The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-29

of Christ, comes along, puts his hand |
of sympathy on the sore spot-the |
| torn ligaments are healed and the dis |
| turbed bones are rejoined. Oh, for this |
| gentleness of Christ.
The dew of our summer night will ac- |
complish more than so Caribbean |
whirlwinds. How important it is that |
in going forth to serve Christ we have
something of His gentleness! Is that
the way we bear ourselves when we are
assaulted? The rule is an eye for an
eye, tooth for tooth, retort for re-
tort, sarcasm for sarcasm. Give him as
much as he sendsl After awhile you
look up into the face of Christ and you
see His gentleness, and you say: We'll,
now, must do differently" Then
your proud heart says: Now you
have your enemy in a corner. You will
never get him in a corner again. Chas-
tise him and then let him 60" So we
postpone the gentleness of Christ. Did
you ever know any difficulty to be
healed by acerbity and hypercriticism?
About As years ago the Presbyterian
church was split into the new school
and the old school. The chasm got
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personalities were INDUCED in. Good
men on one side mathematical good
men on the other side. Wider and
wider the chasm got. until after awhile
some good people tried another tack,
and they began to explain away the diff
fculties, and soon all the differences
were healed, and at Pittsburgh they
shook hands and are one now to be
one forever.
You say to a man with whom
you had falling out: Il despise you"
He says: II can't bear the sight Of
YOU" You say to him: II never want
you to come to my house again" He
says: IF you come to my house again,
I'll kick you out" You say: "rll put
you down" "Oh, no." he says; III put
you down." But some day the spirit
of Christ comes into you, and you go
| over and say: "My brother. give me
4 your hand. Time is short and eternity
I. is near, and we can't afford to quarrel.
Now. let bygones be bygones. and let
4 us act like Christians" 1t is all set
! tied. How? By the gentleness Of
n Christ.
e Christ's disposition was also one Of
t self-sacrifce. No young man ever
n started out with so bright prospect
S as Christ started out with If he had
d been willing to follow a worldly ambi-
d ton. In the time that He gave to the
" sick He might have gathered the vast
n est fortune OF His time. With His
II power to popularize Himself and mag
S, netize the people He could have gained
I'll
d such plaudts as He might have won
e from sanhedrin and synagogue and
!. vast audiences by the seaside. No
If physician ever got such a reputation
for healing power as He might have a /
IT tanned if He had performed His won
IS derful cures before the Roman aristoc-
It racy. l say these things TO let you
81 know what Paul meant when he said
d "He pleased not Himself" and to show
l. something of the wonders Of His self
It sacrifice. All human power together
s. could not have thrown Christ into the
e manger if he had not chosen to &c
'e there. All Satanic strength could not
p have lifted Christ upon the cross if He
d had not elected himself to the torture
J. To save our race from sin and death
d and hell he faced all the sorrows OF
IN this world and the sorrows of eternity
h. How much of that self-sacrifce have
20 we?
II What is self-sacrifice? II is my wax
m ing long journey to save you from
ID fatigue. 1t is my lifting a great mum
lie ber of pounds to save you from th'
L. awful strain. 1t is subtraction from
IS my comfort and prosperity so tina
ID there may be an addition TO your com
e. fort and prosperity. How much o
n that have we? Might not rather say
US "How little have We" Two children
~ brother and sister-were passing dowI
II, the road. They were both very desti
o. tute. The lad had hardly any gar
is ments at all. His sister had a coat tina
:" she had outgrown. 1t was a very col,
lg day. She said: johnny, come undet
H. this coat" "Oh. no." he said; "th
OF coat isn't large enough!" oh" sh
to said, sit will stretch!" He comes unde
II the coat, but the coat would no
,e, stretch. So she took off the coat an,
of put it on him. Self-sacrifice pure an,
simple. Christ taking off his robe Il
We clothe our nakedness. Self-sacrifice
I'll I have not any of it. nor have you com
az pared with that. The sacrifice of tn
at Son of God.
er Christ walked to Emmaus. Chris
g, walked from Capernaum to Bethany
We Christ walked from Jerusalem to Go
of gotha. How far have you and wake
lie for Christ? His head ached, His hear
in ached, His back ached. How muc
SO have we ached for Christ?
re The disposition of Jesus was ais
he a disposition of humility. The Lor
rt of earth and Heaven in the garb {
rt- rustic. He who poured all III
en- waters of the earth out of his righ
ng hand-the Amazon and the Euphratt
and the Oregon and the Ohio and tn
of sissippi-bendi: over well t
nd ask Samaritan woman for drinl
re He who spread the canopy of III
of heavens and set the earth for foo
he stool, admitting that He had nc
he where to lag his head. He who's