When the King came; stories from the four Gospels (1904) (14576719799)

Identifier: whenkingcamestor00hodg (find matches) Title: When the King came; stories from the four Gospels Year: 1904 (1900s) Authors: Hodges, George, 1856-1919 Subjects: Jesus Christ Bible Publisher: Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin and company Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: HEN THE KING CAME that, our friends go on crying just the same,and we cannot do anything except show oursympathy. When our Lord said, Dont cry,he knew how to change tears into smiles.For he put out his hand and touched thebier; he touched the board on which thedead man lay. And they who bare him stoodstill. And the mother stopped in her sadjourney, and looked up to see what it allmeant, and the people of the two companiescrowded around. And our Lord said, Youngman, I say unto thee, Arise. And he thatwas dead sat up and began to speak. Whatdid he say ? Did he finish some sentencewhich death had suddenly interrupted ? Ordid he greet his mother as one who comesback from a strange journey ? Or was his firstword a thanksgiving to the one who had thusenabled him to go on caring for his mother ?It is all unknown to us. It is all a mystery;both the words which he spoke, and the powerwhich made him able to speak. But this we know: that our Lord cared.Sometimes death comes in such a way that it Text Appearing After Image: JESUS RAISING THE WIDOW OF NAINS SON THE KING STOPS A FUNERAL 137 seems as if God does not care; when theyoung and strong, who are so much loved andso much needed, are taken away. Then wemay remember that day at Nain. God doesnot stop the funeral, but he cares. He issorry for those who mourn. For he who cameup the hill at Nain was in God, and God inhim; and when we know him, we know God,as he said. And this, too, we know : that everymorning God raises us from the death of sleepto the light of a new day; every morning hegives us back our life. What did the young man of Nain do withhis new life ? Our Lord told him what to dowith it, for he delivered him to his mother. Itwas like that day on the cross when he said,t( Son, behold thy mother. He meant thatthe young man was to be a good son, obe-dient and loving, better than he had everbeen before. So the procession turned straight about,and all the mourning women stopped theircrying and wiped their eyes; and the skyoverhead was blue, with Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.