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THE PULPIT. 1
AN ELOQUENT SUNDAY SERMON BY
REV. I. W. HENDERSON.
Subject: Christian Character.
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Erooklyn, X. Y.?Preaching at the
Irving Square Presbyterian Church
on the theme, "Christian Character,"
the Rev. I. W. Henderson, pastor,
took as his text I. Peter 2:9: "That
ye may show forth the excellencies of
Him who hath called you cut of
darkness into His marvellous light."
He said:
Character is determined in the
terms of an exercised moral and spiritual
consciousness. Character at its
highest is conformity to the best
moral and spiritual consciousness
that is within us. It is both the consummation
and the limitation of the
will of man. It is not only a matter
of the outward life but it is also the
indication and the manifestation of
an inward grace. Character is the
sum of any man's characteristics of
soul and social life.
Motive is, in the last analysis,
more of account than the outward
act. Feeling is a factor in the human
life. Intentions must be counted.
Desires may draw down or up. But
, with all these in the tally, you are
what you will to be. More than your
Will desires you will not become.
Character is not only what you
wish you were, nor what the world
thinks you are, nor yet what you
consider yourself to be; but what you
are. It is neither your reputation
nor your record, save as those two
align to the measure of manhood according
to the rule of God.
Character is the mark of inner
worthiness as well as the emblem of
a good life before the open eyes of
men. Character is not merely honesty,
it is more. It is not only outward
purity but also inward cleanliness
of heart. It means not only to
walk just within the statutes of the
penal code/ and just beyond the
?laneins iron of a prison door, but
rather to loye righteousness and to
practice uprightness because they are
right. Character is virtue, honor, integrity,
godliness. It is deserved
reputation and the glory of a weilspent
life. It is a mark and the vietory
of moral worth. More to be desired
is it than great riches and its
-Vipe, rich, satisfying fruitage is peace
* and quietude of heart.
Christian character is conformity
to the character of Christ. It is to
. bear the express image of the saving
Son of God' in the inner man and
.through all the,problems of the social
life. As the Saviour bore the
Impress of the divine will of our common
Father; as the faithful Friend
of men showed forth the mind and
the manner of our God, so must we
, as true men and women, disciples of
our Lord, be sealed with the evidences'
of divine guidance.
The highest character of this life
and for the world beyond is that
which finds in Jesus Christ the ideal
and harmonious working of the will
of man with the divine. Character,
as we Christians view it, is concerned
not only with the Christian's conduct,
not only with his doings in the field
of human action; but also with his
trueness to his personality and to his
God. Christian character includes,
- for it can never exclude, a due and a
willing regard for man's obligations
toward his Matter. it amrms me
basic necessity for absolute and unswerving
loyalty to self. It insists
and asserts that motive ir more than
manner, while demanding that all social
responsibilities be met squarely,
honorably, manfully and in the fear
of God.
The character of Christ is positive.
Christ is remarkable not for the
. things that He refrained from doing
; but rather is He ideal in the acts of
nobleness, virtue, good-heartedness
which He did. His was no puny
soul. Obeying the words that came
out of Sinai's mighty glory, He went
beyond them. Keeping well within
the requirements of Pharisaic legalism,
He pushed on and out and up,
' above and beyond and ahead of all
the self-complacency and moral blindness
of the ecclesiastics, and did
things positive and powerful for men
and for God. Feeling within His
heart the call of immortal duty the
. Christ exemplified in His own life
those qualities of character which
have for all time secured Him in His
proud place as the ideal man and
proved to a multitude in this sad and
sinning world His Godhood and His
grace divine.
To you and to me the call comes
down the centuries bidding us "to
show forth the excellencies of Him
who hath called us out of darkness
into His marvellous light." Having
accepted the Christ and been sealed
with His love, we must bear in our
lives the express image?that is to
say the signet stamp, that is to say
the character?of the Son of God.
T'Ka nViQpqni'ar r\f nrp?PT??s tf>
us a double study and preserves to us
a two-fold duty and example. Within
the characteristic attributes of
holiness and righteousness are comprised
all the qualities that pertain
to the Saviour in His social sphere.
Holiness toward God, righteousness
toward self and society, these two are
the broad truths that come to us from
the character of the Christ and 'which
summon us to show forth His glory
and His love.* Spirituality and morality.
A sanctified sense of oneness
with the Father, a courageous determination
to stand square before
society and uprignt at tne oar 01 nis
own conscience, these are the two
great lessons for us from the character
of Christ, and the mighty truths
within which all else in the world of
human conduct is embraced.
To be holy is to be sanctified?that
Is to say pure. Not merely purity before
men but a radical purity that
really goes back to the root of things {
" and that enables the man to be fit.
through the grace of God in Jesus
Christ, to stand before His Father
and His Maker and be glad. Purity
is not merely a matter of soap and
water but of inward wholesomeness. |
Christ cares not whether your hands
are dirty with the molder's clay. He j
does weep over a soiled and sullied '
soul.
