HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1946-04-18, Page 3THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1946
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PAGE 'THREE
"The Four Nail Prints Ps f the Cross"
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By "PEG"
The thought of the garden of
Gethsemene brings to . our minds a
scent .ofuietness, peace and sur-
roundings of eves+ything that is beaut•
ful.
Many years ago, the pastor of one
of the large city churches', on his
return from a trip to the Holy Land,
brought to each of the members of,
his Sunday School staff a napkin ring
or a paper knife made of olive wood
from the Garden of Gethsemene. How
those things were and still are valued
because of their association with the
place whencethey came.
It is a calamitythat the thought
of this beauty mst hbe broken, and
yet if it were not so there would be
no Eternal life for anyone, peat,
present or future. The entire Christ-
ian history of the world hinges on
theentrance bo that garden of four
people. One was Divine as well as
human. He was the Son of God who
of his. own ,choice had come to the
world to die for our sins. The other
three were His disciples, chosen with
eight to carry on His work when He
left all Earthly things behind Slim.
Judas,the remaining one of the twelve
betrayed his Master for thirty pieces
of silver. These men belonged to the
working class of that time.
They were all in serious trouble
for Christ had• told them that He
was soon to leave them. They had
thought that He was. to be an Earthly
Icing to rule over them.
Jesus Christ felt that His hour of
departure was at hand. He knew
that Old Testament prophesy was to
be fulfilled. Isaiah 53:7 tells us "He
was oppressed, and he was afflieted,
yet he opened not his mouth; he is
brought as a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers
is dumb, so he openeth not His
mouth."
Then follows the well known story
of the betrayal of Jesus by Judas;
the arrest of our Lord' and Saviour;
His trial which was merely a matter
of form; His unjust sentence by a
judge who was too cowardly to stand
up for what he knew to be right; His
tragic journey from the courts in
Jerusalem to Mount Calvary just out-
side the walls of that city; the division
of His' clothing among the soldiers,
fulfilling Scripture which saith:
"They parted my raiment among
them; and for mT vesture they did
east lots."
Then we Dome tothe time when
thev' Saviour of the -world was to 'a
e
nailed to the cross. After this terrible
process was finished the Bross was
raised and was thumped into a hole
in the ground, where the weight of
His body must have caused excruc-
iating pain to His hands and feet
through which the nails had been
driven.
Our talk today is on the four nail
prints in those blessed hands and
feet. One very important point in
the crucifixion is the forgiveness of
Obrist in connection with those who
were so ill treating Him. That sub-
ject we will (D.V.) write on next
week.
Today we will compare the nail
prints in Ohrst's hands and feet with
sympathy, love, mercy and obedience.
Those four characteristics are on the
part of our Redeemer. On the side
of His enemies we have just the
opposite, in other words, the nails
were apathy, hatred. cruelty and
disobedience.
Nowhere in all history have we
anything so beautiful, spoken by a
human being as St. Paul's work in
I Corinthians, chapter thirteen, A
writer recently stated that Love is
the greatest power there is or ever
will be and as we look 'at Jesus Christ
or, the cross we realize that the
hatred, ` curses, and . abuses of man
were the means of. His death. These
things must :have broken His very
heart.
As our ,Saviour looked about Him
there was nothing but love for His
persecutors. We can feel that He
loved even Judas, who betrayed Him.
that loved Peter toldt tHesl who
denied Him. He had every reason to
return hate for hate, but for the nail
of hate He returned love. We are
all sinners, we have day after day
called out in so many words Crucify
Him! Crucify Him!", yet in spite of
it all He still loves us. What a
glorious thought that is for us.
We may ask ourselves the ques-
tion, under the same circumstances,
what attitude would we have taken
towards Peter? We would likely have
had nothing more to do with him.
Jesus loved him and so He loves ne
although we certainly do not deserve
it. What a les on we can learn from
that first nail wound!
As we have followed the life story
of our Saviour we can see manly in-
stances of those' who did not par-
tieularly hate Him, but who were
merely apathetic towards Him. He
had done them no harm and they
were not enough interested in Him
to be much concerned about Him.
We have chosen as our second
wound. sympathy in contrast to the
apathy of many of those who stood
around the cross wondering just what
c s
would happen. One of the outstanding
acts of sympathy while Jesus was
on the moss was His consideration
for His mother, He saw her with
Mary the wife of Cleophae and Mary
Magdalene. Besde them stood John
the disciple whom Jesus loved.
Jesus knew the home conditions
and He was anxious that His mother's
future should be assured and happy,
so He said to her, "Woman behold
thy son!" and to John, "Behold thy
mother!" • We are told in St. John's
gospel, and from that hour that
disciple took her unto his own home.
We feel that as long as Christ was
able He healed the sick and did every.-
thing
very.thing He possibly could to make
others happy, He aiwatya gave largely
of His sympathy.
The third nail wound is "Mercy,"
on the part of Christ as the nail of
cruelty was driven into His fleet; by
ibis tormentors.
In all the history of the world
there has never been such an example
of mercy as that shown by Jesus
Christ toward the penitent . thief.
There were two malefactors hanged
with Him, one on : each side. They
bothhadcome under
K
cm the law and
were paying for their 'Sins, The one
joined with the jeering mob and railed
on the One who occupied the middle.
cross. Evidently the other thief had
been thinking for he rebuked the
impenitent thief by telling him they
were getting what they, deserved but
"that this Man had done nothing
amiss." Then to Jesus, he said, "Lord,,
remember me when thou coolest into
thy kingdom."
