The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-08-23

| ~. ~: VI Ills SSlHpulIlS.
| At the grave of
| :S 81 Lazarus, when
| n sssssss. Is: the bcrraved sis
| ~ SQs ters were lament.
| ~ A&*s$ &S$.;s:.*ss$ Ing the loss of
E#gsA their believe
| #8#$XM Fl %*#*3 brother, the Mas.
SsB w &s<s$*a ter waS so atfec-
ted that lie
| mihgled Ills tears with theirs. The
| frl0nds of the family seeing this, said
Behold how He loved him"
These tears reveal His grief on
account of mans guilt, blindness and
| de"th. He fnn would have shielded
them as q hen gathcreth her brood
beneath her wings and they would
| not.
These tears reveal the divine esti-
| mate OF sin. 1t was not 81 thing to
De treated lightly. We joke about it,
laugh at it, wink the eye ut it, con
done, excuse, compromise, and
tcmnorise with it; but not so the
Lord. Only(tears could express His
thoughts and feelings about it.
There is u tradition that Jesus
never smiled. That may be true or
false We know He had Joy con-
slant, deep, full and complete-"Who
for the JOY set before him endured
the cross (IIeb. 11:2D; "These things
nave l spoken unto you that my JOY
might :emain in you" (John 15:11);
THAT they might have my JOY full
hlled IN themselves (Jom 17:13)
Inf.
(Matt. % :2D.
These expressions do not present q
doleful, uninviting Christ. To many
He is unattractive, it is true. They
see His marred visage, man Of
sorrows, despised and rejected. View
ing Him from the outside, He looks no
more inviting than the Tabernacle in
the wilderness With its rough, uncouth
and uhinviting exterior. There was
no beauty without it was all within.
But to those who know Him, what
raptulDus and ravishing beauty He
contains. He is the Bright and Morn
ing Star, the Dnysprng from on high,
the Sun of Righteousness, the one alto.
gcther lovely. and the chiefest of ten
thousand to the soul.
Even His tears are made crystal
medium to raiiute His glory. For He
was here to save Il lost world; and in
His great redemptive work, He was
touched with feeling Of our intirmity
(Heb. 4:15). III order That He might
have compassion on the ignorant and
those that are out Of the way, He was
himself compassed about with intirm-
tiles UIeb. 5:2), tempted in all points
us we are; and afflicted IN al our af-
tiictions. What merciful and SYM
pathetic Savior.
He weDt over worlds sorrow. This
he did ut the grave of Lazarus. A
great bereavement had bpfalcn Mary
and Martha in that death; the great
enemy OF life had trngicully disorgan-
and bleeding hearts, needing comfort
and sympathy. This Jcms gave not
with His tears only but His sublime
assurances Of the resurrection.
He wept over Il worlds guilt. It
was In Gethsemane where the guilt
Of sin in nll its nwfulness, its dread
Its terror, came upon Him overwhelm-
ingly. In becoming the worlds sin
bearer. He was to suffer the hiding
of Gods face, the awful abandonment
Of the cross. Thus sin has upon it,
from the divine side, the tears and
sweat of Gethsemane--the blood and
agony Of Calvary.
He wept over worlds blindness.
You can hear a sob in these words "Oh
Jerusalem, Jerusalem !--How often
would have gathered thy children to-
gether, as hen doth gather her brood
under her wings, and We would not |"
"Ye will not come to me that We might
huve life" 1t was Israers rejection,
blindness, false security, blasted hopes,
fearful retribution and centuries OF
misery, which drew his tears as he be.
held the Inflated city.
During one OF those bloody Paris
communcs, godly priest was exc.
cutcd Afterwards. in searching his
cell for valunhlcs, attention was drawn
to the window which was in the form
af a cross, by some writing on, the
casing surrounding 1t. Upon cxami-
nation the word height was found
on the lintlc, "depth" on the sill he.
meath. length and breadth" on the
sides. SO the tears Of the Master pre-.
sent to us the length and depth, the
height and breadth Of the love Of God.
Fear Thou God.