St. Paul daily globe., 1890-06-23

tress; the short look ease of change.
The long look is more of intellect; the
short more OF feeling. The peril of the
short look is to forget the future; the
peril of the long look is to forget the
present. The tendency of the short
look is to make man drudge;
the long a visionary. The man OF
the long look is in danger
of being vague, the short Of being par
row. The peril of the long look is to
forget present duty in future Joy, the
peril Of the short look is to forget pres
ent joy in anticipation of future duty. g 8
The greater man is the more COM
plete must be his embodiment OF these
two ways of looking at life. The longer
is his look into the aim of life, the crea=
ton of character into Gods likeness,
the shorter is his look into the immedl-
ate ways and means of the formation of
this likeness. The Apostle Paul looked
at life in both these ways. He looked
at life, seeing at once cross and crown
which God, the righteous Judge, was to
give him. He looked at life, seeing Ill
life an aim, the end of life He who Is in.
visible. He looked at life also as one
looks at life as fight which he must
fight. as faith which he must keep, as
race which he was to run. He looked
at life as time, place, an opportunity
of service, tand his look was short.
as brief as the day. He looked at life
also as reward. yet his sight was as
long as eternity. A long look Paul had
for truth, and short look for duty. A
long look for the eternal future, short
look for the passing present.
at life. Short was his look. for he was
subject to his parents; long, for he was
about his Fathers business. Short, for
he healed the sick, whom love laid at
his feet: long, for he cured sin, and the
sinner, whom love brought to his touch.
Short, for he came to the Jews; long,
for he came to all. Short, for he fed
the famishing on bread and fish; long,
for he was the bread of eternal life.
Short, for he came for thirty-three
years; long, for he is the Father of all
time.
We know that time is short. We
know that eternity is long. We know
that in this brief time we are to have
the aid of all our friends and all the in
fuences that compose life. We also
know that into the everlasting eternity
we are to carry ourselves. and we are
not to carry our friends. Therefore. l
may say that for time we are to have a
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for eternity we are to have long look,
because eternity Is long. And because
time is short, what we are to do for
others we should see with short look.
and, therefore, do with earnestneSS,
with swiftneSs: and what we are to do
for ourselves we should view with a
long look, for we have eternity for our
selves. Therefore, with patience is to
be our Self-labor. For ourselves we are
to lay up treasures in heaven. For our
neighbor we are to lay up treasures to-
day. With our short look we are to see
every opportunity, to point out every
agent for making the present most val
liable, for blessing our neighbor with
every benediction which lip can speak,
with every benediction thatOheart can
| offer. For heaven I'VE are to see with
the eternal vision, for the laying up of
treasures which no moth can touch,
which no rust corrodes, which are
as lasting as eternity, as satisfying as
| goodness, as divine as God.