The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-09-11


= omnlpotent, kind word. Here is
q soul that has been swamped in sin
= ne wants to find the light of the Cos
. pei. He feels like shipwrecked ma,
:, iner looking out over the beach
watching for sail against the sky
Oh, bear down upon him. Tell hin
tnat the Lord waits to be gracious t,
: him; that though he has been a prea
sinner, there is great Saviour pro.
vlded. Tell him that though his sin,
are as scarlet, they shall be as snow
tnough they are red like crimson, they
snail be as wool That man Is dving
} forever for the lack of one kind word
There used to be sung at great
many OF the pianos all through the
country song that has almost died
out. wish somebody would start id
again in our social circles. There ma "
not have been very exquisite art in the
music, but there was grand and
glorious sentiment:
Kind words never die, never die:
Cherished and blessed
| y. that we might in our families and
IN our churches try the force of kind
ness. You can never drive men. wom4
en- or children into the kingdom Of
uod. A March northeastern will bring
out more honeysuckles than fretfui1
ness and scolding will ever bring out
Christian grace. I wish that in all
our religious work we might be satin.
rated with the spirit of kindness
Missing that, we miss a great deal 81
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 ba
nelp Tor everyone somewhere. You 90
INTO an apothecary store We see others
oelng waited on; we do not COMPLAIN
because we do not Immediately get the
medicine; we know our turn will
come after awhile. And so, while ali
parts OF a sermon may not be appro.
pirate to our case, if we wait PRAYER
'ully, before the sermon is through wa
shall have the Divine prescription.
'ay to these young men who are 90, :
ng to preach the Gospel, these theo. ;
ogical students-I say to them: We :
want In our sermons not mora :
metaphysics, nor more imagination. l.
or more logic, nor more pro-
undity. What we want in orr
ermons and Christian exhortations X
more sympathy. G.
Kindness! We all need more of il in
ur hearts, our words and our behavior. u
he chief characteristic of our Lord o
as kindness. A gentleman in En- d
land died, leaving his fortune by will tn
Two sons. The son that stayed al ST
ome destroyed the will and pretended II
lat the brother who was absenp kl
as dead and buried. The absent
other after awhile returned and in
aimed his part of the property. he
'dges and jurors were to be bribed tn
say that the returned brother and ha
was no son at all, but only an i'm. pl'
stor. The trail came on. Sir hi
atthew Hale. the pride of tho
lglish court room and for 20 30
ars the pride of Jurisprudence, ira
ard that this injustice was about of
be practiced. He put off his official Gre
De. he put on the garb of a miller. pie
went to the village where that trial int
s to take place. He entered tbe sta
lrt-room. He somehow got inn. abe
1eled as one of the Jurors. The a p
Der came around, and the I
n gave ten pieces of gold the
the other jurors, but as this tax
only poor miller the briSer and
e to him only five pieces of gold. A wht
dict was brought In rejecting tho he ,
Mt of this returned brother. He was of
lave no share in the inheritance. low
Did! my lord" said the miller. TO h
Did! we are not all agreed on this Rob
iict These other men have received mas
pieces of gold in bribery and have roos
lived only Ave." "Who are you?
ire do you come from?" said the
Re on the bench. The response Oh
Il am from Westminster Halli born
name is Matthew Hale, lord chief verit
ne kings bench. Off of that place. A lii
villaini" And so the Injustice Off 1
baked, and SO the young man got woul
anerltance. marc
=. ior enotner tnat Sir Mat halle
,arh "a ms MS &Voe anu put on was
of His robe Of roraI, Shrs hand
on the attire of humanity. and boar
That disguise he won our said.
al portion. Now are we the sons run {
Cd? Joint heirsl We went of woull
!, Me sure enough, but we got home
~. Ae W rseelse our eternal in little
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