Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-06-30

lolf, without the noed OF plCtures, eymo0le |
md representations and 70 understand
md modes Of being and action, the exssclss
NJ his power, the msuner Of hia gs.verp.
Inent, the nature OF hie Iowa The iAW OF
lhe Persistence Of Force hSings ~ iace 70
Isce with him, the Spirit-powor, Witnout |
whom We mot anyshine ,nsds % snss ~
and In every ml1utest atom Of the same |
We can NO longer think Of him - mr. away
for Il y literally end really hss whisper We
hear In the txeo-tope, hts radianco thas nowe
eoidsa s:Fesm O. light nom the ne sun, . nm
fiock beiore their shepherd, through the
pasturss OF the SKY.
THY voics IL ON the rolling AIR;
hear thee whom the waters run;
Thou :tande.t IN q! the rising :nn,
"rar on thou art, but ever nigh,
have thee stili, ana 1 rejoice;
,!p,' p,'o.psr cir. circ,sd with thy voice;
Force8 Of nature 1t u Q misnomer
power and that one 10 God, In however
Infinite q variety OF rays and, beams Il
shines. Laws Of nature There 10 but
one and that one 10 God himself living out
the eternal order Of his being. Whether IL
be gravitation, Light, heat, eleotrioity
WuOtuOI - W III tuO WV uotHos snos sOs sAss
the suns and planets and floats them
through the Armament or the more e1qui.
site power that fashions the crystals OF the
SNOW fake and gently drifts their starry
host down through the air-sverywhere,
near and h.. In % svsryshing,. . svTl%s,Sn Tssn.h,n
present We no longer ask for nor need
any feeble definitions Of him. We see him.
We feel him. We live him. Undehnsble
because like only TO himself incomPte.
heusible because himself comprehending
all thinga
"He is the axis of the star;
He Ia the sparsle Of the spar;
He IL the heart of every creature;
He IL the meaning OF each feature;
Ana his mind 10 tho sky,
Than AL It holds moro deep, moro high"
There 10 no such dualism - sacred and
secular. All things are scored In which
the divine manifests itself and operates.
Religion Ii the tendency 70 bring ell things
into conformity and perfect harmony with
the all present spirit Of God. IL exists In
| all literature that aims TO acquaint itself
with and TO express .the best which has
been thought and said in the world" 1t
| moves art 10 study aud depict oil that 10
| most beautiful, that II
| "might touch the hearts OF men.
Ana bring them back TO heaven again."
| 1t strives In politics TO put the crown on
righteousness, and give TO Justice the
i EC0pt0I W00I0WltO |" BOV0Iu luOhs Whu
commerce Il sails DER the sees 70 siren gthen
the brotherhood Of the race. To science II
gives the right to ssy
my Fathers works
IT'S mine to render plain To human thought,
free free the he's slave that Ignorance r &C S enthraiis;
| l ferret hoar Deluston from his cave;
ss ss May Sraps
With God every where near In real, living
presence, religion Is every where the reach.
Ing forth to touch him, to bring all depart.
lnents of life into the divine mould, eli
human operations into harmony with the
divine activity. How can there be any oP
position between them Or what right hs.
one to say, have religion (; ye have not
For the body Ia not one member, bu
many. And the eye canno
say unto the hand, have no need OF thee
nor again, the head to tie feet, have nc
bers OF the body, which seem to be more
feeble, are necessary"
The great need OF the world to-day IL u
realize the universal immsnenoe Of God u
Ruler, Gaide, Saviour of Him who de
to the end Of the world - not to heed tb'
cry Lo, here or Lo, there I is Christ
but to accept the fact that the kingdom o
heaven 10 within the heart When l se
aun.naaS ~ ,na VIZ ,,,aro ~ 49, ~ 80
ciasi.st;caI .ovsrnmsrt ia mtnisSrv an.
mschinsrv she hniIdjnS or ornamany.tio,
n1i,s homses NJ wnrsh,n. hoy ionrdinstal,
,arsa . nronor,,"n os IL ,,ma an1 ararov \
given to such purely subjective exercises a
| nro.ohtn" .Wn,,io.,so,r 90 .Sa,a.,o1 .,
controyersies. cornpared win its Activity /,
more practical. obisctiys directions / can
/ moi hnt con fess that thera ,s .luost ,,nr,
religion in the 40. called secu,sr world tina,
in the Church. Look at the God ward tan
| dencv. the religious Agencies. that are man
| Heating tbemseI Yea In the sppl,cation q
science TO the bodily. inteiiectnaI snt
moral elevation of mankind the i'm
/ uroyement of men;s health. tbai
food.. their clothing. thar d welIinps. I'm
facilities of interoousse betveen tham. IN IN
| cure of their siIrnents ths iocressa of the,
, / uaafnIno.. ana hanp,ros. ana sha ro,,ov.