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l. an integral part or our nature.
| sympathy. 10 feel with another. is a
prerequisite OF love. The tragic stmu-
lates il. Accordingly, in the Christian
religion the death OF Jesus is most
prominent. His betrayal. triple denial
/ by Peter. stripped of His robe. Knocked.
scourged. carrying the cross. bound 10
il. nailed: His agoniZing cries, death.
| burial-the whole is detailed With
minutiae. Add 70 this the remem-
I brance OF young man radiant with
! hopes that are stitied; the long-for
Messiah. Son Of God. founder of a
religion. whose life was all for human
/ veal crucitied in the populous capital
/ OF His nation as a malefactor. and the
/ tragedy of Calvary becomes pathetic
! i'm the extreme. II the Oberammergau
/ play is so heartending. the loved dis
! ciples of Jesus must have had an eN-
perience in pathOs rarely felt 10y NOR
| tai. II is n wonder some Of them did
not die from sheer pity.
| To-day we observe Passion Week
and the forty days of Lent. Art, lit
erature and sermons picture the pa
| thetic profile of Jesus and melt our
! hearts. The courageous man OF Cal
vary is less viewed. and wisely so.
! We need 10 be infused with the pas
! sion of Jesus 10 give us the heart 10
/ feel. The melted heart first.
! Darwin ruled sympathy out Of order
4 in this world of struggle. \ recent
reputable SOcio.ogiSt shows how SYM
pathy evidenced in mutual aid has
! made possible the life of the animate
world and the progress of man. In
the highest form of life the offspring
! Is feweSt and weakest. Pity absent.
and such would perish. God pitying
perShing man brought redemption
Jesus macuiied sympathy. 1t mells
the heart 10 love. There is false SYM
pathy. \ ect. the JainiStS. so pity ven-
! omouS insects aS not 90 Kill them. The
Doukhobors ah>urdly pity the putting
engine. SentimeualiSts SO pity the
perpetrators of horrible murder rs to
foil Justice: parents their disobedient
child a. TO spare the rod and spoil.
! False phlanthropists feed the lazy
and pauperize those who ought not 10
eat because they do not work. We
must Sympathize Alright.
The woman who cares for the or
nhan: the nurse who ceases not her
/ viglS in the epidemic; the neighbor
who grants a loan 10 Il deserving man
in a hard place: the friend with his
ttly spoken word 10 tighten the
weighted heart and gladden. the record
ing augel-thoSe are all Illustrations of
symparhizing Alright The highest form
is the poor SympathiZiug with the rich
i'm their loneliness, and the rich with
the poor i'm their needs. When the
highest and lowest feel rs one. SYM
pathy has its perfect work. The heart
thus sympathetic will 20 down i'm pity,
out in love to enemies and up in love
10 God. ana throughout envieth not.
Thus this most blessed faculty Of the
heart is pure. We preach Love one
another with pure heart. ferventiy.'
Love. the most prominent thread warn,
is more than mere morality" knoW!-
edge OF the good does not overcome
the inertia TO its doing. The impera-
tives of duty must be divinely spoken
and warmed. It's not the act, but the
motive that gives quality. The love
of God 10 us i'm Christ Jesus drawing
us into fellowship with the Infinite
heart imparts the highest quality TO our
deeds.
Hate is another thread in the warp.
We have earned advanced university
; degrees in this accomplishment. In
stance civil wars and religious inqulSi-
tions. There is an Orientalism in
p Thugsm. whose votaries worship the
sword as the Greek his Icon. Killing
, is worship wherein they do the VIII
of their goddess. Asceticism COu.d
, have a patent Office all its own for in
struments OF hagelation devised 10
, scourge monks into hatred OF this
, beautiful world. Count the number @.
those you hate. We naturally love
friends and hate enemies. From
EI,;g+ 49,. Itpr,y, 10 Iofn qriult
The Pharisce's law was: BE holy
- as the Lord your God is holy Jesus
, sat at meat in Pharisee's house
There were good Pharise2s. There
; were others whom the Master branded
as "grueratiOn OF vpers, straining nj
] a gnat and swallowing a camel; with
] out whitcd scpulchrcs, and full OF
$ dead mems bones within" Not IT,,
/ | pharisecs but their sins. Jesus hated
5 The cross shows Gods immeasurabl6
r hatred Of sin. Paul delivered the mos'
{ drastic philipp.cs against sin. the de
e stroycr of soul To describe sin rs
Q the glory Of the imperfect Is worse
= than criminal. We ought 10 hate sir
: with all passion
T. Work is prominent thread in th'
u | warp. Love. hate. fear are cmouOhaI
/. ! John Wesley. in his experience oI
i saving faith. says the heart wa
l. strangely warmed. The Sermon on th'
i | Mount t. a message to the heart. 1h'
= feelings have reared the great faiths
"Out of the abundance Of the hear
y the mouth speaketh." Tonurse our feel
@ ings for themselves Is frreligious
: They must issue IN acts. Hunger lead
g Us 10 eat. not for the titillation OF tn
). palate. but TO restore lost tissue an'
r. complete the body. The blessing o
t hungering and thrsting after right
= eousness is in leading 10 the activit!
+. that fills us with the fullness Of God
: True character is within. But M
d man uveth 20 himself" Let you
# light shine" is the command to Oh
iectlfy that character. TO be seen,
Y must be i'm good works and those bes
D. seen are 10 mems bodily needs. Flee
q mosynary provisions must Away
s characterize Christians.
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