Evidentlyuntil thi$ last moment
the penitent thief had lived a life
apart from God and now he saw the
folly of his way and wants 1 to be a
co-worker with Christ. Om Redeem-
er, in His mercy assured him of future
and' eternal life.
We have no record of any further
conversation with the thief who railed
on Christ tut we have the answer to
the iiuestion asked by the penitent.
thief. What a joy must h: ve come
is the heart of the thief wh"i Jesus
said `Todav malt thou to with me
in Pa adise..'
Many have lived a life et sin and
when they felt that they
w
ee near
-
i o the end it their rife :journey
they have called on God to save them
from the just reward of their mis-
spent life. The same assneante is
OMR but such; r waste of lire Co cc•me
tt Ban when we have no time to
bring other, with us. Why not give
tasie•ves to lino while silt we can
work for Hun? •
Then we c nue t, the last wound
The nail of oma lad;snee is hammered
in by those in O. ergo an I on the
part of Jens we nave that wonderful
characteristic of ,ebedience.
We can have no idea what obedience
meant to Jesus.: • When He went to
the Garden of Gethsemene Ile went
with a heart filled with sorrow. He
knew what Was ahead ;1'f Him. Peter,
James and John went with Him but
He left them near the entrance and
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went on . a little fatrher where He
might be alone with Cod. He had
come to earth to make life everlast-
ing possible for each one who would
accept free Salvation and who in that
way would eventually ioin with Him
in the Great Beyond.
Now His task was almost com-
pleted. The few hours which re-
mained were to be the hardest of
His lifetime. We cannot wonder that
He felt He needed close communion
with God. His agony of soul must
have v been very great when He cried:
"Father, if thou he willing, remove
this cup from me; nevertheless- not
my will, but thine, be done,"
When we pray earnestly to (rod
He always answers in the way whlch
is best for us.
Through it all Jesus 'Christ was
obedient to His Heavenly Father and
with His
help He went
en through
the different stages of the final hours
of His Eternal Life,
Mdear Redeemer Y r e ler and my Lord
I read my duty in Thy Word,
But in Thy life the Law appears,
Drawn out in different characters.
Such was Thy faith and such Thy',
zeal,
Such deference to Thy FathSes will,
Such love and meekness so Divine
I willtranscribe and make them
mine,"
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GRAIN ARRIVES AT GODERUCH
GO)DERIOH—Close to 1,000,000
bushels of grain arrived in this port
over the weekend. It was brought
by the first grain boats to arrive
this season. The freighters with their
cargoes were: Soodoc, 250,000 bushels
of w heat for Purity Floor Mills;
Ontadoc with 292,000 bushels of wheat
and oats; Brieoldoc, 290,000 bushels
of wheat, oats and barley, and Mas-
sey Monday with 110,000 bushels of
Wheat, barley and rye; the last three,
all far Goderieh Elevator and Transit
Company, The Coalhaven arrived on
Sunday with goal for Purity Flour
Mills.
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FIREFIGHTERS RETIRE
EXETaR-Eketer Volunteer Fire
Brigade accepted the resignation and
honored seven of its oldest members
at a banquet. Retiring members with
their years of service were: Richard
Davis, 48; Herb Ford, 40; Chief Jack
Norrey, 86; Sidney Saunders, 80;
Maurice Quante, 25; Walter Gunning.
ham, 23; Louis Day, 18. Another mem-
ber, who resigned a few months ago,
was Edward Treble, who served with
the brigade 60 years. William Cham-
bers, who served overseas with the
Fire Fighting Brigade, has been ap-
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DIES PROM *SLEEPING PILLS
GRAND BEND -- Claude Necker,
former waterloo town engineer, died
at Victoria hospital, London, at 7.20
Tuesday night as a result of an over-
dose of sleeping pills, taken over the
weekend here. After registering in
the Brenner Hotel, he went to his
room and on retiring took the sleep-
ing pills, according to the coroner.
He was not disturbed in his room
for 24 to 36 hours and was found
unconscious Monday evening by hotel
officials. He was rushed by ambulance
to Victoria Hospital, London, by Dr.
Boyes.
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BEACON IN OPERATION
GODER1011 The radio beacon
built on the north pier last summer,
is now in full operation in charge of
Lloyd Nelson Stockholm, •Sash. He is
a former radio operator in the navy
and is an appointee of the radio
division of the Department of Trans-
port. Arrangements have been made
for the operator and his family to
live at the control tower, where a
four -room furnished apartment has
been provided.
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SUCCESSFUL PLAY
DUNGANNON—The Woman's As-
sociation of Dungannon United
Church sponsored a successful play
in the parish hall on Friday evening.
The presentation, a three -act farce
entitled "Good Gracious, Grandma!"
provided plenty of laughs and the
characters were well chosen and act-
ed their parts well.
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UNION SERVICES
WINGHAM—The various churches
here held special union services this
week on the following schedule: Tues;
clay, Baptist •Church, Rev. M. L.
Gregg, Walkerton; Wednesday, St.
Andrew's Presbyterian Ghut•ch, Rev.
G. A. Milne, Brussels; Thursday,
St. Paul's Anglican Church, Rev. R.
C. Holmes, Bayfield; Good Friday,
United Church, Rev. Harold Snell,
Auburn.
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LIBRARY GETS BOOKS
BRUSSELS—Over 100 books con-
sisting of new fiction, non-fiction and
juvenile stories, have been received
from Huron County Library Associa-
tion. A new traveling library from
Toronto will be on hand in a few days.
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PAYS OFFICIAL VISIT
LUGKNOW—District Deputy Grand
Master H. A. McBurney, Teoswater,
paid an official visit to Old Light
Lodge, A.F. and A.M., and was guest
at a banquet after the meeting.
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