The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-11-29

every worker becomes ours. When the rich Boaz saw the beautiful and gentle Ruth gleaning in his held. he Instructed the reapers to drop por- tion of the grain for her. When the day ended. Ruth was astonished at the abundance of her harvest. Thus 1t is ever to be with the meek. Com panies of req apers gather and sing for tn em and by and by, when iife's golden day shall close. and the sun in full splendor shall leave the rosy tinted west. then will their gamers be full riads of glad voices will sing for them a harvest home.
 Abraham and Lot.
 Abraham and Lot are examples of the contest between the graspins man and the meek man. When the herds men of these two quarreled. Abraham said We must live in peace. The land Is before thee--ch oose.' Lot took first choicG The rich, we'll -watered plain fell to Lot and the barren hills to his uncle, Abraham. In the eyes of the world. Abraham acted foolishly and Lot wisely. But wait for brief time. See Abraham standing upon & hill-t in the midst of his sterile pos sessions. Listen to a-voice that speaks to him, Abraham, lift up thine eyes and look toward the north. the east.
 
 thee and thy seed forever A man on a hill top with good eyes looking through a pure atmosphere, can, by sweeping the horizon in every direc- tion, take in a great scope of country. The possessions of covetous Lot were included in the survey. The possess
 sions of this meek man. Abraham, have ever been widening. and today he Is called father by Christian, Jew and Moha nm adam the world over.
 The most wonderful comment upon my text is the history of Him who gave it. We defined a meek man as one who first conquers self and then wins others and thus becomes thei- leader. How true this is of Christ. In His invitation. Come unto me-" etc The reason He assigns for His invi. tation is that He>is meek and lowly In heart. This meekness was His through perfect submission to the Fathers will. In my opinion the strug- gle in the Garden was the final battle fought by Him to conquer self. In this battle fought upon His knees He came off victorious and He rose up with the winning power over men in His hands. When the mob met Him they went backwards and fell upon their faces: when Pilate was trying Him though the might of Rome was back of him. he trembled and exclaim- ed, What then shall do with the man at Is called Christi He washed free from His blood. When Christ died upon the cross the Roman eagles were flying over all lands. In less than four centuries the cross In the hands of a Roman emperor lowered above those eagles. At the close of the eigh- teenth and beginning of the nineteenth century, the tri-coior. the flag of Erysor rc in of Nannlanp VrAvad victoriously over Europe, part of Africa and Asia. traveller visiting Paris now who looks upon the grave of Napoleon bows to a gold cross. Sacredness of the Cross.
 "In the Boer war in Africa and in that between Russia and Japan, both sides tried to prove that the other fired upon the Red Cross corps. This proves that the whole world considers 1t a dis grace to fire on the cross because 1t died the meek one. No flag save the small white one representing the Prince of Peace is allowed to float above the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. At the close of our war with Spain, the various warships which had chased and crushed the Spanish cruisers were about to enter the har- bor of Santiago. when the ship bearing Clara Barton came up. Instantly Ad- miral Sampson ordered the Oregon. Brooklyn. Texas, lndlana ana Otners to withdraw. These steel monsters of the deep breathing steam turned aside that a woman with her Red Cross nurses might go ashore and take pos session of Cuba. the Pearl of the An- titles, in the name of the United States Government
 "why is it that in four centuries. the cross. the symbol of shame. rose above the Roman eagles? Why is it that the visitor to Paris in looking down on Napoleon's grave. bows to gold cross? Why Is it that the can non and muskets of Russian, Jap. Eng lishman and Boer cease to send forth their missiles of death just because company of men march by with two cross bars on sleeves and colors? Why is no flag save a small white one rep resenting the Prince of Peace. allowed to float above the Union Jack and the Satrs and Stripes? Why must great warships panting for battle, give place to that of Clara Barton? Is 1t not that the Prince of the Meek now holds in His hands the reins of power and has inherited the fairest and richest por- tions of the earth"