The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-04-02

angels came and minstered unto Him.
As Son of Man He hungered: as Son
Of God He fed the multitudes with a
on the deck Of tfiittle Galiilean ship;
as Son of God re stretched fortlS isis
hand and the winds and waves obByed
Him. AS Son of Man He died on the
cross; as Son Of God in the midst of
His anguish, midnight came at noon
AS Son OF Man His poor bruised body
was laid away for brief rest in Jo-
seph's tomb; as Son of God He came
forth from the tomb, bringing life and
Immortality TO light.
What piled-up proof He gave of His
desire to save and bless men and OF
' His good will for man"
DR. Morgan then told first of our
Lords weeping over Jerusalem; then
Of His great eart as proven oven t by Hls
ness of the Magdalene. and by His
deathless love for Peter. But with eager
= emphasis he showed how our Lord gave
80 Wis supreme and ultimate proof OF His
Nove on the cross.
Telling of the beautiful canvas called
The Shadow Of the Cross" and show
ing how our Lords death had glori-
fled the cross which unto that time
had meant to the Roman world what
the scaffold means to us, DR.. Morgan
said:
II wonder if could trust myself to
try to tell you of that scene on COL
gotha. 1t was the day before the Pass
over Feast; From all Judea groups OF
share in the fellowship and the Joy OF
that festival. The paschal lamb which
was central in that feast and which
recalls the passing of the angel OF
posts the blood of the lamb had been
sprinkled, was a type Of the Lamb OF
God which taketh away the sins OF
the world but the people were BLINDED
by prejudice, and deaf because OF the
noises of hate.
His Last Hours. m
"The night before oar LORD had
sought out quiet place in an upper
room il which 9IaDd to es s a he SfR eRe
crowd had turned against Him, how
precious the men Of this little group
must have been to Him. 1t is pitliul
beyond words that even in that small
turn away from Him. another, who
would deny Him. After He had given
them the bread and the cup. they sang
a song and went out into-the night
some psalm of David, perhaps---a song
of faith you may be sure-for only faith
could sing in an hour like that. Then
leading the way out through the Gold :
en- Gate and across the Brook OF hed-
ron, He sought place of prayer under
e., the shelter OF the friendly trees in the
Garden of Sorrows.
might with ebon pinaon, CD
Brooded DER the vale,
All around was silent
Save the night winds wall,
When Christ, the man of sorrows,
In tears and sweat and blood
PROSTATE in the garden
Raised His voice to Cod
1T was the Garden of Prayer, and
that prayer of patient submission has
been caught from His lips by many of
ha hours
of pain and sorrow and loneliness and
made their own. Soon the quiet of the
night was broken. His worship was
rudely ended. Voices of hate filled the
air that a moment before had been
breathing His prayer; voices of hate,
camor of hate, jargon of hate, noises
of hate; and from that time until He
cried: 1T is finished hate crowded His
horizon. Then that mockery of JUS
tice which is called His Trial. Then
the unholy verdict. Then His sorrow
and suffering and loneliness rose to
floodtide. You will recall with ache
ing heart the Via Doloroso, the heavy
beams of wood, the difficult climb to-
ward the top of the Hill of Sorrow
and how because of His weakness from
Yigis, loss of sleep and the depression
Of unrequited love, He tainted and fell
under His load. You recall how Simon
cross. You recall the thorn crown
the purple robe, the reed scepter, the
mockery and the effort of hate to turn
this tragedy of the ages into a carni
val. And then the cross! oh, its
wounds are too small to be merciful
Its vengeance is the slow vengeance of
infinite cruelty. But, if the sun hid
his face, how shall we look on this
scene of sorrow. In the darkness We
hear Him cry, Father, forgive them
for they know not what they do 1t
was all for us. He bore our sins upon
the tree. He was bruised for our in
EQUITIES. He was wounded for our
transgressions."