The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-07-10
A SERMON by REV. DIR, TALMAGE,

UINHtItu III llO DiopNAJH tNPNs'fts'
this morning on the subject The
Model" Before the sermon DR., Talmage
expOunded passageIof the New Tesla
ment The opening hymn was:
"oh, could speak the ma,ohless worth,
On could sound lhe gOllrs forth,
lhaIin my savior shine"
The text was Rom. viii, 0; "Now, II
any man have not the spirit OF Christ, he
IL none OF His"
There is nothing more desirable, said
DIR. Talmage, than pleasant dispOsl'
tiOn. without II We cannot 6e happy
ourselves, and we cannot nlake Others
happy. When wO feel that W0 have been
yexed, and have lost our temper, or have
been impatient under some light cross,
we wake up TO the new appreciation OF
proper eQuip0iae OF nature. We wish
that we had been born With self'bal'
ance. We envoy the bearing OF that
mar who Ia never thrown into pertur-
bation. We live under the feeling that
as years pass along our character VIII
be mellOwed aud ripened, and we Will
become more self-controllable, forgetful
of the fact that an evil left In our ma
ture uneradicated grows more offensive
proportions, and that transgression
not cast out may become the grand
father of q great generation OF iniqui'
ties. II Ia possible 10 have our diaposi-
tiOns all made over again, Because we
do not believe this our disp0sltions do
not improve. A man says. IL am irasci-
BILE, and can't help IT," or, IL am re-
yengeful, and can't help H." or, III am
impulsiye, and can't help H." You can
help II, We may have our dispositions
made over again-eNl uprOoted, right
implanted. II II Ia ever done ut all, my
friends, II will be by having the dispoSi'
ton OF Jesus Christ set down In our
nature. shall this morning discourse
TO you about the disposition OF the Lord
Jesus, for III any man have not the
spirit of Christ, no IL none OF His"
In the llrat place, the spirit OF Jesus
was a spirit OF gentlenesa. know that
sometimes He made wrathfnl utterancea
against the hypOcrlte md the Pharisee;
but for the most part Hls words and His
demeanor were gentle and loving, and
kind, and potent, aud inoitensiye, and
pleasant. When you consider the TACT
that lie had an omnlpotence with which
He might have torn TO pieces the assall-
era OF His character, II makes His gen
tleneaa seem more remarkable. Little
children, who always shy of from n
rough man, rushed into His presence
and clambered on Him until the people
had TO tell them 10 stand back. lnyalids
10 sore with disease that they shuddered
10 have any one come near them asked
Him TO put llia hand on their wounds;
it was 30 very soothing. There was moi
"A mother with 10 sick and delicate q
babe that she was afraid 10 trust IL In
the Sayl0r'a arms. His f00tstep was 50
gentle II would not wake up the faint.
est slumbOr, Some rough people hustled
a had woman into His presence aud said.
"DenOunce her now. Blast her. XII her"
Jesus looked ut her, and then looked at
the assailanta, aud sal; Let him that
IL without ain cast the llr6t stone"
When u blind man sat by tho wayHide
making u great ado because no had no
vision, the people told him 10 huah up,
that no was botherlng the Master; but
Christ came where no was and said to
him "What wilt thou that do unto
theeY' GOntleness OF voice. Gentle
meas OF hand, Genlleness OF foot. We
all admire II, though We may not have
II. The rough mOuntr n luil, the great
SCARED headland loves 10 look down in'
10 the calm lake at lts feet; the storm
Iest winter loves % merge Into the aun'
shiny spring; and the most impulsive
aud precipitalo nature must DO 1ttrnct-
cd by the qentlOnesa Of Christ. The
calmnesq OF His lock shamed bolsterous
Gennesaret Into placidity. How little
OF that gentleneas you and hayel Let
IA confess II, II " u tendency OF out
door life 10 stroke our dispositions the
wrong way. The thunder OF the worlds
sc0rn sOurs the milk Of human klndness.
The treachery,the extortion, the eignOble'
nosa Of mean men take the smOothn0sa
ont Of our nature, aud We become sus.
piciOus aud hypcrcrlllcal, ana stuck oil
over with nettlea, aud fr0wna come 10
the brow aud hnrshnose 10 tho voice and
bluntneaa 10 tho manners, What m
utter aud almost universal luck Of gem
tenees, 40 that we do not know how TO
tHlk 10 the sick. nor administer TO the
troubled, nor care for the poor. We have
our words Of sympathy pitched on u
wrong key had u slater whose arm
was put out Of Joint, and the neighbors
came, and they seized hold OF the arm
and pulled nightly, aud pulled TIL her
anguish WAS great, but tho bone went
moi To tho socket. After awhile u sur.
geon camO In. and with one touch II was
all right, SO we 10 down 10 our Chris.
tian work with no rough hand and
with 40 unkind ana unaJ mpnthetlc n
nature that We misornbly fail, while
some gentle Christian eoul comes along
and with one touch tho torn ligamehts
afe healed and the disturbed bones are
rejointod, oh, for something OF the
gentleneaa OF Chriatl There IL more
power In euch gentlencee than In u lito.
lime OF high pretenslOns. Tho dew Of
one GUNNER night does more good than
ton Caribbean whlflwlnde,
still further: The spirit OF Christ
was n spirit OF aelf.encrillcc, No young
man ever had opening before him
brighter opportunity than opened be'
fore Christ. II he had chosen 10 follow
worldly ambition ho might have gained
fortunes OF woalth In the time no spent
teniing the aick. With his power 10 NJ
tract mon and popularize himself, he
might have gained any Official position,
No orator ever won euch plaudita M he
might have won from sanhedrlm and
synagogue and vast assomblage on tho
eeashofe. No physician ever acquired
such u reputation for healing power ~
Christ might have acquired II he had
performed hla wonderful cures In the
presence OF the Roman ariatocracy. !
reclte 10 you 10 show what Paul meant
when no said: "He pleased not bimeolf."
No human power could have thrown
Chtlal into tho manger had no not cbo'
sen 10 70 there, no eatnnic strength
c0uli have lifted Christ on the cross II
no had not elected hlmeelf 10, torture.
To save our race from tho raepinFB and
turmvils of hia guilt, be faced tho eor.
rows VI earth and woes OF hnll, MI
motberly, fatherly, brotberly. self.sncri'
flse pnling into nothing before'tbis ex'
treme OF Divine generosity. suppose
yon, my heafer, by u straight course or