Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-09-04

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to hear, he most
delights to tell. And thus he has writ
ten down, as a part of Holy Scripture,
certain things that transpired, that,
wherever the story of the cross
should be told, these things must be
told in connection Herewith.
Let US look at three of these.
The Place.
First. then, the place of the crucifix-
ion will speak to u.s. And when
they were come unto a place called
Golgotha. that is to say, the place
of a SKULL There, at the place of
a skull utter wreck of human
wisdom. did they put to death the
Wisdom of Cod For of him are
ye in Christ Jesus. who has made
unto us wisdom from Cod
The world boasts of it's wisdom to-
day, boasts of the achievements of
science and philosophy, but for the
most real problems-sin and death, it
has found no solution, nor has it
taught us anything about God. "The
world by wisdom knew not God"
And the preaching of the cross is to
them that perish foolishness'' Herein
is the offense of the cross that it sets
aside all of mans wisdom forever, as
well as all his glory. The Greeks were
wisdom worshipers, but at Corinth
the apostle would know nothing save
Jesus Christ and him crucified," the
cross in all its marvellous attractive
ness for hearts enlightened from
above, in all it's intolerab1e repulsive-
ness for unregenerate men. Modern
rationalism despises the cross, but the
humblest believer in it has found it
to be what the apostle declares, THE
power of God and the wisdom of
God
The Crown of Thorns.
The last king of Davids line to be
crowned at Jerusalem is crowned with
thorns- In derision they crown him,
but the Spirit of God writes it down,
for that crown symbolizes the curse
which he has come to put away. In
Genesis 3 we read of the curse pro-
nounced upon creation because of
mans sin: Cursed is the ground for
thy sake thorns also and
thistles shall it bring forth unto thee"
Thorns, then, have become the en-
blem of the curse of sin, and now we
see them on the Savior's brow. I'm
sorrow" goes on the pronouncement,
shalt thou eat of it," but the One
who wears the crown of thorns is the
Man of Sorrows" saying, as he goes
to the cross, Now is my soul exceed
ing sorrowful, even unto death" In
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread and of him who hangs on the
cross it is written, His sweat was
as it were great drops of blood falling
from him" So the thorns are telling
of what he is made for us: Christ
hath delivered us from the curse of
the law, being made curse for
US. as it is written, cursed is every
one that hangeth on a tree" Made
curse!" How simple to utter the
words; how unutterable the depth OF
their meaning,
The Supernatural Darkness.
The darkness sought his woes to
hide" is beautiful hymn which some
times we sing, but it does not explain
that awful darkness. That darkness
over all the land is witness that God.
who is light, has withdrawn his pres
ence from a scene in which he can
have no part. And it was faint out
ward expression of a deeper darkness
that pressed upon the Savior's soul
And thus his own cry interprets it:
My God, my God, why hast thou
forsaken me?" And there is no an
swer from God. Where shall we find
the answer to that cry of forsaken
sorrow? We have but to turn to the
Twenty-second Psalm, from which it
is quoted, and there we shall find the
Holy Sufferer answering his own ques-
ton. Thou art holy, oh, thou who
xnhabitest the praises of Israel" God
is holy and he turns away. Thou
art of purer eyes than to behold in
EQUITY and canst not look upon sin"
Christ in the darkness, Christ for
saken of God is Christ made sin"
He hath made him to be sin for
MS" And this was his anguish. To
Calvary they take him. as unfit to
die within the holy city For the
bodies of those beasts whose blood is
brought into the sanctuary by the
high priest for sin. are burned with
out the camp. Wherefore Jesus also
that he might sanctify the people with
his own blood, suffered without the
gate. Christ ON Calvary, Chris,
abandoned, is the true sin offering.