Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-02

dreadful; but Jesus revelation of the
Fatherhood precludes any possibility
for this ~depravity to ever wreck the
image of the Fathers love. The call
to repentance is based on this very
idea that Gods image may be made
TO shine forth from every specimen.
Moody said, "There are no hopeless
cases." For me it would be to deny
my Lord to stand by the grave of a
Nero or a Czolgosz, and say there is
no hope. Just as surely as humanity
is Divine, so surely is there hope of
the final overthrow of human deprav-
ity. This is the encouragement for
the sin sick soul, fighting the evil, re-
sisting the temptation, struggling to
be good.
One of the events to which I refer
that Ia forced this theory to the
front, is that sad event that a few
weeks ago caused the hearts of eighty
millions of loyal people to bleed with
sorrow, the assassination of the pres
ident and the accompanying results.
It is not for us to penetrate the mys-
teries of the future more than for
others, but if the Unitarian theory
be true, why not emphasize it by this
test case. 1t is a fact that Leon Czol-
gosz went down to death unconvert-
ed, unrepentant for the sorrow he
had wrought. He paid the just pen
atty of his crime: beyond that what
should be his fate? AS DR.. Pullman
said at Buffalo. "What would best
satisfy Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley
where they are? What fate do they
desire for their murderers" If our
we'll beloved president deserved one
half of the praises that have been
bestowed upon him, and he deserved
them all, he could desire no greater
blessing in Heaven than the redemp-
ton of the assassin's soul. "He who
rendered up his life to anarchy can
never desire that anarchy should re-
main a permanent part Of Coos uni
verse;" AS surely as the soul of Nc
Kinley is with Him who in the agony
of the cross prayed, ooh, Father for
give them for they know not what
they do,1 SO surely will every redeem
ing influence of Heaven be employed
until his depraved soul be cleared of
it's rebellion and disorder and set to
atone for the harm it has done and
the sorrow it is wrought.
This idea of the all Fa~therhood also
settles the position of human sorrow.
This thought was brought home to me
with force a few days since when at a
funeral the comfort of a fathers love
had been especially emphasized and a
minister of a ~particularist faith who
was present said," That is the heart
What other side can there be
the heart side: Are we to let man
made creed and superstitioDs dogma
stand between bleeding hearts bowed
sorrow and the Fathers love
that Christ revealed? The heart side
is the God side, and there can be no
other. A noble sorrow has a refining
influence upon human lives. It is one
of the Influences that work for the
righteousness of the race. 1t is in
the first step in progressive
goodness. Without sorrow there
could not be any appreciation Of joy.
Blessings are always comprehended
by contrast. 1t is the shadow that
the sublime beauty OF the
landscape. We are happy to-day be-
cause we were sad yesterday. Sorrow,
then, is God-given; it is for a purpose.
1t is needed for the development of
the soul. So I believe in the mission
Of evil. These things make us more
tender, more considerable, ~sympathet-
lc, loving, kind. And when I feel the
of the F~atherhood, / understand
all. The thickening shadows may
about me, the shades of night
encompass my life, sharp doubt pierce
my soul, yet bright day is before me
and the world is full of light. 1 can
pass through the valley of the shadow
of death and behold it is beautiful, for
shine.
What, then, do I need ITO say in
in regard to human destiny?
whose house or dweIiing-place
are we going? The Fathers. In
house have we been living?
The Fathers. He has been kind, con-
,iderate, forbearing unto US here. He
no interference with his pur-
pose for us. He is Lord of all. That
ne desires our happiness and we'll
is manifest upon every hand.
Love is the supreme law'of His king
1om; when we pass into the next
room, the one that shall come after J