Pike County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 3, Petersburg, Pike County, 7 June 1888 — Page 4

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ted th< TuberBee. T. D. Wttt TalmSge following Mrnai U the HI* text •nmt n& csa Dot be my disctpla tk» cross na a |tkM w which criminal* were pat to doth It was sowis* thm mad* ia the" shape of tbs letter T, i la the shape et the letter X > In the shape of the letter upright; sometimes tin frost Piece* against the pcrpewttcnW bar, st •hat apon the lower trees-piece the crim teal partially eat. But whatever the styl< of eraas, it wwt always disgraceful au<! always oReatking. When Darius conquered Babylon hi pot two hundred captives to death oe 1h< eroeti. When Alexander conquered Tyri hh put two thousand cap tires to death M the cross- Bo it was just on ordiajdfj mode of punishment But in alt the for eat of crosses, on the hUie and tat the valleys of the earth, there is one crae that attracts more attention than any other. It is not higher thaa the others, it u not made out of different wood, there it nothing peculiar in the notch at which iht two pieces ore joined, and ns to the scene, . *hey witnessed cruciCxtent erery feu weeks, so that 1 see a reckless man walking about the hill hnd kicking carelessly •side a skull, and wondering who th* villain was that had so flat and misshapen ♦ head; and here is another shall, .and there on the hillside is another skull Urteed, the Bible says it was place o( skulls.” Bat about the victim ea one ol these crosses all egee are crying: “Who te He? W ns He a seen? Was He a God! Was He man and God!” Through the darkness of that gtwuhiy day, I come close up enough to tec cross to see who it is. it U Jesus. How did lie come there? Had He cams up on the top of the hill to look off upon the beautiful a landscape, ur Ut and exhausted- People sometimes wonder why Christrexpired k quickly on the cross, in six or seven hours, whila Other victims have been oa the cross foe forty-eight hours before life was «itthei. I will toll you the reason. He was exhanstod when He come theta, ; He had been scourged. We are horrified at tll« cruelties of the whipping-post, but thorn cruelties were mercy as compared with ' the scourging of Jesus ChrU*, 1 saw at Antwerp a picture made l,y Rubene—Rubens’ picture of the scourging of Jesus CWlsi. It wo* the most overmastering picture I ever looked at, ot ever exjptct to see. As the toa^f rocked ofBctel opened the door that hid the pictUT*., there He woe—Christ, with bock bent •and bored. The lageilator stood with the upper teeth clenched over the lower lip, as though to give violence to the blows. There were the block and bine ndgee, denied even the relief of bleeding. There was the fieeh adhering to the whips us lifted. There were the marks knots Hi the whips gouged out There stood the persecutor, with hia foot on the calf of the leg of the Havioaft balancing himself. Oh! the furious and hellish look oa those faces, griniJtteg vengeance against the 8oa of Go-i. The picture seined me, it overwhelmed me; it seemed as if it would kill me- Ido not think 1 could have looked at it five minute# and have lived. But that, my friends, was before Christ had started for Calvary. That was the only whipping. Are you ready for Tour journey to the cross? The carpenters have split the timber into two pieces. They are heavy and they are long pieots. for one of them must be fastened deep down in the earth lest the struggling of the victim upset the strum, wro- They put this timber upon the shoulder of Christ very gradually, first to see whether He caa stand it, and utter they, find He can stand it they pot the whole weight upon Him. Forward, now, to Calvary. The hooting and the yelling mob follow on. Under the weight of the exoee, Christ being weary and sick. He •tumbles and fulls, and they jerk at His rate, indignant that He should have satin - ii!4 ■fS*55“s ttev rr*- "<** «ii getnp!» Christ, putting one hand on the ground and the other on the cross, rises, looking into the fsce of Mary. Hi- mother. for. sympathy;-;but they toll her to stand bock, U is no place .for a woman-“Bland back and stop this crytaff." Christ move, on with, HU burden upon His shoulders, and there is a boy that passes along with Him. n boy holding a mallet and a few nail,-. 1 wonder what they are for. Christ moves on until the burden is so great He staggers and falls fiat iub» the dust and faints dead away, •ad a ruffian puts hi* foot oa Him and shakes Him as he would a dead dog. while another ruffian look# down at Him. wondering whether be Has fainted away, or whether He is only pretending to faint wl*h jeer and contempt mdeMteabie saye: “Fainted, have you? FOinted! Get up, get on!” How, they have arrived at the foot of the hUL Off with His clothes. Shall that loathsome mob look upon the unrobed body of Christ* Yes. The commanding »«ce*n aw: “Unfasten the girdle, take the coot, strip Him.” The work is done. But bring bock the coot, for here ore the gamblers tossing up coin oa the ground, saying; “Who shall have the coat?'* One ruffian

