The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1900-09-28

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,ise him and then let him GO" So We
postpone the gentleness of Christ. Did
YOU ever know any diHculty TO be
healed by aeerbity and hypercriticism?
About As years ago the Presbyterian
church was split into the new school
and the old school. The chasm got
wider and wider. The most outrageous
personalities were INDUCED in. Good
men on one side mathematical good
men On the other side. Wider and
wider the chasm got, until after awhile
some good people tried another tack,
and they began 10 explain away the diff
aculties. and soon all the differences
were healed. and at Pittsburgh they
shook hands aud are one now TO be
one forever.
Did YOU ever know a drunkard re-
claimed by mimicry OF his staggering
steps. his thick tongue or his HE
cough? No. You only madden his
brain. Bust YOU go 10 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 world into anything better
You may at,ract = into something bet
ter The stormiest wind comes out
from It's hiding plsce and says; II viii
arouse this sea" And Il blows upon
the sea. Half of the sea Is aroused. or
q fourth OF the sea is aroused. yet not
the entire Atlantic. But after awhile
the moon comes out, calm and placid.
II shines upon the sea, and the ocean
begins TO lift. IL 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 would not rouse the
whole Atlantic; the moon lifted n.
"And l." said Christ. III be lifted mp
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 II he had
been willing 10 follow a worldly ambi-
ton. In the time that He gave TO the
sick He might have gathered the vast
est fortune OF His time. With His
power TO popularize Himself and mag
netize the people lie could have gained
Official position. No orator ever won
such plaudits as He might have won
from sanhedrin and synagogue and
vast audiences by the seaside. No
physician ever got such a reputation
for healing power as He might have at
tanned II lie had performed His won
derful cures before the Roman aristoc-
raey. ! say these things TO let you
know what Paul meant when he said:
"He pleased not Himself" and 10 show
something OF the wonders OF His sel1s
-~esiee-. Az human power toNetft
could not have thrown Christ into thel
manger II he had not chosen 70 20
there. All Satanic strength could rot
have lifted Christ upon the cross II re
had not elected himself 10 the torture
To save our race from sin and death
and hell he faced all the sorrows %
this world and the sorrows Of eternity.
How much OF THAI self-sacrihce have
We?
What is self-sacrihce? il my walk
ing a long journey 10 save YOU from
fatigue. II is my lifting great mum.
Der OF pounds 90 save you from the
awful strain. II j. a subtraction from
my comfort and prosperity so that
there may be an addition b your com.
fort and prosperity How much OF
that have we? Might not rather say:
"How little have We" Two children
brother and sister-were passing down
the road. They were both very desfi.
tuie. The lad had hardly any gar
ments at all. His sister had coat that
she had outgrown. II was very cold
day. She said: Johnny. come under
this coat" "Oh. no." he said: 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 OF the coat and
put IL on him. Self-sacrifee pure and
simple. Christ takirS OF his robe 20
clothe our DakedDess. Self-sacrifce
| have not any OF IL. nor have you com
pared with that. The sacrifice OF the
Son OF God.
Christ walked 10 Exmaus. Christ
walked from CapernaSn to Bethany
Christ walked from Jerusalem 10 Col.
gotha. How far have you and / walked
for Christ? His head echsd. 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 I'm the Rarb OF
rustic. He who poured all the
waters Of the earth out OF his right
hand-the Amazon and the Eupbrates
and the Oregon and the Ohio and the
MISUNDERSTANDING over a well 10
ask a Samaritan woman for a drink
He who spread the canopy Of the
heavens and set the earth for n foot.
STOOL admitting that He had not
where TO lay his head. He whose
chariots the clouds are, walked with
sore feet. flushing the tempest on
Gennesaret and wiping the spray OF
the storm from His beard. then sit.
ting down in the cabin beside His
disciples, as though he had done no
more than wine the etvao. F. N.