Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1886-12-03

H0rs4. 4.-Sr. MATTHEW. ;: II.
In this familiar passage the grea
Teacher at once reveals the cxalte,
position Of His people on earth ant
lnstructs them To be humble minister,
to the glory of their God and Father
How great the eXaitatIon, "le az,
the light Of the world. le citizens
Of MY Kingdom whom | have just de
scrlbed rs poor in spirit, mourning on
account of sin. huugerlug and thirst
ing after righteousness, pure in hear
meek AID merclf.l aud peucemaker~
ye are the light OF the world. In ar
ter jays He sail Of Himself of cours,
in a far higher apd grander sense 81
am th- Light Of the world How
great the houors tat IIr should SPEAK
in the same language Of those VII,
had received their illumination from
HIM aud robed in these seven grace:
shine with the light OF Chris.
And bclu. lights you must shine
shine that the light may be- seen. Le'
no false humility lead yen 20 bar,
your talent, 10 veil II in darkness -,
not say no eve but that Of God shalt
see nv light, will not confess II be
fore men. but IN humility cone al it,
With no such purpose have y"u beer
tllumiued from on High. "Nri,Eel
DO mrn light .nd'r 4tiI tsa- -
der bushrl but on candlestIck al,
1T giverh light INTO all that ar,
IN the house. SO with the lIghl
which man has kindIed, aud wher
God at infinite cost t..s kindled You
will YOU hide the light: No Le
your light shine, let 1t shine befor,
men. not only before God, before men
before that world which YOU must
help to illumine. DO you say thrr
~ hat a temptation in vain glory, whai
an encouragement To PharaSaic prid,
/ and seli-rlgi,teousness: We are tht
/ light Of the world and We must let oul
light SHIN before men that they ma,
see Us and magnify as. No dear
/ Brethren a. the same time that th,
( Saviour reveals your exaltstiOn lie
! teaches YOU To minister humbly TO tn,
/ glory of God. "Let your light 81
shine before men that they my see
not you. but your good works, your
works. not Yourself, aud that they
may glorify rot y"u, not your good
works, but '.your Father which is in
/ Heaven The Christian must shine
/ and shine before men. but his language
/ before God aud man must be mot unto
Us, not unto us, but uuto thy name
% Lord, be all the glory" Let
your light so shine" Brethren, these
words contain touching appeal TO us
from our departed Lord. We know
that in the absence of the greater light
which rules the day God has set III the
| firmament lesser light TO rule the
night That far s,teIlite has no lus
tire of her own. 1t is her que My of.
fee only when days brilliant ora has
Set, to shine down with reflected ra
dance, upon benighted world and
do silent homage to the suns hidden
glories. AS long" said the Saviour
las long as | am in the world | an
the Light OF the world" He is nc
/ longer in the wor d in his visible pres
terrP. our sun OF righteousness irat
withdrawn and the world seeth Hin
! no NOR. llumlned as YOU are by
/ that Sun or Righteousness shining in
/ His reflected radiace. On what all
appeal TO ach of lis as little satrlli,,
/ to shine az "A light on his dark world
d, gI1d and grat' ful homage to the
veil,d splendour Of our adorable Lord
| Let your light shine. The Saviour
is appealing 10 every one of us tC
WELD the intluerce of IA good example
noise ess rs the hight, c,nstant, lucid
az the light. In two ways does God
invest man with influence over man,
one by conscious. active, aggressive ef
fort, the other bv the reanty and the
inhuenC" of a good TX ample. Now He
says 'pIench, nov He saws "shine.
y " He gathrrs aud marshaIs Apes
ties, EvangrIl.rs. Teachers; He gives
them tongues Of fire. He clothes them
with wonder working power He com
mands the:n t" go into all the world,
cross continents and oceans, preach,
reprove, rebuke, exhort, plead With
men t. be rrconciIed to God. And
now He turns to the multitude ApoS
ties and all and only says: Shine.
"L2t your lIg t so shine before men
that they may see your good work:
and glorify your Father which is in
! Heaven" Place these influences III
the balance, who will say which out
weighs the other. "llistories and bl
ographies make little account" says
one ''of the pow er men exert insensIbly
over each other. They tell how meI