The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1910-01-14

the money he
owns. the position he occupies. are
mere incidentals The man himself
is worth a thousand times more than
anything he has, or knows, or does.
These eNternals are simply the set
ting of the jewel of the soul, and
and though the jewel may be in the
mud and filth it is still a Jewel. The
| raggedest beggar on the street. the
greatest drunkard that staggers along
our sidewalks, the most degraded wo-
man that plies her trade on the street.
| The most insignificant bootblack or
newsbcy, is worth more in the eyes OF
God than all the wealth and honor and
position that this world can give.
| We should set such high value upon
| the individual that we shall esteem 1t
worth while to work and pray for the
salvation of one man, and If we sue
coed in converting only one man in
1 our lifetime, our life has not been
1 failure
| To appreciate the value of man
| We need look only at his faculties.
II man were only a threefold being
| with memory, reason and conscience
he would be worth stupendous efforts
20 save. But to the faculties add mag
nation, which pictures facts. appre-
ciates reason and gives to conscience
a larger sphere of action. Imagina-
ion makes the poet, the sculptor. the
musician. the painter. the orator. the
statesman, the general.
III man were only fourfold being
with memory. reason. conscience and
imagination, he would be mighty for
j GOOD or evil. for pleasure or pain. Add
| to this the fact that he loves and
hates, that he laughs and weeps. In.
deed, take the whole man. physical.
mental. moral and spiritual and you.
have being little lower than God.
Another consideration which in.
creases his value Is that he is capable
OF such infinite growth in good or evil.
A man Is valuable for what he is and
for what he may become. And in the,
work of soul winning we should never
weigh man in the balance of the
present solmuch as of the future.
/ A young man with bloated cheeks
and bloodshot eyes staggered along
the street In Worcester, Mass. He,
was a slave of drink All the money
he earned, he spent in the saloon.
There seemed to be little good in
him, and yet a kind word turned that
young man ito Jesus Christ, and
through the power of God the appe-
tite for drink was conquered, con-
science assembled her throne, reason
welded Its scepter. memory became
healthy and vigorous. Imagination
was rendered chastc and brilliant The
result was John b. Cough. the great
temperance oratop.
Another young man who had served
his term in the penitentiary because
he was thief and river pirate Is
met and won to the Lord. AS he was
then, there was little prospect Of his
ever being or doing anything great.
and yet he became one of the most
successful soul winners New York
ever knew. He was an angel of min.
istry to the souls of the outcast. They
crowded BIG Water street to hear his
testimony, and when lie died his body
lay in state for hours, that the multi.
tude who loved him might pass by
and cast tear or flower upon his
coffin. Jerry MacAuley was worth
saving as river pirate. but his great
value was in what he became after
conversion.
An awkward country boy in Bos.
ton shoe store is not considered as
Of very great value to the community
and the country. but his Sunday
school teacher loves his soul and
urges him one day to give his heart
to God. When he appeared before the
church. asking admission, he was re.
fused
Wise men advised him to wait I'M
til he gave better evidence of CONVEX,
sion. Thattgreen country boy in Bos.
ton was worth campaign in which
every Christian In Massachusetts
might have taken part. for he be-
4 came d. L.. Moody, the worlds great.
est evangelist IS
1t was a common every day sort =,
young man who entered the Primitive
Methodist chapel in London on a rainv
day and heard an illiterate Methodist
pieaceel speak on Lne text, Look
unto me ana be We saved all the
ends of the EARTH" and when the
preacher slooked this young man in
the face and, with stentorian voice.
said, Look to Jesus, young man. and
, be saved" he was simply trying to do
his duty in iimpressing young heart
fer Christ. Little did he think thai
he was writing the truth upon a soul
, that was to become Charles H. Sp,r.
geon. the greatest preacher Of the
century,
Put high value upon every man, and
be careful not to estimate him nv his
appearance or his environment IL he
seems to be worthless now, conside,
how valuable God can make him
through transformation OF character
Christie Purnoea