Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-09-29

garment, but he must live on. Through
all experiences he comes unscathed,
untouched, and conscious still.
Doubtless among the greatest sur
prises that await us in the future Is the
realization with clearer vision than
we possess today that life is infinitely
kind and tender, and wonderfully wise
its adaptation OF our experience to our
necessities. We shall yet admit that
il has been skillful surgeon perform
ing the necessary operation as gently
as we would permit, and alleviating To
the utmost the pains OF the sufferer.
Life itself inflicts no pain upon US. All
suffering comes from within. IL pro-
ceeds from the inharmonious conditions
of our own souls. No pang can endure
beyond the moment when we have re-
stored harmonious vibration to the
mind-have adjusted our own relations
to people and events. The necessary |
and infallible result OF mental harmony
is health Of body, opulence OF environ
ment and love OF friends.
Love is the keynote OF life. Its har-
monies are sublime. II is magnet of
| irresistible power which draws TO US
all things desirable.
Destiny there surely is, but it is n
consequence OF an inner cause. 1t is
not the arbitrary government of an
other intelligence.
When one is lost in the forest, and
the night comes on, it is wise to ''camp
down" and wait for daylight The old
huntsman makes himself comfortable
by the bivouac fire and lies down cheer
fully knowing we'll that il he were to
keep in motion he might only travel in
n circle and exhaust himself in vain.
Is not this a wise suggestion for all
hours of uncertainty in relation to the
affairs of life? We must not be driven
When we cannot act we must learn the
science OF waiting-and Of waiting
cheerfully and confdently-beside ouI
bivouac fires. We need not camp
down in the darkness. A few dry
boughs, flint and steel, will bring us
warmth and light, and the morning is
never far away. A little further on,
when the planet has Travelled a bit
further in orbit towards the sun, how
differently will appear the problems OF
the night! A little distance only is
necessary TO evolve harmony from any
discord. Nature skillfully readjusts
l. l., 81 H., ,,i 4 Of -,
her atmospheres, Transforming all to
rhythmic chords Even the deafening
noises OF the boiler shop, with its hun
dreds Of busy hammers, are turned into
IA symphony to the listener just across
the field
If we were to dwell long upon the
= fact that we live in our mortal bodies
under "A constant atmospheric pressure
of fifteen pounds to the square inch we
;, should feel crushed and suffocated
: Why do we not suffer? Because the
resisting power OF the atmosphere
within is always equal to the pressure
, from without. We are permeated and
O upheld by the same force that sur
rounds and overhangs us So in our
4 life of daily responsibility. When we
o remember that we live in God we know
J that the universal force can never fail
q US. 1t works constantly in and through
n us as tireless energy. The human life
= is as real and important a thing in its
!. orbit as the planetary life of which it
n is part. In a sense we ourselves do
o not breathe. The universal life
). breathes through us. We do not carry
q the world upon our shoulders. 1t is
q the pressure within and without that
maintains our centre of gravity and
+ makes life possible and pleasurable.
God, love and life are synonyms.
@ Each comprehends the other, and each
y is complete term for the infinite
Y energy. We are each a part of the
? life blood OF the universal system. We
a are part of its sensoria and ganglia.
l. In the great ocean of life, we do no,
l. need any artificial life preservers
3 The depth is so great it has incalcula.
V bile buoyancy. We cannot sink. We
l. need not struggle. Every man is by
e nature a swimmer. Fear often delays
e the discovery for years Many "a man
a goes down in sight OF shore because he
does not know how to throw himself on
his back and wait quietly for the relief
just at hand.
Any day of life, any moment of time
. may be made the starting-po of sue
cess. Let us "rejoice as strong mar
% to run race"
= And should the twilight darken into night,
And sorrow turn TO anguish,
n BE thou .strong-thou art in Tod
Is And nothing can go wrong which n fresh life
Cannot set Alright lpus,
That thou dost know the darkness proves tn,
- Hight
z -Chas. Il. Newcomb, in the Arena
EurOnean nationa all have claa5 Il io