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PAGE 2 A SERMON By REV. D. W. ALLENT, Rector of Christ's Episcopal Church At Walnut Oove "The Humiliation of Christ." Text, l'hilippians, il. "Let this mini! be in you whicn was also in Christ Jos us; who bc i!g in iho form of God thought it nt robbery t > be eiiual with tJO'.l; i'ut made Himself of 110 reputation, ;.nil took upon Him the form of a servant, and was in the likeness of ji.en; and being found in fashion as ; man humbled Himself and became obedient uato death, even the death t the cross. Wherefore God also highly exalted Him, and gave Him a name which is above every name; tnat at the name of Jesus every kn.ee should bow, of things in heav n. and things in earth, and things under the earth, and thai every tongue should confess th;.t Jes:s Christ is Lord to the Glory of God the Father." St. Paul is here holding up before the christians at Philip pi Christ as the perfect exam ple of humility. He begins with th e exhortation: "Let this mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus," and the mind of Christ of which he ?peaks was His Infinite Humil ity. The example is one need ed n> less today than when! Paul wrote these words. The' christian of today faces cons tantly ditiiciilt situations and stack's: he meets pp idem - :iiih his mind cannot solw: ht faces the most tmbarassinir • " ;atio).- and all becails !•* - lett .. ! to I : «w t !:ri-'. in d such i :i'-umsta.ii. v. he:: « . .• indiviiluality is crushed and :i;.s . M n1» -t in the scran .t I lite. W• need not be iv •. asetl from the task • i living, netti H - mind to enrich our : What could be a greater message of confidence and hope ■ ~iii to i( ok again at the life of Jtsus and see him living vie-, t rious, yet humbly. When we think of His Hu ruiity. we think at once of IPs aiming among us at all. He. tne everlasting God, coming from heaven to narrow Himself to the conditions of a treature; to give up what He as with the Father, that He r.ight live with men. This bv "self is a descent which we cannot measure, for human •■ought- cannot tell the height .d greatness of that majesty i.'om which lb came down, or ( .mpare His glory which He (."ave Up. with the nature of: ven a sinless creature, which He took on Him. And this is lot all. He might have come and lived with us as Brother,! i r He might have come an 1 ruled over us as king. But He came and was born among us, only to be poor and to suffer: He came not to rule but to minister to us; He came and died, He humbled Himself even to the death on the cross. And think what He came for. He came because of the sins of men. Humility is the willingness to be thought less of than you deserve, and to treat others bet ter than they deserve. If this is a true definition of hu mility truly Christ is our great est example. Let us briefly see how the world He came to save received Him. "He was in the i world, and the world was mad; l i iby Rim and the world knew Him not. He came unto His own, and His own received Him not." He came and asked men to come to real life, and they turned their hacks on Him. Vet their refusal did not dimin ish His love for them. A cer tain young ruler came to Him and asked for the secret of life: Jesus told him he must be humble enough to sell all and give to to the poor, we know the story how this young man failed to make the necessary sacrifice, yet his refusal did not : diminish Christs love for him. j The Evangelist records the look of Jesus as one of love for this young mail. Ves He loved even those who refused His truth. His whole life among men was! one long series of misunder-1 standings, and blank refusals, denials, persecutions, and cul minated in a most ignominious death. j Now my friends let us inquire' into the real motive which lay ' behind this life of self-giving. What was it tiiat made such a,' life p'-s.-ibh ? Our only answer" is low. "(rod so loved th woii i." Loved to >uch an »•>:- mi th;/ "Hi -aw His un!.- Son," who was willing to com ; ::d ii\ * .i\ >;' ti. plane u I ia! human, ;i. • »nit-r that v.. . .is. l:t know tlii lull possibili ties of this lil\. It was love that madt such a condesceu .• i 11 possible. Love is at the i ore )' christian humility, for! it is love which gives value to .the christian.- acts. We are familiar with that great tliir ■ teenth Chapter of first Conn-, thiaii." when Paul shows that the christian motive of love is essential to a valid christian} life. Love was the mind of ; Christ. It was love which knew no bounds that consti- ■ I lutes the earthly ministry of Jesus. True love always de mands sacrifice and humility. Love leads one to do for other- . what they could not do other 1 wise. . Let us learn to love one an other, and bear one another'- burdens, and the fact thai; Christ became man shows usj that we ran do so only in so far as we identify ourselves with others and live for them. | Christ helped us by coming down to our condition and liv ing our life. This is the guidee to all help we can give. If any thing can reclaim the lowest class in our population, it is living a Godly life among them; not living among them in com forts unattainable by them, but living in all points as they live, save without participation and sanction of their sins. This was truly the method of Christ and may we never lose sight of it. We have seen how the mind of Christ was dominated by the true motive of love; Divine love which went to any depth to save its object. Now let us note some of the practical prob-1 lems of our daily lives and seel THE DANBURY REPORTER how great would be our victor ies if we let His mind be our mind. Our only chance for do ing real christian service de pends upon this one thing, and without it we cannot live a life of love and sacrifice. There; are many men on earth who| are mere hindrances to better j men; who cannot manage 1 their own affairs, or play their 1 own part, but continually in difficulties. They are a drag on society, requiring the hel'j' of more serviceable men. and preventing such men from en-! joying the fruit of their own i labor. There are, again, men; who are not of our kind, men! whose tastes are not ours.' CHEVROLET Six-Cylinder Trucks Bigger, Faster, Sturdier and more economical ! 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C. f - 9| LARGEST BUILDEII OF SIX-CYLINDER TRUCKS } There are men who seem pur sued by misfortune, and men who by their own sin keep themselves continually in the mire. There are, in short, var ious classes of persons with whom we are day by day tempted to have no more to do whatever; we are exasperated by the discomfort they occasion us. the anxiety and vexation and expenditure of time, feel ing and labor constantly renew ed so long as we are in connec tion with them, perhaps we have wondered often why should we be held down by un worthy people? Why should we have the ease and joy talieii out of life by them, ceaseless demands made upon us by wicked, careless, incapable, un grateful people? Why must ! we love them, sacrifice all for j their sakes? Our answer caii only be; simply because this is the method by which the salva tion of the world is actually ac complished It was the way of Christ, He is our Lord, .and may we never fail to follow in HH way. He took upon Himself the form of a servant, humbled Himself, because obedient unt) death, the death of the cross j "Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him, and given Him a I name which is above every name." Can we not see" in" j these words that which alone WEDNESDAY, JULY 30. 193 is worthy to win in the strug gle of life. The kind of lif which can leaven the mass o society and bring peace to ih hearts of men. It is the lift which lets self recede into tht background putting the eaust of truth ever to the front. My friends here are near to you many who need your help; there are those who would re joice many a day if only some one would bring them a word of cheer and hope; th«re are those who are unable because of their sins to choose the high er way of life; and as I have said these are not far away from every one of us. What (Continued on page 7.) y
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