The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1900-09-29

your DTOuu HtuTl Sdyss ->oN yOu
have your enemy in corner You will
never get him in corner again. Chas-
tise him ard then let him 60" SO we
postpone the gentleness of Christ. Did.
you ever know any difficulty 10 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
wider and wider. The most outrageous
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
ficulties, and soon all the differences
were healed, and at Pittsburgh they
shook hands and are one now to be
one forever.
Did YOU ever know a drunkard re-
claimed by mimicry of his staggering
steps, his thick tongue or his hic-
cough? No. You only madden his
brain. But you go to him and let him
know you appreciate what an awful
struggle he has with the evil habit, and
you let him know that you have been
| acquainted with people who were
down in the same depths who by the
grace of God have been rescued. He
hears your voice, he responds 10 that
sympathy and he is saved. You cannot
scold the world into anything better.
| You may attract il into something bet
ter The stormiest wind comes out
| from its hiding place and says: II will
| arouse this sea-" And it blows upon
| the sea. Half of the sea is aroused. or
| n fourth of the sea is aroused. yet not
| the entire Atlantic. But after awhile
the moon comes out, calm and placid
1t shines upon the sea, and the ocean
| begins to lift. II embraces all the
highlands: the beach is all covered
The heart throb of one world beating
against the heart throb of another
world. The storm would not rouse the
whole Atlantic: the moon lifted IT,.
"And l." said Christ. IF | be lifted up
will draw all men unto me-"
| Christ's disposition was also one of
self-sacrfice. No young man ever
started out with so bright a prospect
as Christ started out with if he had
been willing 10 follow n worldly ambi-
ton. In the time that He gave to the
sick He might have gathered the vast
est fortune of His time. With His
power to popularze Himself and mag
netize the people He could have gained
| official position, No orator ever won
such plaudits as He might have won
| from sanhedrin and synagogue and
vast audiences by the seaside No
! physician ever got such reputation
for healing power as He might have at
tanned if He had performed His won
derful cures before the Roman aristoc-
racy. / say these things to let you
know what Paul meant when he said:
He pleased not Himself" and TO show
something of the wonders OF His self
sacrifice. All human power together
could not have thrown Christ into the
manger if he had not chosen TO go
| there. All Satanic strength could not
have lifted Christ upon the cross if He
had not elected himself to the torture.
To save our race from sin and death
and hell he faced all the sorrows of
this world and the SORROWS of eternity.
How much Of that self-sacrfice have
we?
What is sef-sacrifice? 1t lis my walk
ing a long journey TO save you from
fatigue. II is my lifting a great NUM-
Der Of pounds TO save you from the
awful strain. II is subtraction from
my comfort and prosperity so that
there may be an addition 10 your com
fort and prosperity. How much OF
that have we? Might not rather say:
"How little have We Two children
brother and sister-were passing down
the road. They were both very desti-
tute. The Lad had hardly any gar
ments at all. His sister had coat that
she had outgrown. 1t was a very cold
day. She said: johnny, come under
this coat" "Oh. no." he sad "the
coat isn't large enough!" oh" she
said, sit will stretch" He comes under
the coat, but the coat would not
stretch. So she took off the coat and
put it on him. Self-sacrifice pure and
simple. Christ taking off his robe to
clothe our nakedness. Self-sacrifice
I have not any of it. nor have you com.
pared with that. The sacrifice of the
Son of God.
Christ walked TO Emmaus. Christ
walked from Capernaum to Bethany
Christ walked from Jerusalem to Col
gotha. How far have you and walked
for Christ? His head ached. His heart
ached. His back ached. How much
have we ached for Christ?
The disposition of Jesus was alst
a disposition of humility. The Lore
of earth and Heaven in the garb o.
a rustic. He who poured all tn,
waters of the earth out of his righ
hand-the Amazon and the Euphrate.
and the Oregon and the Ohio and tn,
MISUNDERSTANDING over well tt
ask Samaritan woman for n drink
He who spread the canopy of tn,
heavens and set the earth for foot
stool, admitting that He had no
where to lag his head. He who's,
chariots the clouds are, walked will
sore feet. flushing the tempest OF
Gennesaret and wiping the spray o
the storm from His beard. then sit