The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-06-29
BACCAlAUREArE SGRM ON 1,
Juno 10. 1908.
By REV. JOHN BARsTow.

.Slrr and cold hare / none, bat uhat
hdce, that gire thee. Acts so.
The incident which called forth the
words Of our text has been. brought vividly
before US In the scripture. lesson Of the A.
ternoon.
At the Beautiful Gate Of the Temple,
through which the devout Jew passed on
his his way to the Mercy Seat, there we're
always to be found the poor, the MANNED
and the blind; and naturally too, for II
there 10 any place In the world where a
mans heart and purse are more likely to
open to the great needs Of humanity It
should be found where men gather, con.
scious OF their own need which only God
can meet, and where, with humble, contrite
hearts they present their personal wants
to Him who delightest to supply them
beautifully.
Among the throng who passed through
his gate on this particular day, were two
men, poor 10 purse, but rich in faith and
In good works. They saw this crippled
beggsr ly Ing there hey read the story Of sui
ering, they reached In their sympathy deeper
than the man himself was aware, for they
had In mind not only the temporary relief
that money might bring, but they saw the
underlying causes Of the present distress,
and they longed to meet that. So, con-
scious OF 4 power not OF themselves which
WAS able to reach down, and meet for all
time the real need Of this man, the spokes-
man Of the two said to him "Silver and
gold have none, but what / have, that.
give thee in the name Of Jesus Christ OF
Nazareth--walk"; and Peter extended to
this cripple bic own strong right hand,
raised him up and sent him on his way re-
|oicing 10 the soundness OF bone and mus.
Gle that God had impaired to him,
The incident thus brought before us fur.
nishes many . practical lesson for ~ to
and the nrst would mention 10
this.
The great need Of man IL something more
han monev. II 10 difficult for some people |
% believe this. The cry Of this poor beg
ysr for years had probably been nothing |
,ut this, money, money. Not that be Was
,on,ented to remain . cripple for life, but
,ecau,e hope deferred had made bis heart
Iaint, and he bad come to think that there
vas no permanent relief for his crippled |
condition Money could do something, It
'ould drive away the passing hunger, 1t
night bring to bin little relief, Z little
uxury. but that II was in the power Of
hese men, or Of any number Of men to give
more than this, had ceased to be . matter
Il hope or Of expectation. Therefore.
'bllvious to the greater things that were
,ossible. he was looking only for the lesser
hlngs that he knew money could buy.
And there are IN n livlrg today who seem
o have patterned their though, after him.
Who ask for, who SEEK for nothing more
han the temporary relief that money can
ring; and there are others who act ~
hougn the giving OF money, or the scknow-
edged Inability to give, acquitted them
rom oil responsibility 10 reference to an.
,her.
We oil need to recognise the fac, that
here are more needs 10 The world that
,onsy cannot NEE, than there are ths, It
NJ, and therefore be who seeks 10 b. Ii.
'ofid's greatest bsnefactor must look slse.
here than to the advantages that money
IN place 10 his hand.
Add II 10 veil that 1t 10 90 for to few Of
J, comparatively speaking, n 10 given to be.
ow the benefits that money alone can give.
here are, however, great resources within I
ar reach and countless needs that We may 9
eet most f,e,ively, Ard the greater our !
lvantages In school or 10 college, the ricb- {
arc our resources, and the wider the op. q
and the graver the responsible. d
. tha, they bring. =
Could We summon before ~ this After a.
,on oil the youth Of our land Who are Il
AndIng a. the completion Of one OF the I,
Ases Of their preparation for their lifs's !,
ork. perhaps more confused ard nys,i. Ia
a body Of young people you could not b.
d. Irealiisd this truth 10 my owt col. Z,