Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-20

Died of Broken Heart.
The next observation is this. He
died of broken heart" Ps. 1920.
"Reproach hath broken My heart"
Jesus died not of his physical suffer
| ing, excruciating as that was. but, lit
| orally, of broken heart. Its well
burst asunder by the strain OF grief
and sorrow caused by the burden He
bore there--even the sins of the world |
By comparing Scripture with Scrip |
ture. we find that Jesus died, literally |
of broken heart luke 22:44. And
being In agony. He prayed more earn
estly, and his sweat was as 1t were,
great drops of blood falling down to
the ground" What was Jesus pray
ling for? That he might escape the
cross? I do not believe 1t. For he
said on another occasion For this
purpose came into the world" Mat
thew and Mark both tell us that as
Jesus entered the garden He said, "My
soul Is exceedingly sorrowful even
unto DEATH" Jesus prayed that the
cup fnlSHl pass rum iint- nat cup
THE death of the cross? No; but
that he might not die there in the gar
den. Was this prayer answered? Heb,
'l5:7 says 1t was. "Who. In the days
) prayers and suppllcations with strong
: crying and tears unto him that was
able to save him from death and was
. heard in that he feared" This refer
| ence fits the Gethesemane experience
of Jesus and says that his prayer was
l answered Luke 22:4. And there ap.
3 peared an angel unto him from heaven
, strengthening him" We have re.
= markable passage of Scripture in
t Johns gospel, the 18th chapter. 33d to
n The 35th verses, But when they came
: ITO Jesus and saw that he was dead
!. already. they break not His legs, but
me of the soldiers with a spear pierced
l. His side and forthwith came there
II blood and water. And he that saw
l. lit bear record and his record is true.
3. Scientific Proof.
When the body of Jesus was pierced
there came forth blood and water
n This, science of the later years ha!
proven will take place when the bod,
of one who has died of a broken near
lis pierced The walls of his hear
=, simply burst asunder under the bur
den He bore. lie was forsaken o
~ man. He came 10 his own and hi
l., own receiveth him not" He was fol
a. saken of God. In other words he wa
~ tasting the pangs of eternal woe fo
us He, the Sinless One. was bearin
1.-THE penalty of sin. THE soul that sir
., meth it shall die" So He was tastin
eternal death for us. About the mint
hour he cried. My God. my God, VIII
hast thou forsaken Me-"
Barabbas Represents People.
Another observation--there was on
IN a ,o"n. in TINT oraat crowd gathare
+, around the cross that knew what tn
Ro death of Jesus meant and that wa
T., Barabbas. There had been thre
&c crosses prepared. 1nree malefactor
80 were to be crucified. PLATE said AN
Il
no people asked for Barabbas. Barabba
was to be crucified with the othe
10 malefactors. We can imagine wit
n, what great surprise he accepted hi
:, freedom. He joined the great crow
a of jostlins. bowling. pushing humanit,
.,a After the three crosses were lifted IL
we can image some of his friend
-, coming and putting his hand on tn
shoulder OF Barabbas and sayin.
\, who is that man on the center cross
az, ! know that one on the left and tn
one on the right, but who is the oti
erY Barabbas might easily have an
h., swered: Il do not know, but | knoy
:, why he is there-he is there In m
n. place-that cross was prepared for me
l., AS surely as Barabbas could say tha
"a Jesus was there in his place--so cal
IN we say the same. THE soul tha
,t sinneth IL shall die" that is the pen
n, atty for sin and he was bearing it fo
~ us who his own self bore our sin.
10 in His own body on the tree"
,oI Let us stop in trout of the thirt
, cross bearing the one dying to sin
III The two malefactors went to the Gro il
70 for the same offenses. II may be the,
;, were companions in crime But though
:, they went TO the cross, and saw and
~ heard the same things. one is today
:, in hell and the other in heaven. Why
Is one In heaven and the other in
u hell? Is one in hell because he was
a malefactor? No. The other was a
- malefactor and he is in heaven. One
is In he'll because he rejected Jesus
. and the other in heaven because he
;, laccepted Him regardless of their char
&, acter, In other word, no man ever
7 went to hell because he was bad
!, Imam or TO heaven because he was a
good man. but where a man spends
:. eternity depends altogether upon what
he does with Jesus Christ John BIS.
, He tnat belieyeth on the Son is not
condemned but he that belleveth not is
+ condemned already, because he hath