Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-18

the cloud when the world is all light if we
will but see the light ?"
"And books will not help you to see the
light?"
Hold book up before your face contIn-
ually and how much light can you see be-
yond that book 2" said the old man ear
nestly.
held my head and began to try to think;
and he quietly continued:
mo, the world has run all to words; as
luxuriant garden runs to weeds in the au-
tumn; the press, tine pulpit, words, words,
words"
I could but recall the protest of Christ
against much speaking" as the kindly old
man concluded and sat silent. began to
recall that wisdom and enduring words were
born of the desert and desolate places; that
the ten commandments came down 10 us out
of the most savage mountain l had ever
seen; that Christ grew to manhood In the
woods OF Nazareth; that the Koran was
written on Storm m-bleached bones in cave;
that the face OF God was seen in the desert
only Of old; and that 1t was only to house
less bov on the desolate plains of Shlnar,
where he iound only stone for a pillow,
that the ladder OF heaven was let down.
The one main duty to man is to convince
him that death is thing not 30 be feared,
but, in Its ordinary course, TO be desired
above all things" said the master of the
quiet little school, and he continued: ITO
convince him of this he must be convinced
of his immortality. He must not only be
convinced of his Immortality, but he must
be convinced that he begins lie in the next
world precisely where he leaves of in this;
that in this way, and this way only, Is 1t
possible for man TO really lay up treasures
in heaven
And to convince man of his Immortality
and OF the preservation OF all his treasures
In heaven the best that is in him and all
that is in him must be developed. In order
that all hls senses may be developed he must
return to nature and natures God. Why
should the silly sheep have senses OF sight,
smell. taste superior to our own? Why
should even dog be able to look 4 man in
the face, or even smell bis footprint, and
know more about him in q minute than
man NAV learn in year? Not year ago,
while spending the night among the cattle
that might learn from them, saw some OF
them rise up and move sside and look, as II
they saw God or angels pass; or as if Christ
had come again to companion with the
beasts of the stalls.
Tie old man was silent a time. Then, as
none of his companions spoke, but all seemed
inclined to listen further, heS went on.
Thousands OF years ago we knew that man
met God and the angels face to face; but in
possessing the earth, grasping after gains,
going out to battle, cultiyating only the
sense of acquisition and of destruction, man
has fallen even behind the brute in the liner
senses OF vision and apprehension OF the
beautiful and good. But here at last, after
ali the ages of olackness and brutality, man
finds place and time TO sit down and medl-
tate in silence and soberness and live by the
precepts of the Sermon on the Mount"
He again rested and waited for the words
of others. AS no one spoke the master said
TO them, you do well to meet daily, to
mediate continually. For never had man
such responsibility; because never had man
since that other Eden such opportunity.
You GO we'll to leave behind you all books;
the dreary history OF continuous crimes and
bloodShed on the one hand, and the weary
round OF heightened prayers Tor impossible
things on the other hand. l admit that you
have a right to be happy, ntinually happy,
as YOU are here; nay, more, l assert that it is
not only our right TO be happy, but it is
YOUR duty to be happy, but beyond this lies
The boundless duty of the world. Let us
follow the footprints OF Christ so that one
may in some tar fair day overtake Christ
and then will the sad and weary world fol-
low in our footprints and be glad and be
good. Let US cultivate our senses by pure
and peaceful and unselfsh lives, till We at
last have the discernment of dumb brutes.
Let US teach the world that if it will only
lift up its face from money getting on
earth it may see God in heaven"