The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-27
REV. DR.. TALMACE.
rHE EMINENT DIvINEn SUNDAY
DIsCoURsk
Snbiect' Chrisfs Character-uis Earthly
Life Replete WIN beautiful Exam
ples-Practice Self Sacrifice and Hu-
milityand Help Bear Burdens of Others

| "hich DR.. Talmagc sends from Paris. he
| IhaiNleS the character of the Saviour. and
| urges all Christians to exercise the quail
| teN Whlrh Wct" conspicuous in Christ
| ,arthly hte The text is Romans viii, o
| Now, ii any man has not the spirit OF
| 'hrist he is none of His
here Is nothing more desirable than n
peasant disposition. Without it we can.
] not bc hn"py ourselves nr make others
| hopny. When We have lost our tcmper
| or become inpatient under some light
| cross. we suddenl, awaken 10 new apnrc-
cation OF proucr eouipoisc of nature. We
| wish we had been horn with self balance
| we envy those peorlC wiz, bear themselves
| throngh lie without ANY perturhatiou and
| we latter ourselves thai however little
| SCI, control we may now have. the time
| VIII come. under the process Of wears
| When we VIII bo mcllowcd aud, softened
| and I've wrong thnos which are in us now
viii then Ee all right. forgctfnl of the fact
| that an evil habit ~ our nature will grow
| mo larger proportions aud that an ini.
! rniiv not corrected will hccome tho grand.
| i7th'r of q whole r"prraiion nf Inluuities
| - that people without tho grace of God
| IN the struggle and 1,uu the annovances
! ana cNasperatous OF l'ie arc apt TO he
| COCO w""sc Instead of hettei.
Now. the trouble j, chat we have a the.
| ofN abroad in the world that o mans dis
nnsltlon cannot be changed \ nan saws
| am ,raSolbe IN temper and | can't
| hclp it. Another man SAYS ~ am re-
rangciul naturally. aud I can't help 1t ''
| y man says y arl i",uusivc. and I cau't
| helm It. And he tells the truth No man
| "ln correct his disposition | never knew
| mar hv force Of RESOLUTION TO change
| his treatment. hut bv His grace God
can take away that which is wrong and
| put in that which is right and | know
and "ou loo'" pcoplc who since their con.
| Ner- on. "rc j"St th" opposite OF what thoy
| used 10 ne. IN othrr words we may. hv
| he spir't ot God. have the disrositinn of
| Jcs's thrisi implanted in our disnnsitiou
| and we must have ii done OF we will never
see hoaven. III any nan have not the
| di"noSltlon ol Jesus Christ he is none of
| His"
In the first place. the sn,rIt Of Christ
| was spirit of gcntlenes, Sometimes lie
| made wrathfu uttcr,ucc against phari.
| secs and hypocrites. hut the most OF His
| wo"ds were kind and gentle and loving
and i"oltersivc and attrartivc When we
| consider the fact that lie was omniuo.
tent. and could have torn TO pieces His
| aSsa a'ants. the wonder is greater. We of.
| ten r'r the persecution aud abuse of tho
| World because we cannot help it, Christ
| endured II when Tie could have helpcd it.
lhtie children who alwrvs shy off at
| rough m"1 rushed into llis presence arl
| c'amhcrcl on Him until the people
! her~ol the mothers TO take thcm away.
| lnr'Nds - 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 so1thc it. The
| mother with the sclcst child was willing
| TO mt the little one in Christ's arms
| Selt-rghtey1s people rushed into His
| presence with = woman OF debased char.
| nctcr and said. Nov. dNnihilate her blast
| her. I'll her Jesus looked at her and
| saw she was sorry a"d repeutant. aud lie
looked at them. and He saw they were
I pro1 and arrogant and malignant, and lie
! said. Let him that Is without sin cast the
| first stone at her A blind man sat bv
| the wavslde making a great ado about his
| lack Of vision. They told him to hush
| dp and not bother tho Master Christ
stoop"d to him and said What wilt thou
| that do unto thec?" Gentcness Of voice.
| ger 'enoss Of manner. gent'eness OF life.
We all admire it whether we have any
| ot H. or not. Just as the rouoh mountain
| hlulf aud the Scared crag love to look
| down into the calm lake at their feet and
| 9s th" stormi"s' winter loves to merge
| int the suuShiuy SrrnC. 50 the most pre-
| ciD.tatc avid impul@ivc and irascible nature
| loves t. think of the oeNtler"ss of Christ.
| How httle we have of vt How littlc pa
| ticncc IN trCattpg with enemies We
| have So littc o. th' rrntienesS Of Christ
| time. We do not know how to comfort
| tho bcreft or to encourage the dlshcort-
| oned or to take care OF the poor. Even
our voice OF sympathy is ON the wrong
| pit
Ny sister ad her arm put ont of Joint,
and we were IN the country, aud the
| nci"hhors came ia. and they were all sym
| pathetic and they ail hold OF the arm
and pulled aud pulled mightily until tho
ANGUISH was into'crah'r. bul the arm did
| not 30 IT, its place. Thcp the old country
| doctor was sent FOR and he came in. aud
| with one touch i, was all 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 n hand
| aud too unsympatfctic n manner. and we
| fail in our work, while some Christian,
in the gentleness of Christ. comes along.
put his Eand OF sympathy on the sore
| spot, and the torn ligaments 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 it is that in
| going forth to serve Christ we have some
| thing of His gentleness! Is that the way
we bear ourselves when we are assaulted?
| The rule is an eye for an eye, tooth Tor
a tooth, retoit for retort, sarcasm Tor sar-
casm. Give him as much as he sends
Alltf dNHlt you lOOh up illNO Nllt ldCC W
| Christ, and you see His gentleness, and
you say 'Wcll, now, | must do different
ly." Then your proud heart says; Now
| you have your enemy IN corner. You
will never get him in a corner again. Chas'
tise him and then let him GO So we
postpone the gentleness of Christ
Did you ever know any difficulty 10 be
healed by acerbity or hypercrltlclsm?
About forty-iive years ago the Presbyte-
ran Church was split into the new school
and the old school, The chasm got wider
aud wider. The most outrageous person
alities were INDUCED in Good men on
one side anathematized 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 ut Pitts
burg they shook hands and are one now
to be one forever.
You say to a man with whom YOU had
a falling out, II desr,s Sc you, lie says,
II can't bear the sight OF YOU You say
to.him Il never want you TO come to my
house again" He says 'lf you come to
my house again, I'll kick you out" You
say, I'm 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, aud we can't afford to quarrel
Now let bygones be bygones and let us act
II /. L lI..V.u