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

ton that He carried into every de-
partment of His life. He was strong
as iron, solid as rock, and steadfast
as the eternal hills.
There are so many of US today who
lack stability. We lay our plans and
then we change them There is a
proneness in US to shirk duty BE-
cause it is hard. When the path OF
life ceases to be smooth, we draw
back like cringing towards. There
are men of many noble heroic quail
ties, whose lives are injured beyond
calculation just because of this weak
ness. Today they are full of ardor,
hopes and plans and tomorrow they
are discouraged and listless, their en-
thusiasm is gone.
If that is your failing, friends, the
Man of Galilee can give you the need
ed strength and stability of character.
He can put iron into the blood, and
Isteel into the nerve and can make
heroes out of the halting and the
doubling.
4. Was there ever a sublimer cour-
age than that displayed by the Man of
Galilee?
When YOU and I want to cite some
splendid example of courage, we
usually point to a Leonidas ard his
800 Spartans keeping the pass OF
Thermopylae; to William Tell hurting
back the Austrian hordes; to Wallace
in his life and death struggle with
the English in maintaining the liber-
ty of his native heath; to Lord Mel"
son, at sunset sailing into Lafalzar
Bay to attack the foe; to Washington,
Patrick Henry, Grant and Lee and
scores of others of later years.
The courage of these men was moth
ing compared to that of Jesus. Theirs
was the courage of the men who said:
eff a man strike you, strike him back"
His was the courage of pity, of for
giveness, of silence, of long-sufferlng'
of non-retaliation.
). Consider the gentleness of the
Man of Galilee. He could face
mob without quailing, and could calm
" look Pontius Plate in the eye, as
HE life trembled in the balance,
without fear, yet He took the little
babies in His arms, kissed them,
caressed them, and said: "Of such
is the Kingdom of heaven" How
tenderly He touched the poor, filthy
outcast leper. How gently He dealt
with the poor weeping penitnt woman
who wiped His feet with the hairs OF
her head.
On the cross, even while in the
throes of death, He tenderly made
provision for His mother, and asked
John to give her home. The little
bovs we're not afraid to Chamber on
His knee The poor leper ostTacized
by society, was not terrified at His
approach, but crept closer to, Him.
The forlorn, the outcast and the
friendless felt that in Him they had
friend.
6. In closing, let US examine the
unselfshness, of the Man of Galllee'
Never was there life so unset
fshly given to others. His initial
act in leaving heaven to come down
here was the very essence of unset
fshness. AS a boy he worked for the
support of His mother. The last
three years of His life we're given en-
tirely for the benefit and blessing of
His fellow-countrymen. See Him
yonder-working, toiling, teaching
healing, preaching, all the day long,
and, as the evening shadows fall, re-
firing into the desert to- pray! Be-
hold Him travelling long and wear1-
some journeys along the burning
paths of Galilee and Judea under that
hot Eastern sun in order to reach the
home of some suffering sinner, be-
fore death came to claim His own.
Or see Him weeping by the grave
of Lazarus and mingling His tears
with the mourners! See Him plead
with the mob: eff therefore ye seek
me, let these go their way!"
In His very death He thought OF
others. He thought in pity of the
poor, ignorant Roman soldier who
nailed Him to the cross. In His last
moment He extends to the penitent
thief the assurance: To-day shalt