, 1876-01-03

living soul, presume but II tscetns ~ II all Tue
poor sonf could do was 10 make living
md send some Of ita onn sort forward, md, y
Tho record Of the ye.rs is r,eit. u took hin al
tha. whttc 10 do this. and then TO- get away out
Of tho world. o. It may ba true in this way
know family can trace By tho eafpe pnmo Tor
mora ttlan 600y Thoy live In Tho hea1t of
Engsods bn they h.v. not sot herd ct mutes
wearosseksed with 4 dovl and did great deal OF
mischief. They hAyo never hecn kuept out OF
their eddy round and round for m inathnt by
the mighty tldes o. i'fe thu hnvo Hurgod nd nd
rleon aud fallen NTH this tides. 10 The things did
used to watch Inst summer in ebs rtyos.
Tho living soul In thom ts SO h!ow
10 its motion that 1t bas not yot got ont Of tao
dark ages. They arc good pcoplo IN their way,
but tue frat man Of tho limo We boar Of might
question them On the things nearest thots heart.
and he would Aud these things almost exactly
~ he left thorn 80 why atould 40 not BAY tue
long he Will live yet no nan can g1ess. fer In all
osaon,jal qualitloa that 10 tue old allow life ovor
again. Tho lonE mechanic pacing to aud fro.
The gray Be* life and apashet!c end =
wo can fluid tho worth OF Cur Ito. when Ne try
10 take stock this nav yeAr. We can serve God
In spirit and In truth away down among tia coal
beds, tho petroleum ren. tho iron mines,
tno salt mines, A., aud 20 stone 1nxtnsss
these helpless heapa Of tn,!tor, and do our part
in turning them to good use.
Or re can BorYe God 10 the first man did who
maize mprk in the worlds hlatory. and 20 ID
counted tho frs. man. by taking hold Of tho
tllturs that grow up 10 ce'tan worth Or beauty,
nnl thon tlaye to stop and matt for living soul
to inform thnm xith its life, and plaoo shc.n
uhoro they Will do most good. Thsro il + touch
Of prcrumnton IN nayts Tint tue Maker canuos
do this that. but we can truly say lie wi! nat
| 10 THIS OF tnat, wbrn we tava once found out
the order ot tho world. lie will not make thesc
| y. air,cs gov wheat or corn 10 any good pir~
poao. except We saka hold and Work with
HIM. We l,ufn TO help Him tlnd tile appla
| in the crab. tho Catawos grape IN tue Wild
| scctlliaE, tho eoubIs FoBo In tho single,
tho higher uso in tho horne, tho. loyalty IN the
| dog, aud thousand things beB,dos tnat uon!d
come to dead halt on their upward marsh it
we were not hero 10 lead thenl on, anu this 'u
tho tirst thing to be eute about for tho old Year
mud tho now: that mn doing ao1nsIhing which
reaches into this need for living soil. l speak
mon AZ dclying for coal OF sspEosdlng i round,
OF making tricka Or sstiuG them. or adllns, INV
| mitc in tile hutnp1est way to this wealth which
comes through tho living soul, It III large
| Qae4tlon--nH large, as We eaY, al oil outdoors !;
but this IL tho bcauty aud the Cory Of y, tnat
God speaks through it to tho lImb1est. honoH.
tonlor on Ills footstool who does bis levcl bsss:
and atYs' I cannot .sans mnso that ,x,ta., Wola
yuu any. nore than without those who
hold In thcir hearts my chu,ce.t iuspi1 attons,
Here. then, In tic prime pc, tho universal worth
Ut tlo living soul sho dignity Of the tnan who
!s tna ~ tnns ~ H., ;s,roa .-,,ao thar
" aisa1 "u ~ III. t,nn.Tor,.;s ,,"t ~ ~
| lnnor man. M man so far need despair IL look.
ts ousnt 'a @!,i- .trnIa =; ~. vn,r tf,,t wa
mc nan "e b. o el,a, =, ~ ~, niv for
mans sa1e but for lis oHn sake, for bow elso
should 1t oser al,ox forth its hidden wo'tu. O:
beauty, or iitnoss, aud 20 glorIty it, u 'kor7
h.a ua. u, ~ s.,tnh ,o''ar ,,S ~ ,,to III. XIII
nSn 1oe H.. t"n co,,.'tnr "t'.e" A'''t h'0 tsS
! '''' 'n' egv.ca, ~. .sa,ot ~. r,,b ,o,.
1!s nsau sasJop sa's0l on iho a'oe aecsn. ~ ''o'
IN" sa nsa,ant M 'os ON she sojl
Tle hcwer II. tho quarry.
| Tae d.Iser OF tho coal,
The money 1ays the hand,
Hut 1t cann't pay she toHI
| Dat this OF course Ia uot tho uho.e truth
about tho worth Of Tho living soul. For a.
thnro In perpptuai need at it fu Nntute, 10
ho!, loss waiting in hun,anitssSs have trica to
| touch Ia The rauges OF life below humanity, an
inert mind as tllero is mort matter. spirits ipl-
prsaoneI In Au1nau bodies TINT have to bo dises,-
tLr4!Ied, latcnt powers that walt to. be called
l;sa,.ao yafeS. to "he' NO '''''s ~"''0S TO DO 's
And s,sI psecisc,y ~ tho slo.t High can not OF
viii not pass certain linz IN there
1
ool,suoring, but muat then work through q
IlYny soul, 90 1t Ia With this inert and helI:less
and Lalf-made hun,auity-somo liriug Boul must
take hold aud do for lss what re cannot do fol
ourselves. That ia tho higher and deeper reaso
why We wrote tho new date yeotofday 1870, be,
cauao 40 long ago soul came into tlis world ol
Aucl, au iutenaa quick holy puwcr to La . us
that no date = naw orA from Ills birth. 1t was
10 great aud good, 10 generous, no heelloss ol
itsoif, so heodfn for ia, that tho new ora is nc
lapnazard, 1t is tho nndesscoge Of the date Of I
new lge for tho wotld time when living eou
came to teach III tho full secret OF living. Tht
first Adam, - Pau! says, mas m1ia liy
ing soul; tho last Adam wau made
quiokcnlng spirit. The old ray Will
liuuauity before Christ waa to gather IN tho new
way after Christ was to pour CUT. Philosophy
taueht YOU TINT YOU wore rich III the 1noaauto o
Nlat YOU could acnuire, Christ taught you tha
you wcro rich in ihs measure ot What you cou!t
pour out. Only those things au,i these nen ar'
worth your notice. All thhs God has mado. ant
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