Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1898-11-10
4 LESSON ON WRESTLING.
Plant Well l,ur Feet Ecfore Grappling
With Your Opponent.
So Christians Mu,' iir Ready Ia Meet Evil
Powers Garry N: bile Wa Vt
Nn ia the ,GhI-E"y. Dr.
Tl!mIg,'s Sermon.

| 10 present most pi'rti|dl AMI cnCpur-
aging truths. Text. Ephc>ian> Vi. /!
We wrcNtlr not against flesh and
blood. hut against principaliticS
against powers. against the ru cr>
of the darkness at This world. against
spiritual wicbcdnrs> in high places"
| Spucami>hnc>> and fastidiouSncs>
were never charged against Paul'> rhct
oric. In tn" war against evil he tool,
| the first weapon he could Law his hand
ON. For illustration. he employed the
| thcatcr. the arena, the foot race.
and there WAS nothing in the 18TH
| milan game. with its wreath uf pin,
leaves. "r rythiau game. with its
wreath "f laurel and palm: or Ncmcan
| game. with it, wreath uf parsley; ur
| any Roman circus hut he felt he had u
| right L" put il in sermon or cpi~tlc.
and are You not surprised that in my
| text he calls upon wrestling tuut for
su"gcstivcncss: rlutarch says that
wrestling j. the most artistic and cum
ming of athletic games. We must
make wide difference between
| pugiliSm. the lowest of sprctaclcS,
aud wrestling. which i an effort in
| sport tn put down another on floor
| ur ground, and We. all of Us.
| INDUCED in il in our huyhnud days. il
We were hcalthful and plucliy. The
ancient wrrstlrrs were first hathcd in
oil, and then >prinLlcd with sand. The
| third throw decided the victory. and
MANY man who went down in the
| first throw or second throw in the third
throw WAS ON his top and his opponent
under. The Romans did not like this
game very much. for il WAS not saw
| are enough. no blows or kicks being
allowed in the game. They preferred
the foot of hungry panther ON the
breast of fallen martyr.
In wrestling the opponents would
bow in apparent sauvity, advance face
Ia face. put down both feet Solidly.
take each other 10y the arms. and push
each other backward and forward uu-
Ill the work began in real earnest. and
there were contortionS and Strangula-
tionS and violent strokes of the foot of
one contestant against the foot of the
other. tripping him up. or with strug-
gle that threatened appoplcNy or death.
the defeated fell, and the shouts of the
spectators greeted the victor. guess
Paul had seen some such contest. and il
reminded him ofthc struggle of the soul
with temptation, and the struggle of
truth with error. and the struggle of
heavenly forces against apollyonic
powers. and he dictates my text to an
amunucnsis. for all his letters. save the
IN, IN ha,
dictated. and as the amanurnsiS goes
ON with his work hear the groau and
laugh and shout of earthly and celestial
belligcrcntS: We wrestlc not against
flesh and blood but against principal
tics. against powers. against the rulers
of the darkness of this world. against
spiritual wickcdnrs, in high places"
| notice that as these wrrstlrr> adj
vanccd to throw each other they bowed
not only in Grcciau an Roman games.
but in later day. in all the wrestling
bouts at C.crl>cnwcll England. and in
the famous wrestling match during
the reign of Henry Ill. in 81. Giles
Field. between men of Westminster
| and people of London. However rough
a twist and hard pull each wrestler
contemplated giving his opponent,
they approached each other with po-
litcnc>s and suavity. Tlr gcnphcNions,
the affability. the courtesy in no wise
hindered the dccisivenesS of the
contest. Well. Paul. | see what you
mean. I'm this awful struggle between
right and wrong. W. must not FORGET
Ia be gcntlcmcn and ladies. Inability
never binders. but always helps. You
are powcrlCs> rs SOon aS You get mad.
DO not call rum sellers murdcrcrs. DO
not call iniidcl> fools. DO not call
higher critics rcprobatcs. DO not call
all card players and theatcr gocrs chill
drcn of the devil. Do not say that the
dance breaks through into hell. DO
not deal in vitupcration and billings
gate and contempt and adicctive> dyna-
mite. The other side can beat Us at
that. Their dictionaries have moro OBJ
iurgation and birthstone.
We are in the strength of tod To
throw Hat ON its back every aburina-
ton that curses the earth. but let us
approach our mighty antagonist with
suavity. Hercules, son of Jupiter and
Alcmcnc. will by precursor of smiles
be helped rather than damaged for the
performance of his twelve lahors. -
Let rs bc as wisely strategic in rclig-
iou> circles as attorneys in CourtrOoms,
who are complimentary to each other
in the opening remarks. before thcF
come into legal struggle such as that
Ii. l. g.
Brown triumphant or defeated. Poo
pie who get into Il rage
in reformatory WORK accomplish
nothing hut the depletion Of
their own nervous system. There is
such thing as having gun so hot at
the touchholc that il explode. killing
the one that sets ii off. There are
some rcformatOry meetings to which |
always decline To go and take part. he
cause they are apt to hccom' demon
strations of bad temper. never like
tn hear Il man swear, even though he
swear ON the right side. The very
Paul who in my text employed in i'll
lustration the wrestling match, be
hayed ON a memorable occasion as we
ought To behave. The tranSlators of
the Bible made an unintcntional mis-
take when they represented Paul as in
sulting the people of Athens 10y speak
ing of tho unknown god whom We
ignorantly worship"
Instead of charging them with ig-
norancc. the original indicates he com
plmcntcd them 10y suggesting that
they were very religious: hut as they
confessed that there were some things
they did not understand about God. he
proposed Ia say some things concern
ing Him. beginning where they had
| left off. The same Paul who said in
one place, BE courteous. and who had
noticed the bow preceding the wrcst-
ling match. here exercises Sauvitics he
fore he proceeds practically to throw
down the rocky side of the Acropolis
the whole Panthcnon of ldolatries.
Minerva and Jupiter smashed up with
the rest of them. In this holy war pol
ishcd rifles will do more execution than
blundcrbuSscs. let our wreStlcrs bow
as they go into the struggle which will
leave ali pcrdiriCn under and all
| Heaven on top.
Remember also that the wrestlcrs
went through severe and continuous
course of preparation for their work.
| They were put upon such diet rs would
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