Show 1 d SYMPATHY BRINGS RIN S SIN Rev Y I Shows Value of ol Harmonizing Life With Christ Teachings if t IN ACCORD ACCORD WITH GOD r S Scientific Similes imil s Used toI toI to I Prove Necessity for Con COIl I Living I L At At Al hc the sit First Methodist church yes yes- cs cs- Rev Hc Young Yount delivered de dc- 11 livered leered I the he following fallowing sermon 1 Man Mau lan should be in in accord with Irvin 1 God GOll God Cod would dwell In the thc hearts rt of ur men Men should bo bu in iii sympathy ai with the divine hl We c often use this 3 word In the of or harmony hat har sympathy sense e mun molly mony or nr concord Wo Co 0 speak of ur the sympathy 1 lathy between persons an and mean by hr that similarity of thought or 01 u of S fee feeling II nS' nS Wo e c often ortell use th the term to tn ex- ex x- x pi IH f es c certain relations Iv which itch exl exist t In i r r tho rho inanimate world Id Scientists sometimes some one tt times dl discuss cuss the sympathies u of mitt na- s. s hir hirer It Is most must Int interesting to cull I S about the cotT o of natural phenomena One Om thing responds R to tu another thing thing- All 11 things s tend toik to ik y s suing viii or UI vibrate at a certain rate late If vo wo were to tu stretch two Iwu curds cords cordson cor s sun on un the same frame and antI bring them theta Into perfect pt unison and then excite one u of the thc strings hiss s the tho other would vibrate c in sympathy I If we raise ralso or 11 lower lo Q th e strain of one of tho thin strings this Ibis r sympathetic s vibration will trill at once S cease cease e. e If we wc take a a. tuning fork fore and mount it upon Ulon u a proper rc resonating box bov and cause cuse the fork to vibrate it II will c gi hc out a clear musical cal tone lone If IC we eve take two using tuning forks Corks ab adjusted to each other and cause one unc oneto to vibrato vibrate the other will be affected now I if w we stop Iop one nile fork olk the othera other will be heard to tu o give JI out a like 1110 tono 1 a In sympathy If we break the ad adjustment adjustment ad- ad n some sonic wa way and that is I easy mw when wo we sound one for fork the theother other lither will not respond It Il has been f thrown 11 out of hat harmony with the thc theother 1 other fork fori This is a simple but a n avery nI 1 I very sl illustration n. n I think people arc are somewhat like tuning tUllinS' forks fork You ow ki I that If a man gets g-ets a n wife I- I I who does not sound the thc tight right note to V ray it the least enst there Is bound to be bo discord I perceive c that this illustration r lion tion has more mor than one application I I Axioms of Science MIL It is said ald that I If you place two clocks s on the same shelf shel and adjust t their pendulums pendulums- to s in swing in perfect uni unison on and tart start one o of them going that hat In the thc course of time the other oilier 11 will 11 start up in It sympathy ath Every en h W round-impulse round originated b by the pendulum of or the thc running clock is communicated to the other pene pen pen- e t Impulse c I Is a added to impulse Impulse Impulse Im Im- pulse movement mo to movement mo until t the pendulum o of the sympathetic 1 j. clock Is moving In full un wring swing ln i We e or art ar told that when V an a arm army army cry cr o ses' ses Se a Tji n u soldiers arGird ar Gird ul red tri to break real st p. p The steady 1 f w f 1 I tramp 1 t of IC the march marching log Soldiers m nis might l ht ll I harm harmony w Jt what what Is culled called tho ho hoJ hoy J y fundamental swing In of ot the bridge and 1 3 I if this should happen the vibration 1 r y would woul become so o great at that the thc bridge bridgeT e T ml might ht not be bt able to withstand the J strain I think we wc have ha all heard of I the man who Ji fiddled the tho bridge 5 J. J down That is not an nn Impossibility J if Ie we accept the axioms of science a Sound S 1 1 ul If Ife e we could lind the rate ate of swing T or nr of vibration of a high building and discovered u cred that It swung to and m fro ro I like a p pendulum once in It live 11 seconds and then we Wye should hould go and fire a connon connon con- con lff t non not too far awa away exactly every i. i 5 live seconds so 50 that we could catch j the tho exact swing swine g of this high building th lh j oscillation would Increase e with r e every boom o of the cannon and would r t eventually O become so great that the I building would not endure the strain k M and in the tours course of time lime would