The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-10-23
THE COST OF A MAN.
How Greatness OF soul In Acqufre4
Virtue Not Dorn I'm One.

Virtue Not Dorm I'm One.
II man has added anything 70 the
high value of the soul which God sent
into the world, IL has been at q cost
TO himself. IL he has made four tall
ents of the two which the Master gave
him, IL has been by the sweat of hin
brow in the noisy and rude marts OF
the worlds exchanges. II he has att
tanned greatness of soul, IL has been at
the expense of weary and ceaseless toll
and sacrifice.
Here, for example, is n man OF great
evenness OF disposition. We see him
unmoved in the midst OF agitationsI
He is never resentful, never reyengefuL
He carries himself through the utmost
temptations TO anger with absolute
calmness. The elements are:
so mix'd I'm him that nature might stand up
And say TO all the world. This was a man"
You have seen him in every situation
which might disturb him. But not
once has he lost the balance of his ma
ture. And you begin to say: 1T is easy
for him TO be So" Yes, IL Is easy for
him now, but do you know how he
achieved it? Do you know how much
he has had TO pay for that single qual-
ity of greatness in him? Do you know
how much that has cost the man? In
his first attempts TO establish that hab-
IL OF calmness there were mighty strug-
giles. He did not always conquer him
self then. He sometimes fell into o.
fury and lost himself. But he has
fought and fought until he has learned
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help he has fought on TO victory. He
was not born so. He came into the
inheritance OF as quick and irritable a
temper as any man. Five times and
moro received he the stripes OF dis
grace In his defeat. He was beaten with
the rods OF his temptation. He had been
stoned by the scorn OF his fellows.
Many times suffered he the shipwreclc
OF his hope OF ever conquering. He
has spent day and n night In the deeps
of his despair. He has been In perils
In the city and in the wilderness and
among false brethren, In labor and
travail and watchings often. But now
you see him conqueror and more than.
n conqueror through him who loved
him. o, IL Is a splendid and profitable
journey TO take, 10 travel over the bait
tie fields In a mans nature and sec
where the Titanic forces came In con-
fict, and estimate, II IL were possible.
the cost OF the final Victory. We say a
nation Is made sacred and precious by
the lives which have been given for It,
How much more is a man set above ain
estimate by the greater struggles in
which he has helped TO redeem himself.
And when you look at man and adj
mire some high virtue in him and are
tempted TO say IL is easy for him TO be-
good, cast your eye back, II you can.
over the pages OF his past, and you will
find them strewn as thick with battles
as the history of any nation.
''Ye are OF more value than many
sparrows," said the Master, and "IIow
much better Is n man than sheepl"
When we see men who have paid guch
prices OF conflict and fear and bitter
ness for the virtues which are now a
part OF them, we understand what He
meant for He spoke out OF the most
profound Of all human experiences In
the memory of the 40 days and the'40
nights in the wilderness, when He pur-
chased His right 10 be called the Son
OF God.-Rev. Harris @. Hale, IN Con-
grega tionalist