The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-03-14

washing his hands Of all it's conflicts
and turning it over to others to buffet
and to cruelty. In the name of all that
> Is good and true, if there Is such man
here, beseech you to live a divided
J life no longer! If you cannot believe in
| a goddess universe; if it is impossible
| for you to look up at the cleaning suns
of the Milky Way and think of them
as the product of mere mad theme;
! II you shrink from the thought that the
human soul, when strife and struggle
are over, is melted and consumed, and
that every biography and all human
| history can be summed up in the one
| phrase, Dust to dust" then have the
courage of your convictions, and in the
name of God stand out openly on the
side of those who believe in him and
seek to do His holy will.
never cared much for the study of
"Apologetics.n 1t is not as popular as
! it used to be. They have man to
teach it. however, in every theological
seminary. 1t was elective in the semi
nary from which l graduated, and did
not elect it. ! never cared much for
apologize Christians Did you over see
small boy come out Of the pantry
with his face all covered with rasp-
berry-jam, and so walking across the
room in front of his mother, in an easy
and nonchalent manner, to prove that
he has done nothing out of the way?
Well, people sometimes join the church.
and then so out into the world with
some such air as that. AS much as to
tWhot or 20
/ haven't been doing anything. You
seem to think that a city set on a hill
Is in a conspicuous position. If you
don't stop looking at me / will just take
my light and crawl under bushel."
We read in the Book Of the Revelation
that in heaven they all took their
crowns and laid them down at the feet
Of the Lamb. 1t is a significant fact
that no one did homage to Him who sat
on the throne save those who had
crowns to cast at His feet. 1t Is the
coronation of our manhood that it is
able to bow down before Jesus Christ.
Alas for the man who looks upon reli-
gion as sign of weaknessl If the
trainer who has charge of the athletes
who each year struggle on Yale field,
We're to call them together on the even
ing before the contest for a few last
words Of advice and say, Nov, don't
run back to the bench If you receive a
scratch on the hand! Don't abandon
the game and cry if some one steps on
your toe! Don't run out of the way
when your foe comes down the field
with the BALI" would they not go away
saying, II wonder If that man thinks
he has been training a team of cow
ards" Should not the messenger Of
Christ scorn to speak to you like that in
pleading the worthiest and sublimest
cause that ever sent out a summons for
brave hearts and true? With the
strength of life's morning throbbing in
your veins, and the hope of life's
springtime hidden in your heart, I be-
seech you to have part in that old
that only can end when the
light of truth has penetrated every cor
ner of earth's darkness, and all injus-
tice and wrong, all that terrifies and
tempts, is driven back into the night by
the all-conquering. love of Christ. THE
kingdom of heaven suffereth violence.
and the violent take it by force,' said
Christ. Do you see the picture that
was in His mind when He uttered
those words? 1t was an old walled city
stormed by an enemy, endeavoring to
take 1t by assault. Look how party af-
ter party rush to certain death in the
vain endeavor to find some weak spot
in the ancient walls! See how whole
crowd forward undaunted
only to fall into the moat, and form by
their bodies bridge over which their
push onward with mistaken
Behold how they dash, and |
swarm, and throw themselves headlong |
against the walls, and batter in the |
gate, and rush triumphantly, with |
shouts of victory and happy hearts, |
into the coveted goal Of their long. long,
siege! THE kingdom of heaven suf- |
fereth violence and the violent take 1t I
by force" HAgonize to enter in at the |
straight gate!" Who said that? Have
you ever seen the athlete plunge into |
the solid wall of his opponents, trying |
to force the ball just few feet down
the field toward the coveted goal? |
Have yyou ever been out on a lake
when head wind came up that forced