American messenger . A MAN UNDER AUTHORITY BY REV. GEORGE ERNEST MERRIAM Minister of Calvinistic Congregational Church, Fitchburg, Massachusetts REV. G. ERNEST OT many martial figures areenshrined in the pages of theNew Testament. Two of theGospel writers, however, havesaved from oblivion one suchpersonage, a most interestingpersonality indeed, thoughnameless. Tradition speaks of him as Marcellusand again as Quirinus; but the sacred authorsleave him nameless, as though nomenclaturewere unimportant compared with character. Nameless, then let us consider him. Enoughto know him as the R
American messenger . A MAN UNDER AUTHORITY BY REV. GEORGE ERNEST MERRIAM Minister of Calvinistic Congregational Church, Fitchburg, Massachusetts REV. G. ERNEST OT many martial figures areenshrined in the pages of theNew Testament. Two of theGospel writers, however, havesaved from oblivion one suchpersonage, a most interestingpersonality indeed, thoughnameless. Tradition speaks of him as Marcellusand again as Quirinus; but the sacred authorsleave him nameless, as though nomenclaturewere unimportant compared with character. Nameless, then let us consider him. Enoughto know him as the Roman Centurion, or simplyas a man under authority. How significanta phrase is this—under authority. It is themans own description of himself, an autobiog-raphy in brief, a thumb nail sketch, a self-painted miniature, a self-made cameo. Not anunnecessary word or line, not a wasted strokeof the brush; only an outline, but how clear-cutit stands, in bas-relief—this strong white soldierspirit, this man under authority. And stepping out of the remote past, how heenriches the present and how in keeping withit he seems, this decade the most tumultuousand terrific ti
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