Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1900-09-29

Copyright, Louis Klopsch. 1900
7N this sermon. which DIR. Talmage
sends from Paris, he analyses the
= character of the Saviour and urges
all Christians to exeneise the qualities
which We're conspicuous in Christ's earth
ly life The text is Romans viii, ..
Now. if any man have not the spirit of
Christ, he is none Of his"
There is nothing more desirable than
pleasant disposition, Without il we can
not be happy ourselves or make others
happy. When we have lost our temper or
become impatient under some light cross,
we suddenly awaken TO new appreciation
of proper equipoisc of nature, We "l>h
we had been born with >clt-balaucN. We
envy those people who bear themselves
through life without amy perturbation,
and we fiatter ourselves that however lit
tie sef.coutrol we may now have the
time will come, under the process of
years, when we will be mcUoWcd and
softencd and the wrong things which are
in MS now will then bc all right, forgetful
OF the fact that an evil habit IN our ma
tire will grow into larger proportions
and that an iniquity not corrected will
become the grandfather Of whole gen
GRAFTON Of iniquitieS. So that people with
out the grace Of God in the struggle and
amid the annoyanccs and eXaspcratlonS
of life are apt To become worse instead
OF better.
Now, the trouble is that we have
theory abroad in the world that a mans
disposition cannot be changed A man
says. II ann irascihlc in temper. and
can't help it," Another man says. L am
revengeful naturally, and l cant help it"
\ man says. Il am impulsive, and can't
help it," And he tells the truth. No
man can correct his disposition. | never
knew man by force of resolution. 10
change his temperament, but 10y his
grace God can take away that which is
wrong and put in that which Is right,
and | know and YOU know people who
since their conversion are just the oppo-
site of what they used to be. In other
words, we may by the spirit of God
have the disposition of Jesus Christ i'm
planted in our disposition, and we must
have it done or we will never see heaven.
IF any man has not the disposition OF
Jesus Christ, he is none of his
\ Spirit of Gentleness.
In the first place the spirit OF Christ
was a spirit of gentleness. Sometimes
he made wrathfu utterance against
Pharsees and hypocrites, but the most
of his words were kind and gentle and
loving and inoffensive and attractive.
When we consider the fact that he was
omnipotent and could have torn to pieces
| his assailants, the wonder is greater.
| We often bear the persecution and abuse
of the world because we cannot help it..
Christ endured ii when he could have
helped it. Little children who always
shy off ut a rough man rushed into his
presence and clambercd on him until the
people begged the mothers to take them
away. lnyalidS so sore with wounds that
they could not bear to have any one
come near them begged Christ just to
put his baud upon the wound and soothe
it. The mother with the sickcst child
was willing to put the little one in
Christ's arms. Self righteous people
rushed into his presence with a woman
of debased character and said, Now,
annihilate her, blast her kill her"
Jesus looked at her and saw she was sOr-
ry and repentant, and he looked at them,
and he saw they were proud and AFRO
CANT and malignant, and he said, Let
him that is without sin cast the first
stone at her" A blind man sat by the
wayside making n great ado about his
lack OF vision. They told him 10 hush
mp and not bother the Master. Christ
stopped TO him and said, What wilt thou
that | do unto thcc?" Gcntlcness II
voice, gentlcneSs Of manner. geutlcnc~S
Of life
we all admire it. whether we have any
cf IT or not. just a. the rough mountain
bluff ana the SCARED crag love 80 look
down into the calm laiic M their feet and
aG the stormic>t winter loves 81 merge
into the Sunshiny spring, SO the most pre-
cipitatc and impuIsivc and irasciblc Ha-
ture loves TO think Of the gentlcnoss Of
Christ. How little we have OF it. How
little patience in treating with enemies,
We have So little of the gentloueSs Of
Christ we are not fit for Christian work
half the time We do pot know how to
comfort the bcgcft or 10 encourage the
disheartcned or to tatc care IF the poor
Even our vote" Of sympathy is ou the
wrong pitch.
The Hand of Sympathy.
Ny sister had her arm pat out Of joint.
and We were in be country and the
neighbors cana" IN. and they were I'll!
sympathetic and they laid hold OF The
arm and pulled and pulled nightly until
the anguish was intoicrablc. but the arm
did nor % To its place. Then thc old
country doctor VS. sent for. and he
came in and with ore touch it was all
right. He knew just where 10 put hi,
finger and just how To touch the bone.
We 30 out 10 our Christian work with
too rough hand and too uusympat hetic
a manner. and y fa.l ia our work. while
some Christian, il the gentlcnesS Of
Christ, comes aior2. puts his hand Of
sympathy on the sore spot-thc torn lig.
aments are healed and the disturbed
bones are rejo.ncd. Oh. for this gentle
ness OF Christ
The dew Of one SUMMER night will ac-
complish nlorc good than fifty Caribbean
whiflwinds. How important il is that in
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