The Washington times., 1902-04-14
\ IN THE G. 4URCHES
INITIAL SERMON OF ST.
PAUL'S NEW PASTOR

because all are the children of com
mon father. There are many analogies
between the natural and the spiritual
worlds. and many contrasts.
Dr. Miller then brought out the thought
that it was one of the chief contrasts
that while in the natural world force and
adaptability conquered, in the spiritual
world it was the province of the higher
to minister to. lift up. and save the lower.
Continuing, he advanced the idea that the
Christian-the man of spirituality-was
responsible to God for his use OF this
moral and spiritual power in proportion
as he possessed it. 1t was therefore that
Christ told his disciples that the way to
leadership was through service.
A Universal Law.
whatsoever will be chief among you.
let him be your servant Those words,
said Dr. Miller. have become recognized
as a universal law. They are the basis
of free government. Our Declaration OF
Independence and Constitution are found
ed on that principle. Our rulers are the
servants Of the people.
whatsoever will be great among you,
let him be your minister The words
sound paradoxical, vet Christs life on
earth was the greatest exemplification of
their truth. Himself great. he came to
serve. He emptied himself and made him
self as servant. His greatness was the
outcome of his service. He humbled him
self and was exalted by God because of
his sublime condensation. He who would
reign must serve"
Speaking of the great human leaders of
men. DR.. Miller drew a lesson from the
history of Napoleon. Bonaparte followed
power. became the master over kings and
princes. the living exemplar of force, but
1t was not until he was overthrow and
humbled that he realized the potentially
of that self-sacrifce he had never prac-
ticed. 1t was then that the imprisoned
Emperor paid tribute to Christ's leader
ship of men, saying Hannibal. Caesar.
Charlemagne, who would die for them
now? And think OF the millions of men
ready to die for Christi
mo man." DR.. Miller continued, ''be-
comes truly great by directly seeking his
own elevation. Men rise by foregoing for
the sake Of others. Men admit this. how
ever unwilling to practice the law them
selves. All history shows it. Whose are
the tombs that we honor? Who are the
mighty dead that rule US from their urns :?
They are those that lived and died in the
service of the humble ones OF their day
and generation. The King ArthurS. the
Lincolns. the Washingtons. the Glad
stones ruled by virtue of the superiority
of their service to mankind.
I'm no miraculous way did those who
have risen above the commonplace attain
their heights. They went up by the steps
which all may climb. They used instru-
ments in the reach of every one of us.
They obeyed the laws we know and might
obey. By no royal road did they ascend,
but step by step. they climbed in patient
progress, leaving the sordid and selfish
things of the world behind them.
There are no tears shed when the
funeral cortege of his Majesty, Myself,
passes. There are no laurels laid on his
tomb. The names of the cruel, the self
ish. and the wicked are rotten. Our mis-
sion is the noblest when we aid Mans
empire among his fellowmen is measured
by his service