The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-13
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Lake KILL
Great stress is commonly laid on the
necessity Of doing Etiiify is measured
by outward results. Activity is the Key
note OF modern life. Work Is the critic
rion OF all worth. The busy man Is the
best man. The bee becomes the IDEAL and
the stone that doesn't roll Is ended.
IT gathers moss. There is truth to be sure
in ali this. Aeti03 Ii great. To have
ones hands full Is fine indeed. To be up
and stirring IL the way TO win. But
there is a stiii greater truth IN that con-
ccption Of life that goes deeper than mare
outward activity. Action is good bat
affection lis better better because II VIII
make the Gction tne Exertiou Is an Gle
Hlsut in SUCCESS but Enthusiasm is more
So. The real value OF life centers prtm-
ariiy IN beng rather than in doing.
Eraitage is all important but IL Is a 70
suit rather than the essence. The fruit
tree ooes not exist to bear frutt but the
fruit rs the expression or a life within.
There ly a profound philosophy underty-
ing the iaw declared in the beginning Of
creation. Whose seed IS in Itself II
has a spiritual as we'll as a natural mean
Ing Such is the final philosophy in the
exquisite imagery OF Jesus. Consider the
Eiies'' ''CoTlzide-." From cum twlh)
ind sidls ssiar together with the stars.
thus 10 observe. To contemplate or old
only the stars excited attention and in
dnced observation Jesus would say not
only the heavens d-ciare the glory OF
God bat look down well as up. Con
slider the lilies" Or taking another derf-
walton. froEu cum with and sideo Ito aiD.
iet us these summer days sit down together
with the lilies and study the way they
grow. The ordinary Interpretation re-
fsrs these words as a caution against over
anxiety. They do mean this. The con-
text shows IL. but they mean first. and
this. that the supreme service Is that Of
the inner life. What man is before
what a man does. We are not 10 worry
about externais. about appearance. No
toll. no striving. no fretting and fussIng.
OF every life IL should be said in :he
words OF Ruskin mot that there has been
a great effort here but great power
And az Aristotle says, '~The test OF virtue
Il It's easiness."
The proposition then is this. No man
can make The word being full OF depth
and meaning without giving new depth
and meaning 10 doing. our chief concern
should be 10 live truly. richly, nohy. and
the activity will take care Of Itself. This
truth may be illustrated in several ways.
ffrst--When We consider the difference
between life and the form of life Much
that passes for life is real life at all:
IL II 81 sham. a counterfeit There was
an old Scythtan custom that when the
head OF the house died he WAS arrayed
In gorgeous costume and placed In the
finest carriage and wheeled around TO the
homes of his friends who went through
the form of fiattery and feasting. They
pretended there was life. and so with
many physically alive: they may appear
outwardy TO be alive but within they are
dead. Mere animal existence Is not life
II ia within. I'm the inner soul--lfe of man
that real life lis to he found. God wants
first kr,np
outward service is the hearts Offering
unto God.
IL sometimes happens that one imagines
that by the doing things with little
thought and less spiritual force he will at
tain great spiritual growth. One may
have NIL the form of life may be virtuous
Industrious. and yet lack one thing and
this the most essential thing. namely life
at tn" root. Consider the lilies. The real
and the wax lilies. Look at the vase OF
flowers dsiscately moulded from wax;
eounterfeits OF life. And look Mt that
group Of living flowers fresh. healthy
blooming by their side Your character
may appear very beautiful, your disposi-
ton amiable- Looking At distance IL
Is impossible 10 tell whether you are Gods
own or not: bat you lack one important
thtng-iife Those flowers want
life. No current flows through their wirv
stems: beauty Is upon their petals bat is
lfft oman or iAHtN. IhrF are wanting
life and, wanting life the sun glad and
golden must not kiss chem and the tears
az night must not fall upon them: the
breath of summer must not lift zap their
leaves. they have no beauty for the but
terily, banquet for ,ha bee no fra
GRANGE hovers around them Ike a cloud
;hey have no heart. they are stT ana
Geld and rigid: they want life. But the
others live, glad children Of THE sun the
favorites Of the dew the breeze. the stars
The bees hun around them pernete.al
music They are fun 81 life. fun Of
sweetness aud hlessedncss the esrthrs liv-
ins Offering unta God 80 And SO no mat
ter how galf The form. how pretty the
raiment unless the life IL rich within tho
external - sham and q fraud For Is
n; the NE more than meat and the body
more than raimontf And SO one may
have The form az spirituality may put up
many prayers AMI keep many eacraments
and outwagsilr appear very religious but
unless the heart Is firat gwen 20 God un-
less ghc Spirt sees and feels and pours it.
Seif out go Cod unleee there IS love az the
SoUrcr thcn th. religion IS vain. Con
slider the }iiier how thoy grow. no; hv tho
skili ~ the hand AS grow the flowers %
wax. bat hv SHE power of Cod working
Within snd bioseogung in deesls beautiful
ana good.
Thi< principle IL further Illustrated ny
character and reputation II IL
rot So much what you seem
hut what You are IL S. well 20
htve men think good " you hat tar het-
ter to Ne good Ne uetd Not worry abou,
reputation II We are building character
th8t viii stand the test. II Your ~h.rac-
ser is yiset you must NOT fear what men
may say or do Life VII show itself
Niil preve IT'S own worth ~ half the
Thought aua energy were spent iu tha rat
devtlcrueRt cf self THAT Is appended often
81 making appearances. how much better
IT, teeCltH II rs strange how sotne men
VIII plan au1 strive "a create IMPRESSIONS
studying to seem So amt So when tns es-
tssrsre ~ iffe IS neglected.. The raatu thing
g. the personality II b net ousv better
tFg really easter Is p tr,sa than To tost
- some scheme - appear true It fs
stmpirr as WEI a. sob.er 20 soe thar th.e
rsatlVe - what & should be than tn devils,
Methods that vii yuls}ead PEOPLE tufb
thf0stuE shsE she motive IS right TIE
surpseNIC- SHAT comes naturally fro9 tNe
healthy BODY from proper Diet ard exer-
et$H 90 better than ghe "a Sc coior made
tv rRiot ana pew3er The reputation, thar
results from tr5rkefY. g. thc popularity
taR- - produced by gutti0ae. soon wears
e@ Hka ~'fae poor polish or Vsaae~.sts
'Tstsr Nfs wsIt sts0s AZ wasr ara needs 40
efes~ 50 essa ngerH t. Vhayr tAere - r.,4f
,5ssrstter @ftN3G s VIII sooner ~ irfsr
rhoN .tf+sif by a CORES ncnainS ~. With
eut The Gcsf~ Etytu ltfe iu character aS
- tso flowers, VIII Cafae uut II s. grand
g sfa q aoNtr triumphant over e~xsys,-,-
nart p4tltES tGrth SIS stems agA form