Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1902-11-29

God would send him, how, through all
bis complicated life, he daily sought
the luxury Of doing good, how he
would seek peace Mt any cost, when
only his own interests were at stake.
but how he would fight like true sol
der when other peoples welfare was
involved. not taking so much as shoe
lace for his trouble. All this. yes all
these silent voice os q great soul won
for him the acknowledgment that he
had indeed lived to be blessing to
those who knew him; and as one noble
deed is an INFINITE Of noble deeds. so
Abraham was promised that not only
those who knew him. but In the char
acter, "ln thee all the nations Of the
world shall be blessed"
Isaac's life tells the same story. The
meek. gentle. peace loving disposition
Of Isaac had In view the same object.
and accomplished the same results. At
Esek the Philistines took away his well
Of water and he quietly pitched at Sit
nah and dug another well. Again the
Philistines stopped his well and again
he removed and dug another ut Recha.
both. until finally Abimelech. king OF
the PhilIstines came to Isaac and ex-
tended to him the hand Of fellowship
saying: Let there be peace between
us, for thou art the blessed OF God"
And Jacob. too. in that night. when
he fought with the angel In the dark
ness shows the same tenacity to prin-
ciple, which in the end wiEs from the
most stubborn, icy. unappreciative
ence In righteous principle Is indeed
worthy of the highest admiration.
Let me 60" says the angel to JAG
oh, "for the light Of morning Is break
ing In upon us. and Jacob answered:
Il will not let thee &C, until thou bless
me-"
In Egypt the children of Israel might
have been just as happy and perhaps
much happier in their ignorance and
In their slavery than they were ever
since. In fact their freedom worked
havoc to Egyptian society and brought
much misery to Israel. More than
once did ,he children of Israel. seeing
only the immediate result Of freedom.
murmur against Moses. and curse him
for this unhearc of innovation into
their lives. this upsetting OF their &C.
customed status Of society.
az Is not because there were not
graves enough In Egyp: that thou hast
taken us away to die In the wilder
ness"
And again they wept: who shall
give us meat to eat? We remember
the first which we ate in Egype for
naught. the cucumbers, the melons,
the leeks, the onions and the garlic.
But Moses stood firm like rock. He
showed his genius by doubling often in
his greatness. Time and again HI
would enter his own soul to see wheth.
or he had not better give up this whole
struggle. for he worked not for his
own good but for theirs At such
times. however. the fire OF genius burn
ed within him and with ever renewed
energy and determination he would
say:
Il will not It.. thee go, until have
become blessing to you; until you
bless me-"
1t were too tedious In one lecture Ia
examine the life OF each of the proph.
cts. but II we did. We should find that
each one in one form or another had
the same struggle and that the fire OF
their genius led them to put aside all
selfish motives and to determine on
this one aim: Il will not let thee go
until have been blessing to you"
Jeremiah's honest. human struggle
showing the mighty force OF his soul
IL portrayed In master strokes by his
own hand. II thought" he said. II
thought l would speak no more In the
name of God, but then II was within
me like burning fire. shut up In my
bones; I tried to withstand 1t, but
could not
Thus. my friends. Israei's mission
and aim through the centuries. silent,
awful. majestic. persistent. has been /.
Il will not let thee go. until thou bless
me-"
The immediate result OF Israei's sug-
ar-natured persistency In the princl.
pies OF his confusion threw the world
IN confusion and uproar. Neither the
rock. nor the bastinoles; neither the
fellish device Of the crusaders, nor the
devilish instruments OF the inquisition.
could shake Israel's cons and daugh.
tiers from their convictions and high
resolves. Even so great man as Mar.
tin Luther, to whose genius and manly
courage ] bow In humble alteration.
was thrown into utter confusion by the
unsuitable persistency OF Israel to the
mission entrusted to him by Advise
Creator. At first Luther thought the
Jews would be easily won over to his
conception of religion. II only they be
treated with kindness, but when he
saw that even kindness could not make
the jew faithless to his mission. he
treated them with scorn and bitter
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