Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-03-03

:, philosophy, can We iini it. His l.,
: appearance has been and is locke
| for, but not the appearance Of III
: other in His stead. or another wit
like claims. Did not then Somethin
very strange come over the spirit {
the whole human race when the Ga
lean cried: 1T l., finished" Hi
whole answer, the >ublimost cXhib
ton Of genuine manhood, phyaic:
) courage, and moral heroism that ca
be found in Ill the annals Of tn
) world" Nineteen hundred wears O
investigation nd renlcntless CRITICS!
confirms the verdict of His contcnl
poralics 4 have shed innocent blood
was III" last testimony of Judas, tn
bctlaycr and the suicide; 81 find n
fault in this Man. calmly said tn
representative of Caesars frcn
his judgment seat; then Have tho,
nothing to do with that just Man
said Pilates wife, ut his side cru
cited criminal exclaimed with hi
dying breath This Man hath done
nothing amiss,' and when all waI owe
Il Roman Centurion cried out: "Sulr
ly this was Il righteous Man, j
stranger in this country of our, and J.;
strange in III other countries. ll'
is foreigner everywhere. His home
/ is elsewhere. He was Il stranger &c
His reputed father, and in some res
poets He was Il stranger even to Hi
mother He was not at home here
and ii lid not seem to be in the NIL
turc of things for Him to stay here
very long. There is marvellous con-
sistcncy in His dying young"
Review what the beloved Disciple
! says of Him in the II divisions o!
his Gospel. Follow carefully and
somewhat in detail His suffering, an!
can it be that there is 4 person here
tonight to whom the five scars do
not appeal. All nature responded to
the tragedy of Calvary, except the
heart of man. O, heart Of stone rc-
lent; the pierced hands are stretched
forth to you and from those lips that
breathed forth the Bcatitudes upon
the mountain side He is saying
Come unto me all We that labor and
are heavy laden and | will give you
rest
The reception. IF this Man recciv-
eth sinners, what of the reception?
Gust as we are" A most gloriou:
fact. You cannot march beneath the
stars and stripes and Wear the uni
form of United States soldier with.
out measuring up to five qualifications
but you can come to Jesus Christ just
us you are, tho the mistakes of your
life may have been many, the sins o.
your heart have been more, but Gus.
as am without one plea, but tina.
Thy blood was shed for me; and tina.
Thou bidst me come to Thee, O,
Lamb OF God, | come, | come And
thus become Il soldier of the King
and march beneath the banner of tn"
cross. He also receives Us sons and
daughters. GAS many as received
Him to them gave He power to be-
come the sons of God, even to then,
that believed on His name He TO-
ceives us in lovc,-not because VIC
are necassarilv ]ovablc but because
He loved us and gave Himself for us.
"Men and women do not want chart
ty, they want love; it's easy to give
largely if you are rich, but the thing
the millions want and always have
wanted, is love-" He also receives
us with rejoicing; that's the teaching
of the whole chapter from which /
have taken my text. Rejoicing owe.
the lost sheep found; over the los.
piece of money, and over the return
of the prod:>sAl boy. "Thcrc is re-
ioicing in heaven over one slime"
that rcpenteth."
"Finally; He receives US into heav-
en-. eff I go and prepare Il place for
you will come again and receive
you unto myself that where ! an
there may be also"
Grace Methodist church was wei!
filed Wednesday night at the evan
gelistic service. The pianist was
Mrs. Ida p. Brooks and Mrs. Res
sang, "Whcre Will You Spend Etcr-
nifty"
In his sermon Dr.. Recs said, ~
part: ain Matt. IS, AZ we find these
words; and these shall so away into
everlasting punishment, but the
righteous into life eternal This is
the closing Of our Lords description
of the judgment. The beginning Of
the description is most significant, in
which he declares, before Him shall
be gathered all nations, and He will
separate them one from another a.;
a shepherd separates his sheep from
the goats And in the text we are
taught that the separation is for etcr
nifty; hence the question before Us TO-
night is, where shall i spend eternity? I
1. The question is almost incomprc- i
hensible, for who can comprehend
eternity? In our endeavor to grasp it |
we might outline history, going back
through all the events in our brief
national existence, to the settling of
our country, and then back from one .
epoch to another until we are in the
very dawn Of human history; then
still back until we find God looking !
into the darkness and saying 'let
I boro ha lioht Lon1, until Avn ,,o