The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1900-09-28

aCerbity or hypercrlticism? About
forty-five years ago the Presbyterian
church was split into the new school
and the old school, The chasm got
wider and wider The most outrage
GUS personalities were INDUCED in.
Good men on one side mathematical
good men on the other side. Wider
and wider the chasm got, until after a
while some good people tried another
tack, and they began to explain away
the difficulties, and soon all the differ
ences were healed. and at Pittsburg
they shook hands and are now 10 be
one forever.
How to Love the Father.
Did you ever know 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 aw-
full struggle he has with the evil habit,
and you let him know that yon 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 can
not scold the world into anything bet
ter. You may attract it into some
thing better The stormiest wind
comes out from its hiding place and
says, Il will arouse this sea-" And it
blows upon the sea. Half OF the sea
is aroused or a 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. 1t
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 Atlantic, the
moon lifted L. "And J" said Christ,
IF | be lifted up will draw all men
unto me-"
Clothing Our Nakodne5s.
What is self-sacrifce? 1t is my
walking a long journey to save you
from fatigue 1t is my lifting great
number Of pounds to save you from
the awful strain. It is a subtraction
from my comfort and prosperity SO
that there may be an addition to your
comfort and prosperity. How much of
that have we? Night not / rather
say, How little have WEI" Two chill
dren-brother and sister-were pass
ing down the road. They were both
very destitute. The lad had hardly
any garments at all. His sister had a
coat that she had outgrown. II was
a very cold day. She said. Johnny,
come under this coat" oh, no." he
said; the coat isn't large enough
oh" she said, 1T 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. | have not any of it, nor
have you compared with that. The
sacrifice of the Son OF God.
Christ walked to Emmaus. Christ
walked from Capernaum to Bethany,
1ullSl Wdlhtu llOIll GluSdlClh ~ NIOl-
gotha. How far have you and walk
ed for Christ? His head achea his
heart ached, his back ached. How
much have we ached for Christ?
The Need OF Humi!ity.
How much OF that humility have
we? If we get a few more dollars
than other people or gain a little high
or position oh, how We strut! We go
around wanting everybody to know
their place, and say, Is not this great
Babylon that have built for the hon
or Of my kingdom and by the might
Of my strength" Who has anything
Of the humility OF Christ?
The disposition of Christ was also
the spirit of prayer. Prayer on the
mountains, prayer on the sea, prayer
among the sick, prayer everywhere.
Prayer for little children: Father
thank thee that thou hast hidden
these things from the wise and pru-
dent and revealed them unto babes"
Prayer for his friends: Father, |
will that they be with me where
am" Prayer for his enemies: Faith
err. l forgive them; they know not
what they do" Prayer for all ma
tons: THY kingdom come" How
little OF that spirit you and have.
How soon our knees get tired. Where
Is the vial full of odors which are the
prayers of all the saints? Which of
us can keep our mind ten minutes on
a prayer without wandering? Not
you. not l. On, that 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 advance
ment of the church is to be in that
direction yet.
Tho Spirit of Hard Work.
The spirit of Christ, / remark last
ly, was a spirit of hard work. Not
one lazy moment in all his life.