The Kosciusko star. (Kosciusko, Miss.) 18??-1898, 1895-09-13
sympathy with Others in Their
Limitations.

those of his reighbors. The proof
of his Messlahship which Jesus
sent to John the Baptist was the
record Of his sympathy with HUI
man limitation.
sympathy with the limited IS
the distinguishing mark of those
who follow the Masters direction,
Learn of me-" While we may
not follow him in the strength and
efficiency of his sympathy, which
with bin did not stop with the
emotion, but exhibited itself in ac-
ton, we may cultivate the ability
to perceive the limitations under
which those about US labor, and
feel the same desire to remove
them which animated him.
How quickly vision for the stuff
erer followed when he perceived
the limitation of blindness. If the
power of motion was restricted, 1t
was but a word, and the lame
walked. Speedily the barricadlng
doors which shut out sound were
unbarred. and the narrow limit OF
the lepers range was enlarged by
Astounding physical vigor. Even
those limitations that set an iron
bound to every life were torn away
when the dead rose at his COM
mard. and. showing the illimitable
prospect opened before the victims
OF poyerty and want, he said, The
poor have the gospel preached to
them" If one had need, that was
enough for Jesus. The helping
touch went forth, the blessed word
Of the gospel was sounded.
As Christians, we need a new
insight, new power of perceiving
the limitations, both of mind and
body, under which those about US
labor. We need a greater enlarge
ment in our own power of vision.
Ho9 divine an insight must Jesus.
have hadl How instant his per
ccption. How sensitive his soul,
not only to every shade and degree
of pain and sin in others, but to
the limitations of their knowledge,
their desires, their apprehensions,
and their wills! If we wish to
copy him. we must cultivate our
qulckness to see the real sorrows
and the manifold limitations under
which mankind suffers.
We are ootuse ty nature, and
we add to our natural indi Terence
to distress and limitation about US
studied shielding of our eyes
from anything that might give us
pain,
BY comparison of ourselves
with our Exemplar, we may begin
to find out our deficiency, But we
may pass a clearer judgment on
the narrowness of our sympathy,
and on the meagerness ofour de-
sire to be helpful, by an appeal to
God that he would set those things
in the light Of his countenance for
us. Then their paltryness will
appear when that face which is un.
clouded light becomes the back.
ground against which we see oul
own characters. He will certainly
show Us how our pride. indlffer.
tace, and sloth, and self-satistac.
ton are preventing US from seeing
the many ways in which we might
enlarge and comfort and beautify
the liv,s Of many who now cost u,
no thought or sympathy, much
less any actual self-denying assist
ancp.
Beyond the PHYSICAL limitations
which may engage our sympathie:
lies the great world of limitations
brought upon man through sin
These perhaps, REQUIRE even {
more quickIy-perceiying spiritua
eye, and more quickly-moveC
band of sympathy for their relief
Physical limitations gre a type
aGA s,Mbol 81 .yir''ral limitation
Grscasc and deficiency. We actu
ally SEE, with all our efforts, bu
an irfWtesimal part Of the misery
Of the world; and of this fractional
part which we do see we can re
lirve but little. Still God has s
blessing for those who do see tha
conditions axe not right. tina
sin las too much control, and wh(
strive even mentally to wage wal
against evil in every form. anC
who gfieve and mourn over the sil
and sorrow of the world. notwith