"U»T«ll,Itaw tMl is mitts!* He *»Us It up sad put* it Bader Us arm, or am examine* it to see what fabric it is Rads «f. Then they pat tits cross upon *• ground and they stretch Christ apoa it. sad four or Sre men hold Him down while they drire Us.pike* home, aterery thump a groan, a groan: Alas! A Las! uje hoar passes ou and the bate comes whea they must crucify Htm. Christ has only one garment left bow, a tionas. No dtagtr that it Will fall off. for the sharp edges have I the temples, and it is sure and One ruffian take, hold of one end of i of the cross, and another »td of the other end of the i of the cross, and another rufImapwts his arms around the waist of Christ, and another ruffian takes hold of ■ha end of the Ion* beam of the cross, and aitagether they more on until they come la the hole digged in the earth, and yith Mrtnl plunge it jars down with its burden * woe. It is not the picture of a Christ, A 4. not the stata. of Christ, a, you, ttmas aaa it in a cathedral; but it i is tha

"$Te*« n^fugiK'upi'tte the holder. M ■■||||| I cui’t Wlp that; light op!" The atom #*• awful whoa the lights were burning, worse wh* 1 the lights went out. Then there was the afannee of thiti|fai nurses. V hea you hfh ili it it pleashht to have the ktaid. bathed and the hands and feet fubbe 1. Look at the lands and feet of Christ--look it the face of Christ. There weirs wothea there who had eared for the sick, hat none of them might ■ bp near enough to help. There Christ’s m-theei bit she might not UP hear fHough to beln. They said: "Stand buck! stand back! This is no place for you." The high priests aad the soldiers ted it thntr owa way» they had it their

