St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-09

help bear burdens. The wealth of low
ing kindness and treasure-trove OF
mercy are for anybody who will rub the
ALADDIN'S LAMP OF FAITH.
The possibility of spiritual achieve
ment is open to us all. 1t is the highest
life. 1t has functions for all mans
powers. Few men use their full limit
of faculties. They sink down in some
puddle of selfshness, moaning, sWhat
shall we eat and whereWithal shall we
be clothed?' blind wholly to the vast
areas of Gods providence iD which they
might make fruitful Imagination, heart
and will. Christ calls man to rise and
be king. He bids him rule himself
and SO conquer life. Vain is it to plead
our weakness and sin. Is not God good
enough and strong enough? The DIVING
is at our disposal. Heaven dawns, hell
fades, and the earth bows down before
the eyes of him who seeks God.
The merchant sold all to buy this
pearl. Always you get the pearls for
which you pay. We are fooled often
enough about values in our surround
ings, but lapse Of time gives men some
thing like the vision OF the Judgment
throne. We can see quite truly Wha
were wise and great among the men of
the past. We reverence the men Wh4
were true to their ideals at whatever
cost. We may have our own opinions
as to the work of John Knox. We
honor his truth. When Edward VI.
offered him the see of Rochester men
said: ''How foolish in Knox to refuse a
place like that" But posterity does not
pause to ask what particular fool was
bishop Of Rochester, seeing only the
simple majesty and truth. of him who
''never feared the face of clay" What
shame it would have been to have
wasted John Knox on bishopric.
When in 1913 Dr.. Chalmers and his
associates in Scotland were determined
to uphold the liberty of the congrega-
ton at any cost, and withdrew from the
established church, leaving behind
them churches, manSeS and endoW-
ments. men said: "How foolish to leave
a powerful organization for a mere SEN
timent. Chalmers might have been a
great man had he remained" But the
free church, with its wonderful history
for good, and the secure fame OF Chal-
mers as Christian hero, teach us their
abundant lesson.
l wish that had power to show you
how this life of the spirit is the all
harmonizing plan of God, and Civ S us
sight OF complete and true philosophy.
Man was Gods aim always. For him
He spread out the skies, and tossed the
oceans foam. The dry land appeared
that he might walk thereon. ALI other
forms of life were sent into oblivion, OF
put under servitude. So God has forever
been saying: II will put the crown on
the brow Of man." Our Father has
wandered through worlds, and has
waited through ages for child that He
might know and love. Not content
with exhauSting earth,
HE DESPOILED HEAVEN,
and Himself took on the disguise of
flesh and walked through sorrow, pow
erty and death. ''My children must
know Me-" says the great God. In the
economy of heaven nothing has been
too great for our service; nothing so
costly as to be withheld from sacrifice.
Man is called to come forth and meet
his God. He is hidden sell all that he
may come. We have ministered to
eyes, and hands. and time. Listen
while the soul pleads: 81, too, am here.
When the eye dims, and the hand
withers, on my locks will be the dew of
uth." Let US thrust aside the world,
determined that neither life nor death,
things present nor things to come; nay,
nor any other creature, shall be able to
separate us from the love of God.
ROASTER FROM THE PULPIT.