The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-06-01

ana earnestly eudeavoring TO keep in harmony
with his music and step. Nothing Is better
.aspssd 70, the training Of the youth Of the
nation Tor the production OF patriotic lite music
IMAM the lessons learned on each Memorial day.
= IL on such occssous. a. they strew the
lover over the graves and listen to the recital
OF the noble deeds OF the persons who gave
tneir lives In the hour Of the nations need, that
they catch step and begin to learn and play the
music OF patriotism. With the youth Of our
iana reyering the memory OF this army OF the
aeao ana learning the lessons Of patriotism and
neroism that their lives teach, not one of all
d dnat vast number who became obedient unto
But II was not my intention when chose
- text those words "Obedient Even Unto
ing a., e S give you simply thoughts concern
men who gave their lives to their country in
that great civil conflict were indeed obedient
unto death But these words must be given
another, higher and q stricter application.
from one who lived before them they learned
their lesson OF obedience. As the curse OF
slavery sh had SO blighted and darkened this land
the shedding Of blood, 50 likewise
bad sin 80 blighted and dwsrfed all life on
eaItn, tnat II could be restored to its original
type only by more than human sacrifice. II
was then that the Son Of God made of Himself
voluntary offering. In due time this eternal
might unite to hs ana aI 10 COO the
human race As man had been at first created
In the image OF God, so now God is born in the
sible for God to become in the flesh. Neces-
sarily there were limitations. The human
could not contain the divine. Yet He 80 united
himself with humanity, SO COMBINED the ma
lures human and divine, as to make possible
the reconciliation of man with God. He who
mad been one with God who had had glory
with the Father before the world was, and who
himself was God, acted now in His
self-chosen state of humiliation, in his life as
Goldman, only as the Holy Spirit permitted aud
of sin, and he was heir to all the infirmities of
the flesh. Life was for him, as IL is for many of
us, toisome life. He had sorrow as well as
Joy, and in his brief life on earth he ran the
gainut of all human experience. A legend
concerning him poet has put in words as fol-
lows:
"He walked beside the sea; he took his san
To battle his weary feet in the pure, cold wave
For he had walked across the desert sands
All day long--and as he bathed his feet
he murmnred to himself. Three years. three
years
And then, poor feet, the cruel nails will come
And make you bleed; but that blood will lave
All weary feet on all their thorny ways"
for the Son of Man TO be lifted up; necessary for
him to become obedient unto death, even the
death OF the cross. "The lips divine which had
spoken words of life lay silent in the grave
And the human spirit of the Son of God was
banished from the world which lie had created,
and which he had entered In human form to
Son returned and claimed with royal power the
bodily robe He had already worn among men.
This robe He bore from earth to heaven, trans
forming It with a glory SURPRISING that of the
bright ones OF heaven, and placed on the
eternal throne. In other words He bore from
earth handful Of human dust, because that
dust had become divine, and hid it in the
When at the ascension of Christ glorifed bu-
manfty attained the throne of the universe, we
are wont to say that new era and life dawned
a mo Ia rief0
centric Christ came that all might have life
and might have it more abundantly. Around
and all the life and glory. of those years We
all-they who lived before the days of the incar-
nation and we who live now--whether we ac-
price. It was the blood Of Christ flowing s. on
conscious con p... szi.tsacs. And all he isy:
home oes'e Sn@snitv in hfsb a as.r. the
time and for the cycles of eternity, were in the
purchase made by the Goldman. And so at a
time when our hearts go out in special loving
when we have once again laid upon their graves
the flowers OF the spring time, emblems OF their
own and of our resurrection, at time when
their achievements for the American people,
past, present aud future, and for humanity have
been recounted-at such q time / would press
upon you the thought, the fact, that all these
mighty achievements including almost limit
less possibilities, would have been impossible
had not first the eternal Son of God been obedi-
Ii you have not already acted on this thought
as you ought to act, may you delay no longer.
Grateful to the men who saved this nation we
must be, both In thought and in deed If under
God the nation shall endure. Grateful also TO
the Divine man, who first became obedient unto
death, must men be IL they are to have real life.
Manifest this gratitude and you will also mani
fest to the world all that is Christlike And
though so doing you may die, yet through Christ
shall you live. God has said il in His inspired
word, and nature says it.
Forever the sun is pouring Its gold
On a hundred worlds that beg and borrow;
His warmth he sQuanders on SUBMITS cold,
His wealth on the homes of want and sorrow;
To withhold his largess of precious light
Ia to bury himself in eternal night.
To give
Is to live
The flower shines not for itself at all;
It's Joy is the Joy IL freely diffuses;
OF beauty and balm 1t is prodigal,
And IL lives In the light IL freely loses;
No choice for the rose but glory or doom,
To exhale or smother, to wither or bloom.
To deny
Is to die.
The seas lend silvery rays to the land
The land its sapphires' streams to the ocean;
The brain to the heart its lightning motion;
And over and over we yield our breath,
Till the mirror is dry and images death.
Toll
Is 10 give.
He is dead whose hand il not open wide
To help the need of a human brother;
He doubles the strength of his life long ride
Who give his fortunate place TO another;
And a thousand million lives are his
Who carries the world in his sympathies.
To deny
Is TO die