Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1897-1902, 1901-12-20


lesson of reverence. as we all need to
learn it, Irreverence has cursed all
nations. and none more than our own.
/ Irreverence in the use of Gods name.
Hear you il not on the streets and
IN social groups. and is not profane
word sometimes thought necessary to
point jocOsity? lrreverence for the
Scriptures. the phraseology of the
Bible often introduced into the most
frivolous conversation and made mirth
provoking Irreverenee for the oath in
courtroom or custom house or legis-
lative hall by the cnventiOnal and me-
chanical mode Of its administration.
Irreverence for the holy Sabbath by
the way it is broken in pleasurable
excursions and carousal. irreverence
on the part of children for their par
entS. inSOlence being substituted Tor
obedience. Irreverence for rulers,
| which induces vile cartoons and assas-
/ SinatiOn. lrreverence in church dur
ing prayer measuring off song and ser
mon by cold artistic or literary criti-
cism. and in prayer time neither bow
ing the head nor bending the knee nor
standing as one does in the presence
of earthly ruler. thus showing more
respect for man than to the King OF
/ Kings. We ask not for genuf1ectlons
or circumfiexiOns or prOstrations. put
when prayer is offered let us either
bow the head or bend the knee or let
us in some way prove that We are not
! Indifferent.
/ You will do well to follow the divine
/ leading. as the path You tread now
! has not yet been trodden. "Ye have
not passed this way before" Many OF
You are suffering from just such an
nOyances as have not occurred in all
your history. There have beer mean
Hesses practiCed upon you or yoS have
received Sights or YOU are the subject
of neutrality-suspicious. or you are liz the
midst of sore disappointments or there
are demands made upon your strength
and time more than you can meet Sr
some physical ailment is laying siege
TO your castle of health &C you are
under embarrassments that yon cannot
mention even to nearest frienes. You
say: We'll, | never saw anything like
this. | never expected such treatment
this | never thought it possible
be placed in such circumstances.
d when you say all that you are
only translating the words of my text
into your own phraseOlOgy. If you had
suffered something like this before, you
would have known what to do. but
here is a flank movement for which
you are not ready.
As you have had no experience of
this kind upon which TO draw for wis
dom and as y0u cannot fully state all
the circumstances to any human ear.
go TO God and tell him all about it. He
knows already, but it will relieve you
and help you if you tell him. That is
what he has been doing ever since the
world got into trouble by disobedient
behavior on the banks of the Euphra
ties. II in the first chapter Of the Bible
we see the gate through which the
woes of the world entered, in the third
chapter of the Bible We see the open
ing OF the gate through which they are
10 be driven OUT. Sacrificial lambs fore
telling the Lamb OF God. Rock stricken
into gushing foods typical OF the fact
that the world ; thirst is going 10 be
slaked Pillar OF fire hoisted above
wilderness march. Star OF hope over
birthplace in I. barn. Sepuichers rert
open. Trumpets Of deliyeranca sound
cd. The Infinite God listening with ar
ear in which whisper 10000 miles
away is as audible as thunder.
But follow the ark, and it will LEAD
you to rivers OF consolation. YoC will
find that your child mas gone into q.
heaven of children. a land where emil
dren are in vast majority. q score OF
infant souls Is me manly or womanly
soul. for the asst majority OF the race
die IN infancy. Heaven great play
ground for children Palaces for kings
ana queens? On. yes But What wide.
halls OF pleasure. what gardens of de
light what raptures. such as on earth
with ball and kite and hoop they never
felt, Let them so. mother. You can
trust him in the land of music and
flowers. The front doc: of that eter-
ma home was opened by him who said
Suffer the little children to come unto
me and forbid them not. for such is the
kingdom of heaven" What time the
/ children have up there, What rounds
/ Of gladness, What laughter OF eternal
/ glee. Follow the ark and it will lead
! you TO the crossing into the reunions
/ OF the home whore You will never part
As our SORROWS are new, our joys are
new and ali our experiences are new.
Our life is one long discovery OF things
that We did not know and could not
know. because We have not passed this
! way before We have found, tor in
stance. that gratitude is the rarest of
! virtues. You used to suppose that if
YOU do a kindness it will be fully ap-
preciated and reciprocated. You have
found out by experience, as you could
have found out in no other way. that
gratitude is apt to be only another AK
TO grind You have found out that you
should do the right thing not with
respect to reward or gratitude. but be
cause il is the right thing to do. Many
are miserable because they are all the
way looking for gratitude which they
cannot find. You might as well &c
down Pennsylvania avenue, Washing
ton. or Broadway, New York. or Ire
mont street, Boston. your eyes scruti
nizing the pavements looking for tur
quoises and emeralds and rubies. Per
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