The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1915-02-22
Sermon to thePeop|e
THE REV. C BRUCE.
BY THE REV. G. C. BRUCE.

sion. meet her, as you turn away
to things true to truth, with the
plain, Ono" Upon a man like
Nehemiah with a work to do and a
desire to do it we'll such chatter fell
like a drop of cold water on the
volcano of his patriotic enthusiasm.
The Bible teaches that it is nor
the most successful course to pay
attention to, or bother about. gossip
and SANDER, or those who bear false
witness against their neighbors.
The least guilty man in the
worlds history was Jesus on trial
before his enemies The farce of
justice to which he was subjected
gave the world greater opportunity
to insist upon verdict of innocence
as regards any evil. and that for al!
time
Men maligned falsely need not
Tear. 1t is the truth that hurts.
Ram pouring down upon the roof Of
q dwelling for days finds the holes
in the roof. If the roof will stand
the testing, let it pour, who cares
no man can hurt your character. but
yourself. Jesus method was to point
to his works not his words. AS
a sheep before his shearers was
dumb SO he opened not his mouth
Silence is often the best answer: L
if a soft answer. The little boy did
not hear correctly but he gave some
big philosophy when he said. "a
soft answer turneth away rats
Nehemiah magnified his work, ana
said 1t was great work. Let a
man get poor conception of him.
self and his work and you MAY
trifle with him, you may get at him
through his vanity, and dependence
can be placed upon him If he
is let to open his mouth he will
put his foot in it. Nehemiah was
doing a great work and his enemies
would say:
Occupation OF this kind is un-
worthy of man of your genius
why should a man OF such herculean
powers as you devote himself to so
frivolous service? A man like you
should be occupied with concern
Of real worth; leave this with the
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nobler work worthy of your great
genius"
But that grand man of God just
kept on building with trowel and
sword and in fifty-two days had the
walls repaired and the gossipers
and slanderers on the outside. Let
no man be afraid Of thunder. II
may spoil a few eggs or sour the
milk in hot weather, but let hin
tongue of gossip. Put every man
on the payroll who will tell the
truth about you; he'll help make
your life correspond to the truth.
We are told how Frederick the
Great, while riding through Berlin,
discovered a great crowd examining
something on the wall. Upon near
er approach he found that it was
most disrespectful caricature Of
himself, and it was written so high
that no one could tear it down,
The crowd, upon seeing their mon
arch approach, anticipated scene
Of passion on his part. Frederick
looked at the picture read the vile
SANDER, and turning to a servant
said, place it lower so that all
may read it," then calmly rode away,
In the cheer that broke from the
crowd the famous hero OF Silesia
won his greatest victory. He had
conquered himself and proved him
self greater than his slanderer
You are reminded today that it is
not what Gashmu saith. or what
any gossiper or slanderer saith, but
what the Lord saith. that is the
thing that counts Truth is like
a fountain and will cleanse itself
The man who is right with God can
afford to bide his time. and "let
them say"