The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-10-25

cial courtesy extended to him was
rendered in the name and for |
the sake of the ruler of Germany. |
BY substitution, the American peo-
pie were serving the emperor. These
illustrations, in q measure, set
forth the way in which Christ can be
served. BY substitution. Christ can
reach human need only through hui
man instrumentalities. and the dis |
ciple can only serve Christ by serving |
others, by serving " the least OF His
brethren"
This is a wonderful thought, that
the Christly presence may be found
in the most humble, crying human
need. Notice that in Christ's earthly
ministry it was in the unexpected
places and the most humble and dis
tressing cases of human need to which
Christ ministered. 1t was blind Bar
timeus by the wayside; it was the
woman who touched the hem Of His
garment while the multitudes
thronged Him; 1t was the foul
leper that came and fell at His feet;
it was the outcast and those in all man
ner of distress that felt the Divine
touch and went away rejoicing. And
Christ to-day calls His followers to
seek in the unexpected places and
| amidst the distressed multitudes for
| opportunities Of serving Him. He is
| waiting in such places to be served.
| What comfort it should be to us
for Him to recognize the giving OF
| fha ann ~ nold xx,atar tho food the
raiment, the shelter, the touch to the
fevered brow in the sick room, the
kindly word spoken within the prison
walls, things the poorest and weakest
of Christ's disciples can bestow, while
| those who are Boosting of the great
things they have done in His name,
the uttering of prophecies, the cast
ing out of devils, the doing Of many
wonderful works, are banished from
His presence with the rebuke: "Inevef
knew you; depart from Me, ye that
work iniquity."
| Christ taught and emphasized the
lesson of humble service, and declared
that he who would be greatest among
them let him be as the servant of all.
The glory of the TRANSPORTATION on
the mountain top and the conversa-
ton with Moses and Elias were not al
lowed to shut out the need OF the
lunatic son. The pain and agony OF
the cross could not shut out the low
ing thought for His mother,
or stife the cry of the penitent
thief. Even the formality of the din
ner in the house of the rich Pharisee
could not keep Him from ministering
to the need of a sinful and outcast
woman. The great fact was not that
Pharisee and had talked with men OF
influence and authority, but 1t was
that a brand had been plucked from
the burning and a woman set to re-
joicing whose song will continue to
ring through the courts of Heaven
throughout eternity. The greatest
, fact in regard to our Christian ser
vice is not that you or are promineu'
in church circles, that we have great
responsibilities resting upon us, thai
large audiences depend upon us fol
leadership, but it is that in the unex
i pected places, tt the unexpected times
! we may meet Christ in the person o.
a needy soul by the wayside and bs
Christ's messenger of loving, help
full service. 1t is possible to be sc
occupied with the great things
, as we consider them, in the service o
Christ as to shut out the real presence
, of Christ and prevent us from per
forming the humble service which viii
, call forth some day from the Master
lips: "Inasmuch as we have done i
: unto one of the least of these, M,
, brethren, We have done 1t unto Me-"
The preacher whose sermon is o
: more Importance than the call of dis
a tress from some humble parishione
: has shut Christ out of his study an
. missed more good material for stir
! ring sermons than he can scrape to
= gether out of his books after month
: of study. The church member, tn
v Sunday school worker, who Is so II
!. tent upon reaching the house of Go
. as to hastily pass by the case Of nee
! by the roadside has thoughtlessl
missed the presence of the Christ an
, will fail to find Him in the meetin
= house. The rush of getting ready TO
= church or Sunday school, with its s
e often attending impatience, may los
:. us the blessing of meeting Christ in tn
home, and certainly prevent us fror
feeling His presence in church or elias
y room. The Sunday clothes that are to
= mice to be soiled in miDistering to tn
= needy may make one feel ut home i
: the fashionable church, but they ma
. shut the wearer out of Heaven. Bette
u to soil your. hands and ruin you
y clothes and meet the Christ by visi
= to the sick room or the prison, than t
. preserve your immaculateness and RI
y ceive the bowed greetings Of host G
- fashionable friends. Better to put you
II arm around the drunkard and lead hiI
'eesl to Gods altar to meet there with 20
'e the Christ than to walk apart frol
(: Christ with the greatest man that eve
d received the honors of the world. Oh
70 disciple IF Jesus Christ! Don't SO
" the bounds where Christ shall NEE
u you. Don't confine Him to the churc
ie or the class room. or the home, or III
81 closet; don't look for a meeting wit
re Him only on Sunday and prayer NEE