ering the compassion of Jesus v
have been discussing the loving cor
n passion OF Cod The former is Il
ID perfect manifestation of the latte
te All that has been said OF Jesus cor
is passion ] now assert to be true
t. Gods love. If there Is any one ne
I'd with burden, heavy sorrow, ~
no Qen BlleIf leL me ttl4 gOu AAhN yOu
- not bear It alone. It may ha
eI seemed ofttimes thai the Father hi
)a forgotten you or had overlooked "
ms in the mulutudei but the very m
ment that the hour has been dar
IA est is the time He has been me
an near He mas always kept the way
ey approach open, which is more tn
~. we can say for ourselves, and Oft
ed when our ear heard not and o
10 heart inclined not His voice has be
calling Come unto Me- all ye ii
be. labor and are heavy laden, and "
ne give you rest"
his Nor has He overlooked one.
we one is beyond the reach OF His 10
lat / II may have been long ago that
is turned aside from Hin and you n
is feel that you are indeed stran'
IA with no claim upon Him. But 1t
gh not so. His compassion is with'
ian bound.
~ An Impossiblity.
IAN You cannot expect men to rev