Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-12-21


vine favors of his life. As he come to
draw himself, SO we can draw; for we can
bear him about visibly in our body and be-
come each one Jesus in our places. And
we shall teach him thus, not by over much
digging at lessons, not by contrived argu-
ments, and made up speeches. A great
many, meaning to be faithful teachers,
study too much, reason their way too hard,
practice their interpretations too indefat-
igably, and run so far always to arrive at
Jesus, that they never arrive. They come
short, they faint for exhaustion; they get
so many detentiOns upon them in the sur
roundings of Jesus, that they really do not
find Him much of the time, and come in
where he is. No man teaches gospel,
whether in his pulpit or at his table, or in
his school, who does not know Jesus, and
he cannot know Jesus out of any book by
simply knowing the book, whether it be
bible or anything else but he must know
the being, the very person; indeed, he
must become Jesus, in some very i'm
portant sense, himself. And here again,
it will not be enough to go through some
gusty phase of experience, some inward
commotion, some turbulent heat, some Wis
ion of Eighty BRAIN You will ftly rep
resent Jesus only when you are much with
Him, getting into His thoughts, and being
carefully practiced in them. You must be
new charactered in Him, and that requires
a great deal large meditation of the COM
bined qualities that make up his beauty
and set the equilibrium of his dignity-his
genteness, unfearngness, impartiality, I'M
sparing truth, Difference to the humble, the
burden of his sorrow, the love he seals by
his death. Ifyou had the whole four Cos
pels at your tongues end, if you understood
all the occasions times, conjunctions, har-
monies, and had every thing elaborated in
the most scientific terms of argument, that
would not qualify you. Simply to see Je
sus in you, hear Him in your voice, trace
Him in your patiences and charities, be-
hold His gentlencss in your walk, breathe
! His love in the favors of your pure con-
Germ for goddess men: this would signify
more, preach more gospel, | might almost
say, without a word beside Your people,
| your house, your class, your school, living
in such atmosphere, will have all Christly
power upon them.
Another great matter will thus be secur-
ed, viz: unity of impression. 1t is great
source of failurei in the preachers and teach
ers that fail, that there is no constant ele-
ment in their action, and Of course no unity
in the impressions they raise. They do
many things in IS many moods they get
up new subjects, fine arguments, wonderful
discoveries, all varieties of expedients and
90 darling round hither and thither, full
of industry and just As full Of nothingness
If they raise little effect of some kind to.
day, it will only make room for some Other
kind of effect tomorrow; all because they
are working under key, down among
things or questions that are not in Christ
or up to Christ at all. Whereas YOU vii
: observe that one who is really in the hid
: den life of God-one who abides there il
, Gods peace, and works from it-has wa,
/ Of continuity, and keeps on rolling hi
work steadily forward, by certain unit,
of meaning. He does not strain himsel
r as hard as teachers often do, acting from
lower key he willnot do as brilliant thing
r perhaps, or invent half as many expedi
ents; but he will be filling this or tina
n thing precious from God will appear to fla
e vor all he does and that precious some
: thing will be catching as it were, in othe
= minds by law "HOw does he do it ?
d this and that other teacher or preacht
o will ask and they never will find how
e till they discover how all best power res
/ principally in what we are, and not
e what we do. No doing, at least, is of an
It great consequence which is not steadie
o and quickened by what We are
II Sometimes the teacher who is not in an
n Of Gods thought, and knows not how
= sing, How precious, will get visibly stall
= ed in matters below the gospel-questiol
r of bible antiquities, questions of geogr
'. ply, questions Of commentary, questions
g opinions, travels, chronologies all ofwhiC
W may have a genuine interest and impor
lie ance, but the misery is that it is so ca,
1t for him to stop in these matters, and bui
Is tabernacles there which Moses and Eli
l. and Christ will not care to occupy. Son
Sc will be painting so much to be popular vii
W their class, and will do to many things f
i it, that they become subservient, and Il
d, class shortly has them in their power
n Others will be so intent on results as
ot quite weary out their pupils by over-muC
rs personal talk and intercessiOn. Oh, fifth,
le could only be one degree fuller of Il
rs precious things, and let their simple flu
cs Dess talk by its own silent havors of sweC
. ness and joy that has no Dining in
that will not hammer out the patience ev
h. of child.
In all these matters now, and thOusal
n others which could be named, false ain
n false means, false manners will be rectifi
It's almost of course, if only the teacher is
r saint or believer who has been set, or
now trying to be, in Gods full equipmeI
m If he truly lives with Christ and with G
ol on the footing of a joyous friendship a
DIS full private acquaintance, he will hay,
hit certain divine propriety in him, and Go
n silent dew will be distilling on every thi
of he does.