Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1906-03-14
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ternal love, against all the yearnine
of a fathers heart, and was therefore
unworthy of being called his fathers
son. Yet through all his wanderings
he was still son and no sinner could
alter that fact. 1t was the conscious
ness of unchanging love of his father
that finally brought him to himself,
and sent him back to his fathers home
in penitence and confession. This
story is the drama of world of men
Wandering, SHINING, men spend their
capacity of character until in some
moment of need they wake up to find
that God is still their father and yearns
over them with tender pity, This
knowledge at last sends them back to
the path of lectitude and to the life of
virtue
The second truth of this first propo-
sition is forcibly portrayed by the para
BILE of the Good Samaritan, whose CEN
trail truth is that every man in need is
ones neighbor, and that need ought
to be the only passport necessary to
unlock human sympathy and to call
forth human aid.
The truth of the second proposition,
that the only way whereby we may
show our love for God is in the mani
festation of practical human service,
is certainly taught, in a most decided
way, by Jesus. In one of his splendid
utteraLces he gives us panoramic
vision of the great final Judgment dav.
tions of the world. 70 those on tht
right hand he says Come ye bles-t q
Of my Father inherit the kingdom pre-
pared for you. fer was an hungerrtl,
and ye fed me- | was thirsty, and We
gave me drink
With surprise. those on the right
hand confessed that they did not kyio "
that they had ever served the Master
IN this way. Listen to nis answer In
asmuch as ye did it unto the least Of
these my brethren ye did it unto me. ="
The thought OF the parable is clear
and points defini ely the truth that the
good deed done t, human brother
is good deed done to God, St. John,
the Apostle of love, speaks forcibly
when he says "If man say, | love
God, and hateth his brother, he is a
liar; for he that loveth net his brother
whom he hath seen, how can he love
God whom he hath not seen. :"
The third proposition follows nat
urally and logically from the demon
stration of the first two propositions.
The jealous disciples of Jesus came to
him one day. telling him that they
saw certain men casting out demons
and performing miracles in the name
of Jesus; and that they forbade them,
because they did not belong 10 their
company. Jesus rebuked them SAYING
that no man should be forbidden to do
the work of Christ even though he
did not follow in the immediate circle
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doing the same kind of work as the
Christ, and the proof of their genuine
ness was found in their ability to per-
form the miracles
During the lifetime of Jesus, men
came to him in various ways. Some
came on crutches. Some sat by the
roadside and called for help as he
passed by. Some were carried into
the Divine Presence by friends. Some
were silent, never Uttering a word,
but their looks Of need were eloquent
to the point of touching the sympathy
and pity of the Saviour, In whatever
way they came to him, the only really
Important fact was to somehow get in
TO his Divine Presence and when thew
reached that sacred presence, what
did they find? Redeeming love, inf
mite sympathy, deep, tender pity, pa
tient yearnlng over mans needs-all
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