The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1906-04-04

casteth out fear He'll cools as the heart
warns TO the eternal
Failing TO, do Gods will. the Eternal
Father remains Heavens Emperor ior
all OF US What God offers 10 our weak
and helpless humanity is himself. The
church talks OF winning strength, OF
winning prestige, OF winning Souls.
but. my brother, you had better think OF
winning God.
Here IL the highest type OF power for
IL is moral In the face OF this All other
power goes TO the wall the power OF
wealth can not stand against conscience.
The power OF beauty IL Immortal only as
the beauty OF holiness. The might OF
Rome passes and the Kingdom OF GOD
advances. Caesar goes down petofe
Christ. -.,.,,,,x
We estimate the strength OF everything
I'm terms OF its highest endowment Inc
eagle by its Night. the deer by It's swift
ness the bee by its industry The power
OF man is revealed not by his control OF
empires and states but by his power over
himself. Self-mastery Is only another
name for divine possession. -,
Rational control is the summit beyond
which the evolutionary process does not
pass. Rational control IL only another
name for the control OF the whole man
Every member doing the bidding OF the
ttso thought. every every dream. wheeled into
the pathway that leads TO the great
goal. Thus man approaches es,v whnn near,
we are sectional. Taken in parts we are
animal. Memory alone. action alone, i'm,
agination alone. how weak and pitiful, an
dominated by a will. stirred by uiNihe
purpose. and the human and the divine
come together.
The possession Of God is the control OF
self We have talked OF the power OF
God OF the power OF the Holy Spirit. we
have sung about IL. we have prayed TOT
II. we have searched the churches ana the
creyices OF the universe 10 obtain II. sup
posing that we had found IL. We wouldn
hax axsa uf fad
Il we wouldn't have had TO have searched
for H. It's the thing we daily reject.
Our lives at the bidding OF our own sWeet
Wills make the answer 10 our prayers I'M
possible. We aren't willing TO grant IN
practise that what we say and think ana
do have anything 10 do with our rengloh'
The one marriage that would DO more 20
sanctify the church than any other would
be the marriage of morality and worship.
There isn't man In pulpit or pew VINO
doesn't need TO take righteousness oY one
hand and faith by the other and hold
them i'm the altar OF his heart until they
promise TO take each other for better or
worse so long as he lives. We have fol-
lowed Jesus into the pathway or service
We have gone up with him on the mount
we have stood with him in the presence
OF the multitude and what nave we
seen?There is one thing ! want you TO see
this morning. I want you 10 see II as the
thing that shines above every other quail
ity I'm the Saviour OF men. II was just as
evident I'm the temptation as in the great
renunciation. II was as truly manifest on
the cross as on the Mount OF Transfgura-
ton II was the glory OF the Son or Man
above all men who have been tainted
sneered at and despised. Others have been
tempted 20 the weakening point; but
there is no one word recorded OF Jesus
that hints that he ever lost his self-con'
troll Isn't IL the calm dignity OF Jesus IN
the face of the multitude at Jerusalem
that wins mems hearts?
He pushed the wine and myrtle away
from his parched lips that he might die
clear eyed with complete self possession
AS has been said OF Him: during the trial
he is superior 20 all. Each In turn serve
AZ fols 10 throw into relief his dignity
and purity His fortitude and courage, ms
self-restraint and magnanmity are con
spicuous throughout lie goes triumphant
ly, the victim.
At one with Himself He was at one
with God The divine strength upheld the
staggering human. Time and eternity,
life and death. Heaven and earth were
one In his soul Thus he had no fear
Linked with God time was but broken
fragment of eternity. At one with God
and death was the rending Of the vail IN
10 the Holy OF Holes. A man is sure Of
himself only as he is sure OF tomorrow
and the future He Is sure OF himself only
as he is sure OF death and the beyond He
is sure of himself -nnly- as he Is sure OF
the universe and God and he is his own
master only as he is able to say, II know
not where his islands lift their prouded
palms i'm air I merely know | cannot DRIFT
beyond His love and care The rationa
control OF Jesus. the self-mastery OF the
Son OF Man is religion and the secret OF
it's Joy JOY IL only another name for mar
mony. The search for Joy is the souls
longing for unity. the minds quest for a
unified universe is the eternal thought
passing through us To be one with our
selves I'm becoming one with God Is the
longing that sorrow and sadness may flee
away. The sorrow OF the world Is the sor-
row OF the worlds mastery. The JOY OF
God is the 10Y OF overcoming the world.
These things have 7 spoken unto you
that my 10y may he I'm you and that you.
ioy may be fulfilled and back I'm that dim
mast we see once again a humble servant
tremblingly bearing his gain and having
the doors flung wide open before Him
opening into the courts his heart coveted.
And I think by brethren as we reflect on
the longings OF our souls we had better
ask. are we making a good use OF the
talents God has given us or are they
wrapped in the napkin of cloth rusting
away 10 our sorrow and condemnation. II
would be q great thing TO so use them as
10 he worthy OF hearing the voice Of the
God welcoming us day by day TO deeper
fountains of JOY.