Show MAN BEHIND DEUINO WORD l MOST osT 1 IMPORTANT ANT I Means Much More Than Man Behind the Gun Says Rev Benj Young CARRIES IN PROPORTION diameter of Cn lio 1111 s De- De l hl of 11 Ho lie Sa Says S At the Hie First Methodist church Sunday Sunday Sun Suit day evening the thc C Rev Ite Benjamin Young took toole r Or I his topic Great lt Sayings of Jesus or 01 the Seven Se 1 Ams Aimis Th The congregation was a Im large e one and amI tho tIm sermon selmon Was listened to tu with much interest Mr rr Young said ald In part palt The fhe man mail behind behind the word Is a an as important us as time the man behind the tho gunIn gun In In- fact fact- act I think the thc man behind the wor word Is the more inore important of the time two The rime wor word carries as far fur as us the character of or the time man titan behind th the the- WOl word I 1 ai am nm always suspicious o of the devil as aJ a reformer Before he lie can calm become an apostle of reform he lie must be regenerated d. d It I Is absolutely true tru I that a mans man's word carries In proportion ion Hon to his character in business s or ot- social life and in ever every line hue of human human hu hu- hU 1 man activity nall of Xa I Time The Master gave utterance to tu some profound things Hack Back of them all was a a. pure nure symmetrical hol holy character r. r I have looked for COI evidence of the divinity of or Christ In holy writ anti and ant have havo bc been cn Impressed cd o of certain evidences e to logIc logical I reason and argument argument gume gu me ment In some of his great sayings The Vl very daring of the Nn helps me ml to believe In his divinity dl Had HIti Socrates uttered some ome of the things which the Master uttered the world would long ago aso have ha e dh discredited them because of the abnormal abnormality of the thc man Plato ulc uttered red tome sonic great glent things yet he saIl said that slavery was wasa a natural Institution and that weman woman woman wo wo- man was a degenerate form olm of man man- kind He lie asserted that an old slave S should be he given the thc same ame consideration ton tion as an old plow We do o not look 1001 for or sayings like those the Master te uttered uttered ut ut- from 10 such men as these But the pure radiant le life or of the azarene azar- azar ene gives credence to the thc statements Thc They sound natural when the they come conic from him I 1 nm run the thc bread of oC life I have hC S heard that before I l search Holy Writ It S Sand and I Hn lind that Moses ro e heard those words Tie Tacy sound In our OU ears as they did to Moses Divinity Di is h. behind teem m No philosopher dare dat-c give ut utterance ut- ut terance to such words word And yet et there Is no egoism in Jesus The Til four greatest greatest great great- est cst writers In the worlds world's history are arc sl said to be Homer Dante Goethe and Shakespeare You may search the thc writings s of Homer you ma may go o through the 11 Inferno with Dante you ou ouma ma may rend read the tragedy of Goethe or 01 you ma rutty mt stud study the dramas of ot Ir S Shake Shake- you p tC you ou will wt lind that they all lack S wh when n compared with wih the doctrine and amid all jf Jesus of oC Nazareth None of oC them dared to sJ say his work was sufficient to the souls soul's SOUlE life Cc Light n ns as a u Ho He said si too I 1 am the J light h of the world Science says f'S that light is the time greatest purifying agency Sunshine I Is a foe to all al deadly bacilli The Tho l light hL received from rom the life Jfe of the Nazarene Is the greatest purifying agency C in the world Revolutions nc have ha come natomi nations na na- ima- ima tomi have ha been heen transformed and many parts of or earth have bc been n m made de glorious through h. h the truths of theone the theone theone one who learned his his- lessons at the carpenters carpenter's car car- Pouters penter's bench or out in the time open b by blue Galilee I I 1 am the door A door signifies hospitality home and welcome I f fam Iam am tie tH goo good shepherd nl means care cam forethought and se search for the Im lost t. t I 1 am the vine hime nn and I 1 am ami al the thc way arc mo beautiful metaphors that have haw captivated S sated the heart of the world calU 1 But the best of all al is I am the limo limoS resurrection and the tho life Tragedy S I comes to many homes death robs lO u us of Air of-Air loved od ones and amid in lii we i ourselves ourel our our- selves els el s must die die bul but in all al the tIme dai li linens S n floss that thickens about us there is il hope fur for us In the words of or truth backed b by the tho splendid lh life of or the tho matter master Surely urel we can join with wih L nO Ross can CRU in his tribute to the time Man Ian Manof Iano L Lof o of Sorrows 4 nelo c e low How In thy glory glor noble founder Th Thy w work rk Is th thy divinity established Between timer thee and I God I no Ito lon longer er an any distinction death eath take tae poss lon of or orthy thy kingdom whither shall follow folIo over o the royal rOal path thou hast trodden trodden trod trod- den ages of st woi worshipers snipers Whatever el surprises iss ma may come In the world worship wor WOI ship of thee will wl be ever e young Joung Jh Thy legend will wi ill ever lind n ready ad earl ears cars and I thy suffering melt time the of al all Age will wi proclaim pi that thaL among the thc sons of ot men there thelo is hs none non greater than that t Jesus Jesus p I |