The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-01-18

ness man and every woman that has SER
wants look well now and see IL you
cannot win them. Don't send them
off to any charitable institution, but
just take care OF them yourselves. Don't
go and blow a trumpet and say, that you
have done so much for your servants;
but do it kindly and quietly. / don't
suppose this centurion ever thought OF
what he had done for his servants. He
wanted his servant healed, and so he sent
these men, these Jews, for Christ to heal
him. There is a double staff. That man
was full of faith and full of humility. IL
you want TO be successful in working for
God, that is just the thing. 1t isn't often
that the two meet in one man. Did you
know II? But this man had exalted
thoughts of God and very low thoughts
OF himself. Now, want to call your at
tention to fact. II you find a man that
has very high thoughts OF himself he will
have very low thoughts Of God. Imet
man in the inquiry room the other
night who thought he was the very best
m IN In Rhode Island, and he thought God
was the most insignificant being that
there ever was. This centurion was little In
his own sight, he was Insignificant. He
was centurion in the Roman army, but
this man never thought of himself. He
thought that the Jews were better than
he, so he sent them to get Christ to come
and heal the servant. Thank God for hu-
nility and faith! His faith was as bold
as lion, his humility as meek as a dove,
as meek as lamb, and he had power. And
he shines on and on, and has been
shining for eighteen hundred years.
He Is going to shine on for ever more.
Why? Because he wasn't low and mean
and selfish. Now, / have heard all kinds
of men and women praised, but there is
one character that you never heard
praised. Can you think of the man or
woman who is never praised? Do you
know who it is? II is a supremely selfish
man or woman. Take A. II. Stewart, for
instance. Did you ever hear OF anyone
praising him. One of his clerks got sick
and couldn't come to the store for two,
three or ten weeks, his wages were cut
right off. He wasn't responsible. Who
is is my brother? "Am my brothers
keeper?" He didn't feel any responsible
ity for any man that helped him make his
great fortune. Why! I was in New York
when he was dying, and there was a sort
Of jubilee all over the city, they were
glad the old miser was going. They were
telling stories right there in his marble
palace. His wife might have mourned,
but IL she did she was about the
only mourner he had. What a glorious
opportunity he had to become immortal
and live forever! pity these men that
hold on with tight grip to everything
they have. heard of man once
that was always telling his
great thing for him, 81 am
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Sambo got his expectations up very high.
When the man came to die it was found
that all he had willed Sambo was to be
buried in the family lot. That was the
big thing, you know, Sambo said. He
wished he had given him 80 and let the
lot go. II you want to show kindness to
person, show it to them while
you are living. heard a
man say that he didn't want
people to throw bouquets to him
after he was dead and say, "There, smell
them.v Now this the time for action.
This man acted. He was going to try to
save the life of that servant. That is
what we want to do. have got so tired
and sick OF this splitting hairs over the
ology and men talking about higher criti-
cism. Man, let us go out and get these
fallen men up. Lift them up towards
God and heaven. We want practical
kind of Christianity. ] was In England
some time ago and they had great corps
OF bishops and the highest ecclesiastical
men having a discussion which lasted for
days to see whether they should wear
black or white gown. Man, throw aside
your gown and give them the
gospel. That is what they want
This mans servant was dying
and he went to work to save him.
You have servants that are dying with
out God and without hope. Don't think
because they work for you eight or ten
hours day that your responsibility ends
there. believe God will hold you re
sponsible. You business men can reach
those men who arc employed by you
good deal better than the ministers. As
said the other day, we arc living In alto
gether different days from what our
fathers did. Those old days have
gone now. We treat our servants
Just about "a we do sewing
machine. III they do their work well all
right; but IL they don't we kick them out.
They may 60 TO ruin, become defaulters,
and bring stain upon the whole family,
and IL is nothing to you. II Is good
deal to You. That centurion looked after
his servant. Look after your servants
See that they don't work seven days in the
week. Don't make a man do what you
don't want to do yourself.
But my time is up. ! would just like TO
have you take this centurion into your
heart and see II you are like him. Per-
haps you have built synagogue, you may
stand well abroad, but how do you stand
at home? DO you stand well there? This
man stood well with his servants, he
stood we'll abroad, just because he was
real true man, although he was Gentle
Nd Hop,on-