The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1889-11-28
How Shall a Minister Have
Power :?
Have

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| Xviii. ~.
Let us, as preachers. secure
personal attachment from Oul
people. They must love us j
We expect our plans TO do then
good. When a man would se-
cure anv natural blessing he uses
means. If he would reap he
nust SOW; that is he must scat
ter IN order 10 gather. When ht
would obtain q competent share
uflhe blessings of this world he
is dlligent in his calling; when
he would reach higher knowl-
edge he begins by mastering the
elements. II he would get love
lie must begin by giving love
You get child 10 love you, you
must do something that will
make him believe You have love
within you. Your hand must
touch his head. his cheek or your
lips his lips, and the tongue must
discourse sweetness. If We con
suit history we shall find thai
nearly all of the great leaders of
the world have been remarkable
for almost q fascinating power
over the heart of those that come
near them. The great heresiarchs
of the Church in all ages have
begun here. Paul alludes TO it
in his third chapter of Galatians.
first verse, 80. foolish Galatians,
who hath besv;tcked you that We
should not obey the truthS" II
was something that seemed like
witchcrafi, and we are told by
Jerome that most of the leaders
in heresy had great personal al
fractions.
We have similar testimony
concerning the warriors and po.
litical leaders of antiquity. Alex
ander was beloved by his friends;
Ceasar was adoreG by his SOL
diers; Cicero, Cato and even
Antony were men greatly below
ed; Gustavus, Cromwell. Pitt.
Bonaparte, the same. Of the
last named it is said that at one
time certain of his regiments re-
fused to fight. They were order
ed in line before him, every man
expecting severe punishment.
Napoleon paused for some time
till the silence was complete. He
then said: "Soldiers, l have been
in you once, shall /
ever be again :" Nothing else,
no more. There vas a full swell
Of voices which grew 10 thun-
der of huzzas. Those regiments
Afterward were the truest and
bravest of all the leglons of the
great conqueror.
Our blessed Savior, supreme
in power anG divine majesty, did
not disdain this golden key as
unlocking the human heart. We
nave a remarkable proof of this
IN John Xxx. II, "Jesus saith un-
% her Ii 9 Nary touch me not
tor l am not yet ascended 10 my |
Iather-" That this woman should
rave wished to embrace him.
whom she must have regarded as
almost a ghost, is proof how
.reat her affection. The spirit
II the passage seems 10 be "Oh
dary, the hour Of human friend
hip and fondness is at an end"
PAUL Il is clear, won the affec-
ion of all with whom he came in
ontact. and 1t gave him immense
'ower in preaching the gospel.
ike Moses, We may say his face
hown with benignity and love.
he hardy centurion, the stern
udge, the slave owner and the
yrent alwnys favored him. No
7onder he SAID to Timothy, "Lst
o man despise thy youth" He
ad right 10 put his admoni-
ION into this reflected form. He
ad proved the power of The
assions over the action. How
,uch significance is there in that
mple declaration, land Julius
ourteously entreated Paul and
ave him liberty to go unto his ,
lends and refresh himself" If
'aul gave this fact 10 Luke in
le conduct of this centurion hei
lodestly related his own.
The preacher OF the obscurest
arIsh is The hero of a little !
'orld, and in that circumscribed ,
ohere there is room for the
skill. and the exercise
the most gigantic virtues. III
true there is sense in which
le world will hate the faithful :
reacher of righteousness. But :.
is a curious kind of haired. Ii )
has an underground Of vener-
ion IT often breaks down al The I
'uch of a finger. 1t Is hatred. L
hich wilhou, a miracle is most
iraculOusly sukdued. This love
won not by worldly art or sac
ficing high principle, but by ="