The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-05-09


diagnose cancer. But the cure-aye,
that is the rub. Easy to attack a
moral wrong. Yes. But it is another
matter to find right solution for that
wrong This the Bible offers. 1t
comes not as a theorist 1t comes to
the gospel orators hearers as did Jesus
Christ. 1t comes as one speaking with
a divine authority. No men in the
world have greater influence over their
! bearers than those who are backed
with the positive authority Of the
| Bible.
! When Il man speaks with authority
| be becomes Imperative in his demands.
Why is Helen Hunt JackSOn'S master
piece "Itamona' one Of the moSt elo-
Qurnt books ever pcnnel? She plead
! ed for justice to the American Indian
with the idea that the law Of the land
would uphold her in her plea She WAS
not pleading for the red man as a
utopian, a theoriSt or social dreamer.
She was pleading for the red man at
! the bar Of American law. When she
represents poor AlessandO as being
|
picturing scoundrel, but a man de-
fraudcI Of American rights When
she finally describes this poor, inno-
cent Indian as shot down by drunken
white loafer and then pictures that
drunken lonfer as being allowed to 60
free, she was not appealing to human
prcjudices for favoritism toward the
| Ci,D hat &c,
the law? What is the American law?
The law Of America upholds me in my
ciainls.'
AS Helen Hunt Jackson pleaded for
the rights of the Indian under the
| American law the Christian orator
pleads for the emancipation of man
from sin under the law of the Bible
He does not say, Il hope this may be-"
lie does say: Il know this can be and
shall be through the blood Of Jesus
Christ The divine statutes declare II"
y hen q gospel orator stands upon the
| promises Of God found in the Bible he
speaks with certainty; he speaks with
| absolute convicton; above all, he
speaks as no other advocate unsup
ported can speak. No other man in
pleading for simple justice has such
emphatic divine authority behind him
as is found in the word Of God when
| pleading for repentance and righteous;
! ness.
! ScyyarG's Great Plea.
! The gospel orator is mighty when he
pleads for one whom he would save
! from eternal death He naturally las
! all tho fire, al! the enthusiasm, all The
I pent up passion Of lawyer pleading
at the bar Of justice trying to save the
neck of q client who is being tired for
murder in the first degree. Aye, he
has more than that He has all the in-
| tense carne*tness that was felt by Viii
| liam Seward in 1916 when he pleaded.
for the life Of William Freeman, an
| idiotic black pauper who had kiilet! tie
entire Van Nest family Of Auburn, y.
Y. 1t was during the agitation Of the
! aboliticnist movement The white MEN
| against him. His own friends ut the
| bar were against him. Yet there VIII
liam II. Seward pleaded and kept
| rleaiffng When at last his client was
| hung by the neck until he was dead
| by postmortcnl examination 1t was
| found out that William Freeman WAS
| in truth an idiot and irresponsible for
the crime which he had committed and
that William II. Seward, the young at
torney, was right in his defense of
him.
! Cannot you feel the carneStness' OF Il
Seward pleading? I can. cannot thiaik
of a lawyer defending client who is
being tried for his life unless that la"
| yer is in an agony OF suspense until
the acuuttal comes in Tire two works.
mot guilty." spoken by the foreman II
| the Jury DO YOU l..";.' y,;ir s'..".: :
| interests your iItc"c:its:' I once ">:., !:
a lawyer friend "Yt;.' he an;W''*i i.
so much do make tllc!G interests r.
| interests that if they are l;cin'5 t." !
for life ain disturbed in niy sl"cp Il ! |
dream about them. Ever! inDA:t'l: Of
! my waking thoughts is VITA t'..,,.!. |
| often get I'D in the in;,li!" % ~" II -.
during trial and write, 81 anNl''e =
! to save them' All" then I SAID =
| myaelf "nO wonder yon are . 90. ::
speaker when You plead TO a :i.c' in
this way. No Wo:llrl y:!Ar NJ. - ::.'l
goes forth into q mighty pie! Ioi y T.
clients when you are as o,:r pc s;'.,::
for your own life 40 Won Ter tie = );
pei orators plcs j.; Il mighty p!:'.a. !!
cry word he uit""S, c,,.y gesture i'>'
makes, every thought tiiat is boint In
his brain, has the mighty purpose Of
saving some man from eternal d":'.:
Nightly as a Christian laVy' : ,.p,,.
he plead for the salvation of n N.
But the Christian orator Las II /: < a,
and even greater inspiration than TIE
saving Of sinful men ana woa!cl from
eternal death. He stands III a unique
position. He is not only pleading for
the salvation Of men, but also for what
is pleasing to God. And Of all inspira-
tons to "sublimest oratory" there Is no
inspiration like unto that.
The Christian orator, the advocate OF
the divine will and pleasure: Let n!c
illustrate my thought by Il simple yer
bal picture You are not the only son
Of your mother. She has another boy
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