New Britain herald., 1926-02-15
WORLD'S BIG MEN
 COME FROM RANKS
Elevated by God 10 Do His
 Work, MiniSer Says

fI'a' mon always come from ,hc ranks o' toilcrs. according 10 Rev. William II. Aicrson. in n talk 10
 'h" members of Evcrymans Bible
 ''1s2 yesterday morning Mir. AL
 d"rson took as his subject. "The
 I''d lioad"d shepherd" telling tho mon inc story Of David.
 He said, As I read paNd's his tory l am impressed tremendously
 with tho magnitude of tho man. , Maenanlmiiy makes any man 4 big
 man, The word literally translated, means greatness of mind, hut as
 matter or fact if mnaua greatness of heart, for yoI never have great.
 ness of heart without having
 greatness of mind Non may have greatness of mind without great.
 ness of heart, hn' with greatness
 o' heart there comes always the greatness of mind.
 How hirh do you rank and how
 large do you loom? l know how
 hard it is some time not 10 get
 ,'alous Of the other follow. I know what Y is to fnl my audiences
 dropping away when the other
 f"llows' are getting bigger all the . 'imo. know wha. you feel likn
 when the mon working on the . bench next 70 you gets promotion and raise in pay and hc goes on
 np until he is tha foreman over i you and you arc still working at 'Ne same old bench. Are you big enough 10 overlook this feeling or Iealosuy"
 "Whcn the other fellow begins
 70 get ahead Of you in business. an'l you watch his business forge ahead, whlo yours sonms to stand
 still. arc you big enough 10 oyor- look th" thing? Magnanimous ! enough and large enough of mind and heart 10 lot him get ahead and say More power to him. while you
 are putting inc hest Of your living
 Into building up your own husi-
 ness? Jealousy and bitterness are always tho mark Of small man.
 mover the mark of big man Gun over the list of immortals and you
 will find they wnro men who were grhat-htartcd: The Lees and 'hc
 1incolns, the Bccchcrs and tho Frookses. great hearted. great.
 sonlhd men, all Of them. Not
 petty soul among them.
 How small or Big Are You?
 How small arc you this morn
 ing, or how big arc you this morn.
 ing? l am challenging you mon 70
 look into the life of David and find
 there this spirit Of big g-hcartodness and carry 1t out this coming week
 into the store or office or wherever
 your work may be, I}t big cnour.
 10 overlook this petty jealousy: hc big enough 10 he the same to your friend when his back Is turned
 from you; be magnanirnous 10 your enemy when he is down. Go out 1 this coming week and try 10 goy that spirit into your life.
 How many of you are willing tv : admit that you have stained your manhood this week?
 T am wondering whether VOL mon are willing 10 clean up your lives this morning after somc of the things you havo done this past week. If I were to mention them here be- fore this class it would make you hang your heads in shame. You would not want the rest of the class Ito s"o you blush, You know what they are. Down in your hearts VOL ar" everyone conscious of what I am talking about. Are yon will this morning to throw yourselves into the arms of q forgiying God and let Him blot out that sin against you? David was biz enough 10 do that. l am wondering whether thcrn is anybody as big as he in this respect here this morning.
 "Whenovor God wants great leader He goes among the ranks of the toiling classes and there He 1lnds His leader. David, who was to be lsrael's sweetest singer, her great prophet, perhaps one of her greatest priests, her greatest war rior. h"r greatest king, when God wanted him He went out among inc toiling classes, He sought him ont upon the hillside tending the sheen. When He wanted a man to go down into Egypt and take that great race ot slaves and lead them out of slay- cry and mold them into n nation. He vent ur on the hillside and found another man tending sheep, and out Of that humble occupation He called Moses. When God wanted a prorhet to go into the court ot Ahab and i give Ahah and tho whole world a lesson in righteousness that they , would nevrr forget, He sent Elijah. 1 md when He wanted a man 10 give | Inc world the greatest lesson in so- 7lal righteousness before the time of he Christ Himself, He went over nto the village Of Trkoa and found humble vine dresser. a fellow whose sole occupation was 10 climb ID the trees and puncture the figs n order that they might bc edible. That was Amos job, and God called linn to give the world its great les 'on in social righteousness.
 Abraham Lincoln
 God went down into Kentucky 'ome time ago and called out a man here whom He wanted 10 lead this nation through. perhaps. its Ereatest 'rtSis. He took man who never 'Ht had done anything but split rails md called him to he the leader of his nation in the timo of lis great ,risis
 When God wanted a great