Connecticut western news., 1900-09-27

down." "oh, no.'' he says, "Tll 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. Now let bygones be bygones and let us act like Christians" It Is all settled. How? By the gentleness of Christ. Practice Self Sacrifice.
 Did you ever know a drunkard re- claimed by mimicry of his staggering steps, his thick tongue or his hiccoughf No. You only madden his brain. But l 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 to that sympathy, and he Is saved. You cannot scold the i world into anything better. You may attract 1t into something better. The storniest wind comes out from It's hid- ing place and says, "I will arouse this sea-" and 1t blows upon the sea. Half of the sea is aroused or fourth of the sea is aroused, yet not the entire At lantic. But after awhile the moon comes out, calm and placid. It shines upon the sea, and the ocean begins to ! lift. It 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 could not rouse the whole At . lantic; the moon lifted 1t. And T." i said Christ, If be lifted up will draw all men unto me-"
 Christ's disposition was also one of self sacrifice. No young man ever started out with so bright a prospect 1 as Christ started out with If he had been willing to follow worldly ambi- tion. In the time that be gave to the sick he might have gathered the vast l est fortune of his time. With his pow CT to ,popularize himself and magnetize I the people he could have gained any of ficial position. No orator ever won ] such plaudits as he might have won from sanhedrin and synagogue and vast audiences by the seaside; DO phy | | healing power as he might have ob- tained If he had performed his wonder full cures before the Roman aristocra- cy. I say these things to let you know | what Paul meant when he said, He | pleased not himself" and to show l something of the wonders of his self sacrifice. All human power together could not have thrown Christ into the manager 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 sacrifice have we?
 Humility of Jesus.
 What is self sacrifice? It is my walk ing long journey to save you from fa- tigue; 1t Is my lifting asgreat number of pounds to save you from the awful strain; 1t Is subtraction from my com fort and prosperity so that there may be an addition to your comfort and prosperity. How much of that have | we? Might not I rather say, How lit- tie have wew Two children, brother and sister, were passing down the road. They were both very destitute. The lad had hardly any garments at all. His sister had a coat that she had out l grown. 1t was very cold day. She said, Johnnie, come under this coat" "Oh," he said, mo; the coat isn't large enough" "Oh," she said, "it will stretch" He comes under the coat. but the coat would not stretch. So she took off the coat and put 1t on him. Self sacrifice, pure and simple. Christ taking of his robe to clothe our naked ness. Self sacrifice! I have not any of 1t, nor have you, compared 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 walk ed for Christ? His head ached; his heart ached; his back ached. How much have we ached for Christ?
 The disposition of Jesus was also a disposition of humility. The Lord of earth and heaven in the garb of a rus tic. He who poured all the waters of the earth out of his right hand-the Amazon, and the Euphrates. and the Oregon, and the Ohio, and the Missis sippi-bending over a well to ask a Sa maritan woman fora drink. He who spread the canopy of the heavens and set the earth for a footstool admitting He whose chariot the clouds are walk | H. Fl IT. on Gennesaret and wiping the spray ot the storm from his beard, then sitting down in the cabin beside his disciples as though be had done no more than wipe the sweat from his brow in Jo seph,s carpenter shop; taking the foot of death off the heart of Lazarus and breaking the chain of the grave against the marble of the tomb and then walk ing out with Mary and Martha without any more pretension than a plain oiti zen going out in the suburban village to spend the evening; jostled as though he were nobody; pursued as though he were an outlaw; nicknamed; seated with publicans and with sinners-Kinl of heaven and earth trailing his robe: in the dust!
 Spirit of Prayer.
 How much of that humility have we
 If we get few more dollars than oth CT people or gain a little higher posi- ton, oh, how we strut! We go around wanting everybody to know their plac, and say, "Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the honor of m, kingdom and by the might of m. strengthT Who has anything of tn, humility of Christ? ...- The disposition of Christ was als, the spirit of prayer. Prayer on tn, mountains, prayer on the sea, praye . among the sick-prayer everywhere , Prayer for little children, Father,