The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1936-02-22

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Him that he would not send them
now into the Everlasting Abyss
but let them enter the great herd
of swine feeding at the moment
ON the mountainside above the
lake 90 Their Opportunity. Je-
sus granted their request not so
much to punish traffic that may
have been illicit as to demonstrate
the destructivenesS of evil spirits
and to emphasize the value of a
man. "a Their destructiveness.
At once demons left the man and
entered the swine which there
upon to the number of two thou
sand rushed down the slope and
were drowned in the sea.
THE GADARENES PUT
PROPERTY BEFORE PEOPLE
Notice: CD Report of the
Swineherd. Of course, the swine
herds were utterly aStounded.
They fled the scene in wild dis
may. They spread the news in vii
lage and country. Soon the people
of the district had flocked togeth-
Ell in great numbers. (2) Recov-
cry of the Demoniac. There be-
fore their very eyes was the we'll
known demoniac completely cur
ed, sitting calmly in the center of
the throng, and absolutely in his
right mind. And there was the
Great Healer who had driven out
the demons by the thousand. They
stood aghast with fear. 60 Re-
quest of the People. Instead of
rejoicing over the cure of their
countryman and over the presence
of such a Person as Jesus among
them, they began to beseech them
to depart from their border. Sad
indeed that men then and now
should prefer their swine to their
Savior
PUT PEOPLE
BEFORE PROPERTY
% People and Property Are
Needed. They make the world go
when they 60 together for the
good Of all. Every person should
possess what he can wisely use
for himself and others. Property
need not be a hindrance and a
surse. 1t ought to be blessing.
(2) People Are Worth More
Than Property. Is this statement
trite? Think a moment. Look at
the oppressor grinding down the
poor. See the vendor of intoxi-
cants and harmful drugs. Yet the
statement stands!
90 Christ Puts People Above
Property. One healed demoniac
was worth more than two thou
sand swine-worth more than the
empire of the Caesars! Human
values are the highest values in
the universe.
|. (4) Christ Saves People and
Property. He saved the demoniac
from the lowest depths of deprav-
ity and made him a good man at
home and a fervent evangelist
among his countrymen. An q
those two thousand swine-how
better could they have been in;
vested for the good of the Gadar-
enes and of the world to this day?
60 Demons Destroy People
and Property. There was an able,
bodied Gadarne with great capa-,
city and obligations and oppor-
tdnities, ini'utter physical, moral
and spiritual collapse. That is
what foul spirits do for a man.
And when the same foul spirits
get into, even swine, see the eff
feet in the destruction of proper
ty.
60 Hirelings Put Property
Before People. Thus they get
their pay. They are in the clutch
es of greed. They live for lucre.
They measure manhood by the.
hire they get from the swine
trough. -. 80.
.a(6 Country Sometimes Puts
Property Before, People. What
about debauching the :. citizenry
with strong drink for the revenue
that it brings into. the public
treasury? What, about laws that
enrich some and impoverish 9TH
ers? Sometimes a country puts a
higher estimate. upon the proper
ty than it does upon its people.
(S) Christians Should Always
Put People Before Property. That
is what Christ did in Gadara and
Galilee and his whole life through
from Bethlehem to Calvary. And
that is what we must do if we are
like Him and join Him in making
a better world. --