The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-01-22

needs to cease thinking Of any incon-
venience which active Christian life
will cause himself This lack Of self.
sacrifice Christ can and does I'LL.
Christ means none OF self and
all OF God. To the selfish
man Christ means what He meant
to st. Francis of Assist, who surren-
dered his fortune and welcomed beggary
to serve the Lord. When the Christ OF
self-sscrifce is accepted by life that IS
selfish, self-sacrifce becomes to 1t what
steam is to the locomotive, whata single
strain of music may be to the chords
from "a score of instruments. Self
sacrifice may be to it what the UNI
linking Of letters is to the prisoner.
Another significant need of man is
forgiveness of sins. Consciousness OF
sin hampers the endeavors and restraints
the aspirations. A past of sin is the
ghost that peers over the shoulder and
fits on noiseless steps in the night
watches, and is king OF terrors more
terrible than death. A man who is thus
conscious of his sin, as some men arc
needs forgiveness. His need is the
same as that of Christian in Bunyans
allegory in getting rid of his pack;
the same as that of the prodigal return
ing to his father. This need Christ
fills, for forgiveness is the purpose OF
His life and death. His forgiveness is
an act of grace. His forgiveness puts to
fight the ghost of dead sins which are
yet terribly alive. His forgiveness
breaks the chain which holds man down
to dead, base past. His forgiveness
makes the sinner free man.
The lack of motive is still further
lack in most men. Men lack some
purpose to push them toward noble
achievement. This lack is specially felt
in the lives of many women between the
ages of twenty and thirty. In comparison
with young men, young women are mo-
tiveless. In school girls and boys pur-
sue the same studies and are gen.
orally about even in rank. AS
soon as they have graduated at the
high school, the boy usually
shoots ahead. The man of twenty-one
enters business, working hard to save
money for his capital He enters pro-
fessional life and studies at his desk ten
hours day. But the woman of twenty
one seldom has strong motive urging
her to work. If she earns her own liv-
ing she has this motive, and may thank
God for it. But if she does not know
what to do, as many women of her age
do not, in ignorance Of whether mar
riage or no marriage awaits her, she is
liable to content herself with Tennyson
and the Bazaar She has no strong motive
to do any thing, and therefore does
nothing. Therefore, she is butterfly
that fits, and fits and fits. The need
of most young women Of to-day be-
tween the ages of twenty and thirty,
without distinct calling, is the need
J of motive. This motive is found in
} Christ, in the love which Christ feels
for each one, and the answering love
which He awakens in the human heart
: This love, at once divine and human,
: gives to life motive
7 Thus Christ fills the greatest need Of
each life. If the need be self-sacrifice,
| He is self-sacrifce. If the need be for.
giveness, He comes as one who wipes
out all sin through His life and death
And if the need be motive, He is one
to inspire and arouse through His love
7 Whatever the great need be, that need
J He fills.-Christian Advance.