The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-07-03


fore . INA summer congregation. Tho
Doctor paid his rsspecls to Chi, Ian Sol
ence, patriotic qtternnce His text wa
Ia Mark I ;SS: !"For the earth bringeth
forth fruit Ok herself; first the blade. then
ths ear. after that the full corn 10 the ear
Tho Doctor said "The law Of growth"
is an interesting and suggestive subject:
every point OF our lives, aud are subjects
of Its Invisible working power. 1t Is every
where aud In oil relations, first the blade,
then the ear, afhsr that the full corn In the
ear. God does not create results by direct
operations. He introduces forces, and
leaves them to work, each according to its
law, In the production Of Its effects. Tho
result achieved Is as much Gods as 1t
would be were He to bring IL about BY the
direct fiat Of His will. Human results are
attained according to Gods plan. We are
users Of appropriate means for given
end.
We recognize this fact In every harvest
that grows. God does not create the wheat
and the corn fields By touching the earth
with the fiuger Of His power, or BY pro-
Long ago He ordained that harvests OF
grain or Of fruit should be propagated from
We are placed In the midst Of this grow
ing system with faculties inventive that
we mi0ht combine forces for ths produ O.
ton OF harvests which under God bring
wealth and supports Of life. The achieve
ment Of results without the aid of appro.
PIRATE means 10 simply an tmpossibility.
The so-callsd "Christian Science" there
fore is QUE Of the greatest frauds ever pre-
scented to an intelligent mind. 1t Is open
rebellion against oil natural law-against
the order God has established for the
maintenance Of life-agatnst God = own
sovereign wlll-against civilization and
against common sense. "Chrlstian Sol
disenses destroys human life and Is there
fore the hand maid OF death.
There 10 no condition of human exist.
ence that /, divorced from tie use OF
means The use of means is mans only
employment In this world. Use idleness.
and there Is poverty; use diligence. and
there is competence; use dishonesty, and
there Is the pehitentiary; use honesty,
and there Is open dir and respect; use tenn
pOrance, and therei Ia thrift; use prayerloss-
ness aud there Is godlGssness; use prayer.
fulness and there is godliness; use the
devil and there Is hell; use God and there
is heaven.
But the use OF means for the highest
good is the insistence RI Gods word. Its
Keen illustration is the hlsbandman plant
Ing seed on prepared soil. Then there ID
the chemical action Of the soil co-opcra-
ting with air, rain and sunshine; and
then there Is the blade, the oar and the
full cornjin the ear. This 10 evo'ution-an
evolution which recognizes God Us the
First Cause
The same law acts In our mental nature.
Our minds are not created i'll tho full de-
velopment Of their powers. Mind Is Gro
ated with forces within II which are TO be
led out trained and equipped with attain
ments under the active efforts OF Others.
In the sphere of mind 1t ia the prattle,
then the little word, then little sen tences,
then the alphabet, then the reader, then
arithmetic and then out through Ian
guages and sciences as far as mind here
can 90. What Is true of mind, Ia true OF
the human race in its civilization. Civil.
izntion Is progressive never instantaneous
Nouation comes suddenly into eminence
fully equipped In intellectual vlgor, In
material resources, and in moral in iluenco
1t must take the preparatory course. 1t
must begin with the lowest round and
climb the ladder. No nation sess up house
keeping with finely furnished parlUrs. dec
oratsd walls and costly livery.
These are anniversary times. On Tues
day, ono hundred aud twenty thro3 years
ago the Old Liberty Bell filled the mir
with freedoms ring. From that bour on
wards tho fire cracker has been in tho
laud. Patriotism has knded our al
tar firos. Our Eagle has never wearied in
its flight toward the sun. Our Flag has
mover dilLmed its colors, nor lost star.
Our army has never suffered final defeat
Our navy has never failed in its efforts to
sweep the seas. In midday and in mid
night tho sun beats down somewhere on
our shores. But there has been more than
one hundred and twenty -three years
growth. First there was the discovery of
this continent; then the Pilgrims; then
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then Independence and Its war; then the
Confederation Of States; then the ConsM-
tuition; then storms OF argument aud of
war; thea peace from ocean to ocean;
then Alaska; then war; then Hawaii,
Cuba, Puerto REQ, Guam and the Philip
pines; and now at Hague, where the ma
terlal and moral forces of our nation are
battling with armed powers for advanced
civilization in war. aud especially for q
tribunal of arbitration whereby war Itself
shall be. II possible. eliminated from na-
tional life. This is the history OF Ameri-
can civilization in tho abstract. Another
view would give us tho cabin. then the
house, then tho city with palaces and con-
sierra ed temples. First the dug out canoe,
then the sailing vessel, then tho ship with
spreading sails. or ponderous engines
driving tho ocean into foam, First the
pack saddle, then tho wagon, then the iron
horse. First the slcke then the scythe,
then the reaper. First tho post boy then
the stage COACH then the railway, then the
telegraph, then the telephone. First
forests, thon fields, then cities; and when
knowledge increased ana religion diffused
Its spirit, nation, an empire, erect In
moral grandeur. head bathed IN golnen
sunlight, and hands playing with the
waters Of two oceans, a nation, an empire
civilized to the law, first tho blade, then
the ear after that the full corn IN the ear"
The same law is found 10 the kingdom
Of God. 1t began In the individual soul
First there was a purpose, then prlnc.
pie, then habit, then life pervading
aud renewing And from The individual
it goes from mind to mind, from kingdom
to kingdom. 1t came to this country with
Christian colony. The kingdom OF God
has made America what 1t Is. 1t Is TAX
ing root in Rll the world. But it has done
so by the uss Of means. The harvest of
all things Is approaching. The whoat Is
In blossom. We arc In stirring times.
Conditions exist which will usher 10 dis
closures Of tho Divine purpose which have
been hidden from human eyes. These last
hours of tho 18th century are bringing
some Of these purposes into view. Inc
"Kingdom" Il coming rapidly, and along
the line hoary with age and brilliant with
the glory Of God. Gods Kingdom has al
why's disturbed nations and empires. 1t
has always cast down thrones. Its infiu-
once has always changed governments in
lhoir forms or in their principles Of admin
istratiOn-but never in violation OF the
law, first the blade, then the car, after
that tho FULL corn In the ear.
nuun Hall NaDa