Emphasis Preaching Journal
Daniel Young, in a...
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Daniel Young, in a speech at Hillsdale College, related how ermine -- small animals widely valued for their fur -- were hunted in Europe. Hunters would search out the den of the ermine, and daub the den with filth, before setting the dogs loose. When the ermine would run back to its den for shelter and find that it must soil its coat to enter, it would turn and fight for its life. It would rather have its coat stained with blood than dirtied with filth. It would sooner face death than sully itself with filth.