The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-04-09

IIlGdLS ul SlUIluClLlOu SD pTOlOullA iS this truth that it is now testified to by almost every line of thought and ex- perience Annihilate the destruction be- tween sacred and profane, take life in it's largest scope and what Is evident? Evolution teaches that in the ceaseless struggles life is moving onward through the survival of the Attest. It takes the storms of a hundred winters as well as the sunshine of a hundred summers to develop the grand oak. A boy does not spring into manhood full orbed like Minerva from the head of love, much as he may think so. One cannot buy an education made to order Cor beautiful character for the ask ing)
 There sits a mourner. The sorrow is great, the hour is dark. But in through the darkness break the stars of hope and she rises richer in nature and com- forted. War has wrought devastation, covered the land with blood and laid in ruins vast empires, but out of all this have come the choicest principles of civil liberty that form the sure basis of our social economy. Out of the depths came the prophets cry, it pro- SANUAAAANNt Through the sad music of humanity ran theme that the prophets more delicate ear detected as the compost tion of angels. Thus man pays in struggle for every great attainment True there was theology that said heaven could be had for asking. But this was the only exchange on which something could be gotten for nothing and unfortunately when the stock was cornered by few saints it fell in val ue. Straight and narrow is the way that leads to life, and through great tribulation must men enter unto the kingdom. Heaven is not reached at a single bound. But we build the ladder by which we rise from the 1owly earth to the vaulted skies, and we mount to | the summit round by round. And to- | day the church, after having proven | with all the force of logic the doctrine of election and predestination and with l all the fervor of love that of free grace | is praying and preaching with increas- | ed energy, but his time it is the gospel of regeneration in the true sense of the transformation of character through the power of truth, the standardization of | all life and appreciating the greatness I of her task she is marshaling to her aid all the powers that make for righteous ness.
 The cross of Christ means that the l highest purpose of life is conse- The son of man came not to be minis tered unto but to minister and give his life a ransom for many Wherein lay the pains of his death3 In fear of physical suffering? No. Thou sands of men with lesser ideals have died without murmur, yet with shout of victory. Only the weakling yields to petty pain in the l supreme moment. Nay, rather the bur | den that was so heavy, the arrow that | pierced his heart was anxiety for his beloved disciples and the success of his work. Is it strange that he wept at the grave of Lazarus when those sis ters with whom he had spent so many earnest happy hours, could not under stand that he was the resurrection and the life. The rebuke to the sleep ing disciples why sleep ye, arise and pray lest ye enter into temptation" That glance as he walked through the court as Peter, false Peter, reveal more of the secret of the bangs of that
 hour than the trials, the scourgings and
 the cross. Must the shepherd be
 smitten and the sheep scatter l ed?" Must his life's work come to naught But when in larger faith he sees that the highest service he can render his disciples, and the strongest appeal he can make to the world is to seal the truth he has taught, with his own life He submits and is led as a lamb to the slaughter. This is the di- vine ideal and here it goes straight to the center of our life problem. Here is the supreme demand of the age; con- secration of self to the service of oth- CTS. Individualism has been carried to the point of selfishness. What is divid- ing the people off into classes? Selfish
 ness. What are trusts but organized
 selfishness. What produces political
 corruption? Selfishness on the part of
 the politician. The hope of our civili-
 zation is larger inbreathing of the
 spirit of altruism. There is a call for
 men, honest men, who in business will
 dare to do the right even at a sacrifice.
 So much has been said against the
 greed of monopolies that the ears of
 the managers are dull of hearing But
 in my humble sphere I do not mingle
 with the millionaire, but the plain peo-
 pie, and even here the spirit of selfish
 ness is some times manifest, and in it's
 qualification men unconsciously play into the hands of the worst monopolies
 A trust forms. It opens a store in
 town. It buys goods at bankrupt
 prices hires help at starvation prices
 and sells at slaughter prices. The peo-
 pie go there to trade. If business is
 not satisfactory some slight rebate tc
 make the people think they get some
 think for nothing, is offered, and the
 rush is complete. The result is the
 man who would like to see markets
 firm, prices high and wages good must
 cut down to meet the opposition or gc
 out of business. Then the cry is raised
 by the people that they are being crushed to the earth, when all the time, like blind Samson, they are pull ing the temple of business down upor their own heads. What would happer
 if the strongest inducement for patron. l age would be staple goods, fair prices good wages and general humanity. Ii each would not only give his fellow 2 show, but help him on. If the golder rule should become supreme? The cal