The hour* pass on and it Is twelve «t the Saviour's sifertif, nnA H is MS o'clock, i nd it tit IwO o'clock, and it is almost throe o’clock. Take the last look at that suffering face, wan and pinched, the purple lips drawn hack against Um teeth, the ejws red with Weeping and sunken as tfceegk grief had pushed them back, biheknees under the lower lid, the Whole body adroop and shivering with the last chill, the breath growing feebler and feebler and feebler and feebler until Be gives one long, deep, last sigh. He Is O! my soul, lie is dead. Can yon tell why? Was He a fanatic dying fbrh principle that did set amOttnt td any thing? Was He * athl Infatuated? Boi td saV# ywnr sohl from sin, and mine, and &ake Sternal life possible, Ha *,tea. There had to he a snbstitaik for »m. Who shall It W?_ "Let ft be me,” said Christ, “let it he me.” Yon understand the meeettig of that word subsUotioa. ft* Were drafted for the la«t war", some one took your place, matched ynur march, suffered roar wounds, and die«! at Gettysburg. Christ Come* to ns while we an fighting our battle with aim and death and heK and He is our substitute. He marches Outmarch, fights MW battle, suffers ofy wuuads and dies o-st death. Substitution 1 Substitution' t . How do yoh feel lit regard to that scene described in the text, and in the region around about the text? Are your sympathies aroused, or are yon so dewfl ill sin and so abandoned hr reason of your transgressions thhl yon can look upon all that tearless and an mo red? No, no; there are thousand! of people here this morning who can say in the depths of their soals: * “No, no, not if JesttS endured Itaft, and all that Nr nth, t Ought to. lore Him; I must lore Him.trill Mr? Him, 1 do lore Him. Here, Lord. I give myself to Thee; "tie all that I ran do."' test hbw are yen going to test yonr lore and test yonr earnestness? My text gives a test. It says that while Christ carried a cross for you, yon mast be willing to carry a cross for Christ. “Well,” yon say, “I mm could understand that. There are no crosses to he carried in this land; those presecttttons have* passed, and Hi all the land thertris no one to be crucified, ami yet In the phlptt and in the prayer .meetings yon all keep talking about carrying a cross. What do you mean, sir?* I mean this; that Is across which Christ calls yon to do, which its unpleasant and hard. “Oht* you say, “after hearing the story oT this Christ and all that He has endured for me, 1 am ready io do any thing for Him. Ju«t tell me what I hare to do and CM *Jo it. I am ready to carry any cross.” Suppose I should ask you at the close of a religions service to rise up announcing yourself on the Lord’s side—could yon doit? “O: no," you say, “I have a shrinking and sensitive nature, and it would be impossible tar me to rise before a assemblage, announcing tars* If on Laird's aide.* Just as t feaked. Yon_,_ that Cross. The first one that is offered you, yon refect. Christ carried a mountain, Christ carried a Himalaya, Christ carried a world for yon. and yon can not lift in ounce for Him. But here is a man whose cross will be to annonaee among his business associates to-morrow morning on Exchange that he has begun a new ttfet that while he wants to be faithful in his worldly duties, he is tiring for another world, and he ought to advise all those who are his associates, so far sa he can influence them, to begin with him the Christian life. Could yon do that, mr brother? “Ot no," yon say, “not fast that. I think religion is religion, and business is business, and it would be impossible for me to recommend the Christian religion in places of wordty business. ” Just as I tewed. There is a second crow offered you, and you can not carry it. Christ lifted a mountain for yon; you can not lift an ounce tor Him. There is some one whose cross will be to present religion In the home circle. W ottld you dare to kneel down and pray, if your brother and sister were looking at yon? Coaid yon ask a blessing at the table? Could yon take the Uhls and gather yonr family around you. ’and read of Christ and Heaven and yonr immortal soul? COald you then kneel and pear for a blessing on yonr household. “O!” yon say. “not exactly »*■» 1 couldn't quits do that, because I haven ry quick temper, and if I professed religion mad tried to talk religion in my household, and then after that 1 should lose my temper, they would seoff at me and say: 'Yon are a pretty ChristianP " Bo yon are cowed dowi sarcasm keeps yon out of away from Christ, ought to take yonr wkoto family into the -’agdom. Christ lifted n a world for yon; you can not lift Nr Him. * 1 see how it to; you want to ho favorable to religion, yon want to sapport Christian institutions, you tike to ho asriated with those who love Jesus Christ* but as to taking n subject, yon can my text, tike a gate of a bars yon away from peace on earth glory in Heaven.

inert are her* bmve enough in otter thin** la life who simply for the lack of aonliaoss aad womanliness stay away treat Clod. They dare not rtty: foroTer, Lard Jena. ( Thy blood, bore is ay immortal spirit. Listen, all ay friend*. Listen, all tbs They are all 1 of God—they are all 1 It, expecting to crawl ia nobody is looking, forgetful of words of ay text: er doth net bear his cm ue, sanest he ay of h

