The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1896-10-01

CduSC VI llls WOnuTOuS SaCfl1Ce not
in the heat and excitement of battle.
but alone and in darkness because of
the HidfRgS OF the Fathers face.
How we respect and almost reverence
the veterans of the G.. A. X. as they
march before us because they stood
between our danger and our safety,
like wall of fire to protect. But
where is our honor to Him who
braved a fearful death that man might
live' His love is beyond brother;
coSkL, free and knows no end. Oh.
how 1t ought to touch these hearts of
ours that are so apt to grow cold as
that iron poured into the sand, and it
is only softened, tender hearts that
can feel and be impressed like the
wax by the seal. 1t is only the tear
dimmed eyes that see the King in His
wondrous beauty, like the tiny rain
drops which spread out the light in
its prismatlc beauties. 1t is only the
longing, believing heart that has the
key to unlock the bars and doors of
separation and to open out the rich
, treasures of Savior's love.
How the world needs to see him.
1t is in danger! An endless horror of
loss and wretchedness awaits it, but
Jesus can save it. Around that Pitts
ton mine gathered the women and
children, wringing their hands and
crying, and though done in kindness
it seemed like mockery to resolve and
to work, for nothing could restore
those bodies from the earth, or the
souls that had gone out into the great
beyond. Above this lost world stands
the Crucifed One, bearing their sins
on the cruel tree, and saying out OF
His indescribable agony, " Father,
fogive them for they know not what
they do" "Come unto Me all ye that
labor and are heavy laden and l will
give you rest" "And | if | be lifted
up will draw all men unto me-"
The Church needs this revelation
of Jesus; to see Him as with a scourge
of cords He drove the polluters from
His temple to hear His whitening de-
nunciations of sin; TO stir with new
life the too often dead, spiritless mass;
to make the relaxed bow-string twang
| sharply that the arrows of conviction
may fly surely; to cause the ease and
indifference to disappear IN the cur
rent Of new and joyful progress the
sweep of a marvellous victory The
Church needs still more of Jesus; TO
prevent the separation of men into
classes; church going and those who
never come; the rich and the poor,
the learned and the unlearned, the
skilled and the unskilled, the employer
and the employee. In the congrega-
ton the example shall be set
of the principles and practice of a true
socialism that leads toward Jesus and
not away from Him; that makes the
loving observance of the Golden Rule
the perfect standard in all human
relations. Then it shall be seen
that to be true servant is to be like
Jesus in at least one sense, because
He came not to be ministered unto
but to minister, that whether you are
in somebody's kitchen, behind the
counter, at the bookkeeper's desk, in
the secretary's office, or in the White
House as President, he who would be
great must be servant of all. Oh
course the true spirit of service must
be there. The servant must not be
above his master; dare not be ugly,
insolent or try to boss the house, but
faithful and true.
| Then this spirit of social antagon-
ism shall fade out and men shall be
gradually drawn together in loving help
fulness and the promise shall be sure,
aye are all the servants of God in
Christ Jesus, and, higher still, joint
heirs to an everlasting inheritance
with Christ. Jesus is the l am. In
Him we live and move and have our
being. We are then to seek not like
the African explorers the source of the
Nile, but the Fountain Head of our
blessedness, the Lord and Savior Jesus
Christ, not only to see Him in His
surprising beauty but to be joined to
Him by living faith, that we may
bring forth the results commensurate
! with the greatness of the sacrifice Of
the Son of God; and our hearts should
now inquire:
Jesus is any name so sweet as thine,
Or to my soul SO dear
Can l now say that Thou ar mine,
A glorious presence near
o, Jesus, now Thy love to me reveal.
Come dwell within my heart.
| n lat ,,Dy couI Thv lovinu i,ower feel