The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-24


AT the Davuic capital he was ut last
led AS guilty criminal out TO tho
Calvary heights to ignomiaonsly die
To his followers he left the stupendous
task OF cvangelizing the world prom
Using that lie would be with them To the
end ana thar through lis power tAey
should BE- able 10 win more souls titan
he had done
But though We nave been prasinG
mans greater works wc would have
YOU bear wolI IN mind this one tremen.
dous fact No work Of man Is truly
greater than christ's work because all
of mans greater works are the ont
come of Jesus work II you read the
verse in which my text Is found yon
will find the whole trend OF the thought
| In the one word because" "IIp shall
do greater works than these because
go to my Father Because Christ
II In Gnd and God II IN us IL the rea
son man Is able 10 accomplish greater
/ works Than did Christ
Never BE- dcluded Nv he idea thnt
man IN his own strength IA able to do
anything apart from God This idea
seems TO be running foi among many
weak brains a short time ago | stood
/ upon one Of the faSaaena hills and
looked off upon tic mighty peak Of
Mount Lowe, liftng3iiself above the
clouds. There in the valley ut ny
/ feet were the California orange groves
and the flower gardens and the trees
I hiri, ham In -. i
around the world. 30 you see that
| little hill yondery saba gentleman by
! my side. Yes ! answered tThat
! hill. said he looks much lower dian
we are" 1T certainty does replied
That hill must be al least three INN.
dred feet below ns" But ii Ii not"
he answered THAT Hill seems lower
because yonder lofty mountain is back
OF It, Water from that hill flows down
to this hill That Hill yonder is much
| higher than we are SO some people.
standing upon mans greater works"
seem 10 think mans throne is higher
than Chrisl's throne. But it is not
Only us Christ's life in its influence
touches our lives are we able 10 do the
greater works" which arc given man
to do,
EIevating Power OF Christianity.
"Oh, no" says some one, that can
not be, Some OF the greatest inventors,
some Of the greatest statesmen, some
OF the greatest of American men have
been agnostcs and did not believe in
Christ at all. How then could they get
their power from God?' by The law
Of association. The influence OF Chris
tianlty is an eleyating. eivilizing. In
spring power Even those who are
personally strangers to ii are affected
by the atmosphere it produces Have |
you not noticed that nearly All invon-
tons. nearly nj true prolrea4. nearly |
all the world best blessings are found |
III Christian lands alone 1t is said that |
one day the great landscape painter, I
Joseph Turner came into the studio OF I
that other famous English artist. T. T
Sidney Cooper Looking about nj The +
pictures Turner saw one ana gave a /
dab with his brush saying. Put that (
pillar out II destroys the breadth Of
lott, the great ar, dealer of Lon
don heard what Turner had done. he
came 10 Cooper ana said. II viii gipe
you three hundred pounds Tor your pie
ture Of the Welsh scene" But" said II
Sidney Cooper, "Gillott. you haze not
even seen my picture" II know it"
answered elliott. but also know
one fact Joseph Turner would never 7
have touched that picture with his
brush uilcss II had been w0rlh hay
ing" And so metlrinkS God blcSscs the
just and often the unjust in a Christian
land, because Chrst's work ana sacrl
fee have been blessed in that land.
Therefore, my brethren. the only way
for man to achieve his greater works
is by spreading abroad, ms Car rs lte
can, the works Of Jesus Christ. i.uou
which All mems greater works are ,:e.
pendent When Christ goes up. man
goes up. When Christ goes down. man
goes down.
Oh. what could Moses rod have done
Had he not boon directly scnt2
Tho power Was from God alpno
And Moses but the instrument
Today viii you not feel that you can
only accomplish tho greater work :
Christ has given 10 you 20 do by living
and WORRYING ia Christi when Mar.
shall Bernadottr who aftorward Ice.
came King charles XIV Of sweden.
WAS n young man hc WAS q revolution.
ist st the bchradIng of King Louis
XVI Ct France in order to show his !,
hysterical joy. De had tattoocd upon
his arm this sentence; death 10 All
kings and royal tyrauts" Bcrnadotte .
lftcrwaftl was himself raised 10 :
throne. lie closely guarded that tat
-ooing from tho eyes Of his people m
~ he was dead Oh. my friend. mark
ID with the signs ~ infamy upon your
leart. marked with the signs Of rebel >
ion against Christ. viii you not change
FOlr belief as Bernadotte did. 10 be.
come an enthroncd kingf You bear or -
POUR soul the marks Of sin but II Won
Slll come to him be viii take You into
lis employ and viii send You forth o.
bless and help the world As the apps
le bore on his body the marks 81 the
InasrE atufH man