The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1907-03-01
Man and His Greatness
subject Handled by Rev. Hunt
Last Sunday Evening
Special Mustc

Rev. E. E. Hunt found that thu
choosing of popular subjects and
talking straight from the should
er is being appreciated by his
audiences. Last Sunday even
ing the church was crowded.
Special m music had been arranged
for and an orchestra furnished
excellent sacred music. Fred
Williams and Harry Rawson
played the violin, Ray Wood.
cornet, Frank Fort, flute, and
Miss Susie Reeve played the
piano.
Rev. Hunts subject was:
"Man's Natural Greatness. His
text was Psa. s: 4, "What is man
that thou art mindful of him?"
He said, in part: ''As this old
time herder of focks fingered
throughout the nights and from
the mountain sides saw the star
spangled heavens and the world
lighted up by the splendor of the
eastern moon he thought of the
marvellous works of that Master
hand which had planned it all
and then as he thought of the
min uteness of man when com.
pared to these might works he
exclaimed what is man that
Thou art mindful ofhim?" Unless
he was inspired he really knew
but little of the real grandure Of
the universe or ofthe i'm portance
of man as he was to be when
fully developed.
Undeveloped, man is but al
animal with wonderful capabili-
ties. Man can out do any animal
on his own ground. There is no
breed of dogs that can trot Ct
mans heel and keep pace with
him for the man can go to the
cold north where the dog will
perish or to the heated zone
where he cannot live. He can
take cat in his arms and carry
it up into the Andes so far that Il
will die in his arms. He can out
run the horse or the wild deer
and carry loads greater in pro.
portion to his weight than the
oad of the pack mule.
A recent writer on sociology
mas said that imam is a ombina-
lion of wan" and all his activities
ire founded on those wants.
The poet wrote "Man wants but
little here below, nor wants that
little long, the literary wag re.
wrote it and made 1t read. Man
wants but little here below but
that little long" He
wants brown stone front or
two, ETC. then enumerates all
the desirable thing of WAlth.
Ali the wants of man have been
grouped into six groups by DR..
Brinton as follows:
I:-Wants i'm mediatelv con-
nected with ply ,ical functions
and activities.
The young of the slowest and
most dumb animals are in ad-
advance of the new born babe
but the babe has such capabilities
IS to physical life tina, it soon out
strips all the animals
II:-There are the wants con
nected with worldly or material
goods.
There are tw" extremes, one
man wants every thing
in sight-the other is per-
fectly satisfied to allow his wife
to wash other folk clo.h ng and
keep him we'll fed
The lazy man condemns the
rich man for his stolen wealth aud
the rich man looks with contempt
upon the lazy loafer. Either con-
dition is crime but OF the two
give me the ambitious tinancier
rather than the loafer who allows
a good woman TO work herself
to death to support him.
II1:-Wants Of the social in-
stinct.
All of society depends upon
this, the home, the school, the
club, the lodge. God said that it
was not good for man to be alone
and built hun on such aplanas 10
cause HIM to seek companion
ship.
These persons who have
homes, families and permanent
interests are the ones who al ways
stand by the best interest Of the
com munities wherein they live.
IV:-Wauts connected with the
of intellect.
All school life is found in con-
nection with this want.
1t pays q young man to talco
time and be properly eQu1ppo1
for the work of life. COlleno
graduates earn three hundn