The Newtown bee., 1897-01-08

false, love, to him all the praise of men and homage of the world would not bring one touch of sweet and true re- ward, such as that which came to his humblest reader, who knew in his own life the truth and blessing of the true love of which the poet sang.
 Above all is this true of prophecy we long for the prominence which some- times is given to the prophet. God forgive us thatis not the blessing, but the spirit of righteousness and faith and confidence which dwells with the prophet; there is the blessing. It is not for us, by receiving the prophet, to have the world cheer us as it does the proph. ct, nor crowd around us as it crowds around the prophet; if in that were the reward, the Saviour's words would fail in tr uth but the reward is that in re- ceiving the prophets message we gain the peace and trust which auiets the prophets heart; we get the aspiration which exalts his mind; so doing, We re- ceive what is the real and substantial re ward, the best that the prophet himself will ever gain or know. Not the proph- cts great honor, nor his great praise. but the prophets great heart, that shall be our gift as we receive the prophets word.
 DOES NOT SUCH A TRUTH CIRCLE THE
 LIFE
 with girdle or glory2 Who shall be great, truly great, and we may not par take of his greatness2 Who shall be true, and we may not learn from his truths Who shall be wise, and we may not grow by his wisdoms "All things s1e ours, whether Paul, Appollos or Cephas." What any man has that is truly great and good, that we may have, as we learn to love and to receive that man, and to learn from him. Whatever there be of beauty or of wisdom or of inspiration that has made glorious a mortal life, we, taking the word of that life, enter into an inheritance of it's beauty and it's wisdom and it's revelation of the Lord.
 'We see the good and great of every age Pass before us on life's stage
 Calmly and slowly in review"
 Where, then, is the littleness of life Where is it's pettiness? It's sordidness Who shall talk pessimism to mel Who shall dare to say that we are shut out from any privilege of power, be oul condition what 1t may? There is nc king or genius, no wise, men or strong man that can be any happier than ought to be, or than you ought to be ir these our humble homes. There is not 8 really great thing in all the world lnte which there does not a path lead uI right out of my study, or out of youl store or kitchen. Discontentedl The one of us who has time to be disconten ted with love to cherish, and books to read, and God to serve, that one sus. pect would not be satisfied in heaven, certainly could not be satisfied any where on earth. Our trouble is that we want the wrong things; we look fol happiness where it is not to be found We want the prophets Qr tLe poets re- ward, and we sigh for it; and then we look for it in things which after all have nothing at all to do with prophecy Tor poetry we look at the esteem of men and the praise of the world, at the Tor. tune acquiredi we forget to looh to that prophetic and poetic sense whict the good God has put within the soul and that. too. glft e every lifeI throash thss s!e caz zsas1vs tne ks