The Newtown bee., 1898-04-08

Sowing 10 our work; reaping Is the
work Of others; Beatitude Is for the man
at the plough and with him that scatters
seed. Nowhere is it written, blessed
are ye that reap" This lesson is no
easy one to master,-that our life is
mostly planting time, and ourselves toll
ers besides many waters.
We prefer to reap. Our ambition is
to acquire. We determine to bring seed
time and harvest together. Yet expert
ence is proving that we seldom reap as
reward, what we have sown. The best
of our toll Is in the interest of others.
The largest in endeavor and the hottest
In purpose of our work, adds little or
nothing to our immediate possessions.
That which is enduring, that which is
really service passes beyond our person
al touch. The crowns we toll for, and
perhaps win, are yet worn by other men.
TIE Roman poet said Of his verses, THAT
he had erected a monument more endur-
ing than BRONZE" but he saw not that
monument. The real emoluments OF
fame are always posthumous. The best
you may gain, beyond she satisfaction
of sorYing, Is to see your fellow mortal
PICKING FRUIT FROM THE TREE YOUR
TEARS HAVE NURsED.
You see this every where in the relation
which noble effort sustains,-in the SER
vice Of the state or community, of the
church or the home. Life multiplies it.
SELF into rills Of influence until it finds
Gods current; it receives back some
thing,-the reflex of noble doing upon
ouFselves,-but the current flows on from
year to year, from sge.to age, swelling
foDd OF human helpfulness. Our per-
soral advantage is in the requests of
others to us. We enter into the work
and the spirit of men behind us; we take
up life at the step where another life
cessed to toll. We may be at the begin
ming, what good and faithful men were
at he end. But God gives to us our own
vision OF accomplishment, so that, profit
ing by what we reap Of another's sowing
we are pre- pared for nobler toll, and holt
or preparations. This is what life is. as
lives touch and overlap each other, as
the professions of Gods generations
move forward,-an increment of power
for something more useful in the unfold
ing of the divine plan. The torch of
truth shall be lifted higher by your hand
the kingdom OF blessedness In Jesus
Christ shall expand under your prayer.
But in the words before us there are
two or three specific and very practical
thoughts, which, thus far, have only
limited.
1. The first is of Life's commanding
work. 1t is
LIFE DEVOTED TO ITS HIGHEST USES AND
IN MODEST FIELDS.
The hint is that there Is something origi-
nal in every soul. The power Of person
ality ID the greatest fact of this universe.
Our energy and our prayer Is an origi-
nal dynamic In the world. There are, in
reality, no new forces at work when
Nicola Tesla or Edison make dlscov-
cry. The morning sunshine or the spring
solstice awakens, but adds no new pow
ers In nature; but something Is added,
as IN original creation, when royal
SOU goes forth upon personal mission. |
There ia 8 new starting point for thought
There is new puisation in the moral
world the multiplication OF persons in
q world OF change like this 10 the every
varying combination Of forces Ia the plan
OF God. The baby In his crib; the youth
weighing bis arm with books; the APP
prentice nc the bench; young men and
women breasting the world, under their
original enthuslasms, asking for oppor-
tunity, determined to SOW beside all
wAtarss these will not leave the world
as they found it.
Then our work u aelf defined. Mental