The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-10-23

SldTlS out ana OaSncS the QeW from the
| grass and sees the morning just as God
built it in the clouds, or poured it upon
the mountain, or kindled it upon the sea.
| People wondered why Turner. the famous
English painter, succeeded so well in
sketching storm upon the ocean. 1t re-
manned a wonder until ii was
found out that several times he had
! been dashed to the deck in the
midst of a tempest and then looked out
upon the wrath of the sea, and coming
home to his studio he pictured the tenn
| pest. 1t is not the copyist who succeeds.
/ but the man who confronts the natural
world. So if man in literary composition
resolves that he will initiate the smooth
ness of Addison, or the rugged vigor Of
| Carlyle, or the weirdness of Spenser, or
! the epigrammatic style of Ralph Waldo
! Emerson, he will not succeed as well as
| that man who cultures his own natural
/ style. What is true in this respect is
true in regard to character. There
were men who were fascinated with
| Lord Byron. He was lame and wore
very large collar. Then there were
tens of thousands OF men who resolved
that they would be Just like Lord
! Byron, and they limped and wore
large collars, but they did not have any of
his genius. You cannot 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 failure. There never was a better
man than Edward Payson. Many have
read his biography, not understanding
that he was sick man, and they thought
they were growing in grace because they
were growing like him in depression of
spirit. There were men to copy Cowper,
ha ~IO hut
afflicted with melancholy almost to insan-
ity. The copyists got Cowper's faults, but
none of his virtues.
There never was but one being fit to
copy. A few centuries ago He came out
through humble surroundings and with a
gait, and manner. and behavior different
from anything the world hadseen. Among
all classes of people He was perfect model.
Among fishermen, He showed how fisher
men shouldact. Among tax -gatherers, He
showed how tax-gatherers should act.
Among lawyers, He showed how lawyers
should act. Among farmers, He showed
howfarmers should act. Among rulers, He
showed how rulers should act. Critics
tried to find in instrumentation rsermons
something unwise, orunkind, or inaccurate,
but they never found it, They watched
Him, oh, how they watched Him! He
and they knew how long He 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
n kiss, and old men tottered out to the
street corner 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 patience, see
Him abused and never give one sharp re
| tort. Do you want an example of industry,
sec Him without one idle moment. Do
YOU want a specimen OF sacrifice, look at
His life OF seIf-denial, His death Of igno-
miny epulcher ofhumiliation. oh what
/ an example! His feet wounded, vet
He submitted to the journey, His
! back lacerated, and vet He carried the
cross. Struck. He never struck back
| again. Condemned. yet He rose higher
| than His calumniators, and with wounds in
| His hands, and wounds in His feet, and
wounds on his brow, and wounds in His
side, He calculated: "Father. forgive
| them they know not what they do" All
my brethren, this is the pole by which to
set your compass, that is the headland by
which to steer that is the light by which
| TO kindle your lamps, that Is the example
we ought all 10 follow. How il would
smooth out the roughness in our DISPOSE
| tion. and the world would be impressed
| by the transformation 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 in Persia and the snow and ice were
50 great that the army halted and said:
| Eve can't march any further" Then
Alexander dismounted from his horse, took
pickaxe, went ahead Of bis army, and
struck into the ice 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 dismounted from His glory,
and through all icy obstacles news a path
| for Himself and path for us, saving: Fol
| low me- do not ask you to 90 through
any suffering or fight any battles where l
| do not lead the wavi Follow mew
Again / remark that we are to look to
| Christ as a sympathizer. Is there anybody
| in the house to-day who does not want
sympathy? ! do not know how anybody
| can live without sympathy. There are
| those, however, who have gone through
very rough paths in life who had no divine
arm to lean on. How they got along / do
not exactly know. Their fortunes took
wings in some unfortunate investment and
| flew away. The bank failed, and they
buttoned up penniless pocket Ruthless
| spectators carried off the fragments 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 there was
an empty crib One voice less in the
/ household. One fountain less of ioy and
| laughter. Two hands less busy all day
long in sport. Two feet less TO 60 bound
ing and romping through the hall. Two
| ewes less to beam with love and gladness.
| Through all that house shadow after
| shadow, shadow after shadow, until il was
midnight. How did they get through it ?
do not know. They trudged the great
Sahara with no water in the gOat-skins.
| They plunged 10 their chin in the slough
of despOnd and had no one to lift them.
In an unseaworthy craft they put out into
a black Euroclydon.
My brother, my sister, there is a balm
that cures the worst wound. There is a
! light that will kindle up the worst darkness.
| There is harbor from the toughest ocean.
You need and may have the Savior's SYM
| pathy. You can not get on in this way. L
| see your trouble is wearing you out-body,
and mind and soul. / come on no FOOLS
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