The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-09

U4lulE MI HIOOuN
A us; but is not mar
worth more thar
these?
In a recent religious periodical there
was . picture Of asarOvsxOt anipals
being driven through a passage IN
stock yard. In connection with the pie
ture was a verse OF poetry, describing
these as going to the slaughter with
out a care. without q dream Of death,
without a quickened breath, all un.
knowing, and the last words Of the
verse were these: "And these are
sheep" There was another picture OF
young men marching along a city
street. They were in civilian clothes,
but each carried a bundle as It going
on some very uncertain Journey. They
were described as smiling to cover
hearts that faltered. They knew their
fate; they were touched with fear and
hate. They were recruits going to the
slaughter too, ana the last words OF
inc verse were anu tnsss AFe men.
NO no' oniS III Tue uays VI cuF Aoru'
ou' IN tnesv uuys lne QUESTION may
De asxeu' - man oe''ef 'nan .
siieep'
popular estimate.
A nan Is worth more than a sheep
IN dollars and cents. In the days OF
slavery In this country a strong negro
maj would fetch more In the market
than a sheep. Today II a man Is Killed
by a public conveyance, more can be
recovered on mis- Life than on the life
sf q sheep. The higher valuation Is
largely because intellectually man Is
far above a sheep, Whatever may he
the intellectual power q . horse or
q dog' eeftalniy q sneep u c0aslaeFeo
east lntelleclual OF az ANIMALS
Man q moral nature o. Wnicn 'tne
sneep IL apparently aosoiutely devoid;
MS SPIRITUAL nature puts MN 1ar Q
any amman.
Mans Estimate OF Himself.
But what seems to be mans esti-
mate Of himself as compared with a
sheep? To preserve a sheep Is to pre-
serve perishable property or material
interests. TO preserve nlmsel1, MS
whole oelns, Is 20 preselve ms ap.ri!.
ana interests. . - =
acIlns =. = poln.. ~ ns nos
nore 'lme. .nousut anu IaDol
'ne lungs tnat pe uuu " .ne
tnlngs tnat enuure! Ooes 'ne oio
~ peep in'eresl ~ lue llos
papers ~ the nouse = wussllp W
aye % ns''.al1y az
q pace u alnuselnen. ls .ne .nousn
u 'ne "oIiu ue..el a. ne Y.
tna' ol p'eaS'ns nlln
man seems 10 De quite, enthuslasuc
ID the propagation OF sneep' spenulas
money witnou seins giving tnousnt
tlme 70 tnef suoJect' out. nov
FareaS uoes e eonsluer .ne
Ion u: tne ,iisAt Atnu ~ ne 10
sloiy ~ tn1s uas topas
Ior q slaukn.er ~ WA "oulu ~ ~
lllel 10 : N u sneep : :.
nc 1ooo matAeE ~, ,.:I
Gods Estimate OF Man,
What u Gods estimate Of man! Did
No not create him IN Ills own. image
ind likeness? Someone has said man
s the paragon of creation. God did
,ot do SO with sheep. 1t Is true that
everything In creation wa good. but
10 creature was In the likeness of God
Except man. God made full provision
or the preservation Of his own like
less, making mans environment most
'ongenial to such preservation, and
man demanded liberty of moral
God presented the strongest
plea for obedience. When man
ell. God still held before him laws Of
asy performance and connected with
hem the fairest promises Of blessing.
As man demanded neral freedom In
he garden Of Eden, SO today every
nan liz responsible to God for his
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