The Chanute times., 1900-03-09

fall and they could not change tne
eternity of his woe.
But there are 500 different ways OF
read: And God said, Let there be
light and there was light. And God
saw the light that II was good, ana
God divided the light from the dark
ness. And God called the light day
and the darkness he called night
Too Much Light
"In other words, those verses mean
this: In the beginning God ignited for
self-murder besides those found along
the poisonous highways of opium,
liquor and moral weakness. The de-
spised worm destroys the monster
oak as well as the woodman's ak. the
little seed or the frozen stream cracks
the solid rock as we'll as the angry
dynamite. The flowing waters OF Nj
agara river dissolve the mountains.
"In the first chapter OF Genesis we
this planet two suns. The moon is
nothing but burnt-out sun. But after
the creation God felt too much light
would destroy the human race, so ne
practically said: My children must
have time to sleep. The flowers close
their petals in slumber. The trees be-
come torpid in winter nap to give
forth the spring buds. Even the ma
chinery must have a rest or 1t will soon
wear out. The angelus bell without
quiet will cease to chime, so, In order
to have man and woman sleep, / Will
show them my will For ten hours at
least | will envelop the earth in total
Darkness Like our grandmothers
with a cande-snuffer, God reached
down and put out the light of that
sun which we call the moon. And this
is the reason we ought to go to bed
with the chickens and answer early to
the morning call Of the Growing cock
"In the next place, the text honors
the Lenten season because it is pro-
test against human perfection. II
there were any people on earth who
by physical contact were fitted for the
receiving of the Holy Spirit on account
of their natural conditions, they were
the little band of 120 Christians, COM
|
? Lazarus, Mary, the mother of Christ
and Mary Magdalene, who had the
seven devils, and the rest of the apos-
ties who sat with Christ at the last
supper. They ate of his body and drank
> of his blood. Many of them knew
Jesus when he was in Galilee and made
the wine at the wedding of Cana. They
saw him crucifed. They saw the tomb
which was rifled. They saw him and
talked to him and touched him when
he was resurrected. Paul said: After
that he was seen of above 500 brethren
at once, of whom the greater part re-
mains unto this pentecost, but some
are fallen asleep
Beheld the Ascension.
"They saw Jesus ascension, when he
\ mounted higher and higher, until th'
trees were under his feet higher an(
higher, until his hair was moistenet
by the halo of clouds, as the gardens
e are besweated by the morning mists
e higher and higher, until other worlds
t, crowded around him in love; higher
st and higher, until his white, flowing
Ie garments became as the wings Of
J. dove; higher and higher, until eartf
l. itself to him must have dwindled into
h a star. Yet these disciples, before thu
h Holy Spirit came, had to gather in on'
If place. with one accord, for supplica
h tion and prayer Cannot you and
d train our eyes to see the tongues o
le fire: strain our ears to hear the spir1
le winds moving among the trees; reacf
If forth our hands for the gospel heart
is clasp, and lift our lips for the kiss o
,r divine love?
" zone day among the arctic iceberg'
il a whaling ship sighted strange craft
Ie Its ropes were ropes of ice. Its sails
1t and hull and quarter deck were all GOV
t. cred with ice Its rudder chains coult
n not move, for they were in the grip
n omnipotent ice When the commando
came near enough to this strange Graf
l. he lifted the trumpet and called, 'Shll
l. ahoy, ship ahoy. Whittier bound; from
/, what port? There was no answer.
v boat was lowered. When the rescuinI
= party climbed over the bulwarks the!
+ found the captain frozen dead In tn
= cabin: the sailors frozen dead in tn
10 hunks; the cook frozen dead in th'
,s kitchen; the wheelman frozen dead a
Ie the wheel. For thirteen long year
# that ship had foated helplessly about
is the sport of every current, the play
thing of every wind, and the only fu
&C neral dirge was sounded by storm
A. demons, shrieking and kissing in tn
8 rigging.
10 so every man at 40 or so years @
Il age is derelict a divinely pitied hu
70 man craft, drifting around with fu
70 cargo of decayed opportunities, wit
~ his corpses of misapplied influences
n We must first throw overheard ou
/ dead selves before we can let Jesu
ID Christ step upon the decks.
lie Actions That Command Contempt.
* by our actions we try to push our
J. selves down to the lowest depths
cs Gods great ocean of contempt Thi
e. was not the figure of the pentecosta
d, gathering. Methinks we see them
IN There is Mary, the Mother. weak an
inc