Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1904-12-16
10 MCDILL'S MUSINGS.
81 stand for men. "-.-Henry George.


Everybody stands for something. Some men
stand for money-like the Rockefellers. In
standing for money, only few get money, and
that few rank low in honor and noble sentl-
memt They make mark, but it is the mark
of the volcano or earthquake. Some men
stand for war, and fill the earth with boodshed
and misery. Some inen stand for only rags
and dirt, in their shiltlessness, and have just
rags and dirt for their share of life's gifts
Som men stand for saloons, "boctegs" and
"blind tigers They die, aud are forgotten
as quickly as noXious weeds, and it tht ii works
follow them, it is in the increased unhappiness
of their fellow beings. Some lawyers Stand
for robber corporation, and will rank no
higher in history than Judas or Benedict Ar
mold. A few men stand for public plunder,
but they stand on slippery hlsides, especially
if there are Joe Folks in the background. The
mass of the human stand for things that
are unworthy of the human race. Only the
men who stand for men live in grateful remem-
brahcc of the generations who followed them
Jesus stood for men, and died for men, IN the
darkest period of the worlds history, aud mil
lions and tens of millions of the human race
have been, and are, blessed through His life
and teachings, and, after two thousand years,
His blessings are thousand times more mani
told than at the beginning. Luther stood foi
religious liberty, and the world, through his
abors, gained both religious and civil liberty;
and as prescription, persecution and supersti-
t,on went down, men went up. Luther de-
scended from Jesus, and Washington and
lincoln descended from Luther.
Some one has said that "reforms are always
on the retreat" Always on the retreat and
always winning victories.
"Behold how great matter little fire kim
deth." h."-Bible.
Behold how great man, from humble birth
and humble surroundings. Jesus was born in
a manger, and laboled as carpenter. All the
powers of bad men have stood arrayed against
His teachings of the Fatherhood OF God and
the brotherhood of man. and Jesus is winning
grea er victories to-day than in any pre-
vious period since His crucifxion. Jesus stood
for men-stood for new lfe--stood for a clean
life--stood for an intelligent life-stood for
love, and no hste-stood for peace as preferable
to war-stood for everything that is good ana
true and ennobing.
Luther was an obscure monk, the son Of a
miner, at one time poor thai be begged his
daily bread.
Washington" first in war, first in peace
and first in the hearts of his countrymen''-at
best, was only provincial or bacEwoods colo
mist.
Lincoln was born in log cabin, and earned
his bread by splitting rails.
Behold how great man man may be who
stands for men.
Two thousand years ago, Jesus and His dis
ciples were the only men in the world who
really and truly stood for men. Thousands
and tens of thousands of men have stood for
men since Jesus, and now, behold The fruit of
h.ir labors. A wonderful revolution!
Two thousand years ago, human life was the
plaything of kings and emperors War was
paslime. The poor, the MANNED and the sick
died without care and without notice. There
were next to no schools, and the mass of the
ptopl, were densely Ignorant. Now, we build
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