The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-01-11

ment of sanctified personalities TO
serve God, and that well, is the basis
and the beginning of social deliver
ance from the bondage Of SIN. God
is the Father of Israelites first, and
through them Of Israel. His love is
the heritage of every heart and not
alone the portion of the priests. His
grace will lift all men to glory and
through them the State.
The power of Jesus Christ in the
world to-day is due 20 the fact that.
in His capacity of Revealer and Saw
ious, He measured true TO divine de-
mands. Truth triumphs. Sincerity
counts. To straddle is unsafe. In
spiritual power is the greatest
strength. The straight way is the
safe way. Principle is potent to gain
respect. Sham and shoddy are soon
discovered. Christ claimed divinity,
and He lived a godly life. He insist
ed that His was the way unto life
eternal, and we know He spoke the
truth. Investigation of His life finds
His action and speech in harmony.
The measure of His conduct by His
uttered ideals can find no flaw. He
is as He claims TO be, and His glory
is as the glory of the Father.
AS the Anglo-Saxons had it, He was
a man who was "foundation-worthy
Fixed firm and constant the Christ
was never guilty of detection from
the strict. straight path of loyal duty.
Full worthy was our Lord to be the
founder of spiritual and moral rem
aissance that will overcome the
world. Built strong and firm and
VIC w hnnaG
Of humanity are fixed.
The Christ was a man Of courage.
He was man of heart. Courage is
heartiness. To be hearty is to be
full of heart. He did not shrink from
danger. Without a sign of fear or
fright, our Lord defed the very
prince of the powers of darkness.
Calamity, bravely, nobly He cleansed
His Fathers house. How nightly
He inveighed against the powers Of
Palestine We may all attest. The
Christ was not weak hearted. Hav-
ing a work to do He did it with will.
Conscious of the odds against Him,
He had no fear.
Out in the open, despised. forsaken
even by His friends, trusting only in
the power OF the truth, He battled
ever on for human liberty. Bearing
upon His broken body the sins Of an
evil world, He was yet courageous;
He had always heart. The Christ was
sound to the core.
The Christ was man OF deter
mination. He was a man of resolu-
ton. Having determined His sphere
and His call in life, He was resolved
to fill it. To be determined is to be
ready to go TO all lengths-that is to
say, to see the thing through 10 the
finish. The Christ was true TO His re-
solves, even unto an ignominious end.
Having marked a clear line of duty,
He walked without swerving. Hear
ing the call Of the dying world, He
saw and conquered Calvary.
The Christ was a sturdy man. He
had power Of resistance, and He
could not less we'll force the fight.
Born with antipathy to evil, He stood
against sin firmly. Seeing the iuhu-
manity OF mankind to man, He forced
the issue, and He iayed. with burn
ing words, the evil of His day. Strong
as the oak He stood against the
storm. Keen as the tempered blade
He smote His adversaries. Were
they wary He was more. Were they
subtle He was shrewder. Did they
lay a snare. He did but tangle all OF
| them in the meshes of their selected
net. When they were most cautious
| than did the Christ confound them.
| They smote Him and He did not flee.
They showed him Caesar S image. but
He was not caught. They predicated
marriage in the heavenly country and
| He pointed their mistake. They asked
| sign and got not one.
But sturdy and stalwart and strong
| Of purpose and of will. as the Master
| was, He was yet the soul of sympa-
thy Hating iniquity and scoring evil.
He had yet healing hand for men.
Disdaining sin, His heart held pity
| for the sinner. Crucifed by wicked
ness. He could yet pray mercy for His
! pers, eutors. His was the sympathy
! that cured. His was the tenderness
| that touched Filled with divine COM
! passion. He knew the sufferings OF
human souls, and He preferred heal
/ inc and a rich release.
Men. like nails. lose their useful
! ness when they lose their direction
and begin 20 bend runs a piece OF
/ sterling wisdom. The Saviour had
! His bearings, and He kept the goal
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was the surest, and He walked the
middle OF the path of duty. The
offer OF whole worlds wealth could
not swerve Him from His course.
Get thee behind Me. devil was the
motto of His life as He dealt with
sin. His fidelity should be the fash
ion OF our faith. His directness
should insure our zeal. His sympathy
should sustain our love toward men
and for God. His stalwart energy
and sturdiness of soul should be our
pattern. Our lives should radiate
His light. Our spirits should sufuse
| His love.
What Titan and Corot and Turner
| did for art: what Bach and Beethoven
and Mendelssohn did for music; what
Teunyson and all the lyric host have
| done for the conservation and the
! culture of the minds OF mon, that,
and infinitely more. can Jesus do to-
ward the saving Of a soul. Sturdy
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