The Somerset reporter., 1893-01-05


which arr he carnival Of the wear tn,
angel, a>,uue ilesh and repeatedly h.
come visible. fhe Imagination OF tin
god i, excited and PUSHES on every sid
into furn,. -. lIc only j. rich Win
own, the day. There i no king, riel
man. fairy or demon Nhu pu-,c-sr~ suei
power "a, that. The day are EYER Iii
Vine. "A, tn the tir,l Ar>au>. They ar
Of the least prctension and of the great
est capacity ri anything that oNi-t>.
If We do not Use the gilt they bring
the. carry them IL silently AWAY.
lie lurk,. he hide hc who j. ~uece,-.
reality, Joy aud pnWer one at the il.
lu,uu- i that the present hour l. not tn
critical, decisive hour. Write II ut No1
heart that each day /, the best day ii
the year w man has learned anything
rightly until hc know that every daN l.
Doom>daS.
If one. >ueee.. in the fullest and deep
est significance II the term could he
said to depend apun any one truth, IL
might we'll be founded upon this Aud
success, i, entirely the product ut oul
mental attitude. II l. determined from
within aud neNef trom Without II i
temperament it l. magnetism ii i tate
\nd il l. .ucee-, Ia believe in the power
of the present moment; in it, decisive
force. II j. not. indeed, only true thai
thcr. are daN- which are the carnival 81
IN, wear. hui that each day should he
-ucll carnival. Il should he exalted
| hy noble rnthu>ia,m-. Illuminated by
| faith and made irresistible in H. onward
march hv conviction
! Lady Somerset expressed u potent
! truth in the opening sentence "t her adj
dress At fremont Temple last Week.
| When >he aid that We have NOW arrived
AT the ame ia which we do not regard
evil H. "a necessity. This j. one of tie
new ilumiuation>, and l. To be- received,
not only in reference 10 the world at
| large. hut in reference to unc's sell.
| Evil j. not u necessity; nor j. wrong
doing. nor taulls-to n fragrant extent.
The errors Of life that are those of judy
mcnt. thai are errors ol nlnd rather
| than OF moral, are more difficult to over
come; bat taull- that are distinctlNelN
ut the moral nature not only can be, hui
should be-. corrected and cNt"rlnlnated
from character. one III. no moral right
to continue in Il fault who's" existence
he La, once recognized. With the clear
recognition comes thu responsibility to
pluck 1t out That i, Il part of the mis-
.ion of to-day. 1t i, the present hour
which is the critical, decisive hour.
Each day i the be,t day of In" war.
Every day i, Doom,day.
It j. perhaps Il question if those Who
live in close aud intimate following I'll
the ritual of the thurcll may not come
To associate certain divine commands
with specific religious attitudes rather
than with all tho-e crises that occur IN
daily life Which most demand their aid
The Injunction. .''l'hi- do in remembrance
of Me-" comes to be especially nssocat-
ed In our mind with the Holy tolnmun-
ion and it is right and beautiful that it
be 50 but the association may not he
less sacred, but rather more. that 1t Is
not limited To the altar but extends III
to every act of life. When the impatient
word is suppressed. the unG"ncron+
feeling or Interpretation j. rcsolutclN put
down for the generous and the CHART
able one surely one may hear the
words. ',Do this in remembrance ot
Me-"
And do il to-day; not to-m"rrUW. NJ
nest year or in some vague future, but
now. "Wrtc il oD NolIr hearts lhht
each day i tlm be,t day "f lhr year.
II can III, nGi,l, the h--I day. the most
bcautiful and blessed.
mo nnn can become u -ainl IN his
,lrcu." saw In. prulnnond- -'ahd 10
fulfil the condition required demands Il
certain anorInt ol prayer and U"ri'la'i"h
by time, Just u Improvement IN any Iii
rcction. bodily ar mental, requires prep
motion and care. on VIII find Is
Won look back in life thai she moments
that stand out. the momento when You
have really lbyed. are th" moments WHEN
Won have done things IN -piril oi love.
4, memory scans the past above and
beyond all the tran nory pleasures oi
life, there leap forward those supreme
hour, when YOU have been cn3hl'd t" do
unuOticrd kindness to tht,-" round about
Won, things too tritling !" speak about,
but which YOU feel have entered into
your eternal life. | have seen almost all
,h, beautiful things that God has made;
have enjoyed almost every pleasure
tina, He has planned for man; and vet
a. look back | see standing ont above
all the life that haS gone four or I'VE
short experiences When the Love III tod
reflected it sell in seine p'"T mutation.
some small act III love et mine. AN
these seem to be the things which a'"ne
of all one, life. abide Everything else
in all our lives is t;anSitorV. Every 9th
rr rood j. visionary. But fh" atle ol
love which no man knew shout. or c;.h
ever know about they never IAN,
The test of religion i 1--we; the final
test is not righteousness, but Love; not
what | have done. moi what ! have he
iclcd, not what have achieved. hnl
how have discharged I'd" common
charities If life. BY what we have mol
done by sins OF omlu--hn, we are
Judged It could not be otherwise. For
The Withholding of love i the ncgall"n
of the spirit of Christ, the proof that We
never knew Him. that tor H. He lived in
vain. 1t means that He suggested moth
ing in all our thoughts. that He inspired
nothing in all our lives, that we were
not once near enough To Him T." h" >cih-
ed with the spell OF tfi> compaS sion Tor
the world Thank God the Christ
ianitv OF to-day i coming nearer the
worlds need. = LHiJp lIhti"!t in i'oNo7
B'igj.