The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-06

a-a urorrv Things are taken too rsncn
for granted by one Or both Il Is nard 20
say gsnere the fault Hes Life = simply TOO
material and neither has the courage or
strength 10 bring back the spiritual Then
one grows ii and dies. Swiftly the can
seioasneSs OF che real love buried SO long
and deeply through the by-gone years
axakerrs zzTh fierce regrets The lifeIess
body Is venerated with almost superst.-
toss devotion Too much cannot now be
done 70 attest the love. bat u Is not the
Amounting afore5znd TO the burying. That
which : most human in us Is the craving
for sympathy. Christ asked for II and
gave II. Many kfe IS carrying 10 the
grave the burden that some spoken word
or love or appreciation might relieve.
What a pity that she hearts best gifts
are so often held back til after death.
ON. do not let US wait 10 be just or p.tiful
or deuonstratlve toward those We love
until they or We are struck down with III
ness or threatened with death. Life -
short and We nave never too much time
for gEaGdening the hearts OF those who
are travelling the dark journey with us.
Oh. be swift 20 love. Make haste 10 be
kind
she IL come aforehand to ano.nt my
body" The church. the visible, organized
company Of Christian people Is called the
body Of Christ. There Is sense in which
this body may be ano.nted aforehaBd-
While Christ has promised 10 be with MS
church TO the end OF the world, its growth
or decay; it's life or death IN any conf
muntty depends upon the service and sac
rifice OF us members. OF what avail after
the local struggle and failure 10 wish that
one had done his part better? The king
dom OF Christ - marching onward over all
the world and the day is not Tar distant
when all the nations of the earth snail
become part of this great spiritual king
dom, but ghe shame and the sorrow Tor not
sharing In the conquest VIII rest on those
who anointed not this body aforehand-
The heart that loves the kingdom OF God
viii sacrifice according to the measure OF
that love. The missionary spirit that IS
sending so many Of The best young men
and women OF Europe and America into
lands where the light of Gods truth -
feeble Is a part OF this same principle of
amounting the body Of Christ while there is
tine and opportunity.
In another sense. the whole body OF hu-
mainly IS the body OF Christ ard all the
love and pity the human heart can put
forth IN action ere any part of this hu-
mainly dies is the amounting aforehand.
Many who have the means TO mitigate
human suffering or 10 uplift some sunken
portion of the human race prefer TO await
the,r own death before making the gift.
1t Il customary 20 leave II after death by
ones will In this respect how much bet
ter 10 anoint the broken body OF humanity
aforehand. The value of the gift is large
~ destroyed by the failure of one TO have
a personal part in the amounting. II is not
a real gift 10 let il go when one can no
longer hold or use 4. In every community
there is dying Christ. on all sides are
opportunities OF amounting the body OF Je-
sus aforehand. Christ himself says that
ne is 70 be found IN the bodies OF the poor
and friendless. sick and Imprisoned In
asmuch as We did II unto the least OF these,
We did n unto me" He who serves hui
mainly serves Christ. He who brings his
gifts of love and lays them down at the
foot of the cross. the cross that symbol
ICES sacrifice for human lives, is serving
Christ. Let us anoint this Christ afore-
hand.