The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-10

believe II. Nothing can bring you peace
5ur yourself Netting ran bring yoa peace
but the triumph OF principles"
This the divine self -s1sfclency. what
does az this fnrlyz Humility IL seems
ike a paradox fhas self-ssssclency implies
humility. and yet Il IS true that when
mar holds hirnzalf II or down and wares
Of all foreign supports or GisTactlo7ls,
things Enzs bring in envy, 1Sasoi1sy, IFe<
and fury tnen and then oaly does the ssU4
walk hurnb.y with lis God Why, IN the
very next verse CT Paul's letter u Il sfsosn
bow the spirit OF commitment and nuEnE-llF
go together ~ know both how 70 be
ahasea and I know how 70 abound; every
where and IN ali things ] am instructed
both 70 be full and 20 be hungry, coth 10
abound and 20 suffer need. can 90 al
things through Christ which strengtheneth
me- This is not concett. IL IS huTniiity IN
the tr.less sense. The qualifying words are
Through Christ" Blessed Is tnat NE that
can say this today. l can do al Things,
stand ar things. wait for az things, be
abased and abound" through Christ The
promise Is that the meek shall inherit the
.prth. that ia, be contented, be Salsned-
RIskin says. The curse of every evil ma
ton and Of every evil thing Is 70 eat ana
be not satisfied" Il Is literally true, as We
often hear persons complaining fOo.ishly
about their food. as little children do. and
needing all sorts OF luxuriss and yet not
satisfied. How many women Spoh tneir
lives, drive out all romance and sentiment
from the home, by the fret and fuss over
provisions and the way they are cooked.
As a figure IL il all true. The great lesson
Is ros now 20 better ourselves bu< how 20
satisfy ourselves. What people today
need most OF all is 10 find satisfaction not
from without but from within; TO live SIM
ply. sweetly. humbly. How often We ind
that the greatest lives are the humbieSt,
men Of the greatest resources and yet with
the fewest wants.
To be contented in this highest way i'm
plies living In the present. X means that
the day at hand Is sufficient for self. We
are not TO dwell too much upon the past
either for its good or for its evil. Its
calamities are over. Why prolong
nioodsT' The very word we have been
dwelling on Is Esed by Christ in regard TO
the present when after saying. Take no
anxious thought for the morrow, he
says. Sufficient unto the day Is the evii
thereof" And does not this also Imply
as Jesus surely intended, Sufficient unto
the day IS the good thereof" II Is true
that much pleasure Is gotten out OF mem
cries. We would not forget il we could
all the beautiful and blessed associations
OF former years. Memory is divine GIFT
1T postulates Immortality. But carried too
far It robs the present of its power In
we are 70 say with Paul, Forgetting
those things which are behind" Too much
retrospeetion incapacitates the soul Tor
opportunities at hand. Some are deter
mined to be happy only in the past We
may not occupy the same house or nave
the same friends around US ali through
these earthly days, but We may make
beautiful the house we now occupy, and
find favor in the sight of friends that are
now near US. In the same way we must
not postpone happiness TO some indefinite
period when we shall hare more leisure
or more money. means for travel ana
powers for purchase. Half the world Is
waiting for certain developments before
they will even try to be happy. In strain
ing the eyes for far-off blessings we may
fail altogether to see the blessings within
our grasp. IL Is like man scanning with
glasses the mountain sides for ore when
rich treasures lie beneath his feet. Con-
tentment is TO be found only in the heart
that win make the present day sufficient.
Happiness may be had now II cultivated.
Husband. wife. find II in eoch other. Make
home. however humble, a haven OF rest.
Men and women are looking far OFF for
that which will satisfy, when right within
their own home are endless opportunities
for making life beautiful. In children, in
| books in music. IN flowers. In nature we
NAV find the richest sources OF delight.
Oh the eyes that see not and the ears
that hear not! oh. the things that God
| has nrepared for those that love Him!
/ Even "the mountains shall bring peace
| and the little hills righteousness unto the
| people"
. Lastly. divine self-suTiciency means the
| taking OF God into the life. There Is no
| real sufriciency with God left out OF ac-
| count. and no permanent satisfaction
| apart from the possession Of the divine
| spirit. As n was in the time OF job 80
| now. "Ry reason OF the multitude OF OPP
| pressions they make the oppressed to cry.
/ But none saith where is God, my Maker,
who givsth songs in the night" Men are
| looking here and there for satisfaction
/ and fail to ind 81. because they have not
! found Cod When all else fails, here is a
! resource that is boundless. MY God shall
/ supply all your need" The same Pau
| writing TO the Corinthians says: ''No,
/ that we are sufficient of ourselves tc
| think anything as OF ourselves. but our
! sufficiency Is of God" This expresses the
whole truth. II is truly a divine self
suniciency when II comes from the Et-r-
! nal
Beneath the pressure of nfe's cares today
! 10Y IN thee:
( But / can say
That | had rather walk this way
/ II Him il please.
u cannot feel
That All Is web when dark'ning cloud.
| conceal
/ The shining sun.
I But then | know
God lives and loves. ana say. since 4
IS So
Thy will be done"