The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-16

her ear.
There comes down this other aisle a
maiden with the hues of health on her
cheek. the sparkle of genius in her eye
Do you know, after all. If you were 10 ask
would point to that old woman with the
ear trumpet and say, She is the most beau
tiful being God Almighty ever made. for
she is my mother. She is not beautiful
to you. but don't YOU know love puts rain
bows In the eyes and when love does tnat
the object of love is always beautiful?
An. would you let me insist on IL that
in our communion with men we need more
love. What a rosy world this would be II
love obtained There would be no anarch-
ism in 1t. there would be no assassin's bull
let in ii, there would be no weeping Ma
ton over the untimely taking OF OF the
chief magistrate. If love ruled in the world
the world would be heaven. for heaven Is a
place where love is the atmosphere. Love
makes even a rough landscape sparkle.
THE THIRD LINK.
But / want to dwell more extensively
on that third link in the chain-Truth. Do
you know it is our business a charitable
men and women to learn the truth? We
have got to learn the weakness of men TO
love them. Every man has his weakness.
Every man has his element OF strength
There never was a perfect man that walked
Gods green earth but one-Jesus of Naz-
areth And now it is our business to learn
the truth about the weakness of men. That
is charitable. We are most unchar1taole,
my friends, along the line or our e&cei,
lences. Ii / ride the horse of honesty until
the horse is jaded l cannot Tolerate us
honesty in man. | would Danish child
If he were dishonest. If L ride the hoppy
of virtue-and ii is a magnificent morse 10
ride-I cannot tolerate any radical weak
ness along that line in any man. Here
: d n II v l4O never drank d crop OF WHISKY
IL his life. h Goes not know anything
about the charms of intoxicatlon he says,
fnln a
1t in any FORM. He is a radically unchdr-
table because he does not know anything
direction. Ah if he had ever fallen, II
the slime had ever fallen on the floors OF
his house, that man would have a warm
heart for the beggar within ms touch WIN
blOod-shot eyes and liquor-sodden breath.
Men are weak. If we knew the environ
ment and the condition surrounding
brother, our hearts would be strangely ten
der toward him. Harsh personal crltlclsrn
man on earth il will be by playing on the
goodness in him and not by harplng on the
soul-winners most successful In lie nave
been those who knew how TO dig FOR golo
and let 1t sparkle when they found II.
Jesus said once How many loaVes nave
you? and when they had a few loaves and
small fishes He took the remnant and MADE
them into a feast. And the thing Tor ra-
tional man to do is to say, How many
loaves have your and take the good In
human nature and let God multiply 1t into
a sufficiency.
Here is a piano that has its key OF q
all right, but all the others are out OF tune
Some day / start TO play piece or music,
a charming thing, a carol of the skies tnat
some man caught as 1t was hitting by ana
pinned IL down paper. So sit down 10
that instrument and | find that the Key
of G. is not large enough, has not compass
enough to take in that magnlhcenf PEE PEE,
the other keys. | do not walt hfteen MIN
utes until get that piano tuned. so a man
tries to play a divine harmony on the harl
of his nature and that that is In tune 1T
him is not big enough to circumscribe the
beauty of the divine carol and he wakes ur
to the fact that he is all out OF tune ana ne
goes to the divine Master of the universe
who refits him and refills him and gets
him in absolute harmony. Is that not true
But he would never have Weakened up tc
the fact that he was out of tune If he hac
not had a key in him that was in tune.
I'VE are to learn the truth about The
grandeur of man on the other side. 1herf
is something grand even in the wreck OF Z
man. Oh, | thank God. my brothers. that
no man ever gets so low in the journey oi
life. so prostitutes his manhood that a al
TO shine Just like there Is something granC
in the ruins of an old ship that lies out or
the beach. She has made many a voyage
she has landed many a passenger, she has
been a mighty Argosy that: like bird
spread her wings and flew from shore tC
shore and from land TO land.
TINE TO BE CHARITABLE.
I'VE ought to get wonderfully charitable
with man when we remember the weakness.
| in him and the wonderful grandeur. But
| think the most serious thought that evel
| comes to the human race is mans RESPONSE
| bility TO God A man asked Daniel Web
| ster one time what was the most serious
| thought that ever occupied his mind. This
was his answer-'My personal responsible
/. ity to God And it is our business as ODD
| Fellows to learn the truth about God anC
/ the great hereafter.
/ Are you aware that man is only grea
as he appropriates what God has provided
| for him? A butterfly came into my study
one day and bathed its wings in the sun
| shine and then lighted on the word of Goo
! on my desk spread its wings, huttered &
/ while, walked across the page and ther
| flew out of the window forever, and tn,
! thought struck me that L am greater thar
! that butterfly. world of wisdom was un
der its feet, world of revelation wa.
! beneath it and it did not see it. but 1 dc
! understand IL, do appropriate ii to myself
/ That brilliant flower is brilliant simply be
! cause 1t appropriates to itself the beautiful
| colors around it. That bird sings sweete
! than that other bird on the top Of the ire,
/ simply because it appropriates that music
| and he is greatest in the journey of life wht
! appropriates for himself what God AL
/ mighty has provided for US. We are L
| learn TO love Him and serve Him, ad w,
! are 10 learn one more lesson, and that Il
/ the lesson of help.
/ Suottlu De strangely uerellct III my Out.
/ If l did not tell you that vast message, thu
! overwhelming majority Of men In the high
/ er walks of life are godly men. You run
/ along TIE lives Of men who have filled tn,
executive chair of the Nation. see how the,
| lived. see how they died. Men have got t
| learn TO appropriate Gods help, and wha
| a helper He ISL
Mr.. Tevis related the story of the vener
| able painter whose genius had such a DOW
! erful hold upon him that he could not la,
! aside his brushes and palette even in hi
declining years. The aged man would worl
J the livelong day upon picture and in tn
| evening would gaze upon it and with :
! sigh declare that his cunning was dese TT
! ing him. His son, a brilliant young artist
: would kindly tell the aged man to retire u
rest and that in the morning when hi
sight was clearer maybe the picture woul,
take on a better appearance. In the night
time the son would work upon the paintin.
until he made it reflect the handiwork o
! genius. and the next morning the old paint
/ er would take fresh hone from xuhat he ho