The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-21
RESOURCES OF STRENGTH.
Life of Ex-Governor Mount Referred
to by Rev. III. G. Meserve.

10 Dy rev. H ". Me8erSe.
At the Plymouth Church yesterday morn
ing the Rev. H. C. Meserve spoke on "Re-
sources of Strength" Among other things,
he said:
There comes a time In the life of every
man when his capital, whether 1T be of
body, mind or soul, is exhausted, and he
faces a bodily, intellectual, financial or
spiritual bankruptcy. When these crises
arise man turns to powers outside and
strengthens himself, and seeks TO conquer
his condition by the aid of another and all
sufficient power. 1t is because of these oc-
casional but ofttimes desperate situations
that / speak this morning on resources
of Strength First, let me call your at
tention to the Psalm 121, the first verse,
L will life up my eyes unto the hills whence
cometh my help When the pilgrims came
up TO the holy city to attend the great
feasts they sang this hymn upon coming
within sight of the mountains round about
Jerusalem. They were going to the Tenn
pie of Jehovah to stand in the presence of
His Majesty, so they considered. In our
lives this means contemplation. In the
secret chamber of the soul there is a win
dow looking out and away TO the hills from
whence cometh our help. 1t is as though
we came into contact with the world about
US and felt its power; as though We were
filed with all the ministry of nature and
saw in the grass and the trees. the rivulet
and the hills rising TO the mountains the
story of the world to nature as it carries
out the plans of God. We think of
the world of man, and we see the hurry
and hustle of the world We know so we'll
We come close to the worries that men
know, we understand the sorrows men
bear; We feel the disappointments that
men endure; we realize the selfishness of
which the world is guilty. But we find in
nature and men a cooperation. willingly
or unwillingly rendered, which tells us
that no thing, and certainly no man liveth
to himself and no man dieth to himself
10 1rah rfer1 f.ra for Ill
that window of the soul looking out upon
the eternal God and Father defines not only
the world would know, but our place.
which, save by ourselves, cannot be filled.
"In John Nv, II: The water that | shall
give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into eternal life A pregnant
figure, when the Eastern country Is con-
sidered This offers refreshment to the
soul. An oasis in the desert, where one
may drink and be refreshed. Away from
the world and its temptations, the soul
may come near to the refreshment which
communion with the eternal truth affords.
Ii is the God life within the soul Every
man may possess IL by reason of his birth
right, and here alone may the world $
| thirst be quenched.
Again, in John 8: 'The bread of God is
| that which cometh down from heaven and
| giveth life TO the world This means the
| outer practical life. The expression of the
| inner life. the contemplation and the re-
| freshment
| delighted TO honor, and whose passing had
| much OF solemn triumph about IL. You
| say. our Governor. who laid down the cares
of office and his life at so nearly the same
/ time. was an homes man; that his career
! was in every sense dignifed and honorable
The simple Christianity, which so well be-
came the man. was never ostentatious or
out of place. That is the life we all see
| living that Christ spirit which so fully
blesses men. But behind IL all there was
| the spirit of retirement. where the man is
alone with God. and where the eternal pur-
poses which he lived were first seen
| and planned. He was what he was
| by reason of the eternal strength
, and the unfailing refreshment which
gave him power TO live above tempt
alton, an honor 10 the State he served
and 10 the Father he loved The Gospel
/ for to-day Is the Gospel OF righteousness.
| and no man can live that Righteousness
| who does not have the eternal resources
to draw upon; who does not look away TO