The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-28

OF lut master even Wntn ne -e'Hieu w
be defeated
The crowds that had gathered for the
Passover sang Hosannas 10 the King. and
the little children recognized Him in His
greatness.
In Him the nobler qualities Of life were
never defeated All along from His expe-
riences I'm the wilderness 90 the terrible
ordeal on the cross that same spotless
purity remained. that same love for man
kind
Always victorious over hatred and un-
belief. oil Of the lower qualities OF life
were beneath Him. He never surrendered
10 any Of them The victory I'm Him was
always on the nobler side of life
While we cannot help recognizing the
apparent success Of evil. we can sec in
His life a type OF all real victory All
real success There is no other kind that
man can hope for. that accomplishes
good
In the midst OF evil about as crowded
with sin and debauchery, II you as a hui
man being are victorious you must sue
ceed as Jesus Christ did. You succeed
through the silent forces. while apparent
ly the laundering forces Of evil seem TO
overcome you. But YOU are the real victor.
The silent processes that place you on
the mountain of success IL the same as
the silent forces that bring the smiling
face OF spring and summer from a cold,
frozen, barren winter.
The things that advance our civilization
are not the violent forces. These are
sometimes used. but that which really ac-
compishes great things Is the quite pro-
cesses developed through our education
and training
Man often suffers as a warning that
he is out of the right way but his quiet
reasoning, after he has suffered. brings
him back 10 whore he should be. il was
not the punishment. but the reasoning
that wrought the results
Christs triumph I'm love is a type Of
all real triumph I'm this life Some inn
mediate success we think We can gain
with other means. hut sooner or later
sometime. somewhere, we VIII learn that
Our success was really a failure.
Then the preacher brought his hearers
to the central thought NJ the text: The
confession W the discouraged Pharlsees
In their failure To- influence the populace
The impotence of all such cndeavur has
heen apparent down through tho agns.
The lesson that the Fhar.secs drow
from that first Palm sunday marks the
advancement " the centuries "a mich to-
day eliminates i'm tho widespread homage
that many countries all over the world
are paying the King Of Kings, the re-
deemer Of the world.
Ignorance Is opposed 10 this sort ~ an
idea. Ignorance believes II can Hccom
plish as much by rcsorunE o. selfish
methods. instead of charity ana l'te but
ignorance must 20 down before the in-
coming light Of God There is NO escape
from God only 10y going To Him.
rniversalism an easy faith Is ~
Well YES: easy and All viii be well III
YOU go by the way of Holiness
Then the minister called attention to
the modern way of attracting people TO
churches by sensational methods i'm or
church he warned them that " they
lowered the standard tho church would
suffer failure and defeat
In closing he said there Is nothing hut
irnpotence before love and faith and
putty. Behold the world has gone az.
of Lords and King of the Kings
Ehen the minister had got through with
his sermon. federation says 10 me. says
he. Mother. : reckon next sunday will
brighten things up somc for .---s old
world agin?'
yes. indeed" saws 7. there ain't no
time like Easter that brings heaven and
earth go close together. No moro lost
hopes. 4 living Saviour bcckoning us
on 10 glory Hallelujah
THAT kind OF n lesson says he, don't
let material things cut much OF a
figger."
NO" SAYS !. 'but IT'S the kind Of
lesson that does us good For we're too
much bent on earthly things We nod
something 20 turn our thoughts away
from money and satlns. and silks. and
jewelry now and then. or tereH be
danger of turning miscrs. or getting
miserable over what We shall put into our
stomachs. We don't live by bread alone.
80 know
NO" saws ho. but lots of folks don't
think they rc gottin' much unless their
stomachs arc m'ddln well filled about
twenty four hours day And tho
woman that can decorate with diamonds