"What an antiseptic," says Lowell,
"is a pure life." What possibili*
ties indeed for good and for uplif'.
and for God are ever within its poweu
But it must be healthfully, honorably
pure, with the richness of holiness
all about it ere it can count for
most and reap a heavy harvest unto
God. !
Righteousness is rectitude. That
is to say, erectness. Righteousness
is uprightness. Uprightness is
ptraightness, moral rectilinearness.
Righteousness means not only to pay
your debts promptly, to keep well
within the limits of the law, not only
to respect the rights of others and
the mandates of society through fear
of the consequences of sin, but rather to
seek to do good because it ennobles,
to think of the needs of others because
they are our brothers in Christ.
Righteousness is uprightness in the
home, in the church, in business, in
politics, secretly, socially, in sunshine
and in shadows, everywhere
inn it all times.
Righteousness is virtue. To be virtuous
is to be a full fledged man.
Virtue is vigorous with virility. Etymologically
it is sprung from the
loins of Latin manhood. Virtue is
goodness which has stood the strain,
which has weathered the trials of
temptation, which has fought a
manly fight, and won out. It is the
glory of a good man's life. Virtue
has grit. It is no weakness to be
pure. True men do honor to a
blameness name and. only a fool will
laugh at nobleness of heart.
Righteousness is justice. Legality
and justice are not co-terminous.
Justice is the ideality of law. Justice
co-ordinates the right. The law
often hardly approximates it. Justice
enquires not what are my rights
but what are my duties. The just
man sympathizes with the longings
and the needs of men and sustains
their aims. The "legal" man may
oft "forget that God exists and right
should reign that law may be evaded.
In the apocryphal Wisdom of Solomon
we find these words: "Honorable
eld age is not that which stand
eth in lengt-ii or time, nor is its lut-ctaure
given by number of years, but
understanding is gray hairs unto men
and an unspotted life is ripe old age."
Virtue, justice, uprightness, these are
the things that count for righteousness
and the man of years is1 the man
who is godly.
Christian character is the need
and it should be the hope of us all.
To the men who are Christ's is given
the leadership of the world. Let the
salt retain its savor and all the leaven
its uplifting power. If we are
Christ's let us show forth His holiness
and righteousness. If we are to
lead, let us be fit. It has been well
and truly said, that "immoral life in
one leader of the people is more pernicious
than a whole street full of
impurities in the lower quarters of
the community."
Character counts. Christian character
is the consummation of human
power and of human beauty. To
bear the impress of the character of
Christ is to be worth while to men
and to God. Holiness brings happiness.
Righteousness is more of account
than riches. Purity is peace.
Virtue is vigor and strength and the
mark of moral decency. Justice is
profitable and well-pleasing to
nnd. Moral rectitude and a holy life
are the riches of the soul laid up in
the treasuries of heaven. Character
is good. Christian character is glorious.
To "show forth the excellencies"
of Jesus is the business of His
church.
- The Soul's Growth.
Temptations do not decrease, but
rather increase, with the growth of
the soul. The little man fighting his
little battles wishes that he were a
great man so that the more easily he
might overcome them; but when he
becomes great himself he sees that
storms circle the higher altitudes that
make the petty battles of the lower
level seem insignificant.
Many seem t-o think that temptation
lays its hands only upon our
weak spots. But think a minute.
Here is a lawyer who has little ability,
seldom wins a case, always gets
on the off side of a jury, and is notoriously
incompetent to plot a case
or plead it. Does.that man know
what it means to have a confessed
criminal offer him a hundred thousand
dollars to get him clear? Does
he know what it is to have a princely
fortune dangled before his face if, in
legislative halls, he will stand on the
wrong side of the question for just
one hour? He knows absolutely
nothing about it.
So it is in the Christian life; the
stronger we grow to be, the stronger
will be our temptations. The nearer
we grow into the likeness of Christ,
the fiercer will be the onslaughts of
the enemy. We cannot escape life's
battles by moving into a different
or hieher snhere. Each stage or
sphere has its own temptations. As
Jesus was tempted, so will be His
disciples. But, as He was made perfect
through sufferings, so our trials,
which are but for the moment, will
work for us a far more exceeding and
eternal weight of glory.?Ram's
Horm
Winnowed Wheat.
A good man does good merely by
living.
You are not very holy if you are
not very kind.
God often comes to visit us, but
generally we are not in.
What is each man but one little
thread in the loom of God?
Bind together your spare hours by
the cord of some definite purpose.
No grip is so hard 'to shake off as
that of early religious convictions.
Our remedies frequently fail, but
Christ as tne remeay ior siu uever
fails.
God's silences may be long, but
they are n^ver the silences of forgetfulness.
