Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-10-18

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stormiest wind comes from its hiding
place and saws. 81 will arouse this sea-"
| and it blows upon the sea. Half of the
| sea is aroused or fourth of the sea ia
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 it. "And l." said Christ,
| ''if I 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 as Christ started
out with if He had been willing to follow
a worldly ambition.
| In the time that He gave to the sick He
might have gathered the vastest fortune
of His time. With His power to popular
ize Himself and magnetic the people He
could have gained any official position.
| No orator ever won such plaudits as He
might have won from sanhedrin and syn
no physician ever got such reputation
| for healing power as He might have OBJ
tanned if He had performed His wonder.
full cures before the Roman aristocracy,
say these things to let you know what
Paul meant when he said, "He pleased not
wonders of His self sacrifice. All human
power together could not have thrown
Christ into the manger if He had not
chosen to go there: all satanic strength
could not have lifted Christ upon the
cross il 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!
What is self sacrifice? 1t is my walk.
ing long journey to save you from ia,
| tigue: it is my lifting a great number OF
pounds to save you from the awful strain:
it is subtraction from my comfort and
prosperity so that there may be an addi'
ton to your comfort and prosperity. How
much of that have we? Might not ]
rather say. .'How. little have .we?'
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 outgrown. 1t was a very
cold day. She said, Johnnie, come un'
der this coat oh" he sal said no the h
sit will stretch" He comes under the
coat, but the coat would not stretch. Sc
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! l have not any of it, nor
have you; compared with that. The sac
rifce 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 | walked
for Christ? His head ached; His heart
ached; His back ached How much have
we ached for Christ!
How much of that humility have we!
If we get few more dollars than other
people or gain little higher position, oh.
how we strut! We go around wanting
everybody to know their place and say
rs not this great Babylon that | have
built for the honor of my kingdom and by
anything of the humility of Christ?
The disposition of Christ was also the
spirit of prayer. Prayer on the mount
aims, prayer on the sea, prayer among the
sck-prayer everywhere. Prayer for lit
tie children. Father l thank Thee that
wise and prudent and revealed them unto
babes" Prayer for His friends Father
l 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 / have!
How soon our knees get tired! Where is
the vial full of odors which are the pray
ers of all the saints Which of us can
keep our mind ten minutes on a prayer
without wandering? Not you; not l. Oh,
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
advancement of the church is to be in that
direction yet.
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W ; spirit of hard work Not one lazy
moment 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 child's fits, providing ra-
tions for the hungry host. Busy, busy,
busy. The hardy men who pulled the
net out of the sea filed with fiounderine
treasures, the shepherds who hunted up
grassy plots for their hocks to nibble at,
the shipwrghts pounding away i'll the
dockyards, the winemakers of Engedi dip
ping ths juices from the vat and pouring
them into the goatskins, We're 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; ii 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 a load, give us the light
end of the log. In this way to heaven fan
u.s. rock us, sing us to sleep. Lift us up