The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-06-04

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pse of this railway yesterday for a very
dollars. | owned ii yesterday rs
completely As the president Of II could
own it. The purpose Of a railroad i
to transport people and freight IRON
one poin, to another. When | own
The purpose of = thing | own It. THIS
railrcad was mine yesterday because
We lave all come into such reciprocal
relations with unJ another as that eaeh
of ns can share in the accumulated
work OF all. have in my possession
a So, of The ,.Encyclopedia Britannica
wbich cost me Sl6O 10. 1t can be
secured now for $1,000 Messrs. A.
and c. Black OF Edinburgh spent Two
million dollars before a single sci OF
thi, great work was printed. III
work repr seuIs all the ages OF pains
takinr thought and scientific research
Billions Of dollars have gone into The
making OF ;his work through the past
six thousand Years. Now, because We
have all come 10 live together, through
The operation Of the principle ''lhou
shalt love thy ntighbor rs thy sell l
can get thi, ency clopedia in my library
tor 50. aud II | am too poor u" pay
this for il | can get the USE OF 1t IN
some Of our public libraries for moth
ing bought 4 copy of the ST Louis
Globe Democrat yesterday Tor u
cent. suppose | lived on tue island OF
Imam Fernandez aud could say with
Robinson CIu,oe IL am monarch "i
Ill survey" aud | should conceive
,he idea of having brought 10 the door
nf my cabin or cave ON this island a
daily u like the Globe Democrat.
No one ON earth else is to lake lhlS pa
per but my self. How much would IL
. 81 me A da, to have brought TO my
door for my Inue, single sell one cop!
of the Globe Democrat? You see II
would involve the Ia, wing Of wires under
All the seas and the running oi wires
oyer all countries; il would involve the
buildinr of all the railroads nov IN
operation, and the building Of all the
cities and popping them rs they are
today, aud the organization oil news
crnlrrs aud bureaus IN every part OIL
the globe. To get a paper Ike lhls
each morning, # NJ n else on earn
took the same, would cost me eilllohs
of dollar, u day. But because we are
coming to live together As Il race IN ae'
curdancr with the principle ''tlou SHAH
love thy nrighbor as thlseli, because
We are coming into reciprocal relations
with one another and are building up
our countries and institutions IN ac-
cnrdancr with the spirit OF love- ! AN
aUle to get this great paper lnr one
cent. Thus We begin TO see now strong
God .hOws Himself TO US when We turn
To aud practice The thought he has eN'
pressed 10 Us N the proposition, I'm
shalt love thy neighOOr a. lhlselt.
There Is Il shoemaker confined with.
in a IU>l2 room all the days OF TIT
week. tie can do nothing but maxi
shoes. lie does nothing but drive peg
sud draw STITCHES. But every Time h'
make, II pair ui shoes he puts them OF
the yrpat COMMERCIAL wheel which re-
,ulNr, through all the world and 10y hn
,hur shop door, aud for tins pair u
shoes which he contributes To the we'll
being ni his n%eighbOr, he takes III com
prn>atiun tea from China, coffee from
Brazil, oranges from Mexico, pocket
knives from England, clothing from
the mills OF Massachusetts, aud some
thing u all the products from all ih'
rest uf the fourteen hundred million o
people who live on the earth; and al
tins because he has put his shoe. shOl
in harmony with the great divin,
g.. thought, s.thou shalt love thy nelghbo
a. thyselt.'
1. Let Us test the truth OF the tex
in the spiritual realm. What is tn
thought Of God with reference to man
spiritual we'll -heing2 It is expressed Il
Jesus Christ, v ha is the emhodimen
of Gods thought aud heart and will.
We turn with all our mind to the min
Of God a. expressed 10 vs. in Lesu
p Christ, will lie show Himself stron
p here4
/. Now we reach a height where lh
ward slick, The half huShel aud III
multiplication table, and even lntegru
, and dlhtrenlIal calculus will have to b
I left behind. Arilhmetlcal and geomel
rical progression do not count here. W
=, are IN a realm without bound or shore
. Language and figures all fail. We ca
say that when man turns to Tod
4 thought expressed IN Jesus Christ, Go
n will show Himself as strong towar
him As infinite mercy, infinite goodness
, infinite tenderness and infinite lOv
q permit him. But thought staggers an
p imagination reels when We begin
-. seek 10 understand what infinite Low
means. My mother loved me :
lendrrly that sacrifice and toll wei
II not even felt when planning aud WORK
- ing for me. Thus did your molht
love YOU. Who can tell what even
-, mothers love means? Take all I'll
=. love ever felt IN all the hearts OF Il
n the mothers who have ever lived trOl
r. the beginning until now, aud put ii u
II .ogrIhrr, aud You have only a iras
N ment As compared with the intinil
love Ut our Father in heaven.
~ II is sad to remember that rs
IA people We are lruer to Gods though
# on the lower planes Of existence tina
Sr are upon the higher. tod hr
shown himself 50 strong 10 Us in III
field aud in the mine that We has
almost come TO forget the hight
reasons for existence in our abNofbliu
IN the luKer. We du not address Go
with The anne intelligence and indu,li
upon the higher aud richer sides
himself that We do upon the low'
levels ii his world, aud because uf til
W. are getting much richer in o'
barns aud Kitchens ami walch'
than ~ our mind, and ," ''u,
are Sc, kIug 10 make g" P"'' '
cant by merely rV Ourselves IGN
II must be- 'rlhal a'cuhIu'''''
Father :, a grirl 10 our heaven
III. 20 see his children satisfied vi
lowest things he has to give aud
recognize on their part snch an IND
position 10 call upon him for
highest things he has 10 give
ALuMNAE BANQUET.
The banquet given by the alumnr
the Central College On Tuesday EVEN
was indeed one Of the most enjoya.
occasions IN the history OF the -cho
-. loot A,.u.laVa aIlN a..t.IHI