The a few oh in carrying iu crone; Christ trad the of God’ wrath alone—••lor e ? Mi t or a few years of trial, carried for as had agonic* of etcrisra n-ea - ; Ho did not come down anf of those rates; yet I tend# Me 1« here. He U from the East, the far East He comes with Mistered foot, aad with broken heart, anil cheeks red not with health bat with blood from ^■1 take hold of His cat and I any: “Itdoe* not seem to at Thee.” “Ho," He says, “It la not mlasi it is bor* rowed; it doM not Oolong to me no#.. Fof my venture did they cast lots-.” And I say ante Him: '■Thine eyes are red a* thoilgb irAa low W His head ." And I loach the fog on Hi* btek and I sir: “Why earnest then this?” “Ah!” He says; “that ts a cross 1 carry for thee and for the sins of the whole world. That tes a cross. Kali into tin* march on with me in this "PKeseion, take your smaller f l osses and your lighter hardens and join ms in this march to Hanson." A»d »? rnn ftai procession with our smaller crosses and our lighter burdens, and Christ Hooks back and Me see* stem# are halting because they tap net endure tb» shame. or bear the burden, and with a voice which has in it majesty and but* nipoteneft, He vritta until all the earth

Whosoever doth not bear hi* cross n4 ■a, eaa aot be ay dHetple. A RobU Emperor said to a Greek •fc* itect: “Yon build me a coliseum, a grand coliseum, and if it suits me I will crown you in the presence of ail the people, and I will make a great day ot festival on jour account.” The Greek architect did his Wiirfc did tf maguifleenttyi fcWned the building, kicked after ltt construction. The faildldg VadVpM; The.day for opening arrived. in the coliseum were the Emperor and the Greek architect. The Emperor rose amid tire plaudits of a vast assembly and<mid: , , "we have gathered here to-day to open Dus coliseum and to honor the Greek architect. It is a great day for tire Roman Empire. Let this building be'prosperous, let honor be pat upon the Greek architect O, we most have a festival to-day. Bring out those Christians and let ufi hav* then! pul to death at the rtottlft ttf the HoHs.” The rhrijtiaiis .were put into the center of the amphitheater. It was to be a great celebration in their destruction. Then the lions, hungry and three-fourths starved, were let out from their dens in the side of the amphitheater, and they came forth with mighty spring to destor y and rend tike Christians, and all the galleries shotted: “Huaxa! husual Long live the Kmperorl” Then the Greek architect arose in one of the galleries and shouted until the Vast assemblage ail heard him: “L toe, art a Christian!’’ Aht) they letted him, in thei? fury ami Bung him tb the wild beasts until his body, bleecllng and dead, Iras tumbled dver and bier again in the dust of the attphitheater. Could yo» have done that for Christ* Could yon, in a vast assemblage, all 6f Whom hated Christ, karis said: 4 art a Christian,” or “i want to he a Christian?” iTould yon have had the ten thousandth part of the enthusiasm and the courage of the Greek architect? Kay, I ask you another question: Would yon,, in an assemblage w here they are nearly all Christians—in an assemblage a vast multitude of whom love Christ and are willing to live, aad if nred-be, to die for Him—would you dare to say: UE am a Christian,” or “I want to be a Christian?” Would you say in the presence of the friends of Christ as much as the Greek architect said in the presence of the enemies of Christ? O) ate there not multitudes here this morning wlio are -ready to say: “Let the world look on, let all the galleries of earth and Heaven and hell took on, I take Christ this day. Come applause or abuse, come sickness or health, come life oir death, Christ now, Christ for* ever.” . ! Ot Christian man, 0! Christian woman! HaVe yon any scars to show in this conflict? When a warito over the heroes havw scars to show. One hero rolls back his sleeve aad shows a gunshot fracture, or he pulls down the collar aad shows where he was wounded, in the neck. Another man says: \ “I have never had the use of my limb since 1 was wounded at that great battie.” When the last day comes, when all our battles are over, will we have any wounds for Christ? Borne have wounds for sin* wounds for the devil, wounds gotten In ■gating on the wrong side. Have vra Wounds that we can show—wounds gotten in the battle for Christ and for the truth? On that resurrection day Christ will have plenty of scars to show. Christ will stupd there and show the scars on His brow, the scars on Hie hands, aad the scars on Bis feet, and He will put aside the robe of His royalty and show the scar oa His sida, aad all Heaven will break down with emotion and gratitude in one great sob, and then in oas great hosanna. Will you and I have any wan to show? There will be Ignatius oa that day showing the mark ot the paw and teeth of the lion that struck him down in the Cotisettm. There will be glorious John Hass showing Just where »a his foot the flames begaia on that day wiwn his sonl took wing of flame and soared up from Constance. There will be HaiA McKail ready to paint to the mark oa his neck where the sue struck him. There will be McMillan and Campbell aad Freeman, the American missionaries, who, with their wives and children, were put to death in the itwfrt. massacre at Cawupore, showing the place where the daggers ef the Sepoysstruck them. There will be tie Waldenses showing when their iimfee were broken on the day when over the torts, Will you and I have any wounds to show? Havo we fought any battles for Christ? O! that we Slight all he enlisted fee Christ, that we might all be willing to suffer for Christ, that we might aU tear a the Scottish a l then set U on fire aad carry it V ‘ it is i il _ I carry it« Who will be oat Who will |-other to the* art? A cress, a cnee, a i

