Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1917-08-02

when they were pursued and tortured,
ABE unafraid." God, who has com
manded the burden, will, first OF all,
command the strength. The faith of
Christ is worth dying for. Liberty and
Justice and truth hold eternal worth.
In the moment that II darkest, just
above you you will find the open heav-
ems, one standing there like unto the
Son OF God. With radiant faces and
exulting hearts, therefore, these noble
men who achieved our liberties went
toward their martyrdom. Never were
there such witnesses 10 truth. or these
heroes the world was not worthy.
Their achievements and testimony
make IL impossible 10 doubt that the
great ideas Of the Christian religion
and democracy are worth dying for
and that these idcns carry full power
to lift those who possess them into the
realm OF light far above poverty, phys
teal pain and death.
Witnesses to Gods Power.
The illustrious dead are witnesses to
an Invisible God, through whose power
aud help Ney endured, Their test
mony is that the greatness Of man Is
the greatness Of God in him, william
the Silent understood when, In eNph
nation Of his ever widening career. hc
said that 1t seemed rs Il his victory was
not $50 much that he had reached w
and grippcd Gods hand rs that Got
had reached down aud lifted him ~
The lord protector Of England under
stood the principle when he said, 'No
man knows how high he willrisc when
he steps into Coils chariot and allow
| himself TO be swept forward by the
stecds OF Col" Tho difference In great
men and small Is not SO much the az
ference in their birth gift rs IN the
way they allow themselves 10 hc used
Some men ARE stitf ucCkcd aud uH
yielding When the opportunity cUmN
and the crisis Is acute aud the provi
d,ncc Of God viii, like nooltid
sweep them forward they will not L..
~ Of themselves and the tide Gibbs.
Great Men and Small.
The difference between mcu is II
the difference between kinds ~ clay
one clay Is plastic aud Yields itself e.
the gcatlr touch Of the potter an
comes forth ont " the Hnmc porrclah
priceless H. Is beauty Another INN
OF clay Is sta and uuyiclllns nuG car
only be nodded by the potter lulo 10
vessel Of common use There wcu
was only one man. Moses, who va
willing TO surrender himself 10 10
Will OF God and follow the CLEAN
There were many rulers IN the SauhD
drim. but only one had eyes TO l-r,clv,
The heavenly vision and ears tina
heard the unseea speaker There wer'
many young men In the University e
oxford when Englnnds great cris'
came. but there was only one who IN
sensitive to the divine overturr- al.
followed God. the Unseen Leader ~
III John Wesley became q world ilfl
ence and one OF the greatest ~ mci
Example In wise teacher The gree
man who has pu, things 10 the proc
has earned the hgbt to counsel les.
men. This 10 the testimony Of the
lustrious dead a. to their bnttlc al.
their victory. I'VE endured aud Won b
seeing God. who Ia invisible
Mstivss o. Pride and Self Respect g.,
Men Toward Higher Liz.
Motives OF self respect and p,rsora
pride. therefore. should urge men :,
ward the higher Christian NE. SOM
times pride IL an upward lifting Iuil
~. and sometimes pride looks down
ward and becomes vanity and self cot
ccit concerning things that pcrls'
Now that Admiral Dewey has nnishc
his course and kept the faith Of pa
trtotism. every citizen hoDors 'hc nj
miral for his noble pride In his nchlev,
ments In Manila bay. When the hon
came for him 10 clone his eyes uj,o
earthly scenes and prepare TO meet III
patriots. the soldiers and martyrs VII
had died for liberty, be must have lei
that he would come IN honorcd. know
and waited for. II Is the captain VII,
betrays his trust who II conscious ~
shame To lose battleship In defenS
OF ones country and 10 die upon n,
deck II praiseworthy for Nelson nuc
Farragut
But to he on a battlcship and cnt AM
drink and feast while the trade wlnf
blows the great ship upon the rocA.
Is to be looked upon with shame. Tin,
careless commander anticipates th,
hour when his fellow officers will ten,
OF his epaulets. break his sword and
reduce him to the ranks. So terrible 4.
that ordeal that men have lost thcl
reason In the hour Of disgrace. ru
such henceforth all life becomes an IN
ferno Such an hour came to Bcncdlri
Arnold. who died one Of the most mis-