The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1897-11-27
KNOWING AND DOING.
some Helpful Hints Concerning the
GenernIities OF Truth.


The ages have paid many beautiful
and enduring tributes to Truth. Men
have sought it with great earnestness.
embraced IL with great Joy, and died
In devotion 10 Il. But this Is not true
Of all. The desire TO know Is passion
with some, mere curiosity with 9TH
ers. and weak and wavering purpose
with others. Some seek IL only TO be
false 10 Il. To know IL Is not neces-
sarily 20 be true 10 Il. The world IL
fun OF painful examples of base be-
travail. OF which that of Judas is by
no means an extreme type. Peter also
knew Il hut denied IT. PLATE had a
glimpse of IL but would not defend IL.
Christ alone OF all who ever lived had
the largest knowledge OF II and the sim
cerest devotion TO il. He never reject
cd Il or betrayed II, or failed to live II,
or refused TO suffer or die for IT, Why
was this?
Some think that they. too, could be as
true as He IL they could know as lie
knew. He knew all truth, and there
fore He could not be false TO II. We
are ignorant OF much of II, therefore,
utterly unsound. Truth IL not like an
object which the eye can take in wholly
at a single glance, or the hand can
grasp. II Is as wide and diversified as
the universe, OF which the devoted
study OF lifetime gives only the mer-
est outlines. There are hidden things,
deep things which we must search for
and dig for. We begin with elementary
things and go on by way crowded
with mysteries. Truth does not come
10 us by supernatural revelation, nor
bv simple intellectual apprehension.
We acquire II in some such way as we
acquire daily strength. To see food or
TO grasp II In the hand or TO know ITS
nature will not build up the human
frame or prevent II from wasting.
There must be added 10 knowledge APP
Precipitation and to appropriation as
| g!milation.
In the realm OF divine truth, which
Is meant for the development and eter-
nal happiness OF the soul, the know
ing must, TO be helpful, be closely as
ISOLATED with the doing. Christ did not
say to His disciples: Happy are we IL
We know these things;" but IF ye know
these things happy are ye II We do
them" 1t was In the doing that they
were 10 be blessed. This Is the practical
side of truth, the side which the LIE
of the Master so beautifully illustrated.
He was faithful In the least things as
we'll ms the greatest; in the most UNI
eventful, as well as In the supreme,
moment. His obedience was perfect.
IL Is I'm this practical way that true
material Is obtained of which TO build
character. The intellect apprehends IT.
the will adopts Il, the heart embraces IL,
and IL feeds and strengthens all the
powers.
The truth is worth all we pay for H..
III there Is toll and trouble and pnin
and sacrifices and losses in seeking for
Il. defending II, living for IL, there are
compensations. One who builds upon
IL builds upon the everlasting rock.
The floods are sure to come and the
storms will beat upon It; but II Is, solid.
inmovable, eternal. One who builds
upon II builds for time and for eternity.
, II Is the only bridge over the stream of
death. IL survives al possible assaults
and makes hope sure. While the Wild
est dreams or the richest imagination
cannot transcend its glories, IL Is the
realm, not OF fancy, but OF the real. No
one can unsettle IL. Satan cannot pre-
g. vail against one jot or little of 1t. Men
may scout It, betray It, cruelty II, and
!, ct II remains the same. For we can
= do nothing against the truth, but for
!, the truth. Testimony for IL no more
surely establishes il than attacks upon
! II. Whosoever loves it and serves IT,
10 him IL Is life and Joy unspenkable;
!, but upon whomsoever IL shall fall viii
! grind him TO powder.-N. Y. Inde
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