The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-08-14

how 1t behaves itself in ihe social fabric,
we ought 10 he quite content. Ana want
YOU 10 notice at this point wherein loys
i superior 20 the most eloquent speech
Eloquent speech may mean self advertise
ment. Love always means self et3eemert
Drummond IN his book entitled The
Greatest Thing IN the World" and which
| commend 10 yoi 20 read, was once
splendid and dazzling. IL was brilliant
faculty drawing all eyes 10 the speaker
and all ears 10 his voice. IL IL the gift of
eloquence by which man sw2ys the
mind and thrills the hearts of his hearers.
Now You can see how a man without love,
possessing such power, gives Ia himself
and the fact Is that some
oi the most brilliant orators Of fame, and
among them occupants Of pulplts. are so
fond OF themselves and glory 80 much IN
their eloqUence. that they forget the other
elements that so 10 make up manly Chris
tian character. And | want 10 say 10
YOU that The man possess that e'oluenee
IL IN constant danger The attraction
which he has Tor the people always tends
10 centre his mind upon himself; and hy
and by he gets 20 be greater II he Is not
aware. than the Master Himself whom he
processes TO serve and represent.
Love. on the other hand, is self-cfface-
ment. Love goes forth IN benehcent min
istry, alleviating the wounds OF broken
lives all around. Ia perfect harmony
with this thought Is the teaching OF the
Master Himself You remember that
marvellous sermon in the mountain, IN
which He says: Even so, let your light
shine before men that they shall see your
good works aud may gloriiy your Father
in heaven" The word so is 10 be en-
phasized as indicating the manner of the
shining. Light may be held so close 10
the eyes as 10 dazzle the eyes; hight may
be held so close before the eyes of the
world as 20 dazzle the eyes of the world
You are not TO see the shining one, but
you are to see the fruits, the results OF the
This Is the way with the old
sun itself. You look out upon the lawns
in the parks and the country side, and l
have never seen the parks more beautiful
than when ] visited them soon after my
arrival in this city a few days ago. You
look out upon the grass and the growing
grains and the vegetation and the fowers
and you feast your eyes on the beauty and
the wealth of the earth's surface; and You
begin 10 say, whence came all this; who is
the worker; who produced all this; and
You undertake TO look up at the sun shin
ing yonder in the zenith OF the heavens.
And the old sun, for your termerity, will
dart his red hot fire into your eyes and
will leave a mark upon you that YOU will
not forget for many day. DO not look
at me: look al the grass; look at the grow
ing grain; look at the trees-look at the
work, not at the worker. SO with God
Himself No man has seen God at any
time; we sec Him only IN Jesus Christ.
4 woman over here in New York City,
some years ago, came To the City Mission
Society and sought the secretary. Il
would like To do something for God. | am
not eloquent in speech, but j think L
could distribute tracts among the poor
and needy. Give me suitable supply aud
viii render this service TO my Lord.
She was supplied abundantly. On going
down the street che saw a policeman TAX
ing poor woman to the station; sle
went 20 the station house and there
learned the facts in the woman's case and
when the woman was to be discharged.
When she came out she was met by this
good woman, who threw her arms around
her neck and kissed her: and the woman
said: My God! Why did You do thaty
No one has kissed me since my mother
died; why did YOU do that And the
humble Christian woman said: Il do not
know, unless IL was Jesus sent me 70 do
it." Without going into further detail.
let me say that that life was redeemed by
the kiss OF that Christian woman, whose
heart was full OF love for her kind. This
is the kindlI mean. No eloquent preach
ing from ihe most brilliant preacher that
you have ever had in the city could have
reached that life as did that kiss. That
reminded her OF her departed mother. A
poor young sirl was dying IN the city OF
Paris and on seeing Christian woman
who was a stranger TO her, SAID 10 her:
You know i hate you Christians. You
have nothing TO give but good advice.
You build fine institutions for us when we
have fallen, but you do nothing for us
to keep US from being thrown into the
path OF temptation And no one but
that good woman, acting with Miss Hunt
in her benehcent work in the gay city of
Paris, understood the dying energy with
which she uttered those words. by and
by this woman won her into the kingdom
OF God, and Just before she died said To
the Christian woman. who represented Tor
the first time Christianity unto her: Let
me die on something that is yours. Won't
YOU let me put my head on your pillow
would like to die with my head on such
pillow as your pure head has rested on" it
was granted. That Is what i mean. That -
the ministry that is open 10 love. Over
yonder IN the city OF Detroit. reporter
called little bootbiack IN the street TO
polish his boots. The little fellow came,
but as be got out hls brush and was
about TO begin a big, brusk fellow came
you go away. will do this" And the
reporter became indignant and said:
What DO you mean 10y this| 20, that
il all right, boss. DO you know that jim
my has been sick IN the hospital for more
than a month and be Is not very ctrole
and we boys when we are not dong any
thing turn IN and hep him. j. that right.
jimmy "Ycs, that's right" Aud 90
he said "All right. 20 ahead ard as the
boy was plying his brush and his cloth,
and while he was 30 doing the reporter
Piled him with questions: What per cent.
OF what you earn do YOU give 20 Jimmy"
"EhE What per cent. OF wnat you earn
do you give TO Jimmy" 81 don't know
what you mean" How much Of the
money that you receive do YOU keep ard
how much do you give 10 Jimmy" DO
to him, and so do all the boys; We don't
keep any OF it." So when he finished the
reporter said: "TOa arc pretty good fcl-
low: here - n quarter, and you keep ten
cents and give fifteen cents 10 Jimmy"
NO, you don't" and he gave the quarter
to Jimmy. That was diviner, that was
nobler far. than the grandest eloquence
that Brooklyn ever heard.
Now notice in the second place, and I
viii make this point brief. the comparison
by which Paul sets forth the superiority
Of love 20 eloquence. He says, IL speak
with the tongues Of men and angels, but
have not love, ] am become a. sounding
brass az a changing cymbal. The gift with
out the grace - likened 10 the sounding
OF brass, 20 the ciashing Of cymbals o.
bronze. a great many preachers boast
themselves Of their soundness, sound in
their theoloRy-and ] am not saying any
thing against soundness in theology And
one " sometimes tempted 10 say. Sound.
yes, that ~ what u is, but u ~ without
and without meaning for a hum
CRY world. \ Changing cynbal-noise. con.
fusion, bi:t no ministry. never helpful
for weary, hungry word. let us
be something more than janghng
voices c,angirg noises Let us have