Oxford eagle., 1910-08-11

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withaut hts roarufrinE aif we shall
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wurse mankind NAV. hereafter frum
this unfortunate instance despair ~
establishing Euvsrnmsnt ~ human
wisdom. and leave q 90 chance and
~ar and conquest therefore beg
leave 60 move that. hencefnFth. prsy
err. impioTinE tho assistance %
heaven and ~ blessing on our dciib
erations. be held IN this assembly tths
convention of 1851 every morning b..
fore Ne proceed to business
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Large As the vision 81 this great
man Sas. u seemingly vas not large
enough 10 catch the glorious vision %
the divinity % our Lord once he
ssii Although think Jesus Il the
greatest man that ever lived. some
hos cannot feel he 4 the Son of Cod
sim there vas something tugginx az
his heart that made him feel these
very words may have framed out %
his life far more than they framed In.
for during his last earth moments
there Is recorded of him some mos,
significant words
The experience ~ George Eliot. as
all know. vas almost a counterpart.
parallel. Of this rifi % soul when
she wrote the book that took men
nearest into the heavenly places. In
that seantifti character o, Diaa Nor
ris. constantly did she have before her
on her desk. as she wrote. the crucifix
Biggsr than the mind. ever II the
heart However much Calvary Is
crowded down II viii creep up. and he
like a well Of water-that Is. the well
OF life. To show that all this was
not fetish. 80 much as a most vital
fact. this genius Of Romola said that
~ all the books IN the world nothing
was 30 be compared 10 Thomas a
Kempis' limitations os Jesus" This
was her constant companion which
she pored over and formed as the
mama Of heaven 20 her heart
The great UNEMPLOYED remainder"
the great unconscious plus" Of life. Is
only brought TO light BY Calvary and
the cross
what Makes Calvary Sublime.
Just what II all means can perhaps
BE- no better expressed than In little
homely incident Of long years back
Two OF the simplest men OF toll were
passing along the highway past a
Catholic burying ground They both
began 90 wonder what the letters IL
IL s." were that they saw everywhere
After long discussion. In their humble
reasoning. they came 10 the conclusion
that they stood for 4 Have sinned."
To settle the matter TO their satisfac-
tion, they came 10 my dear old father.
the minister OF the little parish They
told him what they had concluded the
letters stood for and asked him n II
was not 10. MY father smiled. and
then told them. of course. that they
we're the first letters OF the Latin
words. which meant Jesus the Savior
of Men" After a little. yet most
thoughtful pause. one Of the men an
swered: "But. Mr.. Minister. II IL
only because ! have sinned that Jesus
came as the Savior of the world" My
father said that then and there he
realized the whole story OF redemp-
tion a. never betore-that because
there was the universal sense OF sin
Calvary came TO meet this universal
need That Is shat makes Calvary
sublime That is why the whole
world will ever lore 10 sing:
In the cross Of CHRIST glory
foWrrlnE Der the wrecks OF tina
All the light % sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime