The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-04-12
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Il and her seed he shall bruise thy head
and thou shalt bruise his heel ''-5enesi
Sis.
N The truth expressed in this passag
is that the power OF evil in the worl
is ever resisted by some portion o
the human race. The head of tn
serpent stands for evil. the seed o
the woman for men who struggle
( against evil.
One way to render the expression
HE shall bruise" Is He shall lie IL
wait for" The serpent shall lie in
wait for man. Man shall lie in wait fol
the serpent.
Through all the dark history Of the
ages past. all men have not gone with
the multitude to do evil, nor have
those who refused to join with the
forces of iniquity been content to sub
NIT to wrong doing and the terrible
results which follow, There has al
ways been a noble army standing for
the right and striving to overthrow
the enemies of righteousness. These
soldiers have not always marched in
brigades, many of them have been
found alone and beset with
foes on every side. Good
men and women have often misunder-
stood each other. The forces of right
eousness are now united as never be-
fore, and we are encouraged to believe
that every succeeding year will make
the union more complete. Man has
been and will be bruised in his con-
fiict with evil. Every advancement
in any good cause is purchased by sac
rifice and suffering. It costs blood
and treasure to leaven any nation
with Christianity.
The missionaries have been more
lavish with their blood than the
church with her money. Every good
man ought to stand like the OK in the
ancient picture between the altar and
the pillow, ready to toll in the plov,
ready to be sacrificed on the altar.
Sacrifice does not mean always to
lie for the right, but to live for 1t.
When missionaries are massacred,
,r when a good man is crushed by
of evil forces, we are not
o be surprised and we are not to think
hat some strange thing has happened.
has been so in the past, it will be thus
4 the future. The blood of the martyrs
, not only the seed of the church but
{ every other movement which up NJ
fits and frees mankind.
The bruising of the heel of human
Y must needs come
Wherever the serpent shows his
cad and where he shows his head
ost and most powerfully, there the
eel of man is to descend with crush
& force, fearless and reckless of
e bruising which results. Is 1t cor
ption and injustice in the halls of
gislation, is it vile and inhuman OPP
ession in commerce, is it social
stom that undermines society, is it A
e spirit of gambling, is it religious
tolerance, whatever 1t be and wher-
err it be, the good man is to plant his ~
ell on the head of that enemy OF
d and man.
Dur zeal is to be according to knowl- ~
se. We are to fight wisely as well 70
bravely. i
rhe value of the service any man oss
lders to good cause is measured
the self-denial which goes with that ~
vice. 1t is written Of Jesus: :
And he sat down over against the -
asury, and beheld how the multi
9 cast money into the treasury; and =
ny that were rich cast in much. And
re came a poor widow and she cast -
two mites which make farthing.
he called unto him his disciples
said unto them, Verify, say unto -
this poor widow cast in more
, all they that are casting into the
sury,s for they did cast in of their eoG
srfiuity; but she OF her want dld M
in all that she had, even all her very
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he widow was willing to go hun M
that day that good cause might been
Helped even a little. BY that act TT
was brought more into union with who
God gives Himself to us, bears Emb
sins and their awful results. typh
! that act she was brought Le
closer sympathy with her suffering stree
wmen.s sever
o felt what they felt. Those who Co
In only OF their superiority could cover
eel what the poor and the suffer Mr.
felt; these rich did not deny them with
IS anything. TIL
akespeare has shown us this IN Kelly
Lear. The old and banished king TIL,
Is in the storm and thinks of the has r
and how little they could bide Gee
Ditiless storm. He declares he ero,,