Morris tribune., 1905-07-29
GODS VIEW OF MAN.
Extracts from DIR. Shelland's Ser
mon Last Sunday.

| preacneu Oh he saw man" Matt, y:
10. A young lady had returned from
Europe, had looked at all the work of
art, of science: of literature, of states
manship, and the treasures of the
ages. She said Il went the rounds
but didn't see much. A sculptor
! said there was an angel in the block
of marble and he was going to carve
the angel out. A christian woman
saw man in Jail bird, Jerry Nc
Aulsy, led a man to Christ who made
a glorious success of him. Christ sees
the possibilities in men. Do we?
The church members are banded to-
gether with Christ to help men.
Christ did not scone men.
In proportion as we have His
spirit, we see good in men, In pro-
portion as we have the spirit of the
Devil we see the bad in men. If
Christ had asked Solomon Moses in
Capernaum about calling on Mat
thew Mr.. Moses would probably re-
piled, eff you call on that tax collec-
tor, that carpet-bagger, that low
down fellow who lives off the people
you will never stand in the best So
| ciety." If the Laird had been asked
about Bobby Burns, if the squire
had been asked about William
SHAKESPEARE it would doubtless have
been the same sort of a reply. The
more our eyes are filed with our own
consequence the more we criticise
others. The more we see Christ the
more we see that is hopeful in others.
Which spirit is best for us? If we
want to go to Heaven we need the
spirit of Him who loved men and
gave Himself for them. If we want
to fit for He'll we can do that by hav-
ing the spirit of criticism, of detrac-
ton, of merciless condemnation.
| Christ Priced Men.
See the preparation for mans
coming. When the earth had been
made, the veins of coal, iron, silver
and gold laid. The world made
beautiful to live in; then man was
made to be lord of the inferior
creation. Then the morning stars
sang together and all the sons OF
God shouted for joy. Was that over
nobities? When men were wrecked
by sin, Christ gave himself to the
torture and death of the cross to save
men. Was that for the nobodies
When Christ left this world he sem
the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Heaven
the love infinite and the divine com
forter to guide men. For Melodies
He opened the way into endless JOY
everla sting usefulness, eternal glory
into Heavens for men. For nobod
les? Yet some sing % to be moth
ing, nothing" till they have about go
there. Do sing, 0 to be some.hin!
worthy Of the love God has bestowed
Some are talking of being poo
worms of che dust until they can just
crawl While God so loves men tba
whosoeyer believeth on Him shal
have everlasting life.
Christ knows how to save men
He went to the Office where Matthe,
was at work. So must we, for me
| are more than money. He locke
Matthew III the face. How mucl
men like Matthew can learn by look
ing God in the face. The grind a ne
glitter of money getting droppe'
away and Matthew said the one great
est business Of life is to follow Christ
MANY man has to learn that tn
best thing is to run his business or
christian principles, for Christ, fol
men.
A young mother said TO her paste
who had taken her baby into hi
arms and prayed for it, "whlle you
prayed had a vision. I saw man
saw my baby grown to noble chris
tan manhood, saw his glorious posi-
sibilities IN Christ" NV nearer, dc
you see the possibilities in your
child? My boy, l as your pastor looz
down and see the noble man you
may be-. My girl, see in years to
come the ohle woman the angel o
mercy and help you may be. Love
hopeth all things.
| A company of business men were
boasting of being self made, reliev
ing God of an awful responsibility
showing that they were made large