come conic comeI comedown I IV down with a cla crash h So much for forY oJ t s sound sympathy In nature things Y J work together for fOl the thc accomplishment I of large purport ct It lis Is cr very true that t f we mU must l put ourselves el cs in n harmony t with whit the la laws that make for Cor the tho up up- t. t building of lIr life If we would obtain life lIc lifer r In its be best t sense t The achievements t. t In nature through sympathetic co cooperation co- co operation suggest st that perhaps we c can n come cum Into 1110 sympathy with by which we wc can bring things to pass pas In III n Tune With Hh has hM coined a phrase wi which ch chIs Is striking m In tune with the In- In nT n- n T l Now No- ow It seems e ms to to mo ono that the 1 great apostle to tu the Gentiles In this and ii in fact In all aU his hiM writings s f pleads that for fUI very I thing Paul ff anted m men n to tu lie ho H in tune tunc with God Godf f and with divine things thing Jesus Christ la Its hl his Ideal deal Ho lie would have bete men I k keep JI tcp step i with Ith Christ t. t lie He Ic would have men catch the music of the Christ sung song un He lie would have ha men grow up into him hint in all thin things s There lh c could coult be tiC no 00 nobler desire for men than this Wo 0 o measure sure men by hy the spirit within them The supreme expression of a n I great grat life Is found here hele lie He Is not anxious to accumulate wealth health He lie I Ihas has no time Ume to wa waste tc In the trivialities of life I c. c IIi Ills His ono one great reat aim ahn i is to bring I men Inert into sympathy math with the divine I Christ In this Ihl wl wish h and In his work worl to realize this Ideal Paul Is exhibited as one unc of ur the fhe heroes u of the u macs esI es I I suppose e 11 Jt will not be denied that ther tiler arc aro man many who arc ure out of sympathy sympathy i thy th with the Master Life Ilfe conditions speak Dk to hI us o of this fact act Even Jen J en our own hearts ll te testify to the thc same truth There was never such a tc teacher cher as the Galilean Th There r has been nl no code cude u of ethics given I en to tu the world superior to that system given gl by the thc carpenter of Nazareth aza There have ha been no nu ethical philosophers since Ince his day The fie has lias ha had man many l writers on ethical and sociological subjects but all o of them have ha been forced to acknowledge e the debt which the wor world owes to tu Jesus The world 1 knows no improvement ement on Christ There has hag been heen no nu better beller revelation rc given sl since his day a L Ho was was' practical lie He set et that before m men n which was reachable The Thc world has Improved ed In its manners since his ti title ic and amna largely ate cl because of his In in- in In-I In 5 Yet hi his Ideals of uC brotherhood brotherhood brother brother- hood have e not nOI yet ct been r reached This l ellI and rapacity and und ed T reed cd which is rampant In the world indi indicates cutes cates that many take no nu heed to his j Instruction There Thero Is no greater WOI work for men anywhere than to help lift jt the world toward to the Christ ideal Life LiCe in many places place will HI nut not square It with ith the sermon ermon on tho the mount Browning Drowning once said ald that literature needed tho the woun wounded ed hand of Christ to tu touch ouch it Life needs the tran transforming power of the doctrine and the spirit of Jesus of Nazareth aza reth It mut must t ha have haC C this thin The Thc Urea lives of hatred must be bc quenched Tho Thu lust Just for fOI gold sul must be discouraged d The pow power I I which would crush and ruin iun must be curbed Into nto the he worlds world's hurried hurrle life th the spirit of Christ t mu must t be breathed or 01 the forces of or evil will destroy us But not only is life out o of harmony harmon w with the tho Christ Ideal but man many human lives lI do not nut beat in sympathy with the Master Our lives Ji ought to tu re respond l un to tu that clear clem note which has been sounded h by the thc Christ life lire That lift meant devotion ollun to tu dut duty It meant taking talc talc- In lug ing up UI the time burdens o of life with bravery brave brave- r ry It meant a R consciousness that God was above ubo all things and In ill all ull things It meant prayer and antl communion with the Father It Il meant dependence upon upon upon up up- on his will It meant de to his service ser It lL meant toll for 01 his hiM children It Il meant courage in the face of