Democratic messenger., 1889-10-19


am afraid you won't give II to me-" Then
you are unbclieving. But you say II will
come and ask. know, Lord Jesus, Thou
art IN earnest about this matter. ! come
asking for pardon. Thou hast promised
To give II to me. Thou wilt give II to me.
Thou has, given It to me-" That Is faith.
DO you see Il yeiy "Oh!" says someone,
IL cant understand IT," No man ever did
withou; Divine help. Faith Is the gin Of
God. You say "Tha, throws the respon.
sibil,ty of my shoulders" No; faith Is
the gin of God, hut II comes In answer to
prayer.
All over glorious Is my Lord.
lie must bc loved and yet adorcd
Ills worth II all the nations knew,
Sure the whole earth would love Him. too.
JESUS As An EXAMPLE.
| remark, again, that we must look To
Jesus as an example. Now. mere copy.
isl. you know, is always failure. lfa
painter goes TO n portfolio or gallery Of
art, however exquisite. to get his idea OF
the natural world from these pictures. he
will not succeed rs well ms the artist who
starts out and lashcs The dew from the
grass and sees The morning just as God
built Il In the clouds. or poured Il upon
the mountain, or kindled II upon the sea.
People wondered why Turner, the famous
English painter, succeeded SO well in
ske.ching storm upon The ocean. II re-
maincd wonder until II was found out
that several times he had been lashed to
the deck in the midst Of n tempest and
then looked out upon the wrath Of the
sea. and coming home Ia his studio he
pictured the tempest. II Is not the copy.
ist who succeeds, hut the man who con.
fronts the natural world. So, if man in
literary composition resolves that he will
initiate the smOothncss of Addison. or the
rugged vigor Of Carlyle. or the wcirincss
of Spencer. or the epigrammatic style nf
Ralph Waldo Emerson. he will not sue
cced as well as that man who cultures his
own natural style What is true In this
respect is true in respect To character
There were men who were fascinated with
Lord Byron. lie was lame aud wore u
very large collar Then there were tens
of thousands Of men who resolved that
they would bc just like Lord Byron. aud
they lnpcd and wore large collars. hut
they did not have any 0f his genius. You
cannot successfully copy man. whether
he is bad ar good. You may take the
very best man that ever lived aud try Ia
live like him, aud you will make failure.
There never was better man than Elw
Payson. Many have read his biography.
not understanding that he was n sick
man, and they thought they were grow.
ing in grace because they were growing
like him in depression f spirit. There
were mrE 10 copy C"wper. the poet. n
glorious man. hut sometimes afflicted with
melancholy almost To insanity The copy.
lists get Cowpcr's faults. bui none Of his
virtues.
There never was but one Being fit to
cnpy. \ lew centuries ago He came out
through humble surroundings. aud with
n gait and manner and behavior different
from anything the world had seen. Among
all classes of people lie was perfect
model. Among fishermen lie showed
how fishermen should act. Among tax.
gathers lie showed how ,axgathcrs should
act. Among lawyers lie 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 unwise ar unkind
or inaccurate, hut they never found It.
They watched Him, oh how they
watched him, lie never went inio n
house but they knew il. and they knew
how long lie stayed. and when lie came
out. aud whether lie had wine for dinner
Slandcr twisted her whips and wagged
her poison tongue. and set her traps hut
could not catch Him. Little children
rushed out 10 get kiss from Him. and
old men toiicrcd out TO the street to see
Him pass
DO you want an illustration Of devotion.
behold Him whole nights in PRAYER. Do
you want an example Of his suffering. see
Ills path across Palestine tracked with
blood DO you want an example of pa
iicncc. see Him abused and never giving
one sharp rc,ort. Do YOU wan, an ex
ample Oi industry. see him without one
idle moment. DO you want u specimen
al sacrifice. look ut His lii, Of self.dcnial
Ills death of ignominy. His scpulchcr Of
feet Wounded yet lie submitted To ,hs
Journey. Ills back laccratcd aud yet II.
carried the cross Struck. lie never
struck back again. Condemned, vel
lie rose higher than Ills calumniaiors. and
with wounds in Ills hands aud wOun Is in
Ills feet aud wounds an Ills brow aud
wounds IN Ills side lie calculated
Father, forgive them! for they know
no, what they do" Ah!my brethren, that
is the pole hy which to SET your compass,
that is the headland by which to steer
tha, is the light by which to kindle your
lamps. that is the example that we ought
all 10 follow How II would smooth oui
tie roughness in our disposition. aud III,
world would he impressed by the trans
formation and would say II know what
is the matter with that man. he has been
with Jesus aud has learned something al
Him"
Alexander was going along with army
IN Persia, aud the snow and ice were 81
great that the army halted aud said I'VE
can't march any further" Then Alexan
der dlsmounied from his horse. took 1
pick.aXe, went ahead Of his army ant
struck into the ice and snow. The sol
liers sail: III he can do that, we can dC