The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-13

power that comes from within will modify
and control the form without. The i'm
portant part ~ life then Is 10 attend first
10 ones own trIe individuality. Be ma
turaI. sincere. earnest. ITO thine ow1 self
b. true" thou canst not then be false
TO any man" Anxiety as 20 what others
may think may be dispelIed by being what
will eventually compel respect and COM
incubation How fortified the life that is
ceutered in principle. rooted in duty
onen need not worry then about the repu-
tation. if ne has the character The lily.
even In the seed. cannot be anything else
than a lily. The life in the seed must
come out in the flower. One Is not an
xious lest the lily bulb may bear potatoes.
AS IL was In the beginning. so now, the
herb yielding seed after his kind, and
the tree yielding fruit. whose seed was IN
itself. after his kind: and God saw that
1t vas good" The important thing is to
live naturally. TO grow as easily and As
openly grows the lily OF the field.
Whatever you are. that you shall appear.
The lily will not worry for fear IL may
become a cabbage: ii cannot be other
than IL is. IF then. God clothe the
grass of the field. how much more will he
ciothe you. Q We of little faith?" Man.
however. unlike the plant. may make his
life what he will. He may be as pure as
the lily or as coarse as the cabbage.
portant than seeming or doing, is Illus
trated by an analysis of the true test of
greatness. This test is not to be applied
outwardiy bat fnwardly. TIE truly great
man is he who influences for good the
greatest number of lives. and this influ-
ence can only proceed from, the power
that lies within man. Some seem 10
think that greatness may be generated
the outside. How many there are who
work SDYu6tntnY
through external efforts. Machine meth
DDS will not exat man. All service,
sacrifice. unseinsh ministrations that
mark the masGanimous man must evolve
from an inner principle. Out of the heart
comes heroism. No amount of activity
that is not spiritual in its source will
avail in the end. No man can be truly
great by an activity outside OF himself.
He must first be great within himself
and then the activity will be a revelation
of this greatness. The real test then is
inward. spiritual. Consider the lilies
how they grow, they toll not, neither do
they spin; and yet say unto you, that
Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed
like one of these" Solomon was counted
great and yet all the external glory with
which he surrounded himself would not
compare. saiS Jesus, with the beauty of
the lily. and that because the lily was
the natural expression of the life within.
''They toll mott No work is great I'M
less there is life behind 1t. Character
affects the work. Mr.. Ruskin says that
the corrupted Papacy OF the fifteenth
century so injuriously affected the art
world. that. from that time. there was a
serious decline in all the arts of paint
ing and sculpture and architecture. The
degradation OF religion first touched pub
lie morality and then spread to all the
arts. Character tells on skill. Where
the heart declines, the hand will soon
disclose it, THE work OF our hands is
only established as the beauty of the
Lord is upon u.s. This test of great
ness, inner not outward. should comfort
those who. having small strength and few
opportunities. mourn because they can do
so little in the way of actual service.
Remember that the greatest service is
first of all. to be true and noble and
good and then, from this will 20 forth
a power to help and bless other lives.
Who. after ALL have been the worlds
greatest benefactors? Not so much those
who have buided cities and discovered
continents and invented machinery as
those who have given the fullest measure
OF new life and hope and love to man
Practical achievement deserves praise;
IL is noble: II may even tend to the de-
veiopment of the inner life, but there is
still a higher utility than that of ma
terial accomplishments. They who write
poetry and paint pictures and bring forth
music and make books may after all be
the most useful and this activity springs
from the life within. IL might be we'll
these June days 10 consider the use OF
the field flowers. Why is there beauty
in the world? The lesson of the lilies is
TO be great first In heart and mind and
soul and then let that greatness go out
in deeds II must go out. II not in ac-
tual work, which is sometimes impos-
stbie at any rate I'm life beautiful in
the influence that 1t sheds on all around
Tie is the greatest whose soul is the
richest whose ltfe IS fullest and deepest,
No amount OF stir and hustle Will COM
pensate Tor lack of mental energy and
soul power. Here Is true greatness then.
ia the strength and nobility of character.
Such was the service Of Christ great be-
yond all helpers in material ways. Such
Is the supreme service. contributing
something 70 the worlds store If sI,iyif-
ual life. What z difference II would make
Will all OF us !: We could really believe
that the secret II the happy healfhfili
life Is 20 b. found In the being rather
than n the doing. in the character rather
than ~ "a" reputation in the service
Of 'Re heart even before the work Of
the hands. The Summer flowers may
teach us the lesson Of living as God in
tended us 10 live naturally. easily and
pe-&1tiu4iHs however h&Fu the outward
conditions. however severe the strain and
stress OF physical needs b. brave with
in, be great 81 heart magnanimous
CouEtiy, ccurageous.'' Remember tho
iltes. Whatever the care fret not h,,,
leave 4 With God. The things that can
not be helped resign unto God Have
fatth IN whaI Christ said about the lnics
ard thv lessons thoy teach. Whatever
the trouble take IL TO God.
YES leave 81 wtA Him
The lilies all 10.
Ana they grow-
They grow ln the rain
ANA they grow In the dew
cN. they STOW
They grow ia the darkness. all hia by the
They gTow iu the sunshine, revealed BIZ
thr NEA's
StI they grow.
They ask Do5 Year planting.
They need nor year care
A. they grow.
nrpppea dowu Ia the valley.
The 1rld ary& bore
There they grow
They grow in taeir beauty. arraye' in
pare white
Tney srow. clothed in story, 10y Heavens
own hight.
Saeetly srow.
The era sses are clothes
Ard the ravens arc fed
From His store.
tiut sAu " ho ara loved
Aa6 @3aTsssd sHa led.
HoN much more
. VIII I3e clethc you ana feed you ana Give
Tn4 sfts care
( Teea 3eayo IT, With HIM; lie has every