The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-13
THE POWER OF SYMPATHY.
onrist IL In Complete Touch With HI,
People.

- IN complete Touch With His
People.
The Rev. J. E. Bailey yesterday preached
a ricn sermon before his new flock in the
second Methodist Protestant church. He
TOOK as a subject the Power of Svmna.
'ny' and drew his text from Mark vi "a:
Aud Jesus when He came out saw much peo-
PIE ana was moved with compassion toward
tnefn, because they were as sheep not having a
shepherd; and He began to teach Their, MAJ
things. '"S''' many
The preacher said:
christ is in sympathetic touch with His peo.
PIE. ne is related to each individual heart az
one str ng of musical fnstrumeut-tbe Int
aoi ihslance-is related to the remaining strings
ioucn the one, and those which remain are Al
iected' They trernble, they vibra.e Touch the
~ VI inc christian, and the heart of Christ is
30 united to Ii BIZ the sensitive chords of love
anu sympathy that 1t, too, is disturbed
Inc storm that twists and rends the branches
Vi the fruitful vine disturbs the parent stem
also. wv ~
christ says: ~ am the vine and We are the
branches"
when Saul was prosecuting the church. Christ
was 80 united 70 his children, aud the cords of
rove ana sympathy uniting them were so sensi-
1--WE Is TO convey their prosecutions back upon
himself, and a voice from heaven cries aloud.
mad heart which could feel nature which
could sympathi e and a soul which could weep
over the Ills OF humanity. And that is a great
soul which can bring itself in such an at itude
10 suffering humanity as to be touched by its
inirmities
It's lsrge. vell-developed soul that makes
man great. David Pryde says: "a soul be-
comes large by the simple process of addition"
BY that wonderful power called sympathy The
soul leaves the narrow limits of its own body
ana goes outside, and acts there as we'll Thus
the soul may be brought in touch with the good
ana great people of the past in all ages end in
the present of all countries
NOT only may the soul be brought in sympa-
thetic touch with the visible and tangible, but
with the invisible and intangible rs well, where
1t can hold unbroken communion and undis-
surbed fellowship with God.
consider that soul great which has power to
go down In the dark valley of aft lotion and
stand close by the side OF those who are in sore
distress, placing itself in their circumstan .es
where 1t can share their burdens and drink
from their cup OF sorrow. which at the same
time IL putting forth an energy which brings it
III sympathy with the invisible and intangible
such was the character of Christ He could
hold unbroken communion with the Father and
at the same time sympathize with, love and
comfort those who were in sore distress. That
is a great soul which stands today where it re-
ceiyes from God and gives to humanity.
The soul that Is not in sympathy with the
scant of earth or bounty of heaven is not great
but little.
1t never sees what the heart of sympathy Sees
Opportunities for the elevation of humanit
and the glorifeatioa of God are unobseryed. 1t
has no eyes TO see.
II never hears what the heart of sympathy
hears. Ii has no ears to hear
1t never feels what the heart of sympathy
feels. 1t has no heart to feel
The soul can not be happy unless it is In
sympathizing touch with God and humanity.
1t is not the four walls of the prison that
makes the life of the culprit so wretched, but
the consciousness that these walls shut out of
his cell all sympathy, human as well as divine.
But give it Sympathy, human and Divine
sympathy, and a dungeon palace will prove
John Bunyan, prisoner for twelve years in
Bedford jail, is happy and useful.
The human heart must have sympathy; it can
not be happy or succeed in this lie without it.
Men are inspired by sympathy TO accomplish
great things. They speak and act not rs them
selves but as the heart of those whose sympathy
gives them inspiration.
Ii you want those whom you have appointed
fill important positions to succeed, give them
the supporting energy of your sympathy. They
cannot succeed without it. This Ia Just az true
in church as in state. Cooperative sympathy is
necessary for success.