The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-17

not In action. but in repose. More than
that 20 make reposs itself the revelation
OF strength In a way that action Is not
see a face painted that reveals In its
quiet and peacefulness a power that
comes only by fasting and prayer.
IL ~ revelation 10 US of what We see
only too seldom In life. the strong, quiet,
restful life that knows no trouble or tur-
moil. The majesty OF y Is az the majesty
OF the OCEAN that for days has known no
tempest The strength OF y Is like the
quiet, calm strength Of the hills.
But this quietness and peace Is more
source and secret OF A. Less our. natu-
raj limitations, more our frete ana wor-
ries handicap us fSid preyev. US from ac-
fee from these evils and feel that to-
morrow has no labor for as We cannot
do no sorrows we cannot appease, no
today becomes - day Of great fruiuon;
What we do today Will Influence and
mould what we shall do tomorrow. but
for the man whose life IS tied with one
who rules the future nothing OF tomorrow
can rear its head and cast It's shadow on
today. 1 think that the weakness or
most OF our efforts springs. not out OF
limitations that really exist, but out or
limitations we expect and which never
occur. 49,,
This strength that the man OF faith
gains for the battle OF life by belleNlhs
i'm the guiding hand of God Is paralleled
every day In the world. The strength
OF man in itself Is futile.
INTELLIGENCE AND INFLUENCE.
Nor does Il increase. The individual
man Is no stronger physically pehaps
than he was 5000 years ago. The man OF
intelligence and wide influence mas no
more strength, perhaps not as much, az
the Indian roaming our plains. we say
his power IL ia his superior inteliigence.
Yet that Is only a figure OF speech. We
mean by that that he Is capable OF IN
venting n machine that will utilize the
water Of the stream, the electric nuld OF
the air, the many forces OF nature. n
this fashion one man may accomplish
what fifty men before accomplished Yet
IL ~ done not by his strength, but Dy
realizing the strength OF the worid. 10
do that one must know ana COM oIn I, 10 ~
natures laws and then through obedie hce
the weakness of a pigmie becomes IN"
strength OF fifty giants.
IL would be "A strange God who revealed
merely his force and energy In the wofld
that men might become physically strong
through their surrender ana ODtdlence 10
IT, and who reserved his strength anu
10Y and peace when these are the things
for which man seeks and yearns that ne
may become strong In character ana soul
IL is by surrender To Gods torce IN
nature that men become physically
strong IL is by thinking Gods thoughts
after him that men become strong IN
thought. IL Is by the surrender ot IN
heart to the love and sympathy on 1od o1
that men become strong IN character anu
life This feeling Of security, then. thls
having ones name written In heaven,
this feeling of being one with Coo lnstean ~
OF dwarfing action IL the secret or al
power and the beginning OF all true et-
fort.
Ii is only as one works with the con-
sciousness that God a. working with MN
and In Him and through Him that there
is any Joy in labor Itself. There Is no
happiness I'm toll unless II ~ worlhE, no
Joy I'm speech unless IL is honest nc sals- lI,,
faction In art unless IL il true and WORK
worthily speak honestly reveal truly, is
TO work with God and be sure OF ms ald.
The words OF Jesus then were not words
addressed In the interest or ascetclsfn'
nor were they words that lead us 10 be-
lieve that Jvsus overlooked the fact mat
there Is ioy and happiness In the pos
session and use Of power. But they are
more Fundamental. They point men to
the fact that the source OF all power the
strength for all action Is found IN com
plete surrender and obedience 20 the pow, i",,
of this. and then as God works through
him TO will and to do OF ms plessaurSS a.lS :
he shall rejoice In what Is done ana hha
for a man who Is an instrument of the
universal works for the universal good'
When a man labors by himself Tor MN
self his labor IL selfish and comes n
naught When God works through nm
for the universal good, when ne ~ pul
the medium. then and only then does ~
find JOY and satisfaction In that "hlch h'
Nav IL not he that there are lessons
here that may have meaning 20 an OF W
and that II taken 10 heart VIII ssiiu ,,. ue
forth with larger hopes anu sIedtSi ~"
Here is a soul struggling and endeav-
orlng To do the will Of God. let therss
seems no results and that soul II cas-
down and disappointed ana fret anu
worry enter In. May not this anxious
ness and over care be reason why ilotu.
inc more is accomplished? May IL not
be the parasite that saps all the strength
and leaves no power TO acty. Ana IL nul
this worry and care a symptom on lmts m
condon that eygaIRs WsrrT IN because 5ern @" more
is not accomplished. and this more Is no, not
accomplished because we nave not ,a0ds inade
fun and final surrender OF 9urse,Vess Wa
70 God When this Is done fret and
worry depart and Gods strength ana an
of our own go into the round OF TO-DAY
labor and 10. as the years go on lie
bears much fruit.
DEFEATS ARE BLESSINGS.
Here is another soul laboring and sue s.
ceeding as IL seems. ~ Is reloiSSlns a.
its power to do Gods VIII. heL aae, an az
this ioy vanishing because there - re.
ioicing not ia the strength OF Coo, pn
i'm ones own power W. ar nlo,t 10 ~" h, :
our failures our defeats. after all are
our greatest blessings II we ace pt n,la thynl
as God would have US. Atter lhe snohe
of the battle clears and we ne Sleh.,
wounded Under the stars. we get then q
gIimpse. not only into the emptiness oi
our past. but the possibilities OF our fu'
tafe. :, .A,. ,,,oa
1asson that God cares for US and we are
Ills children That our weakness is que
TO our failure TO accept liis Suehstil
Our worry and care that hampers ahu
o,eryvbelnos us Is the punishment we re,
ceive Tor not laying our burdens ON ano
trusting nv Nm who Is tho tttttt'-'f bettt
~ ~ H. world Would that just now
.o ,ntgbt take God at his word and put
o,,r trust i'm Him Tor tomorrow and ther
today 60 forth ard just do what we can
the best we can, In peace ana qhel; say.
e,,o. ono ster though for me.