The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-09-29
CHRIST'S CHARACTER
DR.. Talmage Speaks of the Earthly
Life of the Savior.
Christians Urged to Emulate Quail
ties Which Were Most COnspicu-
ous-The Spirit of Hard
Work.
copyright. 1900, by Louis Klopsch. l

''' Washington.
In this sermon, which DR.. Talmage
sends from Paris, he analyses the char
acter of the Saviour and urges all
Christians to exercise the qualities
which were conspicuous in Christ's
earthly life. The text is Romans $50:
snow, if any man have not the spirit
of Christ, he is none of His"
There is nothing more desirable than
. pleasant disposition. Without it we
cannot be happy ourselves or make
others happy. When we have lost our
temper or become impatient under
some light cross, we suddenly awaken
to new appreciation of proper equi-
poise of nature. We wish we had been
| born with self balance. We envy those
people who bear themselves through
life without any perturbation and we
fatter ourselves that however little
self control we may now have, the
time will come, under the process OF
years, when we will be mellowed and
softened and the wrong things which
are in us now will be all right, forgetful
of the fact that an evil habit in our ma
ture will grow into larger proportions
and that an iniquity not corrected Will
become the grandfather of whole
generation of iniquities. So that peo-
pie without the grace of God in the
struggle and amid the annoyances and
exasperations of life are apt to become
worse instead of better.
Now, the trouble is that we have a
: theory abroad in the world that a
mans disposition cannot be changed.
, A man says: II am irascible in tenn
, per, and / can't help it," Another man
} says: II am revengeful naturally, and
/ can't help it, A man says; Il am
/ impulsive, and I can't help it," And he
tells the truth. No man can correct
) his disposition. l never knew man
by force of resolution to change his
temperament. but by His grace God
can take away that which is wrong and
| put in that which is right, and l know
!: and you know people who since theii
! / conversion are just the opposite Of
what they used to be. In other words
. we may. by the spirit of God, have The
: disposition of Jesus Christ implanted
in our disposition, and we must have
it done or we will never see Heaven
"If any man has not the disposition O
Jesus Christ, he is none of His"
In the first place the spirit of Chris
was a spirit of gentleness. Sometimes
He made wrathful utterances against
: Phariseee and hypocrites, but the mos
of His words were kind and gentle ant
S loving and inoffensive. When we con
+ slider the fact that He was omnipoten
j. and could have torn to pieces His as
l. sailants, the wonder is greater. w
often bear the persecution and abus'
of the world because we cannot hell
y 1t. Christ endured it when He coult
have helped it. Little children who al
l. ways shy off at rough man rushed
: into His presence and clambered oil
n Him until the people begged the moth
d ers to take them away. Invalids 81
n sore with wounds that they could no
v bear to have anyone come near then
:. begged Christ just to put His ham
l. upon the wound and soothe it, TIL
mother with the sickest child was will
e ing to put the little one in Christ
= arms. Self-righteous people rushe
oi into His presence with a woman of de
l. based character and said: "Now, an
'. nihilate her, blast her, kill her" Jesu
e, looked at her and saw she was sorr
h and repentant, and He looked at then
"A and He saw they were proud and arrc
giant, and He said: LET him that
without sin cast the first stone at her.
<. A blind man sat by the wayside maxim
n a great ado about his lack of visioI
IA They told him to hush up and no
&C bother the Master. Christ stopped t
him and said: 'What wilt thou that
do unto thee?" Gentleness of voic,
gentleness of manner, gentleness c
life.
:. We all admire it, whether we hav
any of it or not. Just as the roug
mountain bluff and the SCARED era
NJ love to look down nto the calm lake q
"a their feet and as the stormiest winte
s loves to merge into sunshiny spring
II. so the most precipitate and impulsiy
-, and irascible natures love to think {
the gentleness of Christ. How littl
:; we have of it! How little patience
treating with enemies! We have S
little of the gentleness Of Christ we al
II. not fit for Christian work half th
|
:, the bereft or encourage the dishear
~ ened or to take care of the poor. Eve
our voice Of sympathy is on the wron
pitch.
d. My sister had her arm put out
he Joint, and we were in the country, an
of the neighbors came in, and they WEI
en- all sympathetic, and they laid hold I
the arm and pulled nightly until II
anguish was into!erable; but II
en- arm did not go to its place. Then Il
M country doctor was sent for, and
m came in and with one touch il was a
be right. He knew just where to put h
ad finger and just how to touch the bon
r.. We go out to our Christian work wi
!, too roagh hand and too unsympathe
&c a manner, and We fail in our wor