Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-01-21

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artists. Consequently itsls no troub-
|le- TO cultivate this natural flower
| of grace. The" religious, genius is
born of the spirit Of God, Just as
the artistic genius is born of nature.
| Hence we see all around, as imita7
ltions of Christianityn but there7is
| just the difference between the real
Christian and the artificial that
there is between the natural and the
artificial flower. And we observe
the mark Of the chisel and hear the
sound OF. the hammer, We do not
see lhe man, like the Christ, full Of
grace and truth. Many of us go to
school, but we never, learn, because
our teacher is human; our lessons
are ecclesiastical rather than Christ.
We imagine that because we are
passing: through; the denomination
al hail of IT. eligion that we are learn:
i ,g of Christ. But the arts Of reli-
g'on cannot be acquired unless We
enter the room wnere the great
teacher ,imparts his lessons. We
have been in every department OF
LtLe religious college, but we have
not yet -ed the room of Chris,
to learn TIC chemistry. of Christi
aniLy! There is no sadder spectacle
in lire2 than Ito see one going
through life bnrdened with reii..
gion which merely has the tag Of
Christianity on it,! Oh. how many
thousands years will it require to
teach US that God is greater than
one little church? IT we. would see
the church we must look from the
windows of: Christ's school. We
should remember that Jesus spoke
OF the real church as the kingdom
of God: -. " = ~ . ".
10 ,l..a Consider. ,aa- . ,!a
1. The great teacher was Christ:
for He taught the people. That Is
what the world needs. to day. If we
were well informed in, matters Of
religion we would not be so ill tenn
pered. knowledge; tempers the, hu-
man soul, The man&Who knows.
Wnaisme knows is afs sysI affafS our;
ia spirit. 1t is the feeling of uncer-
lainty that disturbs our equilibrium
and causes us to be 50 restle and
full of care; that makes us to be
storm. tossed, like the sea Of Cali
LEE, but, unlike Christ, we cannot
lie in composure and sweetly sleep.
OF this teacher it was said, Never
man spake like this man." His doc
trines were tempered with sympa
thy for the ignorant, with patience
for the dull pupils in his school, and
passion of love for the weakest
pupil. He was magnet 10 draw
men to Him. Some He attracted,
some lie repelled. Moses was a
great teacher. The prophets Were
great teachers. The Apostles were
gteat teachers. Socrates was great,
teacher; but never man spake. like
this man" Some pupils entered Hl>
school, but when they caught the
spiritual atmosphere of His room,
when they began to fully under
stand the character of His lessons,
many of them left the school room
10 walk no more with Him, but they
did not forsake their religion; for
they returned 10 ecclesiasticism.
2. We call attention to the meth
ods of his teaching which were
three in number: Jesus taught them
by precept. The first lesson He
taught was that we must become
children before We could become
pupils in His school. Alas, the aver.
aye person seems to be above learn
ing. The first lesson we must learn
is how to learn. And there arc many.
things we must unlcarn@ before we
can become his pupils. We must
not take TOO much for granted. We
must not enter His school with pre-;
eonceivSd ideas. of What He; ought
toi teach. US. His ls a SCHOOL Qf reyr;
fativnsto JUS. In entering this school
We must NOS learn by inference. bu1l
bE exphcitsta,elntnt,' unless theein.
ferencei is ;a'loglcal necessity. hletI''
Believed that hetnwoTld Was fat,
hut that did no" 'ni;.l;e 1T flat; ::thar
the $@ii f ft{:es Il and ss's, Fa5 ihat gllq
MT make y, rrlse Al and Set; lhat sugar,
which preserves the teeLhs .w:ts. des:
tracllve to them. ln--soo't faith
many a:1Aam.hus q been;:Eor mdlost!
Jesus'! methods OF telchnTHnVtre
lhreefold5 namely !, by'prtcdp!'Hs'
was The champion. t.laehvr Of doe.