The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-05-20
: '"GREATNESS"
Sunday Sermon BY the Rev. DR.. c H..
farkhurst.
A rerso1 May Have an Immense Amogu! cl
Virtue % Yet Il My Never Arrest
the Worlds Attention.

NEW YoBK CITY.-Dr. Charles II. Park.
hurst. pastor OF the Madison Square Pres
syterian Church preached sermon Sun
lay morning on a subject which might be
;ermed "lnconsplcuous Greatness" He
.hose as his text Mark xiii 4l.44: "And
pesus sat over against the treasury and be-
1eld how the people cast money into the
treasury, and many that were rich cast in
nuch And there came a certain poor
widow. and she threw in two mites which
make a forthinI And lie called unto Him
Ills disciples and saith unto them Verify
I say unto You that this poor widow hath
.ast more in than all they which have cast
nto the treasury; for all they did cast in Of
:heir abundance, but she OF her want did
91s', in all that she had. even all her liy.
'ng DR.. Parkhurst said:
Which undoubtedly was nm impiudent
thing for the woman to do. for perhaps a;
y later hour oi the same dav she had to
borrow. beg or s,ca, in order 20 mrct the
necessities ot her subsistence. but 70 heiuti.
iul intention may still be beautiful even
a II i little oIre'ess and uuca'eu'atiun.
tndecd, we Ike o. ,,i,l better IT it is not too
careful and too calculating. The case IL
like that related bv St. Matthew OF the
woman with her a.abaster boz pl ointment
VINO spent-in one sense OF the word
waste la prodigl amount OF money on
Jesus anontir-: ir was cXtrayHglut and
d It's charms. Tor 1t made only more Cyi.
dent the sweet sincerity OF her affection,
and u she had been mO-c economical with
the snlkenard less OF the fragrance might
have iloated down to our own day.
Jesus presumably was the only person in
the tempe that d1v that took any account
81 the woman with the two mites She was
simply one OF a crowd and as unnteres.ing
and unpromislnE proh1b,t as are the mem.
bcrs OF any crowd. but the flcr that she
was. outwardly at least. unintcres,jng
makes it interesting that Christ was inter.
ested IN her. and it is one Of the features
of our Lord r character that lie was i'm
pressed by urprowjsing people. Whoever
It might he that He IA. dealing with He
seemed 10 feel tha. lie had n good !ea' 10
go unon. No one we shnuld say. Fppel'ed
20 Him to be Ordinary. We were speaking
here some time since about the hauhlZlr ri
way. ono might almost sav. in which He
selected His disciples. as though any one
lie ran across that dav when lie wa, walk
aug along the edge OF the Sea OF Ga,ilee
wOud answer well enough for Gi4cIplc
and so for an lDOst,e-this to be under
T'toOd not Gs dl7D0r1goment OF the position
JIc selected them to fill. but az recognizing
th7t even common Ten were 50 uncommon
as 10 be inherently able 20 I'LL the position.
lie could doubtless have continued His
walk along the seaside and have selected
another twelve inst as comDCtcnt rs the
first twelve. if lie had cared at that t'nc
20 have so many. And, certainly. 1t is not
vcnturlng much 70 presume that He could
have como into thi, city. YES. and into this
congregation. and have found dozen peo-
pie with natural qualifications that would
have n'dc them rs capable as Peter. James
and John and the rest to lay, in co-onera.
ton with Himself, the foundations OF tine
Christian church.
Problbv the most ardent leye,er in tine
world would no, claim that all men are fun.
damen.allv alike. and fundamentally equal.
end this ia not the place. certainly t. Ee
drawn of into any nice speculation uuon
that matter. but apparent differences be-
tween people are not at all to be taken as
lust measure o. their actual differences;
Christs Cu'oEes are conspicuous for being
pronounced upon the inconspicuouS, and
that i n fact to be thought uDOn ~ TEND.
ing to change the attitude OF our feelings
toward the submerged ninety-nine Der cent.
of the race. And | am urging thls point
not TO- the purDose OF establishing 4 the
ory, bat in order that those OF YOU who
are evidently OF a good deal OF account
may see more reason for respecting and
hOaorng those whose claims to your re.
sDect and admiration are OF an undemou.
strative type. Onoe let them have an omen
he,d and fair chance and rCrhlrs they
will change PAGES with YOU. This may have
lbeor mart ~ what the Lord had in mind
shall be last and the last 6rst
The idea has bron ration b,rl r;ldo,--
oyarridden-tbat il the nos.;b;l,ties ~ of.
fec, arc in n man or woman tbogs ,,,,siI,iI;.
ties are bound n corrc ~ tbeir roa,,z,,io,
however ,ntov.1rl MAJ Ls ,be c,rc,,1,,
stoocos that st,rJ T., ths;- ,,.,,, I, ,,..,
once elegantly stated he ono ,rbo'c a.
ouent focc ia sin frs.b i, The mer,or,, nj
,n,r,, Of u.-"TGa,. ,n,,,,. Nf;,t,,,. ,n,,, L,,.,
died N their ,rctbe-.' ,r,Ts we c,nno.
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beari fro,, F., ~, ~ J;0;c,,, ., -.
a0d eninent'v i,,r.,t,Lio n; h,ppIr,J
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lac apostle Peter has become n great
power IN the history OF the church and 81
thrsudn cNi.iZd.oa. but II on the day
that Jesus Went stroi,ing along the beach
Gatherlng NJ d'scples, Peter had been out
a. sea h,nlng instead Of insh1ro men linz
ms ne.s II is not probable he would ever
nave been hcarl from. II is rather imupr
Want 10 ne somewhere near the track when
lne tram o. opportunity goes hv. There
l. undopGtclN a providence Iu things. but
at thc some time there + an accIieu. IN
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