Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-10-22

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ness. There is no happiness like that
which comes from simple goodness: H.
What does the victor find? He finds the
unseen reserves from which he may draw
sustenance and power to his own surprise
and that of the world. ITO HIM cha, ever
cometh I will give to cat OF the hldnen
mama" In the winning struggle you i IN,
fore and still hidden from the world. New
condolences. new assurances, new. faiths
arise in the soul; new visions break upon
Il. new voices speak to it and in it; new
communions with unseen powers enrlch
it's inner solitudes, and the man gets ty
and by to understand what Paul meant
when he spoke of being strengthened
with might in the inner man" Ihe truly
earnest man who perseveres IN the me OF
serve of power upon which he draws. hed
seas which looked as if they meant certain
death have been safely crossed, and the
song of triumph rang up to God on the
other side.
Difficulties which seemed insurmonntab!e
have been successfully overcome TINS 10
whv the man says: "IIitherto hath the
Lord helped me-" lie cannot understand
himself by himself, and so he builds an
alter to a higher power. In life,s victories
we discover LIES forces; IN, the onward
marCn We dlSCONNI tlt Sii itlinNh'
way, come to one after another OF the
wells of salvation, hidden from all who 40
not march that way. And remember a.
WAYS, that the larger our conquest IN HE,
the more abundant will be LIES slsten-
nnce: it is the conQueror who finds the
mamma. In sense, everything is hidden
from us, and all growth is discovery. IL
is so in the intellectual sphere. You dls-
cover treasures as yo,i conquer dllhcultles.
n n nh
smelling book to discover the sentence;
CONQUER the sentence to discover the para
graph; conquer every paragraph to know
the treasure of the book. And so all the
way ur Many cannot read book that IL
at all difficult the food there is ~ 1t they
cannot appreciate. Why? because their
conauests are too small; they have not
overcome ignorance and .supcrciaItN sun
GENTLY, so the mamma there remains hid
den.
The same is true ii the moral and spr-
;tual sphere. There are people who are
quite incapable of understanding the high
est kind of affection and the hottest
kind of love because they have not them
selves overcome the vu!garty and coarse,
ness of human natures lower levels. All
noble souls have meat to eat which the
world knows not of they have attec-
lions which Inc world would always dilute
with nase llgFeulthtS' anu asPii ''io''
which it would always tarnish with the
stains of earth. BE sure OF it, your discov-
cry of iic's best things viii depend upon
YOUR conquest of its worst. and with every
victory YOU shall eat hidden mama and
be strengthened for victories yet to be
achieved. The successful struggle con-
,stantlv discovers supports hidden from
him before. and still hidden from live,
which do not know the lofticr reaches and
i
life Weld TO the victor? Here is one OF the
finest of the promises: Il will give him tho
morning star What il this gift Of the
morning star? 1t is the feeling that life IS
sweet and pure, fair and fresh with the
touch of morning. 1T is the feeling that
life is full of promise. that day is coming
on: that The best is yet to be. IT Ia the
power to be oneself a swcetening, freshen-
ing influence in the world, q living pro-
phccv of its betterment. Now. friends
there is nothing like moral purity To keep
the touch of morning on life; compromise
your morality and it is marvellous how soon
everything il stale There is an indesCrlh.
able sweetness in the air of carly morning
when the world is as God makes it; when
it is indeed in the process of His remal;ing
before VIC light our fires and emit on"
smoke and beat UP the dust of our noisy,
turbulent life. Something like that sweet
freshness OF morning UeiOnSS " lht sun
that is pure and comes to it always lii its
hour OF victory over sin. As long as your
affections are clean they are fresh: you
never tire Of pure feelings or holy loves.
Again, what does the moral victor find
T. is promised that Christ will write upon
him Gods name and the name OF God !
city. and his own new. name. In our Ian
puage this means that life yields the victor
the consciousness that he really belongs
n 4, ,l,+ liz Ialn,frs 10 Tho On
ciety: that he belongs to Christ. In other
words, the spiritual universe owns him,
and HI knows himself as a vital part Of IT,,
even as i pillar in the temple of God, an
upholdcr OF the sacred things OF life: one
of those who have a real permanent life IN
the sanctuary. among the sancttles or
God-vca. who share the spiritual sovei.
eighty Of lie with God with Christ and
with all the good: Gle shall sit with Me
on My throne etc, ;,
Oh, YOU who arc fighting sin. take cour.
age; with every Triumph YOU are mounting
the steps of the throne of God, and ever
nearing the time when YOUR lie shall be
fixed in the truth which knows no farming,
and the Righteousness which is forever
Lay hold on the thought Of God as your
Helper. and believe that If you work WITT
Him all will be we'll | invite you to no
superficial optimism that has never sound
cd the depths Of LIES woe. nor seen into
The hearts of its tragedy. There is no pow
or and no healing in that. | heard it once
given out from a Christian platform. II
denounced gioomincs Of every kind: IL
siaShed the pessimsts In every direction;
il declared that all things were going on
exceedingly well: even the slums were not
SO bad as some made ont. and the war III
South Africa-wcl, it would come to an
end some time.
So much of this was dealt out that felt
that such optimism was the shallowest of
lies. and that to vcntiate 1t in the name
Of Christianity was to forget the tragedy
Dry OF the cross. No, no; il YOU are to he
a serious man, in earnest for the highest
ends of life, for Yourself and for So
tietv, you have Il battle to fight: a hard,
stern hattie; a hundred things are wrong
with the world. which Won must help to
put right. Look the evil in the face and
do not call it light. But when you have
done that, | ask YOU to realize a larger fact.
viz, that the Alpha and Omega Of all this
life is the love Of the good God. Because
that is the beginning. that is also the end,
and let it, therefore, be our
Hope a sun will pierce
The thickest cloud earth ever stretched,
That after last shall come the first,
Tho a wide compass round be fetched"
With that thought of God let us spend
our few brief years fighting sin and serving
man, till we pass "to where beyond these
voices there is peace"
Now unto the God of all grace, who hath
called Us unto His eternal glory by Christ
Jesus, be glory and dominion forever and
ever.
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