Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-10-15

Calls MIN n genius. Combine all this
in one, and IT. is not half what this gift
means to one poor soul. "Unspeak-
able. the vocabulary of n
Shakespeare, the vivid fancy of
Dante, and the tongue Of an arch.angel
before this gift would be speechless.
"His unspeakable gift"
There are indirect results which we
must not forget. At noon there are
countless number Of rays Of light bath
ing the earth, but these all center in
one sun. Even so does every comfort
and joy In life have their source in this
''unspeakable gift" Why, life itself
is made possible through the same. 1t
was the offering Of this Son to become
an "unspeakable gift that stayed the
arm Of justice when man sinned and
invited destruction. Founded on this
life are many pleasures, only few Of
which we will mention. There is prop
ably nothing so inestimable as educa-
ton. So highly is it generally es-
teemed that many look upon it as the
savior of society,-as the hope Of the
country. This is all true, IL this edu
cation embraces the heart as well as
the head,-if it be a Christian educa-
ton. While we may be extravagant in
our praises of education, it's joys are
only known to the favored few. We
may imagine that general education is
the result of our civilization, but this
would be an rror. There are other
countries of equal civilization, far be-
taking birds eye view of the world
we can not but be convinced that re-
ligion begets education; that religion
demands developed man. Where
the true Christian religion goes,
along with it goes education,-its
handmaid The exalted privilege of
having an educated, trained mind is
due to this "unspeakable gift' Of God.
Another blessing, known only i'll Chris
ton lands of far-reaching influence is
the home. If it be a Christian home 1t
must have something of culture and re
finement about 1t, but what made 1T
possible, purified its love, and lifted
it above the stable Is Christianity. The
home will only remain pure so long as
religion is held and obeyed; home
without religion is like day without
light; flower without fragrance, or
a summer without warmth. One other
blessing we viii mcntion,-one peculiar
to us Americans and that is our form
of government. Have you ever stud
led the movement in Europe just when
this hemisphere was being discovered
If SO, you could avoid the conviction
that God was using means to compel
| PtOfASe
to seek a home in the new world.
This they did. The oppression en-
dured, the love of liberty begotten,-
all was handed to children as II price
less legacy. When later the oppor-
tunity offered do you wonder that the
bonfires of liberty were kindled on
every hilltop? When the God Of battles
had blessed their efforts and this liberty
was proclaimed throughout all the land
to all the inhabitants thereof, and the
duty devolved to erect the fabric of a
government, think you such noble sons
of such sturdy sires would do aught
to infringe this liberty? 1t is because
of the direct influence of Christianity
that we have government of the
people, by the people before the peo.
ple. A government where every man
has uual rights and equal chance
before the law. 1t Is Christianity
which has washed our flag of every
} stain, notably Of slavery, and Chris
tianity will yet save our country, II
every hour of peril. 1t seems to mt
we have reached the substratum OF
7 truth when we believe that the bes
! bulwark of a nation is her happy, con
tented and Christian people. These
3 and others as well are blessings
: which flow from the ''unspeakabl'
e gift" of God as surely as the rivers
flow from the mountains. Some o.
! these were only imperfectly known tt
Paul, but who knows, he may have
s had a prophetic vision Of this tim
+ and age; certain it is he could hav'
/ reasoned from known premises to con
G clusions and had these things in hi
n mind when he wrote of the "unspeak
i able gift"
S Very briefly, / want you to thinl
: about the other part of the text
: "thanks be unto God" AS the cloud
e sometimes become so heavy will
a moisture that of necessity it falls a
e rain or moist, so sometimes Pauri