The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-10-23

| ure. satisfy your desire N Illicit ways. N
| defiance or IN neglect OF the divine order
Of LIE. It simply means paradise lost You
| turn yourself cut OK the best by - dom.
! Loyalty 20 goodness Is the way .. b.essst'
ness. There ls 10 happiness hike that
I which comes from simple goodness
What does the victor tndy lie hnis the
unseen reserves from which he may draw
/ sustenance and power 20 his own surprise
and that Of tire world. TO him :ha, Cye-.
eometh [ will give TO eat OF the hidden
mama In the winning struggle YOU Ind
! the soul sustenance hidden IRON YOU be.
fore and still hidden from tae word. New
| condolences, new assurances, new faiths
/ arise IN the soul. new visions break upon
il. new voices speak to it ana in Il. new
| communons with unseen lowers enrich
! us inner soltudes. and the man gets ty
and by 10 understand what Paul meant
when he spoke OF being strengthened
with might in the inner man" The truly
| earnest man VINO perseyeres IN the lfe cf
the good Is constantly surprised az the re.
serve OF power upon which he draws. ked
seas which looked as If they meant certsin
death have been safely crossed. and the
song OF triumph rang up to God on the
| other side.
Difficulties which seemed insurmountab..
have been successfully overcome This 10
| why the man says: Hitherto hath the
| Lord helped me-" lie cannot understand
! himself by himself, and so he builds an
alter 20 a higher power. In llfe's victore.
| we discover hfe's forces; in the onward
| march we discover the enrichment OF the
wav, come 70 one after another of the
wells OF salvation, hidden from all who do
not march that way. And, remember al.
| ways, that the larger our conquest IN life,
| the more abundant viii be LIES sus.su.
| ance; II Is the conquerOr who finds the
| mama. In a sense, everything q nidden
| from us, and all growth il a discovery. 10
| l. so IN the intellectual sphere. You dis
| cover treasures a. you conquer difficulties.
! You must conquer the aluhabet and the
| spelling book 10 discover the sentence;
! conquer the sentence 10 discover the para.
| graph; conquer every paragraph 20 know
| the treasure OF the book. And so all the
| way up. Many cannot read book that is
| at all difficult, the food there il i it they
| cannot appreciate. Why? because their
! conquests are too small; they have not
| overcome ignorance and superhcialty suffi.
| GENTLY, so the mamma there remains hid
| den.
The same ia true in the moral and spir.
| tual sphere. There are people who are
! quite incapable of understanding the high
| est kind of affection and the holest
| kind of love because they have not them
| selves overcome the vugarIty and coarse
| ness OF human natures 10 'er levels All
| noble souls have meat 70 eat which the
world knows not or they have affec-
| tions which the world would always dilute
with base ingredients. and aspirations
which 1t would always tarnish with the
stains of earth. Be sure OF it, your discov-
cry of life's best things will depend upon
| your conquest OF its wor.s, and with every
| victory you shall eat hidden mama and
| be strengthened for victories yet to be
| achieved. The successful struggle con.
| stantly discovers supports hidden from
| him before, and still hidden from lives
| which do not know tt, loftier reaches and
| tbp ap1payors What Inaa
| life yield to the victor? Here is one OF tho
| finest of the promises: 81 will give him the
morning star" What is this gift OF the
morning star? 1t is the feeling that life i,
sweet and pure, fair and fresh with the
| touch OF morning. 1t is the feeling thai
| life is full OF promise. that day is coming
| on; that the best is yet to be. u is the
| power 10 be oneself a sweetening, freshen.
| ing influence in the world, living pro.
| phecy of its betterment Now. friends,
| there is nothing like moral purity TO keep
| the touch of morning on life; compromisa
| your morality and IL IL marvellous how soon
| everything is stale. There is an indescrib.
| able sweetness in the air of early morning
| when the word is as God makes II when
| IL is indeed in the process of His romakins
| before we light our fires and emit our
smoke and beat mp the dust of our noisy,
| turbulent life. Something like that sweet
| freshness OF morning belongs to the soul
| that is pure and comes to it always in its
! hour OF victory over sin. As long "a your
| affections are clean they are fresh; you
| never tire of pure feelings or holy loves.
Once they mix with earthliness ther they
grow common-you are in the world as
man makes it; tho world which even dark.
| ems the sky with its own pollution. No
| sight is more sad anywhere than that of a
youth setting out in life without moral
! determinations 10 drain tho cups of the
worlds pleasures, only TO find that one
| after another nauseates, everything pals,
| the world is fiat and stale. and the very
| capacity for pleasure dies out of him. For
such n man there j. only one way 10 make
| the world young again. l. @, through the
moral struggle. The first deep contrition
| for sin. the first real daily walk or mid.
night watch with the living God the frst
| opening perspective OF lie IN death
these things are TO many like the emcrg.
| ence from dark, chill cave to the flood of
warm. Identifying light" o, man. to
whom life is spoiled by moral surrenders,
| and all beauty stained bv sin, ard 10 whom
| all sensation Is hlunted by indelicacy, IL
| YOU turn to face the moral ideal and bend
| your energy in moral endeavor live n
| fight sin in the strength OF God you will
| vet find that the dullness. the dead weight,
| the insipidity. the s;a|eness. will 60 off,
and you will find One standing by you n
the fight, saving Il Will. will give Z. thee :; thh tn,
hand nut it far away and let not wicked
ness dwell in thy tabernacles. For then
| shalt thou lift up thy face without spot
| Thine are shall arise above the MONDAY
thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the
morning Job MID. clean, fresh and full
| OF promise once again. And the world
shall come up before YOU in new aspects
| hope shah take the place OF despair and
| faith drive out fear, even "the wilderness
| and the solitary place shall be glad and the
desert shall rejoice and blossom as the
rose" The morning star shall arise On
the soul and on the world. Gods dswu
shall announce Gods day and thou shall
be steadfast and shalt not fear"
| Again what does the moral victor 6ndi
It is promised that Christ viii write upo,
| him Gods name and the name OF Godi
| city, and his own new name. In our Ian
ruage this means that life yields the victor
| the consciousness that he really belong
| 10 God; that he belongs to the new so
| cietv: th1t he belongs 70 Christ. In Other
| words. the spiritual universe owns him,
! and he knows himself a. vital nart OF IL,
| even as pillar in the temple OF God, An
| unholder OF the sacred things OF life: one
| Of those who have a real permanent life in
| the sanctuary. among the sanctities oi
| God-yea who share the spiritual sover.
| eighty of life with God. with Christ ard
with all the good: He shall sit with Me
| on Ny throne" etc.
Iay hold on the thought OF God "a yyir
Helper. and believe that IL you work with
Him all will be wei. I invite you 10 no
superficial optimism that has never sonnd.
ed the depths OF life's woe. nor seen into
the hearts Of its tragedy. There is no pow.
given out from = Christian platform. IL
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