The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1900-10-04

stormiest wind comes from ~ niuI,;
place and says. 81 will arouse tn's seq,
sea is arc sed or n ')urth OF the sea- IS
aroused, vet not the entire Atlantic. But
after awhile the moon comes out calrn ana
placid. It shines upon the sea, and the
ocean begins to lift. 1t embraces all IN me
highlands. the beach Is all covered me
heart throb Of one world beatlng, aga1rsC
the heart throb of another world; The
Storm could not rouse the whole Atlantic;
the moon lifted it. "Ard /, )" 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 gu,
with so BRIGHT prospect as Christ started
out with if He had been willing to follow
worldly ambition
In the time that He rave to the sick He
MIGHT have gathered the vastest fortune
of His time. With His power to popular-
i've Himself and magnetize the people He
could have gained any official position
No orator ever won such plaudits as lie
might have won from sanhedrir and syn
agorue and vast audiences by the seaside;
no physician ever got such . reputation
for healing power as He night have OBJ
tanned if He had performed His wonder
full cures before the Roman aristocracy.
I saw these thincs to let vou know what
Paul meant when he SAID. He nleased not
Himself" ard to show something OF the
wonders of His self eacrifre All human
mower together could not have thrown
Christ into tho manger if He had not
chosen to 20 there all satanic STRENGTH
could NOT have lifted Christ unon the
cross If He had not elected Himself to the
torture.
To save orr race from sin and death
and hell He faced all the sorrows OF this
world and the sorrows of eternity. how
&c hot
What is self sacrifice? 1t is ny wa.t-
ing a long journey to save YOU from ia.
tigue: 1t is my lifting a treat rumher OF
nornds to save YOU from the awful STRAIN:
it is subtraction from my comfort ard
nrosnerity so that there may be an addl
ton to your comfort and nroe"er,tv. How
mrch Of that have We? MiCht not
70 her saw. "How little have we|'
Two children brother and sister. We're
PASSING down the road They were both
very destitute Tho lad had hardly any
garments ut all. His sister had coat
that she had outgrow". 1t was very
cold dav She said. .Johnn'c, come nm
coat isn't large c~ourh." "Oh,' she sa,d
at viii stretch" He comes under the
coat but the coat would not stretch, So
she took off the coat and put il on him.
Self sacrifice. pure and simple, Christ
taking off His robe to clothe our nakndness
Self sacrifice! I have not any Of tri it, nor
rifee of the Son Of God.
Christ walked to Emmaus: Christ
walked from Caperna,m n Eethany,:
Christ walked from TcrusGle"n to Col.
gotha How far have vow end ] walked
for Christ? His head a""ed; His heart
ached: His baci; a"hed, How much have
we ached for Christ?
How much ct that humility have We
If We get few more collars than other
people or gain a I;tt'e higher position, oh.
how we strut We go around venting
everybody TO know their place and say,
as not this GREAT Babylon that | have
built for The honor OF my KINGDOM and by
The might Of nv strength?' Who has
anvthin~ Of tie huINiiitv of Christ?
The disposition of Christ was also the
spirit of PRAYER. Prayer on the mount
aims. PRAYER on the sea, PRAYER among the
sicll-nraver everywhere Prayer for lit
tie children "Father, I thank Thee that
Thou hast hidden these things from the
wise and prudent and revealed them unto
babes" PRAYER for His friends. Father;
/ will that they be with Me where | am
PRAYER for His enemies, Father, forgive
them; they know not what they do
Prayer for all nations, "Thy kingdom
come"
How little of that spirit YOU and havel
How soon our knees get tired, Where ls
ers OF all the saints! Which of us can
keen our mind ten minutes on a PRAYER
without wandering? Not you: not |. Oh,
chat we might have the spirit of prayer
which was the spirit of Christ!
We want more PRAYER in the family,
more prayer in the church, more prayer
in the legislative hall, more prayer among
the sick more PRAYER among the aged,
more prayer among the young The great
advancement of the church IS to be in that
direction yet.
The spirit of Christ, l remark lastly,
was spirit of hard work. Not one lazy
noment in all His life. Whether He Was
talking to the fishermen on the beach,
or preaching to the sailors on the dock,
or administering to the rustics amid the
mountains, or spending an evening IN
Bethany, always busy for others With
hands, heart, head, busy for others-hew'
ing in the Nazareth carpenter shop, teach
ing the lame how to walk without crutch'
es, curing the childs fits, providing ra'
tions for the hungry host. Busy, busy,
busy The hardy men who pulled the
net out OF the sea filled with foundering
treasures, the shepherds who hunted up
grassy plots for their hocks to nibble at,
the shipwrights pounding away in the
dockyards, the winemakers of Engedl dip
ping tn juices from the vat and pouring
them into the goatsllins, were not more
busy than Christ Busy, busy for others
From the moment He went out of the car
avansary of Bethlehem to the moment
when the cross plunged into the socket on
the bloody mount busy for others Does
that remind you of yourself? 1t does
not remind me of myself If we lift bur
den it must be light; if we do work, it
must be popular; if we sit in the pew, it
must be safe; ii we move in sphere of
usefulness, it must be brilliant; If we have
to take hold of load, give us the light
end OF the log. In this way to heaven fan
us, rock us, sing us to sleep. Lift us up
toward heaven on the tips Of your fingers
under a sllken sunshade. Stand out of
the way, all you martyrs who breasted
the fire. stand out of the way and let
this colony of tender footed modern Chris
tians come up and get their crowns!
What has your Lord done TO you,
Christian, that you should betray him?
Who gave you so much riches that you can
afford to despise the awards of the faith
full AT this moment, when all the armies
of heaven and earth and hell are plunging
into the conflict. how can you desert the