ur perse perse- cution It Il meant trust t In the storm tonn and In the darkness It Jl meant a forgiving fur for giving 1 spirit possessing ono one not merely seven times time but seventy times seven e en It ii meant prayer In tins tilt face of death Ileath It meant a serene soul In the tho hour nur when hen the seemed scented to he be in enemy pow pOw- er cr It meant the time consciousness of oC GOtlin God Godin in iii the dark hour u of crucifixion It Il meant love lu in life always always- Wo e c have c I not done us Jesus did We f have ha found I It Iter er very hard to tu do as RM he would have ha us do du We have boon been el very to tu take our case Into lot our own hands Wo We have hate often been bron discouraged e an and po etl to gho girn I C up the thc struggle We l hn c often n felt fell that wo WI have gone goin to tu toh lh h limit of ur sacrifice for fUI him hint and fur for I his cause causee We e 0 have ha not nut been as lIS brave bra j jas I as we should have han been when tho time burden bULden burden bur bur- den was as put upon u us We e e have lun nut not been disposed to tu trust t him Ida implicitly In the crisis ci elI Isis I We Vc have worried and amid fretted over t that hH t h which ich has come to tous tous tous us a as though God Gal had forgotten u us Wo 0 have o often given I cn advice but we that advice adIce ad ad- have ha failed to tu profit by same came vice Ice We 0 have ha been in despair when we should houd have ha been heen buo buoyant ant vilh hope We c c have ha been heen browbeaten b by bythe bythe the enemy We c have ha cn up when we should have ha held on We 0 have c I exhibited fear when we should have llave shown coura courage e and firmness s We c have been heen afraid of or the tho storm and u of the darkness Wo We 0 have ha tried out tram th the cup cUI lies has been pre pressed e to our lips lip and said al It Il could not be he Gods God's will for fur u us to drink It We Co Q ha c not been In perfect concord harmony sympathy sympathy th thy with the Muster and anti so we have been miserable nn and unhappy I 1 Irom Sin Sill If you would be free front from sin bin In come Into sympathy with the Christ life If you rou would woul be happy happ In the consciousness conscious conscious- ness that you are arc trio the child hll of God In Inan Inan inan an especial sense some sonic Into sympathy I with the Christ life I If you ou would make malet the most of life lIe cum com Into H sympathy sympathy sym sym- m pathy puth with tho the life o of the Divino Musi Mus- Mus Iu i t. t ter r r IT If you would be bo free Tree from worry and from the tho t things S which pet perplex pier know the tho heart of the Great Greal Teacher If Jt you ou would be he b by a great real hope let your OUI lift be In tune tunc with the till Ch Christ life lIe If f you OU would possess posse s jO Joy and constant peace and would know the secrets of true happiness conic come Into sympathy tt with Ith this Christ of th the ages ases If you yuu want to tu be bc blessed and be a blessing swing not over O to the Ideals of ur a quid nn and selfish seln ih world udd but hut cling to tu the Ideals winch which Christ has set gel cl before be- be fore foro us You Yuu know lH what It means perhaps to have ha the thc cords of ur friendship friendship friend friend- ship snapped b by some nano exigency which has lias tunic come Into tutu your experiences Oh the m misery cl In this ul old world because life has gotten out of Jf H sympathy with life liCe When hen heart healt dues does not respond to heart there thero is often orten disaster or 01 de de- You Yuu have ha often heard time the x cx- ex I am out of sympathy with hint him and lOll you ruu know what is suggested suggest suggest- t- t ed cd b by such uch nn an n expression Out of sympathy sympathy sym sym- 01 pathy lathy with Christ that dues does not nut mean mean tho ho hl highest an and amid the thc best est things thinS's for fur life We e should hoult be In ill sympathy with the time theIa Master Ia In the tho spirit f of uC the work uI We c e should be e In III accord with Him ilium Himin in lu the tin spirit o of service We c c should be bc in III harmony with Je Jo- Jesus sus In iii tho t spirit of tenderness JC-I JC We Ve should be bl In concord I with him himin himin in time the spirit of ur loveI love lu I 1 hul hold It truth with him hint who to sings In s to I ono onu cleat clear note In divers tunes tones That limit men may rIse ribo on stepping stones of or their thel dead ead selves to hl higher her I things I |