The weekly intelligencer., 1900-09-29

are In Us nov vii be al right, forgeilul
of the fact that an evil habit in our na- 4
ture viii grow iEto larger proportions
and that an iuiqui;y rot corrected VIII
become the grandfather Of whole
generation Of iniquiiies. So that peo-
PIE without the grace OF God in the
struggle and amid the annoyanees and
exasperations Of life are apt 70 become
worse instead Of better.
Now. the trouble is that we have a
theory abroad in the world that
mans disposition cannot be changed |
A man SAYS: Il an irascible In TEN
per. and can't help it, Another man
saws: u am revengeful naturally, and /
/ can't help H." A mar says; Il am
impuisive. and cant help it, And he
tells the truth. No msn can correct
his disposition. ] never knew man
by force " resolution 10 chrnge his
temperament. bu, by His grace God
can lake away that which Is wrong aud
pvt in that which Is right and ] know
and you know people who since their
conversion are just the opposite Of
what they used 10 be In other words.
we may. by the spirit Of God, have the
disposition Of Jesus Chrisi implanted
in our disposition. and we must have
Il done or we wilf never see Heaven.
III any man has not the disposition Of
Jesus Christ, he Is none Of His"
In the first place the spirit OF Christ
was a spirit OF gsntlsness. Sometimes
He made wrathful utterances against
Phsrisree and hypocrites. bnt the most
Of His words we're kind and gentle and
loving and inoffenSve. When we con
slider the, fact that He was omnipoteni
and could have torn 10 pieces His as
sailsnts, the wonder Is greater We
often bear the persecution and abuse
OF the world because we canuot help
it. Christ endured It when He could
have helped t. Little children who al
WAYS shy oil at a rough man rushed
into His presence and elambered OF
Him until the people begged the moth
ers TO take them away. Inyalids sc
sore with wounds that they could no
bear to have anyone come near then
begged Christ just to put His han'
upon the wound and soothe il. Th'
mother with the sickest child was will
iug to put the little one in Christ
arms. Self-Fighieous people rusbe'
into His presence with woman Of de
based character and said: wow, an
initiate her, blast her, kill her" Jesu
looked at her and saw she was sorr
ana -reppnranr. ana He looked at then
end He saw they were proud and arrc
CANT. and He said: Let him that
without sin cast the first stone at her.
A blind man sat by thewayside maxim
great ado about his lack Of yisioI
}, They told him 10 hush up and nc
bother the Master. Christ stopped I
him and said; What wilt thou that
n DO unto thee?' Gentleness Of voic
tf gentleness OF manner, geutleness {
life
e We all admire it, whether we haV
any Of il or not. Just as the roug
mountain bluff and the SCARED era
love to look down into the calm lake I
, their feet and as the stormiest wint'
!, loves to merge into sunshiny sprini
" so the most precipitate and impulsi'
and irascible natures love to think
the genileness OF Christ. How lit
e We have Of III How little patience
~ treating with enemies! We have
W little Of the gentleness Of Christ We a
D. not At for Christian work half Il
ls time. We do not know how TO comic
the bereft or encourage the dishear
ened or 10 take care Of the poor. Ey'
- our voice Of sympathy is on the wror
pitch.
Ny sister had her arm put out
Joint, and we were in the country, al
ret the neighbors came in, and they we
NC al sympathetic. and they laid hold
'm the arm and pulled nightly until 4
~ ~ anguish was intolerablei but 4
~ is arm did not 60 TO its place. Then 4
~ country doctor was sent for. and
=, came in and with one touch II was
ma right. He knew just where to put
irs finger and just how 10 touch the boz
,es We 20 out TO our Chris tian work wi
re-. too rough hand and too unsympath'
lrd &c a manner. and we fail in our woI
Us while some Christian, in the gentlene
OF Christ. comes along. puts his ha
20 OF sympathy on the sore spot-t
'n torn ligaments are healed and the d
-, turbed bones are rejoined. Oh, for Il
Az geutieness Of Christ.
The dew OF our summer night will {
g." fomplish more than 30 Carbide
.sst whirlwinds How important II IS th
md IN going forth TO serve Christ we ha
something Of His gentlenessl Is th
tly the way We bear ourselves when we a
assaulted? The rule is an>eye for
lA' eye. tooth for q tooth, reiori for
tort. sarcasm for sarcasm. Give him
much as he sendSl After awhile )
q. look up into the face Of Christ and y
see His gentleness, and sou say; w
now. I must do differently" III
your proud heart saysi wow
10 have your enemy IN q corner. You
never get him in q corner again. Ch
tlse him and then let him CO. So
postpone The geutleness Of Christ.
Won ever know any difficulty 10
healed by aeerbiiy and hypereriiieis
Oa. About as wears ago the Presbyter
u.: church was split into the new sch
No. ard ihe old school. The chasm
a. wider and wider The most outrage
personaliiles were INDUCED in. O.
sss men on one side anathemaiized g
A.. men on the other side. Wider
wider the chasm got, until after awl
some good people tried another Il
and they began 10 explain away the
Gculties. and soon all the differeI
as we're healed. aud at Pittsburgh {
shook hands and are one no" ie
DAD one forever
Did YOU ever know drunkard
claimed by mimicry Of his staggei
steps. bis thick tongue or his
" cough? No. YOu only madden
brain. But you 20 10 him and Jet
ngs know you appreciate what an a'
are ,irnggie he has with the evil habit,
yld. sou Jet him know that you have
Tea sequanlnted with people WHO Y
-. down In the same depths who by
,.c, grace Of God have been rescued
49, hears your voice he responds 10
wv I'VE sympaihy and he Is saved. You car
Il ~ ,eold The world into anything Del
lns. You may attract il into something
.lete Ter. The storiniesi rihd comes
from iis hiding place and says; u
arouse this sea" And u blows y
o. the sea. Hall o. the sea 10 aroused
fourth OF tho ssa n aroused, yet