The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-06-05

IllllS, anu NIOlOC bJ LldliiLiS ~ ~ nv
wire track, as the steed of thought,
carrying at its most rapid speed the
communications of men; and James
Wait, by discovering to the world the
bower of steam, which has become the
motor of transportation by land and by
sea.
st. Peters, at Rome, which has held
the wonder and admiration of the world
for more than 200 Years, stands as Il
monument to the genius of Mic iael
Angelo, the great Italian sculptor,
painter and architect. Ills fame as il
PAINTER rests upOm his great work. The
Last Judgment Il frescOe i'll the Slstine
Chapel, containing 900 figures which
almost breath under the issues of that
great event. Raphael became ii servant
when he threw upon canvas his IlVal
pi. ces. The Madonna Di San Siscu''
and The TranStiguratiOn," which pre-
sent chafacters that almost speak, SO
life-like are they in appearance.
Capernicus and GallileO were grand
intellectual servants of mankind, who
enlarged the sphere of human knOwl-
edge by transferring the centre of the
Universe from the earth, and thus
showing mar that The place he occupied
was not the most important in the realm
of matter. Emmanuel Kant, greatest
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., rendered service in
lit DItOhlCltOli vi ITO SlCall WIN. w
Critlque of Pure Reason" which takes
under review the whole realm of human
information and ~recOnstrIctS the theory
of human knowledge. Kepler, Bacon
and Shakespeare have all made their
contributions to the worlds knowledge.
All of these have been the intellectual
servants of the human race. The motive
that prompted most of these seems to
have been of earthly import. Intellec-
ir,nl nttIfnra iS hanhIn no 81 p1nanG lIIf IN
worthy as an end of human endeavor.
The value of human life lies in the
character. If character flows back to
God in its development, it must have
its source in Him. Christ said to the
woman at Jacobs well, "WhOsOever
drinketh this water shall thirst again;
but whoSuever drinketh of the water
| shall GIv him shall never thirst;
but the Wa'er Il at ] shall give him
into eternal life. PIOcet ding from
& I'D, thus heavenly gift in human life
back To Him, and thus the cycle
If human character is complete. The
truth is reached by Peter III
rule uf addition. FIesupposing the
ground al our faith as Land in the 1--we of
God. expressed llIrO' the atOnpment
TT Jesus Christ. the Apostle proceeds.
Aud beside this. giving all diligence
add To- luI.r fL.th virtu-: and la virtue
knowledge: and IL know ledge temper
Inct; aini Ia tenn erance patience: and
la ~ViIIruc. god mess; and Ia godlInrSS
brulheri, ku.dI.e ~; and 10 hruth'IlN
kindness W" Here the love of God
expressed in Christ. and the
love al God suljrctively experienced in
he heart. are Inseparably united in the
Ife-whicli union is perptt Iated on con-
IiIion of fidelity. Yea the love is II
the union is with God.
In this high and holy relation it Is
more blessed la serve than to be served.
love now becomes the law of the life.
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
With all thy heart; and with all thy soul,
md with all thy strength, and with all
ny mind; and thy neighbor as myself.
o now finds its source i'll the father
luod of God and the universal brother
lOOd of man. TO these higher powers
# human nature, which are exercised
lnder the influence of grace and directed
" the spirit, there is no law of limita-
ion and no exception, because we
annot love God and our fellow man too
much. Life's burdens now become
.ght, for service is sweet and duty a
leaSure.
Self forgetfulness now takes posses ,
ion of the heart in its labor of love.
'hus with all the powers of body, mind
heart, from the appetites up to the Z
lOral affections, well poised, under the
of a strong will. regulated by Il
snder conscience and perineated with {
ne grace and vitaliZed by the spirit of {
cd, all the conditions are met for the !
ighest service ever rendered by mortal a
IAN. Service thus actuated becomes Z
Ie highest end of human endeavOr. 3
pom this altar of service have the d
died. b
The grand examples of self denial and y
that have been acceptable to g
cd have been approved 10y men, s
.Ough some may have opposed, con- I
mined and executed. Yet in their u
.ath the martyrs, like that of Stephen, a
sent AN arrow 10 the heart of Il y
lnSentlng saul. h
History pu'sates with illus.r ltiOnS
ID immortal examples "f unselfiSh
Ia the cause of Go and To the
of mankind. The world is resonant
ith the praise of those, who, when the
lk clouds of die ri and war gather
,uvt aud burst upon III unfortunate
upl ale seen bending over the
,und, d and wipirg from faces dis
lte.l 10y pain the blood and sweat,
iich mingled together flow Forget
are they of the raItisan animOSitieS
at moveu the artillery and unsliralhed =.
t glIttering sword. The cry of suffer .
z M To their ears with II louder Z
Il than the tumult of marching armies {
ii the d n of conflict. because | I'VE, not =
tired. is the law of h .ir lives.
of you well know how, when the
DuIa. e ragged i'll the southern pant of OF
J. far land, some noble physicians or
mt their lives in mi~nistratiOns tn the =
l:ctcd until the S ,me foe whose Scytlie u"
Is NOV ing down their fellows by co
pres and hundreds, cut the cord that yo
ind them To earth. tn
the beautiful sea-girt city Ce
France, with Il population of nearly an
1000, was becoming a desert as IL =,
ghty plague was doing its fatal work. 90
le skill of physicians was paralyZed. w
,ath was everywhere. In one of their tn
Incils 1t was decided that n corpse of
list be dissected, but it would be GER de
n death to the operator, a celebrated oil
of the number arose and said; ho
devote mpself for the safety of my ne
Intry. Before this numerous assem- US
| swear in the name of humanity an
| religion, that tomorrow, at the tn
ak of day, | will dissect a corpse and or
tie down, as | proceed, what ! Oh IN
ve." lie Immediately left the room, ~
de his will, n spent tine night i'll -
igiOus exercises. A man died of the al
que in his house during the day; and su
t at day-break the physician. GuyOn rio
name, entered the room and critically yo
de the necessary examinations and tn
Dte down, as he proceeded, his obser- q =,
ions, left the room, threw his papers
d Il case of vinegar, that they might IN
convey the plagne to others, retired an
some convenient place and died in =
Give hours Herein peceive we the
. of God, because he laid down his n
for us; and we ought to lay down
lives for the brethren"
The ~unselfsh life is the most accepta-
to God and most honOred by men.
ere is a mighty army of chivalric
IN human form
OWN only to God and to the suffering.
imprisoned, the oppressed, the poor,
bereaved and the broken hearted,
mOurner and the dying; but high up
the galaxy of divine fame is written
IL memorial of them, For | was an
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