The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-25

ssss Yses1rie s1r 20 the very brink - Jordan
aud then nls service was s1snelea1- me
results Of AL those years OF preparation
and OF patient waiting were TO BE- taken
up By Joshua and carried on 20 a success
ful close This was Gods Plan III the
work he gave our great Lincoln 10 do.
The martyr president stood on new Pts
yah 81 fame nd nehtld the promised land,
a nation : unity restored and the title
10 freedom vfnalcate5 And then. the Lord
said as re said TO Moses long before: Il
have caused thee 10 see IL with thine eyes.
tus tnou shalt not go over thither." Yer
the nation lived ard the work CT restora-
ton vent on II il often thought that no
one can fiji a certain mans place, bsas peo-
p.e forget after awhile that the first man
seemed go Indispensable. IL is we'll 10 re-
member this that we may overcome thS
passing encouragement that arises from
undesirable departures The parting OF
friends is full Of sorrow. but God teaches
Us the lesson OF fidelity TO our own post OF
daty anda willIugnessto let others do their
portion also. one is not TO be disheart-
enad If his own work seems unfinished.
his sife's mission unaccompashed, Per
haps God only intends that much for you
20 do here. Do well whatever you have
the time and the talent 10 do. and leave
the results with God. he viii appoint
Others TO follow after and complete We
after years OF perseyertng pursuit there
seems 10 come message, Thou shalt not
10 over thither." that you are not TO see
the issues of the undertaking remember
that a Joshua il 20 follow. Thus. the re-
suits OF a fathers self-sacrircing life are
often left for the child. and In the educa-
ton and the development OF that child the
father In "A certain sense, not altogether,
lives again. Ii is beautiful. indeed TO see
l. 60. A.
but his fathers character and courage.
determined TO finish what mis- father would
have him do II he were still alive. IL is
a lovely thing TO see the widowed wife,
not overcome with useless and narrowing
grief but ennobiei and enriched by her
sorrow, taking up the threads OF her nus
bands life and weaving them into a beau
tiful fabric such as he would have APP
proved OF were he still by her side. What
a glorious privilege il is to help fuaflll the
lives of those we love. How strong it
makes the woman who will be now both
a father and a mother TO her children.
How IL natures and dignlfies the life OF
the boy who feels now that he must stand
In the place of husband TO his mother.
and OF father TO his sisters. 1t is this view
that imparts 10 life Its chief lustre. II
tells It's that the human race is not simply
a mass OF disaggregate particles of selfish
conscience. IL emphasizes the solidarity
of mankind. that there is brotherhood
whether aIi men recognize Ii or not, that
we are compelled to continue the work
that others have begun. Age succeeds age
and men are always coming. like Moses.
to some new height overlooking some
promised land. only to learn that they
cannot so over. Well learned Is the lesson
OF life II they are satisfied TO have come so
far
The second way God has for completing
the unfulfiled lives is in the kingdom of
the unseen and spiritual universe. This
life here is not complete in itself. eli her
relatively or absolutely. IL is part, but
a very small part of an eternal process
OF perfecting the individual not only for
his own sake. but for the sake OF the uni
yersal life. IL is one of he preparatory
schools in an education that continues in
an ever ascending scale of progress. 1t
is "A chapter, perhaps only paragraph. in
the great books from which man il ever To
Dc learning The main value of life is that
each one may learn his lesson well. What
ever We gain here In the construction of
character. In the insight TO Gods truth as
Il is III Jesus, VIII be SO much 10 our ad-
vantage when we enter the other life.
Every tenhncy 10 sin destroyed. every
bad habit uprooted. every sacrifice for
duty. VIII equip us all the better for the
next existence In the fathers many man
sions. While on the other hand the more
careless and unconcerned about the soul
lie. the more We neglect the higher
things Of the spirit the less fitted we shall
be for the life Of the spirit. Opportunities
lost here will have To be made up beyond
We make our own dessi ms appoint our own
heaven or he'll. Eternal life or eternal
death. that is. the non-time life or death
come as We choose them. they are soul
conditions. We have no reason to assert
that any state Is absolutely fixed at death
Death only reveals conditions that already
exist. and - they change here we may ex-
pett even greater changes there. We shall
follow tendencies. II they point towards
the pure ideal We shall grow thlther. II
they are directed backward In retrograda
movements we shall decline towards the
undtriife OF the earth earthly. We may
expect. however, that the infinite force of
Gods love may arrest the downward cur
rents in that other universe as we'll as In
this ana that the awakened conscience
shall not seek for help IN vain. Across
the gulf thar separates the good and the
had. II indeed any can be called wholly
good or wholly had. via the message for
cter come. 4 have caused thee 20 zee IL
with thine eses but thou shalt not go
over tnitner Nay. rather into hell Itself
shall the gospel trumpet sound the hone.
For : am persuaded that neither death
nor ike, nor angels nor principalities nor
powers. nor things present. nor things TO
come, nor height. nor depth. nor any other
creature. shall he able TO separate US from
the love AZ God. which is IN Christ Jesus
car Lord"
Looking a; life as thus imhued with
eternal significance We feel that W. have
no righ, - speak q premature death or
nnFulaiied realities or blasted hopes We
have no cnuse 20 separate this portion
from the eternal Death simply shifts tha
scene. We pass on - begin on the other
side as We have left or here. Their
WORKS do follow them Under this con.
crp;toH ot life We must admit that oar
business for the present Is rot 20 SEE. every
rlan fulaiiod. every desire grasifBs4 II i
nc1 pleasure but duty. and as surely as ges,
work from duty we shall come 10 work
from pleasure, once realize this and vo4,
VII feel equipped for every emergency
@nd VIII not he moved By any mystery
Here is "a man who has had "a rouen road
go follow. He hHs scarcely know, y fsrae
ot UG8lfoycd enjoyment. Tie has hear a
eGrden-besreT from bis },avh0ssf. 4ffsr
7 b. has yearn%G fov rlore freedom A res.
ptfe ffoSn the INCREASING struggle = chance
10 gvoS Intellectually Al times he haS
eaasht Si'mp$'s ~ world q unreaiizasY
spiritual powers. bat tho physical pes,..sst.
ties hsYe checked aU Rights into sh. mn
ger s3r, THAT mans lIre taken "a IL -
has been hard one. hut Wait how itttys
wiA be care fer The trials herr when hts
So4i SQeeFs the whole INFINITE untverS.
~ttn powers uaIrar1D@llei. Indeed his
limitations mn earth will only make the
/ eNF4nse ~ heaven greater I knew once
~ woman wne had brea an invalid So
years ana Who erc2-ted over ths thought
az tv-nS suca cars 20 every one. sha
cali"ts aes HE wfafcAed failure. EfraI4v