The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-12

vided. Tell him that though his sin.
are as scarlet, they shall be as snow
though they are red like crimson, they
shall be as wool That man Is dying
| forever for the lack of one kind word.
There used to be sung at a great
many of the pianos all through the
country n song that has almost died
out. I wish somebody would start il
| again in our social circles. There may
not have been very exquisite art in the
| music, but there was grand and
| glorious sentiment:
Kind words ne7er die, never die;
Cherished and blessed.
O, that we might in our families and
in our churches try the force of kind
| ness. You can never drive men, wom-
en- or children into the kingdom of
God. A March northeaster will bring
out more honeysuckles than fretful-
ness and scolding will ever bring out
Christian grace. l wish that in all
our religious work we might be satu-
rated with the spirit of kindness.
Missing that, we miss a great deal Of
usefulness. There is no need of COM
ing out before men and laundering to
them the law unless at the same time
you preach to them the Gospel. The
world is dying for lack of kindness.
In all our sermons there must be
help for everyone somewhere. You go
into an apothecary store. We see others
being waited on; we do not complain
because we do rot Immediately get the
medicine; we know our turn will
come after awhile. And so. while all
parts of sermon may not be appro-
pirate to our case, If we wait prayer
fully, before the sermon is through we
shall have the Divine prescription. l
say to these young men who are go
ing to preach the Gospel, these theo-
logical students-I say to them: We
want in our sermons not more
metaphysics, nor more imagination,
nor more logic, nor more pro-
fupdity. What we want in our
sermons and Christian exhortations
is more sympathy. When Father
Taylor preached in the Sailors Bethel
at Boston the jack tars felt that they
hao help for their duties among the
and the forecaatles. When
Richard Weaver preached to the opera
tives in oldham, England. all the
felt they had more grace
for the spindles. When DR.. South
preached to kings and princes and |
princesses, all the mighty men and |
who heard him felt preparation !
for their high station.
Do YOU not know that this simple !
story OF 4 Saviour's kindness is to re-
deem all nations? The hard heart OF
this worlds obduracy is to be broken |
before that story. There is in Antwerp. I
Belgium, one of the most remarkable
pictures | ever saw. 1t is The De-
scent of Christ from the Cross 1t is
me of Rubens' pictures. No man can
stand and look at that Descent from
he Cross" as Rubens pictured il,
without having his eyes flooded with
ears, If we have any sensibility at all
1t is an overmastering pictures; one
that stuns you and staggers YOU and
haunts your dreams One after
noon man stood in that ca
hcdral looking at Bubens' "De.
scent from the Cross lie was
al absorbed in that scene OF a Saw
ours sufferings when the janitor came
II and said: 1T is time to close UP
,he cathedral for the night / wish
;ou would depart" The pilgrim looked
1t that Descent from the Cross"
urned round to the janitor and said:
No, no; not yet. Wait until they get
Him down" o, it is the story
If Saviour's suffering kind
less that is to capture the
world. When the bones of that
great behemoth g, iniguity which
has trampled all nations shall be
broken and shattered. it will be found
out that the work was not done by the
hammer of the iconoclast, or by the
sword of the conqueror, or by the
torch of persecution, but by the plain,
simple. overwhelmiIfE force eff 1.-THE
soft tongue that breaketh the bone"
Kindness. We all need more of it in
our hearts, our words and our behavior
The chief characteristic of our Lord
vas kindness. A gentleman in En-
gland died, leaving his fortune by will
10 two sons. The son that stayed at
home destroyed the will and pretended
that the brother who was absent
was dead and buried. The absent
brother after awhile returned and
claimed his part of the property
Judges and jurors were to be bribed
to say that the returned brother and |
son was no son at all, but only an i'm
postor. The trail came on. Sir |
Matthew Hale. the pride of tho
English court room and for 20
years the pride of Jurisprudence,
heard that this injustice was about
to be practiced lie put off his official
robe. He put on the garb of miller.
He went to the village where that trial |
was to take place. lie entered the
courtroom. He somehow got i'm.
paneled as one of the jurors. The |
briber came around, and the |
man gave ten pieces of gold |
to the other jurors, but as this |
was only poor miller the briber |
gave to him only five pieces of gold. A |
verdict was brought In rejecting the |
right of this returned brother. He was |
to have no share in the inheritance. |
Hold! my lord" said the miller.
Hold! we are not all agreed on this |
verdict. These other men have received |