The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-30
GOD KNOCKING At THE
DOOR Of OUR HEARTS.
World Full of Blessing and an Album.
dance for All--ElOQuent Sermon
by Rev. A. E. KrOm.

led to realization OF what The mean
ing OF isola tion Is TO the soul keble I'm
the Christian year and Matthew Ar
mold have both told as Of the souls In
dependence, OF its separa tiOn from other
souls But not until some great grlef
oyertakes us or some misfortune over
whelms us do we realize how much we
live. lot I'm the strength and might OF
ourselves but in the love and life ana
sympathy OF others. There come times
when the world seems 10 disown us.
When the mlnstratlon OF friends gan
us a : much as the harsh judgment OF enc
mics.
Then IL Is that the heart knoweth It's
own bitterness.
II takes a moment or an hour now ana
, then OF such woe TO teach us how much
we live In the lives OF others
IL would be a sad life were IL not that
beyond our weakness there is strength,
beyond our sorrow there is sympathy, be-
yond the emptiness of our lives there is
love
The man who forgets that there is with
out him that which he needs is lost.
We need God. The soul yearns for Him.
We need the touch OF other souls.
We need the church the communion or
souls or there are hours when the soul
must take wing and soar in prayer ana
song
There are hours OF sllent/thought and
meditation when we need 10 lose our
selves I'm the Infinite to find ourselves.
The time never comes when a man is
sufficient unto himself.
TO whatever heights OF virtue you may
scale there will still he another soul TO
inspire and teach YOU The fuller the
finite life becomes the closer men cling TO
the infinite. The strong souls OF the
world have been the ones who have leant
most upon the Son OF Man.
Let us not forget we are religious be-
ings To forget IL we deceive ourselves.
TRUE SPIRIT OF RELIGION.
The animal alone is self contained This
sense of dependence is the true spirit OF
religion. Yield 10 AZ In depending upon the
best
This fact OF the source and content of
ALI goodness lying without us rather than
within might lead us TO despair were IL
not that all good things lie so near us.
| They are not hostile TO us. They claim
us az their own. Behold l stand at the
| door and knock.
| The great material blessings OF life
have sought man from the time when
| the foundations of the earth were laid.
| Then the lightning streaked the Heav-
ems. But the mind of man was closed
| to It's meaning One day Franklin draws
'
Human skill and ingenuity chain IL and
turn Il TO the service OF man. We call II
| n discovery. But It's only an opening of
| the mind To an understanding OF its sig
| nihcance. All truth is nearer us than
| falsehood. At belongs 10 the structure OF
| things.
Error demands circumlocution and
| lodging.
| We think of all good things as remote
\ from us.
| We must travel to be wise but Kant
never travelled more than few miles
| from his home vet changed the whole
| process Of thought with his philosophy.
The woman said unto Jesus, II know
that Messiah cometh which is called
| Christ: where He IL come He will tell Us
| all things
Jesus saith unto her, that speak un-
| TO thee am He"
The blessings Of life lie not in those
things that are hard for men TO attain,
but in the common things or life thai
are showered abundantiy upon us all
Not every man can be wealthy. but every
man can have home.
| It's the home with It's simple virtues
that brings Joy into life and not rugs
| and tapestries and gold.
| Said a wealthy merchant of Boston, 2
| short time ago to "a friend "rhe happies
| part OF my life was the time when my
| wife and / lived in one room and ] could
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| coffee"
In this land every man can have suci
| privileges and Joys.
When the artist would bless humanity
with an immortal creation he does no
| paint the remote or the unknown. VI,
| paints childhood he pictures motherhood
lie reveals human love, human sympathy
| human sorrow.
simple picture IN the art exhibit o
the worlds fair a few years ago touched
| the hearts of strong men ana women.
The great works OF ART were passed 10
| for a picture that revealed senumen
| which all knew and understood. A mothe
| bidding her son goodbye.
Literature wins immortality only VIE
it deals With the feelings and passon
! common to " all. Dickens deals VII
men aud women as they are
. Too often We deceive ourselves abor
| the world that lies 80 close about us. w
| say the life We lead has no charm and ]
l empty We put ourselves I'm new en-
| vironment. aud then ~ We look back q
| the past We see what possibilities 20
| good there were IN II which We passed b
. | unheedng and when disduiet creep
, | upon us once again We realize that th
| fault was not without "a. hut within IA.
Said Jesus "He that giyeth cup d
cold water IN my name shall not los
said the servants OF Naamsn unto the
! master when he refused 10 baptize \
Jordan 'Ny father u the prophet ha
= not have done t2' What we can do
the kingdom of God seoms so small tha
| 10 ls hardly worth The DOING wee
so strong our virture 50 weak. Vet
? w. in the cup of cold water that blessin
Z lies and in the doing Of small things ths
peace and JOY enter into the human hear
WORLD FULL OF BLESSINGS.
/, Human greed may lay hold upon tl
material wealth Of the world and use
90 selfish ends restricting u from ~
$ many But The things that bless an
" sanctify that are the truly good thinl
of the world belong not 90 the few, h,
= 90 humanity and Ne 40 the door OF o'
4 hearts.
Would thai ibe thought might tai
~ strong hold upon us that the world is M
II OF blessings that lie near us. that Wa
n | upon us that seek entrance into ol
souls Whether we shall know them IN
a | feel their power depends unon ourselve
: Tho spirit waits aud knocks and says; ''
any man hear Nv voice and open n
J. door \ will come into him and snp vi
q and he with him and him With Me. ~
). door ~ our heart must BE- opened fro
. | the inside.
Whether We nnd blessing 1r curses
tho world depends ou ourselves. "fh
world ~ aot bad a world as son
u | would like 30 make it but whether go,
Il | or whether had depends on now We tsl
n H." A mans attitude determines whet
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