The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1904-05-22

can erect q better IN IT'S place HE
most miSchieyous of All social reform
ers Is the destructive iconocmst who
has nothing to offer us in thc place OF
the institutions he would tear down.
/ We know orr social system is mper.
feet, but we would not have ii mcndcd
| by an anarchist who Ike the leaders
of the French revolution Of 1913, would
commence by demolishiug the good
ana the evil together 1t is easy
enough to be q censoriouS critic. 1t is
not SO easy Il matter 10 furnish bet
ter for that which you dcridc | re-
member many years ago, as IN imag-
native hoy. read that strange, weird,
horrible story called caesars Col
umn." In fascination ! followed its
/ author step by step as he deity tore
the beautiful patterns Of modern so
ciety INFO slrcds In horror I read on
/ as he denounced the social status, not
4 MS the generation Of a Noah was de-
stroyed by this old earth rs a wafer
logged craft. shipping tidal wave after
tidal wave. but as Il huge column Of
piled up corpscs. But us the years
have passed by and boysh imagina-
ton has given place to sober thought
the flames and the smoke arising from
the funeral Pyrc of Caesars column,
cmbclliShcd With dead bodies, have
grown less and less. The great air
/ ships which crcled about in the hcav-
ems rs grcas docks Of destroying birds
have collapsed Why? Because see
az a man that though lgnatius Don
nelly might advocate the destruction
Of society by finding fUult with il, yet
with his brain he could not construct
for us better Utopia. Lake Paul
never rdicule Il man, never probe for
his faults, unless at the same time you
can show him how to correct those
faults. Never refer to mans malady
or deformity unless you can tell him Of
doctor who can apply remedy for It,.
Religion That Helps.
Why We're the crew and the passcn-
gers of the Alexancrian corn ship of
good cheer? Because Paul was a man
Of Christian common sense MS well as
of supernatural visions He knew that
tile only religion that could really help
man must be religion that could
help him in the present life as well as
fit him for life beyond the grave, 1t
was not only the promise Of safety in
the future that he gave those people,
hut the sound common sense counsel
of preparation, by keeping up their
strength for insuring that safety.
"What are you driving at anyway
says some one. rs Paul Il mere by
gienic lecturer" He is more than
that. but he does not think it beneath
his dignity. after seeing the vision of
God. To tell the crew and the passen-
gers Of tile Alexandifan corn slip to
look after their physical necessities.
He does not think 1t lrreligious to gath
or the men and the women of the
doomed ship together and say: "Men,
you are going to be saved. but God
viii never do his part unless we are
ready 70 do ours Now. tomorrow we
are going to all get safely TO land, but
there is to be big drain upon our
physical resources Some of Us are
now completely tagged out We have
not had Il good meal for nearly two
weeks Let the cooks 90 and prepare
the most nourishing dinner they can;
then let us by turns gather in the cab
ms, old and Young alike, and cat
good. hearty repast. We need faith
for the soul; we also need meat for the
body Some people think the most
dramatic episode Of paul's life was
when he stood upon Mars hill and ar
gucd with the Greek philosophers; 9th
crS when he pleaded for his life before
Agrippa. think the most impressive
ly dramatic incident was when he was
standing upon the rocking, hcaying
deck of a vessel whose hull was grad.
ually filling with water and telling the
passengers ana the crew 10 eat and
look after their bodies, rs God would
surely save them on the morrow.
Care of the body.
II is surprising how little some PEG.
pie care for the body in times of sick
ness. | heard my mother say some
years ago: 81 was just down to see
Elder Nichols. lie was morbid and
depressed said to him. what have
you eaten today, Mr. NicholsY on
he answered, 1 have taken nothing but
Il little tea and a cracker | cannot
eat Ny | said, this will not do.
You must eat or you will never get
strong" So went and cooked him an
egg and made him some GOOD toast
and procured for him a little fruit, and
before | left he was as bright and
cheerful rs a man could be. 1t does
seem to me that hall Of our lack OF
faith in God comes from physical De
plction and not from spiritual weak.
ness Yes, my mother was right
The same law that applied to Elder
Nichols Of tie brooklyn tabernacle
applied to the passengers ana crew OF
the Mediterranean corn ship. When
they saw pauls faith they believed.
When they had eaten and cared 70" the
body they began TO be Of good cheer.
My brother, when you do Gods work,
do not think it beneath YOUR spiritual
dignity TO obey Gods physical laws
Paul praying. a mighty example for rs
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