The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-09-18
MORRIS COUNTY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 49, 1908
ePWORTH LEAGUE.
Topic For the week BE ginning sept.
20, sThe CAN of Jeremiah"
Text, Der. i, 40.


| Text, Jer. i, 40.
The thrill of new thought is one of
! the most delightful experiences possible
to u.s. The first glimpse of a beautiful
I landscape awakens keen enjoyment,
! but view of some truth never before
realized and now bursting unexpected
| ly on the soul stirs us more deeply
than a sunrise flooding wide miles Of
valley, hills and lakes with light as we
/ look upon it from some towering
height.
Higher still than the discovery of a
new idea is the glow of new impulse
the birth of a new IDEAL When soul
catches sight of higher possibilities Of
attainment which ii may hope to
achieve, of nobler tasks it may strive
to accomplish. Of better being to which
1t may come, there is not emily outlook
given, but there are uplift of passionate
desire and determinate setting of pur-
pose to reach up toward the ideal re
Yealed
This opening of a new world is a real
discovery which each soul must make
for itself No other eyes can see II
for us, none others ever see it just "a
we do. 1t Is our discovery. Others
must explore for themselves and SCI
their worlds for themselves. We see
with our own eyes.
But there is more than. this in IT,
Every such sight and uplift is also in
sight 1t is view into ourselves, our
nature and possibilities. This is far
the more significant fact in the case.
The real vision is in us and not in the
things seen. They are unconscious
inanimate We discern the beauty, are
conscious Of it, are moved by it. ami
mated and active. II thrills through
us, throbs and glows into recognition.
1t lives for and in spirit and not mere
w in material form, This is real worth.
Here is its measure Of value 1t be
comes vital and personal. The soul
carries 10 itself and recognizes its ca
pacity, its power andafts task. 1t comes
to free activity. becomes born into
q larger and more worthy world and
can grow to larger and more worth
full self
But this is not all, nor the best of it.
The new idea, the higher ideal, the
thrill of emotion and impulse to action,
the choice of the better and grasp of
the good, are more than sight of an
outer world of beauty and value, are
more than insight into the realm of per
sonal spirit in self with all its range of
worth. They are reveal tons of Spirit
revealing Himself through things to
spirits who can think and feel and do
and be like Him.
The experience of Jeremiah is not an
unnatural one. Unusual it may have
been, but it was normal to our nature
and should be common. The physical
system must come to birth or it has no
individual existence in the physical
world The mind must likewise come
to individual exercise If its powers or
lmbecility and idiocy bind fast what in
telligence and nationality alone could
set free. So must the powers of spirit
have birth into conscious free exercise
or the soul can neither see nor hear nor
feel the presence of the Divine One.
"Ye must be born from above" This
is the door of entrance into all heav
emily realities here and now, hereafter
and ever.
jeremiah heard God speak. felt Him
touch his mouth Then he could speak
also. He understood Gods meaning.
he thought His thought, felt the thrill
of divine feeling and thrust of infinite
energy. He could interpret eternal
truth into language of human duty and
happiness because he had come to him
self. That is God had come to him
and into him. God called and he an
swered God put His words into his
mouth and this made him a prophet
one who speaks before and for God.
In some way, somewhere, at some
time, the Divine Spirit calls every hu
man spirit to be His prophet. The
crucial questions decisive of destiny for
each one are these:
Do you hear: