The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-05-26
JESUS THE SOLUTION
| OF LIFE'S PROBLEMS
BRILLIANT SERMON TO THE
+ FITTING SCHOOL ae
BY MR.. WALLACE
Frazer Boys Hear Able Speaker
Tell Them os WoDdrous Fit
tfng School af Christ


At the First Presbyterian Church
Sunday the baccaiaureate sermon be-
fore the Frazer Fitting School was
preached by the Rey, J. 6. Wallace. of
Westminster. II was NOSE eloquent
discourse in which Jesus az the Christ
was offered as the solution of life's
problems. The sermon was widely
commented upon as being especially
appropriate. The following is brief
! synopsis OF what was said.
Text. Matt. XI:29 Take my
yoke upon you and learn of me; for
| am meek and lowly at heart; and
ye shall find rest unto your souls"
Subject: The fitting school of Christ.
Thege verses are an invitation from
the hcadmaster of the greatest fitting
school in the universe to come to
him ana learn the greatest lessons
of liie. Christ's servant re to be
also disciples learners. His school
FOR them Is his yokes. He Is the mas
ter artist of life and we must be ap-
pTenticcd TO him and learn to live as
lie does. We can never get the most
out OF life nor put the most into life.
until we have learned some lessons
from tile yoke
The fret Is The lesson Of service
The yoke means service. and no man
can become truly great without it.
"Whosoever will be great among you
let him be your minister; and who
soever: will be chief among you let him
be your servant" We will learn the
why OF service We can never learn
why We should give our lives to the
| service of Christ and man, when it Is
not appreciated and when the world
offers so much for It until we learn
itirrom Christ's service to us at suchs a
great sacrifice.
We will learn the how OF Christian
service. many willing workers are fail
because they are unprepared. The on
ly school to fit us to be proficient SER
! yantssis the school of apprenticeship
under the yoke OF actual experience
with Jesus. We Will learn also the
| joy this earth affords Is to be found IN
the service. of our fellowmen for
Ghrist's sake. y =, - y 81.
We learn secondly. the lesson OF
tehhrac cter. df there Is anything great
er than ~ I'VE do It isswliat we are
our cnarae eter Jesus Is supremely fit
] ted to- teSeh us character because he
| poBsesses It. he Is Meek and iowiy
in heartp which Is the climax OF all
! true character. We learn character
by association. Our lives are fashion
led after them with whom we live most
closely. II Jesus Is our constant COM
panion. our loke fellow, we will learn
to bellike him. We can never become
truly great, with ever SO Guch service
i'npiessi il is adorned with huimity We
| learn the third lesson which is con-
ttentment OF 2aSt. "Ye shall find rest
unto your souls" This is an age OF
unrest, social, political and spiritual
IL offers labor In which we become
The world knows nothing of true rest,
heavy laden with care Only Jesus
offers rest He does not off, bodily
4 rest. forEfe calls to service, .put rest
/ to your souls" FREEDOM from anxiety
and responsibility for earthly things.
Our business Is to- bear his yoke, his
| business s5s to bear all the, respon-
sibility, We can never rise to the
highest in service and character II we
/ are weighted down with daily cares
and clothes. After all these things do
the gehtiies SEX. We are to seek
'God's kin DON Hrst and trust him TO
Il add these things to us. In conelusloii
iIySsNs have besn taught by the world ta
look upon christ,s yoke as burden
end as - bind dtAnce to the broadesl
freedom. But entering this school We
/ enter tthe glorious liberty OF the sons
i OF God" and ind that instead of bring
ing us into q narrow life II is the gate
way 10 the more abundant life. In
stead OF being q burden TO carry and
hold ms down, it Is transformer Into
wings by which we. may rise above
earth's sorbid cares into q higher fife
OF service of character and OF content
ment or rest, In this school alone
can We be prepared for the highest
life on earth and for eternal life in the
world to come. The text is the school
bell OF the great, ,nniversitss OF God thal
has been ringing witil slsaT tones Sail
i down the AGES, - ~
restless souls 20 coma aiid learn moi,
him life's lessons from his sHlte Fol
his yoke isf easy aud bis barda len Is
| light. ~
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