Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-29

L4E @&AA& O& h10<AL DAEM1s -4tA&BE74f "a
Mans q Man for a. Thas, were 0rIy
the lorg-c8ntinned reye-beratiOr Of
what was said AID done rvenry cen
turtles before in that little kingdom
that the powers OF Europe are ros in
posing upon. Greece having again aHd
again shown that ten men in the rtgnt
are stronger than a hundred men 1 u
the wrong the heroics OF Leortdas and
Arfstides and ~Thenis-ocIes viii o
cease their mission until the last nan
On earth Is as free as God made aiT-
There is not on either side OF the At
Iantie today a republic that eannos
truthfully employ the words Of the text
and say. II am debtor 70 the Greeks
But shere Ia a better way 20 pay
them. and that Is by their personal
them through books or through learned
presentation, because In literature and
Intellectual realms they are masters.
They can out-argue. ogt-quote, out
togmatfze you. Not through the gate
OF the head. but through the gate Of the
heart. you may capture them When
me Of learning and might are brought
TO God they are brought by
ssmpies story Of what religion can
do for a soul They have lost children.
Ga, tell them how Christ coutforted
you when you lost your bright boy or
blue-eyed girl They have found life
a struggle. On. tell them how Chris
has helped rot all the way through
They are in bewildermenr. Oh. tell
them with how many hands OF JOY
heaven beckons you upward When
Greek meets Greek. then the
tug OF war but when a warm-hearted
Christian meets a man who needs par
don and sympathy and comfort and
eternal life. then pine victory. X you
can. by DIN incident OF self-sacri1cs.
bring 10 such scholarly men and WON
en- what Christ has done for their eter-
nal rescue. you may bring them in
Where Demosthenie eioquence and Ho-
merle imagery would fail. a kindly
heart-throb may succeed. A gentleman
OF his city sends me the statement OF
what occurred a few days ago among
the mines OF British Columbia. II seems
that Frank Conson n Jem Smith
were down In the marrow shaft OF a
mine They he'd loaded an iron bucket
with coal. and Jim HemsEorth. stand
ing above ground. was hauling the
bucket up by EfndIass. when the wind
lass broke and the loaded bucket was
descending upon the two miners. Then
Jim Henssworth, seeing what must be
certain death TO the miners beneath,
threw himself against the cogs Of the
wbirling Eindlass. and though his
flesh was torn and his bones were
broken, he stopped the whirling wind
lass and arrested the descending bucket
and saved the lives Of the two miners
beneath The superintendent OF the
mine few 70 the rescue and blocked the
machinery. When Jim Hemsworth's
bleeding and broken body was put on
a litter and carried homeward. and
some exclaimed: Jim. this "a aw-
FUR he replied: "Oh. whats the DIFF
ference 50 long as I saved the boysr'
What an illustration il was Of suffering
for others. and what a text from which
to illustrate the behavior of our Christ
limping and lacerated and broken and
torn and crushed In the work of s.on-
ping the descending ruin that would
have destroyed our souls, Try such a
scene OF vicarious suffering as this on
that man capable of overthrowing all
your arguments for the truth. and he
win sit down and weep. Draw -FOUR IL
l~ustrations from the classics, and IL Ia
to him an old story. but Leyden lars
and electric batteries and telescopes
and Greek drama will all surrender 10
the story OF jim Hemsworth's. .-Oh.
what's the difference so long az / saved
the bcysy"
Then IL your illustration Of Christ's
se~lf-sacriice drawn from some scene OF
today and your story of what Christ has
done for you does not quite fetch him
into tie right way. just say to him.
PROF ssor-Doctor-Judge, Why was
IL that Tail declared he was a debtor
10 the Creeks" Ask your learned
friend to take his Greek Testament
and translate for you. in his own way.
from Greek into English, the splendid
peroration OF Paul's sermon on Mars
Hill. under the power of which the
scholarly Dionysius surrendered. name
ly. The times OF this ignorance God
vinked at: but now commande,h all
men everywhere TO repent: because he
hath appointed a day In the which he
viii judge the world in righteousness.
By that man whom he hath ordained:
whereof ne hath given assurance unto
all men. In that he hath raised him
from the dead" Blythe time he has
got through the translation from the
Greek | think you will see his lin trem-
BILE and there will come a pallor on his
face like the palIor on the sky at day
break By the eternal salvation OF
that scholar. that great thinker. that
splendid man. you will have done
something TO help pay your indebted
ness to the Greeks. And now to God
the Father. God the Son. and God the
Holy Ghost, be honor and glory. and
dominion and victory and song world
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