The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-06-18

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throat and make right triumph over
wrong? Are you willing to become
the defender of the weak? Are you
willing to extend the right hand of
love to them who need your help rather
than seek the fellowship Of those who
can help you? Paul is before you as
he stood before Felix reasoning the
righteousness and temperance Do
you, in defiance of popular approval,
say, LET that prisoner go free, even IL
I must suffer loss?'
Moral Fiber Needed.
Oh. that today we were made of the
moral fiber out of which the founders
Of our government were made! They
were ready TO dare and to brave all
for righteousness and justices sake.
When Samuel Adams was arousing
public sentiment to resist the tyranny
of the British government the repre-
sentatives of King George tried to
bribe him to desist They offered him
at one time an annual pension of $10,-
600 for life He rejected 1t with scorn.
Then they offered him official prefer
ment. That he also rejected. Then
General Gage sent him word that II he
persisted in his traitorous work he
should be arrested and tried and SEN
fenced to death, but If he would sur
render the interests of Massachusetts
wealth and position should be his. The
great American patriots answer to the
kings messenger was: "Sir, | have long
since made my peace with the King of
kings Go back and tell your master
that no personal consideration shall
induce me to abandon the righteous
cause of my country" So may it be
with u.s. May we make our peace
with the King of kings and hew to the
mark. May we let the chips fly as
they will, but hew to the mark. Oh,
cowardly. reereant fearful. trembling
political trimmer. canst thou not see
that Paul is pleading with thee today
as he pleaded with Felix? Do right,
no matter what personal dangers
threaten Do right always.
But, as | watch Felix and Drusilla
trembling under the denunciatiens of
Paul, suddenly l see the tears begin
to glisten In their eyes. | see them
bury their faces in their hands and
shake with grief. Then instead of
bitter invective hear Paul's xoice as
soft and ripping as the mountain
brook. At times he seems to be whis-
pering as low as the signing winds.
come nearer to hear. Then | ask:
;e, r,
guilty man and this guilty woman
weeping? Have you been able to find
any sympathetic chord of affection
| throbbing in their Breasts" .'Ol,
yes" answers Paul. Even Felix and
Drusiva have listened to the higher
calls of love in their past lives. Even
| the most vile of men and the most
corrupt of women have the germ seeds
of gospel love in their lives if you can
| only find them" Is not Paufs state
| ment true? Can we not find the germ
seeds Of pure love even among the
most corrupt of social outcasts?
Aroused to Work.
Because men and women scorn our
pleas and turn deaf ears to our mes
sages is no reason VIII: they cam
not be brought to Christ If we only
appeal to them in the right way. Rev.
| years ago some workmen We're making
| an excavation in Victoria park, London.
| Suddenly the walls caved in and the
workmeE We're imprisoned in the ditch
| and threatened with suffecation.
| Among the crowds of curiosity seekers
which gathered around there was one
| man who stood looking on as listlesslF
as most of the men who were standing
about Suddenly a woman called him
| by name and cried: Man, why don't
you get to work? Do you not know
| your brother is down there in that
| ditch" With that the man threw Off
his coat. and went frantically TO wor,s
to save his brother. Family affectio,
stirred him. Thus every man and
woman can he drawn to work for
| Christ If we only know upon what
| chord of love to play, as that man
was reused from letharcic curiosity
into an intense energy ~ the call Of Il
/ brGther's name.
| I wonder what appeal of love Paul
i made when he was pleading for Jesus
Christ before Felix anil Drusiila.
wonder if this beautiful woman ever
had golden haired little girl or boy by
her first husband. wonder if she had
ever pillowed her dMIlng's head upon
her breast and gently lullabied her to
sleep In the evening hour, | wonder If.
after she had been wooed into thc land
Of sin by Felix, she had turned her
back upon her babies and left them be-
hind when she left her first husband
l wonder if In the midnight hour some
times she heard those babies calling to
| her when she awoke with a start
Then / wonder if off in the distance
she saw their white baby hands beck
oning and she heard the little voices
calling: Mother, mother! Are you not
coming back to me. mother? am your
baby. Will you not come back to me?'
Yes, | have sometimes wondered il
| when Paul Dreac hed Jesus Christ t.