The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-19

Power is to ability what electricity is
to a dynamo. A man of parts must
become a mar of action before he il
OF much use. The world is full of
geniuses who are impotent. They
cut no figure in the life of their day
simply because they lack energy and
force. Jesus was a man Of many
powers. q
His spirituality is unsurpassed,
He had a right basis for His phiIoso-
ply and His life. He had the right
point of view, and thus of necessity
saw things in their right relations-
His spiritual philosophy colored all
His mission, messages and ministry,
and gave individuality and peculiar
meaning to His words and deeds.
Christ began right. He put God at
the centre Of His system Of life and
OF course all went well with Him.
The insight of Christ and His spirit
ual sense are our need.
Jesus was a good man, and good
ness is greatness and power. Christ
was no sickly sentimentalist, but a
good man in the best sense of the
word; that is to say, He was a godly
man. He was a clean minded, pure
hearted, noble acting man, and no
matter what may be the mental or
material abilities of any man, if he
be not good he cannot hope to be
most of use. Goodness must be a
characteristic of any man who would
media lasting and revered memory.
Christ was not mawkish. You know
how He dealt with the problems of
the shew bread, the ears of corn, the
man who waited to be healed. He
was straightforward and more than
conscientious. He was constructive
ly, progressively, c~umulatively right
eous. He moved ahead. He was
kind, true, pure, noble It that is to
say, good. Meanness was beneath
Him. The truth was His glory.
Cleanness of life was the sign of His
inward grace. He was a gentleman,
a true nobleman. He was an aristo-
cratic democrat, who showed His
birth and His breeding in His man
ner.
Jesus was sincere. He was not a
patch work, but a whole pattern. He
leveled to any plumb. He met speei-
fications to the letter. There were no
weak spots, no faulty places in His
life glazed over with pretended char
acter. Jesus was a whole, whole
some, well rounded man, without de-
feet whatsoever. His sincerity in
spired trust, for He lived the sort Of
life He asked other men to enter.
Every one knew and knows just
where Jesus stood-with the right
always.
Jesus was positive. He didn't
suppose or guess or just think. He
knew and was sure. His knowledge
was from personal experience and it
vas power. Because Christ is dead
certain of what He speaks about We
hail Him Lord. And do we wish to
lead other men to Him we must also
speak with conviction out of personal
knowledge.
But constancy was not the least of
the Savior's powers. Jesus was no
gutter. He was not a prey to dis
couragement. He had falkland to
last. He stood ~squarely with the is
sue and the He represented at
all times and in all seasons, through
thick and through thin, through
good and evil report. Christianity
needs more of such Christlike con-
stancy. Constancy means pluck, en-
durance, courage against and in the
face of odds. Inconstan Is the
child of lack of faith and1REaskle
failure.
Jesus was a man Of parts and of
power. His facility for various work
needed a man of power. Jesus was a
genius and a hard laborer. He had
inherent ability and a fund of force,
fulness. The world is full of gen.
iuseS without mower The list of IN
known saviors is large. Jesus had
talent and the real, vital spiritual
power that could make talents pro.
ductive. He had the right kind OF
energy and enough of it. He got His
dynamic from God. That is where
we should apply for ours. :