The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1903-10-12

you made the puDllc COM eSSlon VI VII
imcness to further the heavenly KING
dom. was only a Authorization. You Were
excited The multitude Of people, or
the strange aspect of the prophet from
the wilderness, or your own nervousness
carried you beside yourself No DOUBT
you were honest in thinking that God
accepted you for the Mcssianc work bu.
you we're simply self-deceiVed. There
was nothing in it. You had better let
the conditions alone and allow the Divine
idea 20 wo-k itsclf ont by the slow pro
cesses Of evo.uton Leave the Scribes
and Pharisecs alone and go about your
business AT Nazareth again. From TINS
aspect the temptation was to doubt
command that these stones be made
bread The tempter raised the old
dread question" The suggestion as
sumcd a form like this. You know
man must live. and the likelihood IS,
! that If you undertake this scheme winch
| is running through your mind OF setting
up Messianic kingdom so radically differ
ent from chat conceived of by all the
| Jews. YOU will starve The scribes and
! Pharisees. who occupy Noses seat, have
such undisputed sway in religious matters
| that for YOU TO undertake a work that
! will antag onize them means but to fore
/ doom You to defeat. You cannot even
| win enough friends to guarantee re-
spectacle living You have n good bust
ness at Nazareth The carpenters trade
I pays YOU very we'll. You can I've on
/ there in comfort and retain the CONT
dence and respect Of your neighbors.
! You had better stick to that Isn't 1t
foolish for you to run the risk Of star
walton for the sake Of an idea? What is
H., D,ff 4 10,
/ a human life? Remember a man must
/ live II you are conscious of power, YOU
/ had better use your power in the normal
way ana direct your gift to the end OF
i comfortable living
! This principle applies to our own times.
/ 1t comes as 4 suggestion oftentimes to
preachers. "Remember the bread ques-
ton. A man must live, you know. BE
/ careful about saying what you really be
| Heve; you may offend somebody in your
church Some Of the dignitares may
! not like your ideas ana YOU may be wait
/ Cd on by committee from the church
| with n polite request for your resigna-
ton" 1t comes to the statesman and
! the politician "a man must live, YOU
! know Take care not to give expression
TO ideas with which the populace do not
agree They may not elect You to Office.
YOU may lose your Job. 1t comes to the
lawyer Don't be squeamish in your
ideas of Justice and right you may lose
your clients IL comes to the merchant
and manufacturer Don't be overly hon
est In your business. Competition is
close. YOU know. Men may run You ont
with shady methods aud shoddy goods
Remember the Bread question. man
must 1--we, you know"
tempter Don't feel yourself shut up
70 the ordinary ways of making a living
If you are doing Gods work. you de
serve support. The world owes YOU a
living You can afford to disregard small
matters like natural laws"
/ Have yoH not known good men who
have yielded to the tempter at this point
men Vino have seemed to feel because
/ forsooth they were preachers. men conse-
Grated % the high work Of saving the
sonis of their fellows, that therefore they
! could afford TO disregard the trivial law
! Of common honesty? That they could
! afford to take up goods without the prob
! ability Of paying for them and excuse
i themselves for their Indifference OF pay
/ ing debts on the ground tlat their minds
were occupied with matters Of large spir-
/ itual Importance. These mon. IL Won have
/ known such. have turned stones into
! bread whom the very stones belonged 10
/ somebody else
Answering this first suggestion jesus
! at once refuses to doubt His can. and
] enunciates the fundamental principle of
! roic and aitruistc life. yes" He
said, "a arm willing TO risk starvation
! have an IDEA that is worth dving fo,l,
SO man has eyer come IA ~ f,n
/ tate Of royal manhood who io, IN e,,,.1
/ something that he haliovoe T.. ,,.l.,,. -.
! than his physical NE - ie ,,,ie i ''ioie
I thnt has md, boroae ~, ,, - -
statesmen aud nartvrs co,,,, W..
been piIlina- ~ of,.a tbai, ~. ~
smaller tbir,, INA, Nfose,,ri
have heard the etor,. 80 ~ "
who bat.i,. ,,,,I, I''oi,
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H., - 49, NasS' a man can af-
~ .I;, W. men VINO composed
@ o'ie""e Oh the British army
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