The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-12-20

I u3l lbIlH from MIN
MI some Of the pro.
fOundest and most
mysterious uttcrances Of his whole
ministry We have not time nor spncc
To dwell on these, important and sol.
"inn rs they are, hut feel led To turn
attention to another thought Instead
OF considering the cffec. oI this In.
curry upon Jesus let us consider It's
source In the aspiration Of those
Greeks ms the same aspiration arises
In our own hearts
When Our Souls Are Burdened.
/ Cd We would see Jesus when our
souls ar" burdcncd with sense of
quit. What other name can bring us
/ peace. and what other presence can In
/ Splfe hope. "for he hath made him to
b, sin for us. Who knew no sin
that we might be made the righteous
ness of God In him" II Is not teach.
"r, nor nm example. nor a ruler that
We need so much as a Savior and Re
d"rmer, an intercessor AMI daysman.
and that Is what Jesus IL for every
one of us who puts his trust In him
He can remove our disability before
God and release us from our fears and
reconcile us to him.
(2) We would see Jesus when we
are engaged In his holy worship. An
other draws an impressive picture OF
the blind. the halt. the weary that
ronmed the streets OF Jerusalem where
Jesus stood comparatively unknown
and he contrasts their unhappy and
destitute condition with It's magnifi-
cence. Its boosted righteousness and
outward observances Of devotion. And
he employs this contrast To illustrate
the worthlessness Of the holiest OF re-
ligions without Christ. For example.
~ whnt benefit Is the church. the Sun.
day school. the family altar, the holy
sacraments II Jesus he not In them
every one7 jealousy therefore should
we watch against the spirit OF formal
Ism and recommendation that creeps into
both our private and public worship.
Jesus must he there or these things
become n hollow mockery.
(0 We would see Jesus In the de.
tails ~ our daily life as the Lord Of
our affections. purposes and pleasures.
What are the charms Of friendship un-
less sanctiied by the thought Of him?
our prosperity becomes a curse with.
out him, and In our sorrow and af-
Fiction he Is the one who alone can
comfort III In all our tribulation. Life
without him Is the river bed without
lis stream and the day without the
sun.
When In the Valley OF the Shadow.
tD We would see Jesus In death.
That Il sad story which Severn tells
Of the last moments OF the poet. Keats.
Shelley and Hunt had deprived him OF
his belief in Christianity which he
Ia fight back TO II, saying II Severn
would get him Jeremy Taylor he
thought he could believe. But copy
Of Jeremy Taylor was not to be found /
in Rome Another time having been |
betrayed into much impotence by bod /
lily and mental anguish, he cried with !
an oath, 80, Severn, a man ought tn .
have some superstition that he may die |
doconily"
There IL marked contrast between
this pltlahle wall and the triumphant
paean Of an aged saint OF my ac-
qualntance. who falling accidentally
upon the floor one day and supposing
that her time had come To be gathered
into the eternal storehouse broke
forth In the happy refrain,
Hallelujah 'Tis done, I believe on the
SOM
am washed In the blood Of the Cruel
fed One!
When We Are In Glory.
(O We would see Jesus In glory.
This is the consummated desire OF ey-
Try awakened soul and has the support
Il the word Of God which says: "They
hall see his face and his name shall
70 In their foreheads." Indeed the end
Il Christs microscopy prayer for his
disciples was "Father, l will that they
Ilso whom thou hast given me. be with
ne where I am. that they may behold
ny glory which thou hast given me-"
Even at this long period Of time we
lmost envy those Greeks who came To
'hillp saying "Sir, we would see Je-
u.s." but blessed day is coming when
n u sense not capable OF being under
TODD Just now. 1--WE shall see him as
g Is, for We shall he like him" Like
haf Ia hall |
I'm and confessed him before men. ,
q, In these awful days of war. when
he Judgments OF God are In the earth.
plead with my fellow-men TO hearken
, his warning voice, and before Il il