No uass than sixty awn are said to make a living in Chicago by speculating «a the Board oi Trade and through commission ^.^Ta&'SGasss capital and hospital at Mokmoxisk is alleged to be taking firm root in Atlanta, On., there being ISO persons of the iaith there, and they tall of organizing as a local congregation. Uxoan an order of court, the so-called “Kelly motor,” is to be thorou|fhly Investigated uad reported os by a committee ei scientific afid mdeBahical expbi to. Wrmnc the pant few,weeks tmir men wiki Haim to be related to Prince Bismarck hay* ^ve been arrested fir Varies misdetpeaB- > jtl four different places bathe Fadfit FkaGXBxrs of the big raft that was broken up while being towed from Nora Scotia to Stew York have been encountered 1,800 miles east by north of the place where it wasiost. .,. - IT mat«« a tanning feeA tie *39i«d W nllj t» MidVg tbe Hotel Brighton at Brighton Beach to its new lot, 300 feet away from the high-water mark. It was a brilliant exploit Id mechanics. A wwNxe took place nt 8t- Paul, Minn., where the groom was over si* feet tall and the bride a lftJe ©Vef two test it) height. During the ceremony the girl stood bn * chajrgher head fust teaching to the groom’s 11. Jovis, a Frenchman, intends to make a voyage from New York City to Europe this summer in n recently invented air ship. Jovis and his companions. Messieurs Arctic. Mullet and Carpentier, expect to travel at the rate of seventy mites an hour. Tnr uncertainty concerning titles is thought to ha a cause of dullness in New York reel estate. Many of the old family properties Were settled in a cureless man ner, bad.in sdnie Instances heirs have reappeared; causing perplexity a ltd tenthmott* • AColtb Brrno, the Caliform t millionaire,, and telsh, his wile, have agreed to articles of separation, Mr. S.utto agreeing to furnish 11,30b a month for the support of the f&m ity and give hi* wife F-i.000 for .he expenses of n trip to Europe, where she i» to remain for three years. A Tonosro man. rummaging in a junk shop, invested two dollars last week in an old. dirty and bottered portrat of Robert Burns, to discover on cleaning it that it was a painting Don* we by Hcbtlsnds famoes artist; Raeburn. It is now valued at #10, 000, and is. to be sent to Scotland. Hekois* prompts generous i-espouses in the American heart. The brave girl schoolteachers of the far West who through the blinding blizzards saved their schoolchildren by exposing themselves to the point of death have received nearly 030,000 from admirers of their devoted courage throughout the country. At Black River falls, Wis., a fourteen year-old girl and a sixteen-year-old hey boy Were married, with the consent of the parents. At the hour fixed for the wedding the bridegroom was playing ball, and as. soon ns.the ceremony was over he Went back to his game, while tbcbrde resumed, her’interrupted play with some of the neighboring girls.

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