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LAMP OF BROTHERLY LOVE.
Its Use in the Mutual Bottle to
Achieve the Spiritual Life.

Ats use In the Mutual Bottle to
Achieve the Spiritual Life.
To the Editor of the Globe:
In point with the great address OF
Bishop Whipple to his clergy and laity last
Wednesday on the occasion of his ami
versary the following considerations,
arguing for the healing of the self-in-
f1cted wounds Of division in christendom
may be timely and of some value:
While master minds, designated teach
ers In the main, must solve this question:
yet Jealous participation by the laity Of
relglous bodies must ensue to result In
Its actual accomplishment Therefore we
may reflect upon a few of the primal
facts which should constrain to the bring
ing about Of this unity
whence comes and who is the author
OF this law of unity that should encom-
pass the life of christendom? The answer
Is not far removed and comes quickly to
the lips; that as the work Of mans intel
ngence is not misunderstood by him.
and is not taken as q result of blind force
or chance, but is the result of his mental
moral and intellectual planning, in other
words, the result Of his intelligence, and
as mans works at their highest developI
ment are but feeble likeness of natures
works and that mans most profound re-
searches and discoveries enable him to
simply catch a glimpse peering in here
ana there at the never failing operations
+ OF nature s laws, using as she does with
most forceful1 and beauteous harmony
the exact means which find their fulfill
ment In absolutely perfect ends, through
out the whole of creation. Will we then
In the presence Of these facts while
Knowing intelligence to be the power,
the spiritual power back of fragile man
determining his actions and works, refuse
10 see intelligence back of nature as its
Hrst great cause clothed with omnipo-
tence' Justice, power and mercy The
same being God Himself and Almighty
personal intelligence.
We see from these considora finn. tba+
natures cause is God, a supreme personal
intelligence, and that God has made man
the head of his creation an Individual
mite intelligence, and breathed into him
ms HE, and man because a living souI
ana with power, beauty excellence. has
he not clothed him? WILL memory. un-
uerstahdlng, and as a mark of mans
royalty IN the order of created beings.
goa mas endowed man with his chief gift
MS mans moral freedom, so that in strict
justice, man becomes the arbiter OF his
own destiny; meriting commentator ard
reward Tor righteousness, and condemna-
tlon and Judgment for tniuuitv The
purpose OF the Creator is clearly manifest
IN the things that are made, the matertal
A'0i'c Aol lJle sustaining and cOntinI-
ance of the moral and spiritual worlds
in the order Of time, and Obedience 10
tne'r laws insure their unfailing pnrnosa
Ile hiting up of man from height to
helsht In ever continued DEVELOPMENT NJ
ms spiritual and rational being
we see then with what terrible re-
sponsio'hty this moral freedom Is
4aosh' enticlng us to act well our part.
10 DO right, thereby precludfne wrong
SCuIDfOr fol
OF marble. breathes into its inert mass
the forms of loneliness and beauty ca
the environment of individual life In Tho
oenehcent purpose Of the Creator is the
means through which and by the use of
Wnich man attafns that glorious liberty
Inat moral freedom which is the gift of
COO, the gift of an infinite intelligence
to a finite intelligence. The deenest
study Of mankind is man. Turning the
nina In upon itself. we find GERTRUDE
unity continuity indelibly impressed
thereon, unity in the multiplicitv Of
faculties with which the soul is eouipped
proceeding from conscious perception to
perfect assimilation by the Office of rea-
son, and thence to Judgment by logical
deduction. How admirable are NOT all
OF these faculties and powers unified for
the mutual accomplishment of the objects
OF their institution. so also in the physi-
cal universe outside of u.s. the farthest
confines of science reached by man arc
so many guide posts directing mans foot
steps through the endless panorama of
the material world, and thus disclosing
to man the universal instinct of human.
ity-the need of God" the keystone Of
spiritual unity for the universe Find
Ing, there a moralS intellectual and ma
terial unity of purpose as the governor
of all that enters into matter yea into
our very lives, why will we not seek for
tn H. wAIs-
whether rightly or wrongly understood
is intended by us to be the stepping stone
to spiritual life. Think you that 1t Is
violative of the divine will that unity
should rule here? ASK and you shall
receive, seek and you shall find, knock
and 1t shall be opened to you'-a COM
mand and reward of obedience to which
will unlock the darkness of earth and adj
nit the light and unity of the spiritual
world.
Standing on these broad principles and
acknowledging accountability to the
Creator, I believe 1t the boundless duty
of Christendom-all those who are fol-
lowers Of the lowly Nazarine (Who has
brought light to the world)-to look dill
gently with the lamp of brotherly love
for a common foundation on which all
can stand in their mutual battle to
achieve the spiritual life
Therefore let us lift up the gates of
greed-exorcise it-and let the spirit of
magnanimity come in; lift up the gates
of injustice and let justice flood our
souls: lift up the gates of pride and let
humility bow our heads; lift up the gates
of hatred and let love come IN; lift up
the gates of lust and all unrighteousness
and let purity purge the portals of our
hearts; lift up the gates of uncharita-
bleness to the neighbor and let those two
silent landmarks of all the virtues
kindness and mercy"-come in, and they
all will cleanse this temple of flesh, this
life of ours making, of it q fit abode for
an eternal home in the heavens.
a'i sal ~ j1t-P. F. Egan
st. Paul, June 10.