The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-09-09
He DiScOurSeS on a Larger, Fuller
Life, Its Duties and the Proper
Use of Wealth.

do as is done In the physical study 1t by
contrast and note it's action.
LIFE" AND DEATH"
To the whole of the great throbbng,
beating world of life mon oppose the ter
rible word death. This word is as com
mon i'm the sayings of Jesus and with
New Testament writer's as IL the word
life Science tells us that death Is merely
failure to correspond with our environ
ment.
A man becomes incapable of breathing
the air, he can no longer answer TO the
conditions that are necessary TO life con-
sequently death lis the result. This con-
Germs us for two reasofis IL may ap-
ply to the whole man, TO his moral and
intellectual nature as we'll as 10 his physi-
cal and in both these spheres IL is less
dreaded because IL is leAs sudden and
consequently less shocking TO the MIND.
We are fearfully and wonderfully
made The physical nature. that which
is lowest in mans constitution continual
ly makes demands upon men which must
be answered. Man will make every effort
to answer them. But while the body
| Graves food the mind and soul of man
| may lie dormant for years unless awak-
! ened by the influence of the home, the
! school, the church, society in general But
| the conditions about and the tenn
| permanent within may so dwarf ones ma
| ture as 10 leave man dyiug day by day
| I'm all those graces OF mind and heart
| which goato constitute manhood without
| the man himself being conscious OF
! change.
IL Is said that pain is the greatest OF
| all blessings. Ii comes AS a messenger 90
| warn us OF the approach OF disease and
| lead US 10 defend ourselves against the at
tack But how often men die morally, in
| telleotually. yet so imperceptibly that
they are not aware OF the inroad OF the
| dread destroyer.
We arc on the verge Of forgetting that
there IL such a thing as spiritual death.
As being dead 20 the best that there Is
in the world about US. We seem 10 be
unconscious Of the fact that we can sink
so low as 10 forget that there arc rights
and obligations. duties and respousihlli-
ties That despite all tho weakness and
frailty Of men there Is always some GOOD
and that we shouts Discover Il Il there
was anything good within us to answer e
II.
GOOD IN LIVES OF OTHERS. :.
IL - Just this ability 10 correspond e
the good In the lhes of others that Jesu
calls life AS physical life Is the physi
cal capacity 10 correspond 20 the physica
environment so spiritual life is m
inner capacity 10 correspond with IN
best there Is IN the world. TO know
in abundance. 20 enter iuto communio
with n; to live In harmony with ~; that
To live and live more ahundanty,
salvation. therefore is not the eoutraC
ton OF ones lfo. The running OF IL int
narrow grooves. It docs not mean tha
one il merely 10 conform ones life 90 ~
formulse. 90 positive creeds, TO narro'
dogInas ~ dies not mean that one
. | to be blind Go all beauty cNccptthe beaut
. I or Holiness In the middle ages the monk
4 who rode up from Italy into SwitIerlan
! / werc exhortcd 10 close their eyes 10 th
, beauties OF nature there 40 prodigall
bestowed lest a. might detract froi
4 thcir holy mrditptons.
Z But Jesus sees lu that communion wit
{ thebeRutifui I'm nature meditation tbs
Is In harmony with Tho spirit Of God
. The beauty of ratGre ~ one nanifest'
2 lion of the beauty 81 holiness The earth
o the Iord's and the filncss thereof. TT
II hills are TITS and Ire made them. sings ~
!. psalnist u does rot moan that one
p 10 be blind 20 on truth eNcent the truth
r ~ Holy writ. The Catholic church pr'
hibits 90 its priests and ATTY tho rcadir
2 ~ certain hooks Npt because fhev al
l. immoral hut hccausa their statements a'
n ofttlnlcs destructive ~ Inc principles
h the ,stholic church Egt Jesus wclcom'
q 10 truth saving ~ Himself am y
j. | truth
Thi. saving - Jesus Is thr kcy note
l. IudauendeuCp 20 the Christian life
e nufs tho sfanip of approved on all th
. ministers unto Nfs ~ urts ts stamp
. disapprnval or az that contracts Hi
10 that makes u narrow mean selfish si
. fin Whaf the Great charter was and is
J. { ihe English uatior What Tho Americ.
l. Declaration 80 independence is 90 Amo
= ira what the Emancipation prociam
y tion was 90 the ensiaved race Of the sout