The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-12-21
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AIN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON 7I
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Subject: Gods Little Ones

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&; Subject: Gods Little ones..
Brooklyn, N. Y:-Bishop c. G. Nc
Cabe preached in the Hanson Place
M. e. Church Sunday morning. The
Rev. Charles E. Locke, the pastor, con-
Quoted the service. Bishop McCabe
chose for his subject Goods Little
Ones" and preached from the text
Isaiah k:22: "And q little one shall
s become thousand and small one a
strong nation. I, the Lord, hath said
: it, in his time" he said:
51sl There are two thoughts that claim
Our attention as we study this text.
One is the kind Of workers God chooses
10 do His greatest work In this world
,sSfhe little ones; and. second, the possible
Erap apidity with which Gods work may
;sgo forward in this world. God
chooses the loway to DO His great work.
ssThe history sof the world never yet
5Aiass been fairly written. we know
sEwhat the great have done, we know
What kings and emperors and generals
and philosophers and poets and 1nven-
J tors have done, but the Macauley has
not yet arisen to trace out IN history
! what Gods little ones have done. yet
/. the history of the world cannot be fair
5E written without telling the story
! 0f their lives because they have done
sgso much fox the world, and what 9TH
rs, have done would have been IN
fyain had 1t not been fors what Gods
little onts have accomplished. sHe
chose sthe ;bwly. God hath respect
unto the lowly, but the proud He
knoweth afar off" He loves the lowly
!. heart that trusts in Him. What an
mpediment to Christian work Is pride!
I've cannot build up a strong Chris
tan character without humility. Hu-
mility comes from the Latin word "hu-
mus, which means "the ground" -
. the ground on which to build strong
t3Christian character. Its corner stone
and foundation stone must be humility,
land il the cha --cter1 lack that grace.
1t will not stand the test of time and
: Temptation; but, with humility. the
Christian character may be built up
with a symmetry and universalness
Sthat will endure through life and eter-
Z nifty. What do you think Of this pas
sage? II, the high and lofty one that
ainhabiteth eternity, will dwell In the
high and holy places with him also
that is of contrite and humble sp1r-
lit" God chooses as HIS associates the
humble and the contrite.
Our Lord carried on His work after
the same plan. He chose the humble
and lowly workers and sent them out
! to preach His gospel. And one day
they came back to Him surprised and
delighted with their experience, and
they said: Master, even the devils
are subject to us in Thy name" and
i 1t is written that at that time Jesus
reioiced insspsrit and said: Father. l
thank Thee because Thou hast hidden
these things. from the wise and pru-
dent and hast revealed them unto
babes. Even so, Father. for so 1t
seemeth good In Thy sight. Paul un-
derstood this well when he wrote to
the Corinthians: Not may wise men
after the fesh.- not many mighty, not
{ many. noble are called; but God hath
5 chosen the foolish things Of the world
to confound the wise, and God hath
chosen the weak things Of the world
to confound the things which are
S mighty, and the base things Of the
world and things which are despised
hath God chosen; yea, and things
which are not to bring to naught
s things that are, that no flesh should
glory in Hts presence" How low He
Tets it down! That has always been
& Code plan, even before the time when
the babe came to.the manger in Beth
slehem. Jesus born In Bethlehem in
Z gJudea-that little, lowly one was Gods
answer 20 the worlds cry for help
!. and light. 1t was little added weak
{ ness to that we had already, poverty
added to the poverty we had already:
. ft was an infants wall added to what
Paul calls the "groan of creation"
That was Gods. way Of answering
man.
ss I win inst call your attention to the
possible rapidly with which the king
dom Of God can grow in this world, "a
little one becoming a thousand" That
is tremendous rate Of gain; it seems
as If it could net be so. We say
q Isaiah was poet; mystical man and
u cAdSSC1dlSO SSAnCl4AkSSs UoS SAAS AZ 1@S
sexageration. It has often been the
case. Yea, q small one has become q
nation in the history Of the onward
march Of the kingdom Of Jesus Christ,
bur Lord. I believe that God wants
His kingdom to grow rapidly. and l
think that was the spirit of Jesus
when He told His disciples the para
Bile Of the talents. On another occa-
sion BE gave them another parable Of
the rich man who before going away
gave each Of his servant pound and
on his return required his own with
usury. One man said: "Lord, Thy
pound hath gained ten pounds" That
was big percentage Of interest And
another said: "Lord, Thy pound hath
gained five pounds. That was good
percentage, ard Jesus said: 1.-THE
Kingdom Of heaven is like that" That
is the way invested lives may grow;
that is the way life, no matter how
humble, may grow; that is consecra-
ton. That is the teaching Of these two
parallels.
Now these are commercial figures.
Let us take them into the light and
try to understand them. In the para