Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1904-05-30

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and draw US towards the precious yer
tiles which they express
God expects much Of M because III
knows what we are and what our des
tiny Mans soul is like the ocean il
Its vastness. The great Atlantic has
depths which plummet never sounded
and the tumultuous pillows above have
unfathomed waters beneath to heaye
them up. So mans soul rocks and
surges with an eternity beneath it.
1t can not rest without God. Mans
soul Is an infinite abyss. You can
not fill It with things, though you cast
in worlds; you cannot satisfy it though
you bring 1t the wealth OF planets.
Only God a satisfy 1t Victor
Hugo said Il am immortal. / shall
live forever; | feel it: | am now only
in the tad-pole state" If Victor
Hugo was only in the tad.pole state,
what is he now that his giant spirit
and mighty intellect have burst the
bars Of flesh and gone into worlds
beyond. indeed, it is no little thing
TO be a man.
Man Is a strange combination OF
flesh and spirit. THE flesh lusteth
against the spirit, and the spirit Ius.
teth against the iesh.s Man is ron.
scious Of %groyeling propens'ties which
drag him to earth; conscious too of
high instincts that tell OF God. He
has low wants and lofty longings; feet
of flesh by which he walks the solid
earth and wings Of aspiration by which
he penetrates the sky. Whichever Of
these forces dominates will determine
the character Of the man. Let the
gr0yeling carnal beast have sway and
becomes the slave of everlasting
Let the spirit of man
have supremacy and God himself will
stoop to kiss the aspiring soul and
give II the key Of harmony with eter-
nal love and truth and purity. Let
him yield to the dictation of carnality
and that which is immortal must be
brought down under the chains of that
which asserts that to get and
keep things is the chief good and high
est end Of man and he Is Frustrated
in AFFECT worship before potatoes and
beef, before merchandise and profits.
Let him turn his face toward heaven
and though hitherto he has been in the
bondage OF sin and flonndering In the
Iuagmire Of worldliness, God omnipo-
tent will snap the letters of his bond
age, impart strength 10 his unused
wings and enable him to soar the loft.
Isl heights of manhood and character.
No little thing TO be a man. and
iod expects us TO be men. God has
place for everyone who Is willing tc
,e a a use the word in its
comprehensive sense. including both
iexes. The world cries out for men.
lust as the parehed desert seems To
end forth a voice from every pore in
Is sandy waste, crying Water! Water!
10 there are desolate places all ar.
,und us in this sin-cursed earth whose
trong sry Is for Men! Men.. Strong
courageous men! Every
shere are places for men Of character
nd men Of honor.
God expects US to be men. Marvel
us Is the soul Of man. The true
tate Of such a soul rs mans Is that
{ Singing and swelling with aspira
Ions. The soul ali restful and ~satis-
ed upon this earth calls forth hea,
ems pity. being fully content
nth present attainments. with no as
irations unto things above and be.
ond him. should be either q god or
d IDIOT The self satisfied man
stamation, his mind a cess
DOL Of Impurities, a dupe ofsfouI self.
eceit. But dissatisfied. he reaches /,
nth for higher attainments, dissatis-
ed with pen he invented the printing
ress; not content with the chariot
Q overcomes boundless space with :
Ie locomotive and not satisfied with
'e speed Of steam he links his
with the thunderbolt. This
expressive Of true inspiration in all
ings. Il Is the Christians inspira.
-. This was the inspiration In .
life Of st. Paul. He had made !
.plorations in things spiritual. But 2
ere We're heights he had not scaled
'pths he had not fathomed. Rich
no wao In Oh fct thar. ,.o.. hl11.. a