The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25

''hts eye MAS rot dsrn aoE A4s h@Ass - go
& batssJ" lie uasSs have oe@a another
Gladstone IA eefying age. For over "
years be had held On 20 the one great ply
xss3N. "a the face ~ trials enough 20 crush
a thousand leaders b marvellous powers
Il geneFalsaip be had al Last brought as
army up 30 lhe very entrance 20 the LANG
OF rromize. From the top OF Pissah MOSES
views the land % Gslsad unto Dan ans al
a.. re9f9.. unto the utmost sea- BaoyAnt
wien hope eager with enthusiasm. ne
lssg<s tsaycnd the swift rolling Jordan. olt
tast 10 ali. rs Is rot 20 20 over. II Is SAID
that Moses was deprived % the hnaa VIC
tory on account 81 "un5ssseTinsy Hos
sanrf.fyinx the Lord ard speaking IN
a15glssslty with his lips phase OF me otd
tnfssgnlfy Of a hot temper. Al any rate IL
was a severe disappointment To TIE great
iaw-E1Tsr. How deeply be iongea 10 go
over il seen in TIE prayer. Il pray tnee
Les rae re over and ace lhe good land that
f. beyond Jordan. THAI Eoodfy mountain
and Lebanon" Moses knew Dis own WEAK
ness and aktrihassd 10 this TIE nou-ErAAt-
fuN Of his prayer. II seems a. nrst a nara
thing for the Lord 10 do, cutting the ola
man off at the very moment o. MS tn
umpn IL he could have lived oniy tpng
enough ta tAae u part In the first battles
10 have seen Jericho fail OF Al taken or
the .ne aud thirty kiggs destroyed. II only
his feet could have srod9sn on the land so
lsgas waited Tor bat TO. tfse summons are
final -! have caused thee 70 see IL vita
thine eyes. bat thou shalt not 30 over
tAltaar." Was this just? A great question
IL involved here. Moses does not stand
alone In the way OF = life nnfuiBiled. de-
Hiren nnrea!izsd. aspirations unattained.
How many, many lives have ended az
AoseA' ended, yrs even under sifegfn~
stances and at an age that makes the
mystery ali the harder How manS who
have teliad long and hard, with unaues-
toned sldeilty. with EgS&vert0s purpose
aud unfiaggsng zeal. have tad 10 let 30
through death or loss OF health or some
unforeseen misfortune Just st the very
time when expectancy WAS nost ripe ana
ttfa end very close at hand Here Is one,
Young talented. ambitious. ready with all
powers fully equipped 10 begin iifes work
in earnest. The college course Is finished
og the preparation for business completed.
Her. y another ia the full prime Of man
hood. with success soon TO be achieved.
the work almost done. when 10. to each
the message comes. II have caused th@e
to see, IL with thine eyes. bat thou shalt nor
so over tatther." II Is not an easy thing
TO understand. why those should die whom
we think bs.se every reason to live. Take
a young man with fine physique, robust
health strong mind. high aims and what
al unnecessary loss to the world, IL seems
20 as. 20 have such noble fellow die.
One wotild think that Providence might
inteTpose and change OF break the laws
that lead TO death II would seem a justI-
Fable Intervention. Can we solve the
problem VIII the death Of Moses furnish
81 clue 10 the meaning of these unfultlied
Iisoa7 There are two conceptions OF life
that make IL doubiy hard 30 solve the diff
nm4ity. The first Is that view OF lie
which makes life absolutely compieto-in
this world. There Is nothing beyond.
Death means annihIaticn. Whatever We
are. whatever Is 10 be attained must be
here or nowhere. Only on earth Is there
hope. After death means nothing: there is
no after death. Look az life In this way
aad deaths like that 81 Moses are indeter-
nsiuAte He who dies with iifgs mission
Incomplete dies Too soon. Even nature ia
Knocked, the fruit whitening Just as II 81
about 70 ripen. the grain cut down when
about 20 be- gathered. Such things trouble
AS an far as inanimate objects go but to
souls, souls that love and aspire. ard
fee, the infinite. cut down, we cannot un-
aaratagd II the loss Is irFeparahi8. An
other view Of life that makes the problem
harder Is To regard Il as relatively COM
pietc. that Is. In relation 10 the life uu-
seen and eternal II Is said that though
life goes on. yet the destiny Il lrrevocahty
flxed ~ death either for good or for bad
that for the vast majority death cuts off
Rig growth. stops alt action. that this life
l. a probation for the after life and that
this prob alton ends with death All that
follows through endless aeons IS the iniln-
tse consequence OF this inauitesiHal ante
Ceflent According aa you have lived ON
this earth your whole amending existence
s. 20 be. no repentance or reformation or
new beginning ~ possible. Either in un-
ending torment or lu everlasting bliss.
the Seat body must abide. The die is east
the kaeii is sounded % the lasg breath
quits the guiverinK form. All alike must
stand the test. the sinner reared In sin
with scarce one chance To escape the
bondage. the soul victim 20 wrong err
viFoumsat. bat all the while wishing u
evolve. the stn-searred renrebate repent
has At the scaGald STEPS. ali must be taken
as they are AZ the last moment the re-
Eenfsnce of thss mnm Of crime gaining for
htn3 unqualified glory. AMI fbe ipcapncity
FOR holiness. shat seems % he aa iuhorn
defect in 50 many lives conslgasus them
ia The sasnc unconditional manner n an
shyes - woe, This may %earn an extreme
presentation OF "A certain theology. but
even In theSc DAYS 81 Is taught hy many.
Hua wsaY more avoid making any dental
az the Theory or crdioss punishment. Soma
Wha may think the trs3th dare not speak
f oHt This view uf Nfe as a detached
portion. complete IN itself "a regards eter-
rffy. makes tne death ~ Moses and all
wAo Hts wtth talents unaavricpvet duties
Nupertorwc8. work unexecsltetl seem hard
Indeed This cones ption shuts OFT ,he hope
tHaf tn the larger }tfe the soul will ~ on
expanding. acquiring new truth. entering
fHts new relations. re-Rltsins uvv rictes }u
the ErHaf store house ~ infinite lAteii-
reaee. TIE so-csusa saved" ntay grox.
bet the ''iost" are indeed lost. Esvo
tFopsh taey NAV cofue So want Cc6 they
shsit aos have HIM For these uy,aer tkis
view of lffe- DEATH settles eyctytNink II
r. a. belief tn either one - ,hrss 1850 uo-
ttans 20 iff. as eliminating either IN amt
htattoc or eternal fmwobsl4ty thar makes
fu@nY shrit}er at the Incompetence ~
tHs0y gives fhat vese away
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80 ihs atff -usty hs evp'aineds HAS Goa
Rar tWefAoi Ter bringing th~se ttf-eht,rt
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