The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-12-06

Imam cannot live By bread alone
Ana 20 the church and the col
iisxs, through their leaders. are
coming more and more to empha-
sire. II We would give to the world
| In til aext generation we'll round
| ed type OF manhood. the necessity
~ making provision Tor the feedips
Of his mind. his body and his soni'
This Il the significance of the Mas
ter's answer to the tempfer. man
cannot live by bread alone.
4 As football players you know
that there are certain qualities a
man must have to be football
player
i The first of the many OF these
that shall mention is what YOU
call grit. shall never forget the
sad spectacle | presented after my
first days tryout on the football
field, and I dare say YOU will never
! forget yours. ! shall never forget
the contrast OF. the picture | pre-
scented the day before and the day
after How | did admire myself,
clad in that old faded uniform that
had been assigned me for practice:
how proud | was as ! pranced out
on the field | was like boy used
to be when he would get pair OF
red top brass toe boots. But q my,
the day after: it is so real to me
now. The morning when | tried TO
get up. for some reason my limbs
would not work. the joints would
not move and when tried to find
the sore place | could not, but soon
discovered that il was all over me.
II tell you it took grit To drag my
poor aching body into that uniform
the second day and il took still
more when the coach told me TO
fall on the ball. bar thank goodness
i persevered by that Scotch-lrish
grit of nay forefathers and each day
found me with more nerve and
more grit
But there were numbers of other
fellows who went for the first day
TROUT who never came back they
had not counted the cost and the
nerve failed them They remind
me of what the Master said OF the
man who started to build the tow
er without first counting the cost
that having laid his foundations and
started to build he cannot finish be-
cause he had not counted TIE cost
the Master suggesting how foolish
lit is for a man 10 start out to be
his follower. not knowing what sac
rihce and service following Jesus
Christ Will demand OF Him
You fellows have seen men in
the football game who had all The
appearance Of football player;
with a splendid physique. good
weight and perhaps quick mind
and who perhaps showed up well in
practice games but who when the
rub would come in a real game and
there was a need for fearless action
and a display of grit, they would
fail and show the yellow streak
These kind are not material for
the football field.
I la the more serious game OF life
there viii come times when there
Twin be call for men of nerve and
/ fearless grit, there win come times
when the 0aIl will be on your five
/, yard line. when your line men must
i hold like granite wall or the game
! will be lost: there win come times
when you must without fear hit the
| line With all the fury and impact
of lightning bolt. tearing down
the defense OF the enemy, your en-
envy and mine-sin and in such
time IL the nerve fails and the vel
low prevails the game may be lost
and our glory fade away.
/ The second quality Of foot
oail PLAYER / shall mention is
knowledge Of the game
What kind of game would
man play who knows nothing OF
footbaIl2 lie would be subject to
two dangers. either running over
some one else or some one running
over him
what would signal code mean
70 man Who knew nothing about
the game Il would he meaning
less jabber
II Is the same with the man who
knows nothing OF the 10y. peace and
consolation Of the christian life
and the experience of grace.
Those testimonials and expres-
sions are meaningless labber to
the nnhebever as the apostle ex-
presses u "foolishness"