The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-11-03


At the end Of April 1914. Napoleon Bon
aparte went into voluntary exile at Elba
"A puppet was put In his place. the veal
Louis the eighteenth. The great man wa
beaten and bafrled. He had trusted 4
traitors and towards and they had be
were again the opportunity for hi
strength. He had no army but he knew
how TO raise one.
Leaving Eiba he arrived In southern
France on the first OF March, 1915. "H'
counted" says biographer. ION re
gaining his soldiers with a mere glanc,
of his eye. And In this he was not mis-
taken. At Grenoble he was the most re-
markable OF all victories. on one side
unarmed, Napoleon. On the other side the
troops OF the king. The emperor advances
alone. The troops receive him, not with
bullets. but with shouts and tears OF JOY
One of the old grenadiers was asked II
he could have been persuaded TO fire upon
his emperor. He laughed as he made his
ramrod ring In his empty musket. They
are all like that" he exclaimed. But they
loaded them when they fell in behind Ma
poleon.
A MASTER OF MEN.
This incident. unique In history, reveals
IN a large measure the secret OF Napo-
Icons success. He was not only a master
OF situations. he was above all a master
Of men. His eye kindled and the hearts of
his men famed. To die lighting under his
banner was a passport into the Elysium
fields OF the blest.
The power he exercised over others, Is
not only the secret OF the success Of ev-
cry great general but OF every great man
of affairs. II is the same quality that
makes J. Pierpont Morgan. master In
the financial world and even I'm the polit-
ical and social worlds Genius misses It's
mark and wastes its energy when II deals
with minor affairs. The man who sue
ceeds IL not the man who does every
thing himself. but the man who Is able TO
enlist the enthusiastic service of others.
This applies on the battlefield. In the
market place. In the church.
That Jesus Himself felt the meaning of
this Is Witnessed to by our text
He had come into the world and men
had said Behold its light" He had lived
humbly and meekly the life OF God.
But the hour OF his departure was not
Ear distant The first act OF his ministry
was TO gather about himself disciples. He
felt his dependence on men as keenly as
Napoleon felt the need os an army. Tho
success OF his mission was finally due to
che obedience he could command from
the bold and impetuous Peter, the clear
thinking and far sighted Paul Without
their work and inspiration we cannot un-
6erstand how church could have become
. vital institution for the saving OF men.
TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY
As early az the sermon on the Mount he
lays on the disciples a tremendous re-
sponsibiiity. He tefis them they are the
salt OF the earth. They are the light OF
the world. He puts them In his place.
These are living words. No man can es-
cape today the responsibility they impose
and be a true disciple. Out OF the past he
says to us this morning. "Ye are the
light OF the world" Let your light
shine"
Every master who has spoken to hu-
manity with wisdom has suffered
through the gradual grading OF his COM
mands. Men have said this command is
less important than that and the one that
has seemed OF the most consequence has
overshadowed the remainder.
The command TO believe has been en-
phasised In the past
Today we are repeating, mot every
one that saith Lord. Lord. shall enter in
90 the Kingdom Of Heaven but he that
doeth the will of my Father which is in
Heaven"
The practical slice OF the teaching OF
Jesus has never been so sternly empha-
sized as IN the present.
Luther. inspired by the teaching OF 81.
Paul. could say OF the Epistle of James.
''1t II a right strong Epistle." But 10
the reformer of this age the saying is as
important: What does II profit my
brethren. II man say he hath faith but
have not works. can that faith save
himT" as that other saying: THE Just
shall live by faith"
Yet no man. inteiigentiy Judging the
signs OF the times. can be content to be-
lieve that the one-sided emphasis on
works is flnal, The emphasis that the
church has placed on practical doing in
the past has been from the standpoint OF
the individual rather than society. Men
have been urged 20 good deeds that they
Individually might be saved But Il ls
just a. true here. as IN t'r realm OF
faith. that the man who eeks 10 save
his soul shah lose A.
THE GOOD TO OTHERS.
From the point OF view OF Jesus the
individual man Il 10 save his soul by
working out his own salvation. But IN
doing that work our point Of view Il 10
De the good that shall result to others,
snot the rewnrd that shall come TO our
selves. Jesus IN making this command
may have you In mind. but IN the fulfill
rnent Of the command you are 10 have
your neighbor In mind. II II not enough
that We labor IN faith. but that we labor
- disintereetedly. 50. unselfshiy, that
others may see and believe. IN this had
not characterized the Masters life we
might be able 20 say Of this service that
commemorative bis life and death. even
~ he said Of the work OF the Pharisees.
Myisf. snise and cummins.
! To this end he gives a command az I'm
Derative az the command 10 believe: let
yorr Hight shine before men that others
~ 80 your good works and shortly