Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1900-03-29

lie men WHO own tDeSe teneIueutS-
and members Of other churches be-
sides Calvary are among the owners
are guilty in the sight Of God for al
lowing human beings made in his i'm
age to grow up in such horrible sur
roundings when it is in the power Of
money to stop it. Therefore they shall
receive greater condemnation at the
last. when Christ sits on the throne Of
the universe to judge the world. For
will he not say. as he said long years
ago, i was an hungered and We gave
me no meat, naked and We clothed me
not, sick and in miserable dwellings
reeking with filth and disease and ye
drew the hire of these places and WIS.,
tied me not? For are these men and
women and children not our brethren?
Verify God will require it at our
hands, oh, men Of Milton, If, having the
power to use Gods property so as to
make the world happier and better.
we refuse to do so and go our ways
careless of our responsibility and self
ish in our use of Gods money"
Philip closed his sermon with an ac-
count of facts concerning the condition
of some of the people he himself had
visited. When the service closed, more
than one property owner went away
secretly enraged at the minister's bold
and as most of them said and thought,
'impertinent meddlins in their busi-
ness" Was he wise? And yet he had
been to more than one Of these men
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he not have the right to speak in pub
lie? Did not Christ do SO? Would he
not do so if he We're here on earth
again! And Philip, seeing the great
need, seeing the mighty power Of mon
ey, seeing the Indifference of these men
to the whole matter, seeing their de-
termination to conduct their business
for the gain Of it without regard to the
condition of life, with his heart sore
and his soul indignant at the suffering
he had witnessed, came into the church
and flung his sword of wrath out Of its
scabbard, shifting at the very thing
dearest of all things to thousands Of
church members today-the money, the
property, the gain Of acqusition-and
he smote perhaps with somewhat un-
wise energy of denunciation, yet with
his heart crying out for wisdom with
every blow he struck. Would Christ
say it? Would he say it:' And his
sensitive. keenly suffering spirit heard
the answer, Yes, believe he would
Back of that answer he did not go in
those days so rapidly drawing to their
tremendous close. He bowed the soul
of him to his Master and said, Thy
will be done"
The week following this Sunday was
one Of the busiest Philip had known.
With the approach of warmer weather,
a great deal of sickness came on. He
was going early and late on errands OF
mercy to the poor souls all about his
own house. The people knew him now
and loved him. He comforted his spir-
it with that knowledge as he prayed
and worked.
He was going through one Of the mar
row courts one night on his way home.
with his head bent down and his
thoughts on some scene Of suffering,
when he was suddenly confronted by
from a shadowed corner, threw one
arm about Philips neck and placed his
other hand over his mouth and at
tempted to throw him over backward.
1t was very late, and there was NO
one in sight. Philip said to himself.
"This is the attack of which l was
warned" He was taken altogether by
surprise: but. being active and self pos
sessed, he sharply threw himself for
ward, repelling his assailant's attack.
and succeeded in pulling the mans
hand away from his mouth. His first
seconds instinct was to cry out for
help; his next was to keep still. He
suddenly felt the other giving way.
The strength seemed 20 be leaving him.
Philip, calling up some Of his knowl-
edge of wrestling gained while in col
lege, threw his entire weight upon him
and to his surprise, the man offered no
resistance. They both fell heavily up
on the ground, the man underneath
He had not spoken, and no one had yet
appeared. AS the man lay there motion
less Philip rose and stood over him.
BY the dim light that partly illumi-
mated the court from a street lamp
farther on he saw that his assailant
was stunned. There was a pump not
far away. Philip went over and
brought some water. After few mo-
ments the man recovered conscious
ness. He sat up and looked about in q
confused manner. Philip stood near
by. looking at him thoughtfully.
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