The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-08-24


its location. Somehow or other the rubbish
must be attended to.
rms is our theme this morning-the rub
plsi. IT Is not the attractive part of the
work we have to do. We are more inter
Ste IN the positive, constructive phases of
lie-the building UP, the growing and learn
ing and developing. But there is much rub
nisn IN habits, in character, in society, in
i,iiuus,r!, IN religion. and the worker in the
Kingdom of God is not fully ready for serv-
of the rubbish
-, Rubbish IS matter which had value. but
whose value has been lost. A thing with
value becomes rubbish in one of two ways
~ ~ may nai,o become rubbish by an actual loss
DECAYS. bodies become lifeless. Or value
may De lost by change in relations. Gar.
m naen are 9utgrown., styles change. demand
Ceases; and this rubbish is created when
mere IS no loss whatever of actual quality.
Every pile of scrap iron has tools. ma
en ,, not worn out or broken, but made
rupblsh by the unceasing hurry of new in
vention Habits of childhood become rub
. prsh Tor the years of manhood. Paul the
man puts away childish things
Valuable members of society become So
lives Of vice and crime s There ' IS theoios
the ancient wording Of Gods cha az hss
truth serve. for the changing conditions OF
thought and speech. That which decayeth
and waXeth old is ready to vanish AWAY
Tire Three words solve the problem of the
rubbish-d'scern. destroy. reclaim He
VINO would solve, this problem must have
n keen vision for hidden values. and heart
SYMPATHETIC for seeming failure.
There is rubbish which is really beyond
reclaim; there Is apparent rubbish, where
Each kind calls for its own treatment.
There are housekeepers who fill the garnet
with worn-out rubbish. there are others
who give away so lavishly that the head
OF the house must lock up his second best
suit to keep it from the rummage sale.
Ihere Is need of discernment. Men often
a spnt
traits OF manhood; while others hold on to
the ideals and ambitions Of childhood when
they have become valueless. We regard
races and classes as rubbish worthy only
of destruction. under false application
OF the hard doctrine of the survival of the
httest when it only needs the right heart
rubbish without this fundamental power to
DISCERN. to discriminate.
Then comes the duty of treating all
apparent rubbish so that 1t may no longer
exist as rubbish. And that means. for the
understandable, to destroy-a hard word. but
~ The ne, trouble with real rubbish is that
has become a peril. The pile of refuse
decay. the worn-out creed stands in the
way of the forward movement; the criminal
Is troubler Of snciety: the CASTOR races
claimable. calls for heroic treatment
Habits must be nut away. criminals segre-
Sltehi
viii there be. in the ultimate kingdom
Of Gcd. rubbish bevond reclaim for which
the Almighty must reserve the right to
destroy? The word for he'll comes from
the ancient Jewish cartRre crematory
Gehenna, Fire unnuenched. -.bbish con-
sumed. CITY purified. Whether there will he
moral rubbish to feed the fires = left for
each soul to say. Mar must choose. God
will not coerce. ANY plan of God IS abso-
lutely. In harmony with the infinite love no
has shown in Christ Jesus. Every soul will
be saved that divine mower AID love can
reach. ANY excluding power is IN the soul.
not in any divine fiat. We may indulge the
larger hope and urge the poets advice:
And Judge none lost, but walt and sec,
With hopeful pity. not distlain;
The depth Of the abyss nay be
The measure of the height of pain,
And love and glory that may raise
This soul to God In after days.
But at the last the kingdom is to be
spotless one, untainted by the presence of
sin.
but the last and hest word for the treat
ment Of rubbish is the one Christ teaches-
reclaim Admonished by the very awful
Scss q destruction, taught by the love Of