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I. THE INHUMANITY OF MAN TO MAN. Man's cruelty argues —

1. His unnaturalness.

2. His need of the gospel.

II. THE FORCE OF FAITH IN HUMAN LIFE.

1. Power to conquer enemies.

2. Power to work out the right.

3. Power to realise the invisible.

4. Power to endure the overwhelming.

III. THE CHARITY OF HEAVEN IN ITS TREATMENT OF CHARACTER. Not a man mentioned in this paragraph was perfect. Falsehood, adultery, greed, cruelty, profanity, attached to most of them; to some in a pre-eminent degree, Yet here is no mention of their sins; they are put among the saints, canonised in the roll of heaven's illustrious heroes. The Great Father is more charitable in His treatment of human character than men in treatment of each other.

IV. THE UNWORTHINESS OF THE WORLD AS A SCENE FOR TRUE HEROES.

1. The world's ideas of true heroes.

2. God's idea of the worthiness of the world.

(Homilist.)

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KJV: And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

WEB: What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets;