The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1897-11-26

being good himself to make others good;
new chord in his being had been struck,
new impulse had been started. ae did
SET A GOOD EXAMPLE
to the small boy with whom he roOmed,
during the school year he got very far
away from his reputation of being the
worst boy in Washington County, and
he became a boy upon whose word
all could rely. When, at the close of the
year, the others were giving, at prayer
meeting service, their testimony as to
what Weiser academy had done for
them, this boy kept still. He said, after
ward, that he did not wish to make any
profession of changed life until he had
gone back among his former associates
and seen whether he could stand the test.
He wanted to know that the change in
his life was real.
From the moment that the Christian
teacher spoke to this boy in the parlor of
Weiser Academy and asked him to be
good that his roommate might be good,
the current of his life was turned in a
different direction, from that moment he
served another motive of action. So
say to those who are to unite with this
church to-day on profession of faith: If
you rightly comprehend the meaning of
the step you take, from this moment on
through your lives q new motive will
have been introduced into them. That is,
purely and simply, what uniting with a
church means. 1t means putting these
words as the impulse of your action, as
the driving-wheels of your energy, as the
enllster of your sympathies, as the di-
rector of your thoughts, 'for My sake
Hitherto, consciously or unconsciously,
you have been living for ambitions sake,
for pride's sake, for friends sake, for
loves sake, for homes sake, for self's
sake; now henceforth you arctic live for
Christ's sake"
Our text follows the narrative of the
rich young ruler. He came to Christ in
haste to know what good thing he must
do for the sake of eternal life. That is
what he wanted, eternal life, as a bit OF
property that he could add to his already
large accumulation. He was willing tc
do good deal for the sake of goodness
he was ready to do much more for the
sake of eternal life, buthe was not at the
point where he could sell his goods ane
distribute them among the poor for the
sake of Christ. As some one has said
"How many seek Jesus for anything else
but Jesus!"
But Jesus wants men to come to Him
for His own sake alone. He makes nc
apology about this. He does not say II
is an unusual thing to ask or an un'
usual thing to do; He simply asks men to
come to Him and tolmake Sacrifice for Ria
sake. of, think of the infinite tender
ness of the appeal when, in the midst OF
the garden agony, sense of utter lone
illness such as no other heart has known
stealing over him, Jesus desired the COM
partnership of His friends, the feeling
that they were near, and they were so IT.
responsive to His need of them, He cried
s'Whatl could We not watch with Me one
hour?" / often think of the tenderness in
that voice that would almost have called
forth pity from stone when, not long
after the multitudes had pressed about
the Saviour to make Him king,
ITHEY WERE ALL LEARNING HIM
and to His close disciples He
exclaimed, "will ye also go
wayf' Nearly every heart is touched as
those scenes pass in review; but who
will answer with the heart OF love to the