, 1876-12-11

those whoh ihe irorhet, an.l stosts td ny snomid
cuns: That Chs1st should HI nF. and that lie should
ia @ e et aao a pec pss sna hf e Sa s sn
tcA.
ftwou1d seem tint AgrlpIs. was almoa. per.
sltnaci # to be stacl a Chrlatlan as was implied
fl these grand, ttmpIo words. 10 was, not any
where near Gcfng persuaded to he cafrlnist, or
Methodist, or m ln,mtrsfonist OF Mt, Episrs>-
1alian; le did nut pass upon tho merits Of any
fssts, but toward i Christ suffering and tl!c'i
people, towntd Christ wliosc servants we're to
turn frntn sin tl1,to repentance antl God, and to
dn works meet far repentance, he was compelled
his heart, lie Ind the sins that needed repent
nec; be cherished the darkness that nctlcd tho
light; he w#s tho man to turn from aatnn 10
God. Though Christianity came to him not in
su1.l anil made him leave ono sIah Tor tic purify
Of Paul and of 1'an's Christ.
In presence nf this picture from eacrc1 l,isto-
~ " ,sslare that the office of the human VII
Upon great arpic. ~ nay ;'e Is ainost s a"a not
ut all persuaded about lnnny assertions OF this
tcnccrn uf religion: is flnnl stand rs mt called
f'r until II con.vs face 10 face before tho tlcas
Wlu decision Of character l'as bcer. Tic wit,Ys
Of the eoat, the cl1asut Witch has carried man
u the nbblcst things, 1t hns inevitably bton u
'lccltun Of character about great principles, md
tho SMALLEST minis and the narrowcst hearts
will stand gunnl all tllrr lives by lin nt,lrl,.
l,il', ''lpposi,g IL palace " the King; b1ttl,s
t.c!r Energy for tbs day when great truths
shall colnc n0ng asking for love mud help.
fhc true test Of greatness Is not simply rmness,
l,ut trmnc-t n tlie dclcnso Of gsyat principles:
An r1ottst will toll larl tn carry Ills 1t,lnt, and
Will hang oyrr It day ad night, but llis dcclsu
Of rnrlc:cr f. not argc the lnryc III lin Is al
cTotisln wi,iS,l .atlnot hcar defeat. But to IL
ErtAt mind 70 bc'nl1nS i'll small th'ngs chi, be a
deEGAf. fur there Clh Ou no SURRENDER where
there 'las besn no war mud no Iutttc:
IL fas amid the great ideas of Christ Paul
ssooa y 70 1t Era':l!y. riey fed NJ: soul IN i,re1;,
tn:r ,H.!, oi thu stoEmy Fss,as anl Of t'e proal
1nol': For little ticas he could mt ,laso etrluri
t'c1ttng md imprisonment, aMl have bowci his
llcA,a t" Inc hlnck, hut for tho doctrine nt ~
to pess a and III for s s"r'ar s sI"r, ND @ dyias s ai
rising f''r thu salvation f man IL WAS even sweet
to lic down li death. In sucl, scercs tho truu
ticsi<on II sllnraric.ilaslics out IN *plc,tlar.
Agrsppa, the gold ansl The lross uf human ,,a-
t,re, Jul may fcar,l ths power Of man mud his
possible weakness. When the sotcv u mighty
truths touched tlla car Of Tat, ht said, " lIcrc,
L"r'. .. aM Oh, M%sssr: n. ny sl ol- h.
fnlly persuaded AL the lnru af my heart and
the n1wer. ot my mind gtye. to these tr1,tls.
In pscsencc u thein tn die will he gat,,-" SacM
was PAUL. anl cArth Il, all It's riches nf gold, und
lands, u,ll nrts, wonll scarcely be nble 10 repay
Gn,l for the gitt Ut that onc 1na,t. I[ls hear;
passed. from' utmost - Dycr to MI ovcrftow!ng
full,css OF Christian life nnd truth. His ,nol,u
,ncnt Is IN oil the enlightened nations built up
not nt stones, but III nobr hearts.
.:Agrippa pictures human nature ., It's de-
eliuc. j. mighty religion i. untolicd to him,
and he rises to the dignity NJ SIGH. Eternity
Is npencd before him with gates VI pearl AMI
Will Tod beyond tho gates, and tn presence ot
that scene l,e ianculsnc: up to the altitude ot
a'' "alMoat." His mimi eecs tho divine pres
ence, q growing ra,l'aNrc. ani from tic holy
light be turns nway to where his palace offers
him the pleasures Of gluttony aud Of tho danes
npl trtth-be1i Of IInroI. The difference bc-
tween these two mortals which have rotne down
to us through the long Vista Ut history, ono In
angelic garo US though rising 10 heaven, tho
otllcr In dark ousllnr us though hell were to bo
his wcsxmc hiding -p!arc, IL the difference be-
tween tile perfect cspousal pt The subllluu
truths Of religion and tho feeblo mind whe:i
snys 70 a1l the cloqncnce Ut lie and death a..
mVlt thou 1xrxltudest NIX.