The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-06-10

deeds with those of the Son Of God,
they pale into insignifcance.
1t will be our purpose tonight to
try to make the heroic qualities Of
the Man of Galilee stand out in such
way as to arouse all that is best
within us to new endeavor after a
similar life of nobility and true hero
ism.
1. The hero must possess Ideality;
the power of getting hold of lofty
idea, which becomes a living thing
and to which man may give him
self with all his powers. There can
be no heroism without that. The
true hero must be possessed of a
great idea to which he has consecrat-
ed his life.
2. Again, true heroism involves
self-mastery. Complete self-mastery
over every passion, appetite, impulse
and ambition, so that all may be un-
der the command of that ideal, and
that under the severest stress of ex-
citement, the mightiest storm Of temp
tation, the most sudden and urfexpect-
ed surprise, all may be held firmly
and steadily in hand,-these consti-
tute the essential elements of true
Iheroism.
3. The true hero never vacillates,
never halts between two opinions. He
is man of decision, with granite in
his nature and iron in his blood.
4. The hero of the highest type
must own real courage, Only when
man is inspired with some moral
idea to such an extent that he is will
ing to sacrifice all for it, only when
he is seized with the love and inspira-
ton of a cause so as to be able to
forget himself, and go bravely forward
to danger, strong in the sense of duty,
only then is his action truly coura-
geous and heroic. Real heroism lies
deep in the human character, and
must have moral qualities behind it.
Heroism is not doing something. 1t
is being something. You may be a
hero, and yet never perform an
heroic deed. 1t is not the occasion
that makes the hero. 1t only draws
forth the heroism that has been lying
dormant there.
5. Another thing, the true hero is
self-sacrifcing. Altruism lies at the
base of all genuine heroism. Exam
inc all the heroic deeds performed by
men, from the day when Moses left
the corrupt court of Pharaoh for a
life of poverty and suffering, right
down to the present time, and you'll
find that not one can be found that
has not involved in it this element of
self-forgetfulness and self-sacrifce.
How did the character Of the Man
of Galilee flu he conditions of true
heroism?
1. Did He possess an IDEAL? While
| yet a mere lad of u, one thought
seized his life, and that was "to do
His Fathers will" These are his
words: "Whosoever shall do the will
of my Father which is in heaven, the
tsame is my mother and sister, and
brother" 'fIy meat is to do the will
of Him that sent me-" {" have finish
ed the work which Thou gavest me
to do" One thought took possession
of Him, one aid dominated his life,
one thing he lived for, and that was
to do His Fathers will, and all the
plots and plans of men, all the in
genuity of devils, could not make Him
swerve even hairs breadth from this
ideal.
2. And how about His self-mastery?
He was always calm and self-possess-
ed. Popularity did not puff Him up.
Praise did not turn His head. There
are mighty few men today who can
stand popularity. The plaudits and
praises of men breed conceit and ar
rogance in the hero of today. No so
with the Man of Gelailee. Populari-
ty drove Him to His knees. That's the
proper attitude for the hero when the
crowds are applauding him.
The more we study the life of Jesus
the more we are astonished at His
complete self-control under all cir
cumstances and in ali places.
When men reviled Him, He reviled
not again. They taunted Him. They
Hriad in every conceivable waV to pro-