The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1910-12-07

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Hls remarkable mat y
1sAo iosueot conception Of the Aeo.
sianie reign ID a Just government A
King his Messiah nhoald be who reig1
In righteousness. Isaiah.s dream IL
the Dream of the ages. History il III.
tie more than . -aco-d :, ..-,,s
vla FOR ,,.. a,r.-..s
No..
e0uai Opportunities los
sislns every man q square deal,
nAs oeea me desire OF al peoples.
ven wan justice here and now. More
oeneVolence or charity men De
Hana supple justice.
II Is 100 late now to seek to com
pensatem men Tor Injustice here by the
promise OF justice after they are dead.
shelteriess people here are no long,
er comiorted by the promise OF man
sions u me SKIES. hungry people are
Ho singer compensated Tor hunger
nefe oy the promise OF eating bread
IN me kansaom OF God Men demand
Jusoce mere, and the dream OF mil
mons OF hearts is Tor the Just govern,
nHehe Whicn isaiah foresaw.
The text gives US Isaiah's concep-
uon OF the fountain force Of society:
"A man shall be as a hiding place from
tne wlndg-a man. Society is com.
posed OF an aggregation of individuals
and no scheme for social betterment
is worth while which has a goal 9th.
er than the Improvement Of the char.
acter OF individual men. The fountain
iorce OF government n society Is the
individual "A man shall be as an
nsoihe lace IRON the wfnd"-a man
ine Sofo MASSES was not IN the vo'
eaouiaFy oi tne christ. DE DID not seek
70 feacn men en masse. He aimed
d ene personal character Oh indivld'
uai men n women
His ministry was much to individ'
suais, now to a ruined woman weary Of
hef SIN. now TO a confused seeker by
night The sum total OF his three
years ork was the training of a hall
oozen or more individual men. The
fountain force OF society Is the indi'
vidual mar or woman. Disseminate
learning. distribute wealth. do what
you VIII. but you have done nothing
permanent for society until you have
reached the bettered. the persona,
character OF individual men and won
en. Exactly this is the fountain
force OF society as Isaiah saw It. "a
man shall be"-a man.
The text is lsafah's portrait Of 8
sheltering manhood.
"a man shall be as a hiding place
from the wind. a cover from the TEN,
pest; as rivers Of water in a dr., place
as the shadow OF a great rock in q
weary land" Isaiah looked east o.
Palestine and beheid running nortt
and south great cliffs OF rock. East
OF these ellis he teheld the drifting
sands Of the Arabian desert. The
great CHI he had seen rise in theil
majesty 2 say to the burning. drift
ing SAND: linus q AID no farther
me dFht was arrested and to the lee
ward OF the great rocks he behele
GASES blossom as the rose. Here he
had seen focks and herds roam. Fher
IN his vision he said: The time Is
eomins-the good time is coming
when a man shall repeat the ministry
OF the rocks. Under his sheltertne
manhood tie weak shall be protected
n the fainting inspired. A man shal
be as a hiding place from the vino
as a shadow OF a great rock II
a weary land"