St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-04

down hill with all the load on his
hand-cart that he can possibly manage.
Ii he gives it undivided attention, and
keeps slowly moving and constantly
watching, he prevents an accident; but
the moment he stops to enjoy song or
laugh he is likely to see the load get
the advantage and go
Crashing Down the Hill.
Your life is that, and hardly more;
and If there is any other term that de-
scrlbeS 1t better, then you are more fort
innate than the majority who have
sought release.
And how shall release come?
Buddha answers that we mnst first
know that life is all sorrow and un-
worthy; then that sorrows cause is
desire and passion; then that we must
so live as to destroy all desire and pas
sion; that if you fail in doing this and
die, you are reincarnated, in a lowe r
being if on the whole you have been
worse than better i'll higher one if on
the whole you have been better than
worse; but in each case going over the
same experience of remorSe, sorrow and
misery, III one long, endless round. UNI
less YOU seek the path" and In the
end lie ddOwn TO sleep a dreameSS
sleep, where no waking ever comes,
where storms may beat and life may
struggle on; but in the unconscious
Nlryana your Slumber will be as the
sleep OF pratting babe that calls It's
mother and places its head upon her knee
ana scars away TO sweet unconscious
ness. lt is compassionate because in
Infinite pity it sees you struggling with
al the tides that heave and set against
your painting breast; it is mercifui TO
| the animal world because it sees in
every one possible human existence
III IL Losver Form,
1t is earnest because it signs for rest.
Many of its ideas are found in Chris
tlanlty, and men may without great eX-
ertion find much that appeals to them.
Its weak point seems to me the utter
lack OF evidence that men may or do
pass back into animal life. am not
able to see the least evidence for rein
carnation.
| have said it touches near the heart
of Christianity. The strongest appeal
ever made to the heart of man was that
which spoke 0fsthe world as weary and
heavy-laden and offered rest. If Mir
vana means time when we can pause
and lay Off the armor, when the hour of
enjoyment is not followed by another of
reaction to our cares and burdens, when
one hour in the future with some sense
of success, then think it is something
we all want. And it seems to me that
Christ, too, taught a Nirvana that came
from Self-sacritice. only His came III a
different way, and He did not stop with
the conclusion of negation, but found it
conscious personal existence in the
world to come. Both were based on the
Instincts OF the human life, and both
must consider this one fact. Our knowl-
edge, certein or doubtful, comes from
Knowing the Opposite.
A baby only knows what dream is
when it reaches the idea that it is capa-
bic of dreaming. 1t distinguishes be-
tween two things. So man has dim
consciousness of turmoil and rest. OF
sorrow and peace, Of despair and hope.
His apprehension of this may be very
vague, but it can be understood. And
may not we all be striving for more
light on what, if fully revealed. is imper-
fectly understood by our poor, stumbling
lmaglnationS. AS the same God prompts
all men to seek the truth there must be
many things in common in all relig-
ions; but the practical working of one
may be different from the other. Both
feel the weight OF human woes and vex-
atiOnS, but it seems to me that, instead
OF running away from our troubles, our
religion should make our strength equal
to our trials; should give us a courage
that rises to the emergency, courage
that has in it the martial ring of fight
and victory, rather than the dolorouS
wall of disbursement. And if we are
to seek rest, lett be after we have fairly
earned it by love, by Joy, by courage.