The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-08-29

again ana again OF MS rights.
Such beautiful case OF human gen.
erosity Is hard to find anywhere in his.
tory It should put TO the blush no
small part Of the practices which pre-
vail az present In our midst. For on
every side we see how the strong
squeeze out or strangle the weak to
the death
Just as am at the work OF studying
this lesson dear friend tells mo a
story the main points Of which Z will
repeat
In certain corporation there we're
| large profits being made and paid TO
the quite small number Of stockhold.
ers. Among those holders there were
a few women What think YOU the
men did who held the larger part OF
the shares? They organized a plan by
which the dividends were cut down so
per cent one year and 20 more the
next year and suggestion was
whispered that third year there
would be none. BY that the helpless
women were scared into selling an
their stocks for mere trinle and
those men holding q high place In
the community gobbled &c an into
their own strong boxes. Then the
dividends were restored to the full.
Respectfully Dressed Robbers.
/ That Is uhominable rascality. and Il
is too common lnded. It Is done with
Variations every day Those respect.
ably dressed robbers did not nght the
defenseless women stockholders with
bullets or bludgeons, but their method
Of warfare was just as dishonest. or
else we do not know what morals call
for In this world They heartlessly
acted upon the theory that they were
much mighter" than the women and
could crowd them out, and 80 they
would crowd them. and they did crowd
and crush them.
When our Savior spoke the beat-
tudes He said: blessed Matt. ", 81
are the peacempkers. for they shall
be called the children Of God" And
far away In the ages of the Genesis
and Isaac the heather king Of Genr
discovered the same truth. For Gen
esis XVI. 2c-30) after time had pass
led, enough ,or Isaac to become still
more mighty King Abimeloch be-
thought him that a mistake had been
made in banishing this son OF Abra-
ham; and for the single reason that
God was to evidently with Isaac,
The turn had come Tor this self
denying peacemaker for no. only the
king but his prime minister and major
general OF his army sought an inter
view with Isaac, aud entreated him for
an alliance with Abimelech Thus
this child OF God won tho day without
conflict, when he had abundant cause
for provocation.
The same spirit Of kindly conces-
sion is found In other and further
events Of his life, but our space does
not suffer us to consider them Enough
has been already opened to emphasize
the value of n calm and consderate
temper and treatment Of those who
are exasperating In their treatment OF
Ius
There is much truth in the adage.
| II Is the bitter who surely gets bitten.
Sooner or later the selfish who grab
and gather all get thei rdues In The dis
gust Of others, and may be by the
desertion Of others
Teachings Of the Savior.
But let us not forget that Isaac has
ever boen regarded as "a type and
Jesus Christ the antlype That %, all
we fad "a Abraham's son instructive
on the subject OF peacemakDg was
amply aad completely set forth in
Jesus the Son OF Man.
Paul states it 10 most condensed
form when he writes OF His (Colos-
SLAMS f., 2Ol cross" he suffered 10 re-
conclle as with Col Mankind t4came
estranged from the Most Hish God.
Why Ct should have been so and how
/ IL came about are questions 10 which
differing answers have ben made But
that the fact exists aud has long ex-
isted Is unquestionable
And of all the precious truths Of
Christianity. this IS the most rich God
Graves ana has ever crayed the recoY-
cry Of His creature man to loving con
hdence and Fellowship with him. Thus
tho whole record Of Christ as the Re
ideemer reads and reveals the divine
patience toward sinners with q deep
desire TO draw an men unto himself
John Lindsay Wthrow.
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