The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-22
THE BULLETINS SUNDAY SERMON
by REV. FRANK DE WITT rALmAeE, D. D.

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them calm in the presence Of death.
When Hugh Latimer. The dying mar
tyr turned to the trembling Ridley,
who was being lied 10 the stake ut the
same time that he was being tied and
said. he of good comfort, Master Rid
ley, and play the man; we shall this
day light such a candle by, Gods grace
In England as | trust shall never he
put out" ut once Nicholas Ridley lie.
came man. His nerves ceased their
quverlng, and he was able To die as a
Christian hero. When the frightened
patriot lIerault de SechellcS assembled
the scaifold, over which hung the gilt
tering guillotine. and SAW the Surging
French mob below him, he was us pale
as death His knees trcmbltd and his
teeth chartered. But when he turned
and looked ut the intrepid Danton by
his side, who scornfully said to the exc
cutioncr MAN, wait moment; let
the people have Il good look and see
how brave man can die Ilerault de
Sechclles became rs brave as Danton
was brave. II well remember my
self" wrote an old soldier, las a fright
cncd boy trembling in the ranks at
Gettysburg With fear saw the Con
federate troops being maSscd for Pick
etts famous charge All that | could
DO was to restrain myself from drop
ping my gun and running to the rear,
But suddenly every cowardly feeling
In my heart was stilled when | heard
a great shout and saw the most mag
nificcnt man | ever looked at calmly
riding down the lines. Calmly and
clearly he spoke as he said: Steady,
men, steady. We must hold these
lines. Steady, steady" When | saw
Winfield =. Hancock thus ride along,
utterly ohlivious to all personal dan
ger my heart became that OF Il hero.
/ became like unto him who at THAI
moment was ms great eXemplar.'
Yes. yes. We all know what the
power of Il personal example means in
life. We know that when men are
brave about us they make us brave
We know that when men are true they
make ms true We know that when
men are noble examples of Christian
faith they inspire us with like Chris
tan faith So when Paul amid the
shricbings and groanings ana hcnv-
ings and bombardments of the Mcdl-
terrancan whirlwnd, calmly and de
liberately stepped forth and said
"Men. exhort you to be Of good
cheer for there shall lie no loss Of
any mans Efc, but Of the ship, then
the sailors and passengers stopped ana
said to themselves: Why that IS
strange talk. We cannot understand
II, but Paul mast have had n super
natural vision, or else lie could NOT
have SPOKEN thus. You speak SO posi'
lively, o preacher. that we believe you.
What God yours must be to inspire
such confidence. Would that we had
your faith and your religion Men
ana women of the Christian life. are
your actions and words living witness
cs Of your faith in the saving grace Of
Jesus Christ?
Nothing Mean About Him.
Why are the crew and the passeh-
gers of this Alcxandrlan corn ship hap
by of heart? because Paul kept hold
Ing M before them the mistakes Of
their past life in order that they might
the more easily be led TO follow III his
way. Paul was not mere taunter,
snecrcr, Il rldiculcr, q tantallZer. lie
was not one Of those mean. contemptl-
bic fellows who always stand around
when anything goes wrong ana say
Il told you So He was not one of
those miserable comfortcrs of Job who
are about as healing to the bleeding
heart as Il poulticc Of cayenne pepper
or singing nettlcs would be to n man
gled arm caught in a press. But Paul
was like q good physician who comes
TO IN overwogkcd man and says: My
friend, | told you If you did not hold
up you would have a nervous break
down. Now this breakdown has come
Therefore | want you now to trust me
and do what | tell you to do, and then
we will make you well.' Paul in the
same gentle way as the good physl-
clan stands before those helpless voy-
ayers and says: Friends. ! told you
not to loose from Crete. | told you
that il we tried to make Rome during
this winter equinoctial you would 70
Cret il. But now that this harm has
come to you want you to obey my
commands. ana promise. Ivy the God
whom represent. that there shall be
no loss Of any mans life. but OF the
ship
Cat and Mouse.
It Is a contemplate characteristic TO
tell man his faults and keep telling
them. met Iy to glory in his misery,
even as n ficndish eat might tease and
tantalize & little mouse and yet not
Kill i. II is q contemplate thing for
a man TO come around when your lit
tie child lies cold in death ana say:
well So-andso. am sorry your baby
Is dead but | knew she would die. !
knew It when you called in DR.. Big
dose rs your physician. lie always
kills more patients than he ever cures.
told you so. told you SO. If you
had only followed my advice, your
baby would be alive today Can he
bring the child back to lifc again? 1t
is a mean. contemplate act in man