A little thorn may rend the finest
fabric; so may a little sin mar the
fairest soul.
There may be movement, but there
can be no progress, in traveling without
God.
Gratitude is the fairest blossom
which springs from the soul, and the
heart of man knoweth none more
fragrant.
"We sleep in peace in the arms of
God when we yield ourselves up to
His Providence, in a delightful consciousness
of His mercies; no more
restless uncertainties, no more impatience
at**?place we are in, for it
is God who puts us there and who
holds us in His arms. Can we be unsafe
where He has placed us?
THANKFUL FOR THAT.
Mother?Did the lady thank you for
giving her your seat in the car?
Boy?No; but she st pped looking
at me so fearfully cross.?Detroit
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Immense Size of Mexfcan Ranches.
Ranches in Mexico aire of no mean
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is said to hold 5,000,000. Properties
of 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 acres
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who have large ranches may
be mentioned Fleming & Ross the
Riverside Cattle Company, with 2,000,000
acres and a fine herd of Herefords;
Phoebe Hearst of California,
who has a magnificent place west of
Minaca; the Millers, and the three
Morman colonies. Gordon, Ironsides
8^ Ferriss, a Canadian Company, have
! 1,000,000 acres; Lord Beresford, a rel.
ative of the Admiral, has a large
| ranch where he raises fine horses;
another Englishman, named IrmsteacL
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of from 40,000 acres upward are numerous.
The price of land now runs
from 50 to 75 cents gold per acre,
with a strong tendency to rise.?Modern
Mexico.
Joshua's Limit.
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by a friend, attended a rehearsal, at
which a lively disagreement arose between
two of the actresses as to the
possession of the centre of the stage
during a certain scene. While the
manager poured oil upon the troubled
waters Jefferson sat carelessly swinging
his feet from the rail of an adjoining
box. The friend could stand
it no longer.
"Good lord, Jefferson!" he exclaimed,
"this will ruin your play.
Why don't you settle matters. You
could if you only would."
Jefferson shook his head gravely,
but with a twinkle in his eye. "No,
George," he replied, "the Lord only
made one man who could ever manage
the sun and moon, and you re-member
even he let the stars alone."
?Harper's Weekly.
They Used the Tub.
Douglas Watson believes that it is
the environment of a man that makes
him HAan or unclean, as the case
may be.
"It is all very well," he said, "to
say that people -don't take a bath because
they don't like to/ The reason
they don't use the tub is because
there are none in the house.
Now I am building small cottages for
poor people and each one has a bathtub.
Now we will call on those people
one day and see that I am right."
Mr. Watson went to one of these
cottages and found that the "bathtub
had been carefully packed with earth,
and a lovely garden was abloom with j
fuchsias and geraniums.?San Fran j
cisco Chronicle.
TO Cure,
A WtNYAH BAY RELIC.
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The Old Prince George Church In
South Carolina.
At the head of Winyah Bay, in
South Carolina, stands quaint old
Georgetown, wrapped about with its
mantle of historic associations.
Visitors to the town will be shown
many Colonial landmarks, chief among
which is the old Episcopal churen,
Prince George Winyah.
It- is a noble structure built ol
English bricks brought from the
mother country, and, notwithstanding
its great age, is in a good state of
preservation today.
The church records, handed down
from Colonial days, show that "this
parish was taken off St. James Santee"
by act of Assembly in the year i
1791 Thft Ini i Id in & was rnmnleted in I
1736, its communion plate dating from
the same year.
The edifice stands within a peaceful
old churchyard whose crumbling
gravestones, quaintly carved and !n-scribed,
possess a fascinating interest
for the visitor.
An ancient brick wall, overrun with
English ivy, surrounds the sacred precincts,
and live-oaks, venerable and
gray bearded, stand sentinel.
The old style, high box pews, "with
seats on three sidos, are sfill in evidence.
Tradition says the British stabled
their horses in the building during
the Revolution, using the pews for
stalls, and marks of horses' hoofs may
be seen in the wood at the present
day.Not
many miles distant from j
Georgetown is the historic St. James'
Santee district, from which this parish
had its beginning.
The old church building of Colonial
days is no longer in existence,
but upon the site held In sacred reverence
a handsome modern structure
has been erected, and among the
treasured possessions of the church
are a venerable Bible and prayer-book
the gift of Mrs. Rebecca Motte, of
Rpvnlnfirmarv fame.
The Bible is a ponderous tome that
can scarcely be lifted in one's arms.
A.British officer carried it off to England
as a trophy during the war, together
with prayerbook and altar
service. Some years later they were
exposed for sale on a London book*
stall, and were purchased by an English
officer who had known Mrs.
Motte in America, who restored them
to'the church from which they, had
been taken, and in which they are
still used in the services.?Four
Track News.
HER LITTLE PLAY.
"You know that original Florcdora
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