The Story of a Great SchoolmasterWells, H. G. (Herbert George)
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The Story of a Great Schoolmaster
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Sanderson, F. W. (Frederick William), 1857-1922; School principals -- Great Britain -- Biography
'Well, our Lord now proceeded to found His Galilean Ministry. And what
was the first thing He did, L----? It's quite obvious. What did He
do? Obvious. Were you thinking of what I said just now? No, sir. My
stream of words goes over you, not through you. Obvious. Now what was
the first thing He did? What is obviously the first thing He did? Why,
it's painfully obvious, even to L----. What was it? What? Where are we,
L----? L---- has lost the place. Which paragraph do I mean, L----? Read
the paragraph I mean. No. I have finished that. Next one. Obvious. What
is it about? Yes, what is it about? What is it about? Two or four? Yes,
four! Now what is obvious? Obvious! Now you've just got it, and you're
ten minutes behind. Of course. The first obvious thing He had to do
was to get a band of faithful disciples. Very first thing He did. What
did He call them to be? To be what? Fishers of Men. Obvious.
'(Five pages omitted on Empire Day, Medical Study, and Cancer.)
'Now the--er--the Sermon on the Mount. You have heard this ever
since you were on your mother's knee. At least I hope so. Beyond the
historical times of your memory. For you, the Sermon on the Mount is as
old as the ages. And yet I dare trespass on the Sermon on the Mount.
"I've heard of it before," you say. "I'm tired of it. Do something
fresh." Boys, you must go and read old things and breathe into them
the new Spirit of Life. Now what is that chapter in Ezekiel, boys? Do
you know the number of the page, and the paragraph, and the chapter?
No. What am I talking about? Why, the valley of dry bones. Never heard
of it! No. Is it in Jeremiah, Ezekiel, or where, or Habakkuk? Is it in
Ezekiel 1? No. 36? No. 37? Yes. Dry Bones. Bones. Yes. That's what. I
am going to take you to a valley of dry bones. Dry Bones. Bones. It is
your business to go into the dry bones of the past and cover them with
flesh, and breathe into them the new Spirit. I often read the Sermon on
the Mount. It never bores me. I have more excuse to be bored than you.
I learned it, gracious goodness, how long ago! Beyond Historic times. I
loved it as a boy. Dry Bones.
'(Three pages on the Sermon on the Mount.)
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