Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1902-05-10
FATTH. HOPE. LOVE.

And now abideth faith, hope. love.
these three.-I. Corinthians xiii. IS.
The law of demand and supply runs
through the whole of life. Necessity sug-
gests supply. At every point in mans
life faith is needed-to account for the
commencement aud continuance of his
existence and to meet its conditions and
requirements.
The doctrine of evolution belongs not so
much 10 physics as to metaphysics; an
uncertain philosophy" as Bavinck puts
IL. Physics must deal with 1.-THE finite"
alone beyond that physical science
changes to sheer speculation. Once over
the line, it of necessity ceases TO be sci
entihc in its bald sense. Apart from
revelation, the derivation of life is an
atair of guesswork.
Unsatisfactory at every point in the
Theory, or guess. that particles joStled
themselves together so as to form living
beings. Science comedies that no form
OF life is known which did not spring
from prior life. The theory or guess that
Hving particles We're shaken down in
planetary dust belongs To the realm
oll cii1n; or, at best. TO poetry and phil
osofhy The descent Of man from a ere
ated Adam is quite rs reasonable as the
descent or ascent of men from protoplasm
common to the ape. Mans development
falls naturally within the lines of the
old scriptural theory. which allows
place for God and moral righteousness;
for man and sin; for reward aud punish
mem. So also with regard to the dura-
ton OF mans life his immortal destiny.
These are the things with which faith
deals If God in Christ revealed by the
Wort and spirit is a necessity he
is that because of sin-then faith must
abide as Paul expresses it. An ex-
tremcly important part of our thinking
must be over the line of physical science
always. In point of fact we live the
life that now is chiefly by faith. The
marriage relation, friendship, business
partnership and enterprises rest upon
faith however much they may be hedg-
ed about with the devices of knowledge.
From the first step of the child to the
last step into the cold waters of what we
call death, man walks by faith. Our sole
choice is as TO the quality of that faith
that is its intelligence and reasonable
ness. 1t must be adequate to the de-
mands of life. 1t clamors for sufficient
remedy to meet a condition, not a theory;
to make moral health catching instead of
mora disease: TO give sight, for peering
through the mist of death to the light of
life beyond; In short, TO find him who
brought life and Immortality to light in
the Gospel. Faith is immortal till its
work is done. Its work is never done;
therefore, faith is deathless.
How is it in regard TO hope? That is
faith plus desire. Those desires which
are right most are self-evidencing. The
hungry desire food the blind, sight; the
deass hearing; the weak, strength: the
sick, health. The morally blind, when
aroused TO their condition, desire moral
sight; the morally weak desire moral
strength. Hope begins with infancy and
holds through our earthly life. Hopes
become fruition in heaven, and yet in a
very real sense, there, too, hope itself
will abide.
The lonely child hopes for the return
of its mother: the struggling boy hopes
for the success of manhood; the mature
man hopes for cumulative power to
achieve; the old man hopes for rest and
peace. All along the way the star of
hope is shining. Very many hopes may
be deferred indefinitely; many may never
be realized at all but man remains a
hoping animal. His heart may graw sick
by reason Of ''hope deferred but, by a
law Of splendid inconsistency. he hopes
on undismayed. At one time it was very
dark for Moses, but he hoped for a
brighter day, and made the fate Of his
ranftfa, hse, fo4 choosing n flor IA F1-
ship with the people of God rather than
to feast at a royal table. David suffered
a frigntful eclipse, but he hoped in God,
as the strength Of his countenance. Paul
cried, "How shall / be delivered from
this body of DEATH And his subcon-
scious hope replied, Through Jesus
Christ, my Lord thank God"
A crust of bread with hope feeds more
richly than feast with despair. The
sower sings through his sowing the
sailor sings through the storm: the sol
der sings through the battle; the saint
sings through the dark valley. because
hope shines upon the way. Hope, like
faith, is immortal till it's work is done
That work is never finished; therefore,
hope Is deathless.
Love is life's key Of gold. If we are
ever TO be admitted to its inner temple,
its hottest place, this must be the key.
Lies finest essence eludes everything
else. The mothers presence gives bright
ness 10 the eye of the child. Her absence
brings sorrow TO its heart. Prof. Fisk
says that the receding image Of the moth
er on the eye frightens the child, who is
not yet familiar with the law of sight.
Losing the image, it thinks that II is los
Ing its mother.
The youth is more independent, but his
love is just as real. The man, if a true
man. never emancipates himself from the
glorious thraldom. A day comes, how
ever, when another chamber opens TO his
love, and. instead Of diminishing. it in
creases its power. He joins heart and
hand with a wife. who pours the rich
gifts OF her soul into the cup Of his life,
and makes it overflow. That also we
call love. A boy or girl leads them
laughing through LIES garden; and we
call that love. Sometimes the daisies are
removed TO provide a sleeping place for
the silent frame Of the little one-and
there seems nothing left but love. The
farther door Of the tomb swings open.
and the little one beckons 10 faith and
n a.