The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-09-17

thought. Oh, incomprehensible con.
ception. Oh, Heavcn-born hope for
fallen men. In the amazing fullness
OF his Majesty. In the marvellous love
him whispering in the ears OF hungry.
starving and fainting mortality. II
have compassion on the multitude.
etc" We lind him seated on the rough
and cheerless and desert mountain
side, overlooking tho Sea of Gallilee.
at a distance and apart fro m the cities
and m3rts of trade, where food was
perhaps abundant, yet 1t may be, and
perhaps was, as It is today. walled
around by mans insatiate greed. and
hardly obtainable to many OF that
multitude which thronged our Saviour
In this desert place, even though 1t
had boon close at hand II
But there Is comfort in the thought
for all who continue with the Saviour
that mems mercllcss greed can never
build barrier between hunger and
food so high and so impenetrable but
what Chrlsts compassion will wreck Ii
from top to foundation, and from
center to circumference, and feed the
multitude that continue with him.
With compassion Christ feeds the mul-
| titude. Without compassion men with
mercenHry greed would starvs the
multitude and let them faint by tho
wayside. Man may dismiss compas
ston from his heart but Christ will
never"
The sacred narrator tells us In the
lines preceding our text that he sat
down upon the mountain and great
multitudes followed him. He sat down
upon the mountain. indicative of ac-
feasibility. He sat down among the
multitude, within reach of the pour
est, the humblest, accessible to all.
And there ''came unto him great mul.
titudee. having with them those that
were lame. blind, dumb. maiInsd and
mauy others, and cast them down at
Jesus feet; and he healed thcm; inso-
much tint tho multitude won.
dered, when they saw the dumb to
speak, the manned to 10 whole. the
lame to walk and the blind to SEQ; and
they glorilled the God of Israel"
| From which we learn the grand les
son that ha can heal, as well rs feed
the multitude; for right hers We find
! him healing all thut were brought
unto him, and adding the additional
blessing OF feeding those self-same
ones, lest they faint in the way. And
reader. IL you and | will only go TO
him aud continue with him, ie will
heal us. and he will feed US. and he
will give lis sight for oar blindness,
and he viii heal all oar lamenvss, all
our deformitieS, and unstop our cars
that we may hear him right. He will
give US wisdom that We may under
stand him completely and know the
/ truth. and the truth shall make us
free. : And he will give us pardon for
aIF GaiV "A ...I -
fhlnt by the way, feed us till we want
no more. Glory TO his ma me. As wa
have already said the divine utterances
OF Jesus Christ ara immensely fraught
and Charged with compassion towards
the children OF men. AMI fall with q
divine appropriateness upon all per-
iods and times and conditions OF mel.
| But 1t does forcl5ly strike us, for 30
IL seems to us, that at no time since
he uttered the words OF our text. do
men seem to be so void, and 30 barren
Of that compassion which is 80 clearly
set forth In the text, and which il they
were continuing with Christ and try
ing to emulate his example, would re-
move mountains of SORROW and dis
tress from earth's multitude, and Hood
the world with sunshine and peace.
say IL strikes us as stubborn face that
at ITO period OF time since Christ fed
the multitude on the mountains oi
Gallilee, and OF which we have any in
formation, that there was such a spirit
OF unrest and such anxiety amongst
! the people OF all nations relative tu
the simple subject of what shall we
cat. and wherewlthal shall We be
clothed" as now. The poor are mul,
| tiplying, and harder and still harder
becomes their toll. and narrower and
still narrower grow the avenues which
bring them bread, as compassion de
parts from the human braast, and
selfishness Yields the sceptre and i'll
satiate greed is robbing God and starv.
ing the multitude.
And when wa contemplate upon that
science of affairs known among men,
and denominated and understood b.
the high sounding appellation OF
business how little OF compassion
do we find in 1t. How little OF the
spirit OF, do unto others as you
would have others do unto you,c IL
there running through its veins. And
how hard. Yes, L may say. how inn
possible IL is to really continue with
Christ. and measure up to the stan
dard of the SCIENCE of business" as
taught aud practlced by the wor d.
How hard many have found IT, even
In these days, to continue with Christ,
and at the same time have muck bread.
The multitude Is so large that noel
| bread, human wants and necessities
are so many and SO thickly scattered
on every side, ann misery and distress
SO cover the world and compassion 80
| badly needed to assaugc its hunger.
AMI heal its sorrow, that 1t IL an utter
impossibility to continue with Christ,
and follow his teachings and ex'
amples, and at the same time follow
the world in It's science Of business.
and conform to its multiplied MODES
TO amass wealth and starye the multi.
tude.
| Yes, we say the science OF business.
as the world lnterprets it, and the
compassion Christ taught are ut vari-
ance, one with the other. and can
never be- reoonciled; ami mems busi-
ness science must become absorbed
into the Spirit OF Christ and his com
passion before they can truly continue
with Him. So render you can never
continue with Jesus Christanl strictly
follow and adhere to the science OF
business, as the world intarpretS 1t,
and as tile world to. day Is practicing it.
And the short way to express 1t Is,
ye cannot serve God and mammon.
But some will say, cannot business
man be Christian Oh yes aud we
Wish they all were, but the science of
business, as Jesus Christ interprets it,
and teaches US to follow II. Is as much
at variance with the business sclenca
OF the world. and as practiced by the
world to-day. rs Satan Is at variance
with Christ.
The business science which Christ
would have us learn is "Seek ye first
the kingdom OF God aud his right
eousness, and all these things shall be
added unto you" Paul gives us an
linking OF what should los incorporat
ed into the science of business. Hear
him: Not slothful in business; fer
vent la spirit; serving the Lord" And
whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do
all in tho name OF ting Lord Jesus. CIV
ing thanks TO God and the Father by
him." And whatsoever ye do, do 1t
heartily, as to the Lord. and not unto
men Would to God there was more
of this spirit OF devotion to hrtst,
more of this divine compassion filling
our souls. more OF his compassion
ooursing trough our natures and life,
and finding its way into the business
affairs of men, and shaping the deal.
inge between man AMI man. after the
pattern OF him who fed the multi
tude.
Then men would be happier, even in
this life. aud have hope of ct ernal life
and millions OF sorrows, which press
hard and sore. and make iife's path.
way but Jhorny, hopeless course
down to the grave, would be dispeied,
and the sweetness of Christ's compass
sion shining like an eternal sun. would
warm our hearts and send a current OF
pure. heavenly Christ impaired com.