The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
REV. DR.. TALMACE.
rHE EMINENT DIvINEs SUNDAY
DIsCOURsE
Subjects Christs Charaoter-uis Fsr,bIv
Life Replete WIN beautiful Exam-
ples-Praciicc Self Sacrifice and Hu.
milityand Help Bear Burdens of Others

W ASUINCTON. ID C--Iu fins sermon
"h',h IN, Ialmage sends from Paris. he
duaNleS thc character of the Saviour. and
urges an Christians to c%ercisc the quail
''eS Whrh Wcr" Conspicuous in Christ's
,4rthly lte The text is Romans viii. o.
Now, II any man hns not the spirit OF
Christ he is none OF His
mere Is nothing more desirable than a
peasant disposition. Without it we cnu.
not bC hanry ourselves nr make others
happy. Whom We have lost our temper
or become i",paticnt under some light
crosS' we suddenly awaken to new apprc-
claliou OF prouCr cuutnoisc of upttrc We
wish we had been horn with self balance
we envy those neonlc VIII, bear themselves
'hron"h lile without Iry perturbation. and
we Halter ourselves that. however little
scr, control we may now have. the time
VIII come. u0der tho process of wears
When we VIII bo mcllovcd aud, softened.
nnm tne wrong th'n"s which are in MS now
Will then le all right forgctful of the fact
that nu evil habit ~ our nature viii grow
mo larger propOrtions. aud that an mi.
"n'iN not corrected viii become tho grand.
i7th'r oi a whole c"ucratinn of niuuities
- that people without he grace of God
~ the struggle aud aw.J the annovauccs
and cNnSperntious OF l'fp arc apt To be-
coz" wo"sc instead ot hetter
Now, the trouble is that we have a The.
''F l'l'A' ~ ll' N'llltI l'Nll n man IT'S
nnsltlon cannot be changed 4 nan saws.
am ,rasrible in temper. and | can't
helb ~. Another man says. ~ am re.
I'ngeiul naturally. aud | can't help 1t ''
Y man says. " ara iruulsve and I can
helm it, Aud he tells the truth No man
''n correct his disposition. ! never knew
? man bv force OF resplu' on TO chargc
ms treatment. hut by His grace God
can take away that which is vronr and
put in that which is right. and | know
and YOU kno,' pcoulo who. since their con.
Ncr- on. are i"st tho opposite OF what thov
used To he. In other words. we may hv
The spirit OF God. have the disnosition of
Jcs's CHRIST impldntcl in our disnnsition.
aud we must have il done OF we will never
see heaven. 90 any nan have not the
dirnosition OF Jesus Christ he is mono or
His
In the first place. the ,n,ut Of Christ
was spirit Of gcntlcnes, Sometimes lie
made wrathful uttcrlucc against phar
feo9 and hvpHcrltes. hut the most OF His
wo"ds were kind and gentle and loving
and i"olierSivC and attrartVe When we
consider the fact that He was omnino.
tent and could have torn 10 pieces His
HsSaiauts. the wonder is greater We of.
ten "Hr the persecution aud abuse ot the
would because we cannot help il. CHRIST
endured IL when Tie could have helncd it,
Lite" children who llwrvs shy off at n
rough m'r rushed into His presence ard
c'amhcrcd on Him until the peoplc
her~cd the mothers TO take them away
ln,nljds 50 sore with wounds that they
could not hear TO have any one come near
th-m begged Christ inst to nut His hand
upon the wound and so,the it, The
mother with the sckcst child was willing
TO mt the little one in ChriSt's arms
Seli-rghte,lS people rushed into HE
presence with woman OF deba sed char
acter and said, "Now. dnnihilate her, blast
her, I'll her Jesus looked at her and
saw she was sorry a"d rcpeutant. and He
looked at them. and He saw they were
prof. and arrogant and malignant, and lie
said. Let hm that is without sin cast the
first stone at her A blind man sat nv
the wavside making a great ado about his
lack Of vision. They told him to hush
~ and not bother tho Master. Christ
stoop"d to him and said What wilt thou
that do unto thee GentlcueSs Of voice
ger Cnoss ot manner. gentloneSs of life
We all admire it whether we have any
Of il or not. Just as the rouoh mountain
hIuf and the Scared crag love to look
down into the calm lake at their feet and
as Oh" stormi"S' winter loves to merge
int, the suNShiuy srrnc. the most pre-
cpitatc aud impulsjVe aud irascibe nature
loves 10 think oi the oentlcn"ss of Christ
How little we have of It. How little pa
lltf'f ~ lIAll ~ WIN thillittS, W g
have So littlc o. ~" rentleness OF Christ
we are not fit for Christian ork half the
time, We do not know how to comfort
tho bcrcft or TO encourage the dishcnrt
oned or to take care Of the poor. Even
our voice OF sympathy is ON the wrong
pitrh,
NJ, sister Lad her arm put ont Of ioint
and wa were IN the country, aud the
uciuhhors cane ia. and they were all sym.
pathetic. aud they lail hold of the arm
and pulled and pulled nightly until the
ANGUISH was into'owh'r. but The arm did
not 20 to its place. Then the old country
doctor was sent ior and he came in. aud
with one touch /, was MI right. He knew
lust where to put his finger and Just how
TO touch the bone. We 90 out to our
Christian work with too rough hand
aud too unsympatfrtlc manner. and we
fail in our work while some Christian,
in the gentleness of Christ, comes along,
put his land OF sympathy on the sore
spot, and the torn llgaments are healed,
and the disturbed bones are reJoined. Oh,
for this gentleness of Christ
The dew of one summer night will ac-
complish more good than fifty Caribbean
whirlwinds. How important ii is that in
going forth TO serve Christ we have some
thing OF His genteness! Is that the way
we bear ourselves when we are assaulted?
The rule Is an eye Tor an eye, tooth Tor
a tooth retort for retort sarcasm for saI-
casm. Give him as much as he sends!
After awhile you look up into the face of
Christ and you see His gentleness, and
you say, We'll, now, | must do different
ly.' Then your proud heart says: Now
you have your enemy IN corner. gu
will never get him in corner again. Chas-
tise him and then let him go. So we
postpone the gentleness of Christ
Did YOU ever know any difficulty To be
healed by acerbty or hypercriticism?
About forty five years ago the Presbyte-
rian Church was split into the new school
and the old school, The chasm got wider
and wider The most outrageous person
altios 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 eX-
plain away the difficulties and soon all
the differences were healed, and at Pitts
burg they shook hands and are one now
to be one forever
You say to a man with whom YOU had
falling out II desr,se you. lie says,
II can't bear the sight OF YOU You say
to.him, 81 never want you TO come to my
house again" He says. IL you come to
my house again, III l.icl, You out" You
say, "l'll put you down, "Oh, no, he
says, I'm put you down. But some day
the spirit of Christ comes into you and
you go over and say: My brother, give
me your hand; time is short and eternity
is near, and we can't afford to quarrel
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