The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1904-12-08

The Message the World Wants.
The wilderness and the solitary place
enal be glad for them. and the desert
shall rejoice and blossom as the rose
ldsaiah, NNxv.. ].
Isaiah was a poet His pictures
were fguratiye. but always thrilling
Often he excites our interest by CON
trast as here; first he describes the
doom Of Edom then brightens the en-.
tire View with the gladness Of better
day; so from eerIe gloom the prospect
passes to hope and cheer.
That Is the message the world
wants. The continuous thread run
ming through history is kindness and
goodness and cheers life. Things that
are bitter and acrid and dark abound
too much. The struggle has ever
been TO clear the wilderness. to popu-
late the solitary places. to irrigate and
make fruitful the desert.
The Heavenly Father is rare gar.
dener, and the best friend Of men:
what He plants blossoms and yields
richly. We look for the anemone and
the rose. for waters in the wilderness.
and streams In the desert. for springs
In a thirsty land. and grass and yer
dure where sand and waste we're be
fore. and we are not disappointed. Tho
wilderness and the solitary place arr
glad for them. SO Jesus at Nazaretl
said he was anointed 20 preach glad
tidlngs 70 bind up the broken hearted
to comfort all that mourn, to repair
the desolation.
What Is done 70 replevin the ground
IS being done to benefit and improve
men, who are dearer TO God than the
ground and It's fruits; and II there be
Joy when a sand waste or Jungle IS re.
claimed, there viii be rejoicing wher
the life OF any Of Us Is filled with
goodness and moved by mercy thai
droppeth as the gentle rain from
heaven; when notes Of unkindllness
and sharp edged prejudice and il
omened thoughts and restiye and ir
trusiye selfseeking, which forgets
alike both God and man. are weeded
out and we become like trees, whics
are the planting OF the Lord, tai
stately. strong. fruitful
A pretty legend tells how when Je
sus left the tomb on the resurrection
morning flowers sprung up In the path
behind Him, and this Is true in a bet
ter way than the legend tells. for from
His influence more fragrant thing
than flowers have sprung -forbear-
ance. consideration. thoughtfulness
gentieness. These are the roses that
grace character and render associa
tions happy. A garden Of such bios
SONS will 10 far toward redeeming {
waste place.
The Prophet describes a scene @
"parchcdr ground and all over Il g.
the mark Of desolation This Illus
trates the forbidding and sordid and
iunwhoiesome elements Of existence
the things that poison and hurt ami
despoil us. and that go 10 make life
sterile and dreary and hard for 9th.
ers % live. A single garden spo'
helps to beautify an otherwise un.
slightly district. as sometimes merely
a window flower box cheers a stiflinG
'AtAtMtNAf VI NAA u pain htdAANAte
the dirty city; and much more does q
genial and goodly life scatter sun
shine everywhere.
Gladness and JOY are TO dispossess
desolation. Men are 20 grow better
8 TO catch the spirit OF Jesus; to be
moved by His masterful love away
from every sneaking sin; TO put down
the whelminF OF self; TO be fitted un
to the gentleness and sweetness OF
Jesus: 70 be steadied at the weak
points OF all our inhrmities. and %
have His light centered upon the dark
disc of our consciousness; to draw
ever nearer His cloudless presence.
Good people-actively breathing and
doing good-breathing the atmosphere
OF God and healthfui with the vigoi
which that imparts. and by the love OF
God within them. are to rid the worlo
Of its meanneSs and irritations and
guile. and so the Lord God viii cause
Righteousness and praise to spring
forth before all natlons.-Robert
Bruce Clark