The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-10-14
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Al over glorious Is my Lord;
Re must De- loved and vet adored.

Al over glorious Is my Lord;
He must be loved and yet adored;
His worth II all the nat ous knew.
Sure the whole earth would love aim too.
] remark again. { at we must look to
Jesus es an example. Vow a mere eIpyist,
you know, is always failure. II a painter
90 TO a D rtfoliO or a gallery of art, how
ever exquisite, 70 get his idea OF the natural
world from these pictures, ne will not sue
coed as well a 'ths artist who starts out ard
dashes tie dew from the gra and sees the
morning just as God built IL in the
clouds. OF poured it upon the mount
aia, or kindled it upon the sea.
People wondered why Turner the ia
nous English palmer. succeeded 50
well IN sketching a storm upon tie ocean.
IL remained a wonder until il was fOu d
that several times be had been iasaed % the
deck in the midst of a tempest and thsn
looked out upon the wrath " the sea. an
coming home 20 his studio, be pictuerd the
tempest. II Is not the copyist who succeeds,
but the fnan who confrouts the natural
world. So if man in literary composition
resolves that he will initiate the smooJhness
of Addison, or the rugged vigor OF Carlyle,
OF tho weirdness Of Sponsor, or
the epigr amnoatic style Of Ralph
Waldo z erson, be will not succeed AS well
as that man who cultures his own natural
style What is true IN this respect is true
in respect t. character. There were men
who were fascinated with Lord Byron. He
was lame and wore a very laFge collar.
Then there were tens of thousands Of msn
who re olved that they would be just like
Lord Byron, aad they limped and wore
have any 4 his genius. You can
not successfully copy a man, whether
he is bad or good. You may take the
very best man that ever lived and try and
live like him, and you will make a failure
hat rms hap - ~
fayson. Many have read his biography,
not understanding that be was a SICK man,
and they thought they wsre growing IN
grace because they we're growing like him
IN depression OF spirit There were men 10
copy Cowper, the poet, glorisus man, but
almost to insanity. The cODyist got Cow
pers faults but none of his virtues
There sever was but one being fit 10
copy. A few centuries ago he me out
ehrough humble surroundings, and with a
gait and manner and behavior different
from anything the world had seen. Among
all classes Of people be was perfect model
Among fishermen, he showed how fisher
men should act. Among taxgatherers, he
showed how taxgathers should act.
Among lawyers, be showed how lawyers
should act. Among farmers, he showed
how farmers should act. Among rulers,
he showed how rulers should act. Critics
tried to find in his conversation or sermons
something unwiss or unkind or Inaccurate;
but they never found it. They watched
him, o, how they watched himl He never
went into house but they knew it, and
they knew how long be staid, and when he
came out and whether he had wine for
dinner. SANDER twisted her whips and
wagged her poisoned tongue and set her
traps, but could not catch him. Little
children rushed out to get from him a kiss,
f7oF N ma
ner TO see him pass.
Do you want an illustration OF devotion,
behold him whole nights in prayer. Do
you want an example Of suffering, see his
path across Palestine tracked with blood
Do you want an example Of patieRce, see
him abused and never giving one sharp re-
tort Do you waHt an example Of industry,
see him without one idle moment. Do you
want specimen OF sacrifice, look at his life
of self-denial, bis death of ignominy, his
sepulcher of humiliation. o, what
an examplel His feet wounded,
yet hs submitted TO the journey.
his back lacsrated. and yet be carried
again. Condemned, yet be rose higher than
his calumniators, and with wounds in his
hand and wounds in his feet and wounds
on his brow and otnds in his side, he
calculated: Father. forgive them, they
know not what taey do An, my broth
rem, that is the pole by which to set your
compass; that is the headla ID by which to
steer; that is the light by which to kindle
your lamps; that is the example that we
ought al TO follow. How it would smooth
out the roughness in our disposition and
the world would be impressed by the trans
formation and would say: 81 know what is
the matter with that man; he has been
with Jesus and has learned Of him"
Alexander was going along with his army
n IA
great hat the army halted and said 1--WE
can't march any farther" Then Alexander
dismounted from his horse, took a pickax,
went ahead of bis army and struck into the
ics and snow. The soldiers said: If he can
do that, we can do it" and they took their
picks and soon the way was cleared and
the army marched on. So our Lord dis
mounted from his glory, and through all
icy obstacles hews path for himself and
path for us, saying: Follow mel do not
ask you TO go through any suffering, or
fight any battles where do not lead the
wayi Follow mel"
Again l remark, that we are to look to
Christ as q sympathizer. Is there anybody
in the house to-day who does not want
sympatLyl / do not know how anybody
can live without sympathy. There are
those, however, who have gone through
very rough paths in life who hal no divine
arm to lean on. How they got along / do
not eXacLly know. Inelr fortunes took
wings in some unfortunate investment and
few way. the bank failed, and they
buttoned up a penniless pocket. Ruth
less Spectators carried off the frag-
ments Of an estate they were twenty
five years in getting with hard work How
did they stand it without Christ! Death
came into the nursery and taere was an
empty crib. Ohe voice loss in the house
hold. One fountain less Of joy and
laughter. Two la IDS less, busy all day
long in sport. Two feet less to go bosnding
and rompiug througl the hall Two eyes
less to beam with love and gladness.
Through all that house shadow after
shadow, shadow after shadow until it was
midnight. How did they get through il?
do not know. They trudged the great
Sahara with no water in the goat skins.
They plunged to their chin in the slough of
despond and had no one to lift them. Ia
an trustworthy craft they put out into a
black Euroclydon.
My brother, my sister, there is a balm
that cures the worst wound. There is a
tight that will kindle UP the worst darkness.
There is harbor from the toughest oceao.
You need and may have the Savior's sym
patty. You cannot get on this way. / see
your trou lie is wearing you out body and
mind and soul come on no FOOLS erraAd
to-day. come with balm that can heal
any wound. Are you sicki Jesus was sick
Are you wearyi Jesus was weary. Are