Connecticut western news., 1902-05-29

what is right. must not think of
 what people might say. I shall surr,n, der" If such men could drop the Der sonalities out of their lives, all true Christian soldiers should be ready to travel the twain mile for Christ's cause We should forget as we'll as forgive We should no longer have the enmities which some of us bear our fellow, men,
 Jesus has been given as an example for all his disciples to copy. What did Christ do when he was scoffed at and spit upon? Why, the enemies made
 so many charges against Christ that Pilate, in amazement, asked him to say something and refute the charges.
 "Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him never a word, insomuch that the governor marveled greatly" Christ came to save the world. Jesus did not have time or inclination to spend the last moments of his earthly life fighting his detractors; neither should we.
 Hates Worst EAeny.
 The twain mile is the place where the enemies of the true Christian are either mellowed or completely con- quered by love. As the willingness to love ones enemies makes a man strong to go forth to the battle of life, so that
 willingness to love an enemy dulls the battleax of almost every foe. Love Is the most dangerous enemy hate has to combat. Love Is the duelist which will disarm many a fatal adversary. Love Is the shield which can blunt or snap every plunging spear. Love is the daz- zling light which can woo a smile from many a scornful lip and the tear of re- morse from many a flashing eye.
 My brother, the difficulty with you and myself Is we have been fighting our enemies with the wrong kind of weapon. We have been fighting fire with fire, hate with hate, bitterness with bitterness, islander with islander. death with death. But now Jesus has given to us a new way to conquer our enemies. We must disarm hate with love; we must submerge islander with forgiveness; we must answer curse with a prayer; we must offer to the clinched fist an open palm; we must extend to every enemy a helping hand Surely this idea Is the interpretation of the words, "Whosoever shall smite thee upon thy right cheek, turn to him the other also" "Whosoever shall compel thee to go with him one mile, go with him twain"
 In ancient times, so goes the story, . Roman commander at the head of his legion went forth to capture a great city. With rattle of chariot wheel and flashing of spear and defiant standards and signaling bugle blast the invading army approached the city wall. Much to their surprise, they found every gate wide open. The merchants were work ing in their stores, the women were working in their Kitchens, the farmers were in their fields. The Roman com mander asked in surprise of the inhab- itants who came forth to greet him: Where are your soldiers7 We have come to fight" we have no soldiers. was the answer of the inhabitants.
 we are a people of peace. We well come you to our homes. We will care for you as long as you wish to stay" "Well," answered the Roman com mander, eff there are no soldiers to light we shall march on" The Roman army came to battle with sword and
 with spear. They were conquered by love. So our enemies have been for years attacking the walled and forti-
 6ed citadels of our hearts. If we would
 open the barred gates of love to those enemies and lower the drawbridge of affection, we would capture nearly all
 of our foes by the power of love. The
 twain mile may have its missiles and
 thorns and stony highways. but most
 of those thorns can be blank with
 the roses of Sharon. Most of those
 pebbled pathways can be covered over
 with soft quilt of grass which once grew at the foot of the tree out of which was cut the beam of the cross. What True Love MeaAss.sz,
 The twain mile is the place where
 Jesus becomes to every Christian treasured, loving personality. We'll
 substantiated Is the fact that love grows as much upon what we do for others as what others do for us, upon. what we are ready to give as upon what we are ready to receive. In order to have true love, we must be ready to lose our lives before we can have those lives come to their true development. We must be ready to die if we want to truly live as we ought to live.
 Why is mothers love the purest of all earthly love? Because the baby di- rectly does so much for the mother? Oh, no. There never was a bigger ty- rant who ever wielded a scepter than little baby In the average home. From the time the child Is born until grown it practically does nothing for the mother. The mother Is always do ing something for the child. From the
 advent some one has to keep tending the child. The mother feeds 1t, dresses it, cares for it. For the first year, at least, the mother has a tugg1ng silver cord of affection. with one end attached to the crib and the other end attached to her heart. She practically lives by the side of that child for weeks and months. Then, when the baby is sick, who nurses 1.-the graduate from the school for trained nurses? Oh, no. The trained nurse may come in and help. The person who for weeks never takes off her clothes, the person who is al- ways by the side of the crib and sees that the medicines are given regularly, the person who is anxiously touching l the fevered cheek, Is the mother, the | sacrificing mother. Why is love generally purer and | deeper and wider in the poor mans
 home than in the rich mans palace?
 Some people may declare that this statement Is untrue, but if you have been around as a pastor as much as some ministers you will find that such | a statement Is true. The reason that
 love is generally sweeter and purer in the poor mans home Is not because the poor man naturally has a bigger heart | than the rich man, but the poor man
 has to daily sacrifice for his wife and children. When Christmas comes around, In order to have a Christmas