The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-27

me no meat, naked and ye clothed me
not, sick and in miserable dwellings
reeking with filth and disease and We
drew the hire Of these places and Wis
tied me notP 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 60 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 meddling in their busi-
ness" Was he wise? And yet he had
been to more than one Of these men
in private with the same message. Did
he not have the right to speak in pub
lie? Did not Christ do SO? Would he
not do so II he were 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 acquisition-and
he smote perhaps with a somewhat I'M
wise energy of denunciation, yet with
his heart crying out for wisdom with
every blow he struck, would Christ
say it2 Would he say itY' And his
sensitive. keenly suffering spirit heard
the answer, Eyes, l 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 donev
The week following this Sunday was
one Of the busiest Philip had known.
With the approach of warmer weather,
q 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-
1t 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
a young man who stepped quickly out
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 1 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 to 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 heHvily up.
| on the ground, the man underneath.
He had not spoken, and no one had yet
l appeared. As the man lay there motion.
less Philip rose and stood over him.
By the dim light that partly illumi-
l 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 neal
by, looking at him thoughtfully.
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