The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-06

ssFiolgaw Ne ard ! w!ll make you fishers
o. raar. Matt. WE
No matter what Christ said or did.
there seemed 20 be ringing In His ears
two voices. directing all utteranes and
.tfort-ons from the MaDeer and the
other from the Cross. Humility and
sacrifice were the two ruling principles
o. His entire life. They were every
where pseser;. They were the alpha and
omega Of salvation. The manager was
ire body and the cross was the soul u
His mysterious mission The incarna-
ton could not be complete while Il
lacked either Vibrating from Beth
Iehern came the demand for a career
Iowgy iB its motive, unostentatious in IT'S
surroundings, humble In its companion
ship. infinite In its condescension
Trembling upon the air all around the
Master, vocal IN the loneliest medta-
ton and amid the losIdest clamor of the
ynultitudeA that thronRed about Him.
came the solemn warning OF Calvary.
declaring the fglfiirgeut of every pfoph-
ecy the goal toward which every act
Of TIis life should look and describing
the dominant characteristics OF that
companionshlp. which should be de-
yeieped through suffering and sacrifice
and be g:oriaed with Him after the VIC
tory was complete
Nowhere I'M the brief life OF Jesus do
vge hear these voices ringing out more
clearly IMAM 8fE tf11 satattt W FtsaNH b1A
text refers. For year after His bsp-
tizm He had been laying down the
Foundation principles of the new king
dom re came IN establish In the hearts
OF men~rspentance and faith. And
what contrast there was between
Johns putting Of these great essential
truths and His. John delivered his
rasssagc IA 2 blast from trumpet.
Jesus pleaded tears In His eyes, love
in HIS face a sob In His voice. No re-
clglae Jesus frequentei the homes of
men No ascetic. He sat at their tables
and partook In their festivities. lie
spoke with authority. but il was the au-
thority of serving lose. When He conf
rnanded 1t was His own spirit of
obedience To His Fathers viii that
enforced compliance. impatient ~
speak reverentiy before every sham, be
fore every form of cant and pretense,
before every pious fraud who sought TO
cover up his real worthiessness % heart
by his exceeding punctihousness OF de-
pertinent this same Jesus melted in
Tenderness and ngerfiowed in compass
sion, when Denitont sinners touched the
hsm OF FITS garment or kissed His feet.
The sweet spirit OF persuasion which
pervaded His whole ministry struck its
keynote In the first words that fell from
Hts lips. Andrew aud Simon. James and
Jahn had all heard the voice of love.
and their cars tingled and their hearts
tbrobbed under its spell. And now
Jesus stood before them again. Prin-
cipies were now TO become personalities.
Repentance and faith were now To break
over the dykes that guarded inward feel
Ing and flna Issue az the flood -gates of
active life. 10 selecting His fellow
workers-those who should sit under His
special teaching and become so imbued
with Ills spirit that after lie should he
taken from them they could perpetuste
His memory and mission-Jesus obeyed
the voices from manger and cross.
There were plenty Of high-hrowed
Jews who might have given His claims
end Kingdom the benefit Of their patron
age had lie chosen TO call them. There
were moneyed magnates who might have
shared their iGxury with Him. and be-
dazzied His followers with the splendor
Of their equipment There were au-
thoritative rulers whose edict might have
had it's weight In establishing His Mes
siahship. But all these He passed by.
Neither money nor monarchy did he
want. The voice from tho Manger sent
Him into humber paths. and He stood
on the shore of Geunesaret and, con-
fronting four simple fishermen. said.
Follow Met
Had He come 20 invent system of
philosophy He would have needed edu-
Gated and we'll trained minds to assist
Him In the PRONUNCIATION of its princi-
pies. Had He come To found a kingdom
whose symbol sould be an earthly
throne he would have applied to royal
influence and courtiy patronage. Had
the Implements OF his victory been the
sword and the spear. He would have
come with martial afr and serried
ranks would have followed him. But
lie came To save men. II was To be
rough work-a task that needed stout
bravery that seemed to be allied 10 stall
wnrt frames. II needed men vino could
climb into prominence without getting
dizzy: men who could dive into deep
floods of disaster I'm an effort 10 rescue
without being engulfed: men who knew
when to lie in writ and when 10 plunge
tn after their prey. men whose powers Of
endurance had been thoroughly tested !.
mon whose cornpanionship had been the
storm. Hence He called these fisher
men II WAS the voice from the Cross
speaking through Him and crying, "FoI-
low Me. and / Will make yoC fishers -
men
Th, scene vanisheS The waves Of
,iatiice wash thc shore hut IN irnagina-
tlon. The flshing tackle has long since
been laid away. The human di< inc voice
that fell 50 mus{calls upon the ears IF
the common people ~ that region speaks
40 iengcr 80 the outward sense
Eighteen hundred and mare gears have
passed into eternity since then. ana yet
here ln this church there speaks OH; "a
- from th.s Holy Book the same voice
than arrested the attention of these toll
ms fishermen. aud x utters with \ wen
aerf1iiy augmented emphasis the Same
words Follow M. and / viii make you
fishers of men" what does IL mean.
f.ad what lessons can we learn from this
actue and surrender fcr oar eternal
proAtf God help rse 70 show you.
can to ~ orb,
}s3tn, FIRST. thar this invitation ~
ttust ta a ya8 80 work These whe
ursesus}lN beard it hat ALREADY believed
a. issus and aCse his true disciples
Thtlr nrarts Ncyc IFS but row tie
Wanted ihrir Service. tneir lives And
- ioaAv this can comes 30 converted
sou}s who have plrnty az fat,h that the
world WIFI No ultimately won ~ CHRIST
without very much Trouble or tHe{r part
Thcy have too uuch f0ifh iu other Yso-
pics shAsY and to0 Utti, disposition 30
sr0sectate their own, Ch. fhst there
.5f'utd hh SO waaY shlfktrs and $50 Few
WORKER i0 the christian church =
.tte> behaving convert would only pat
ats fft PRAYER - saul - T4rsgS ~f.ossS.
W.T. N3it Thou have me ~ DO" aua
teen eo sptth aud 80 it. We would al
ruret haNr fhe millcnniaw hy Christmas
So Ht % get out ~ your heads alto
geteer 'he tstea tARt Christianity is Yusrc-
a. = fhiHE cf tAe ntut e. Is "a thinr ~
saN tte- II < uet throlosy. Il is thor
rur@ s"rYt<c. II - net creed, e'tt p
s+He.evatan- - is ney - much fslth
S. sSSsHt "a lt IS fsssh IN activity It lr
ret fa~saH,Au'u 81. But i follow 81
after Christ
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