The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1904-08-04

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between a body with a soul ID whole
hearted poasesi0E of al its functions
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yet II is rot the same Al all
Eaas has oecgrredZ Only this.
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hla old home ard gone elsewhere to
{ live YOU did nCt see him g. and
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! residence q, snd Eor taat sezso1 you
are HyKlGed and perhaps greatly
/ trouh-ed. What We do rot understand
I Is APT % disturb us. Eut the only dlfl
ference botwesn the first illustration.
the empty house. and the secon6. the
empty body. Is that when the family
moved they left word a. tc their des-
tirsticn. and the sufferer Nnc moves
did not
TIE soul IS too important % die. and
the body IL too unirnp0rtanr 70 exist
for more than feE decades. II Is a
very curious fact that eseEy maA is n
love with his own goal or personality.
He prizes thzt something which Be
calls his real self above al ether pos
sessions. He Eozid not exchange him
self. even though conscious Of many
weakness. for aay other human BE-
ing on the earth. He may find fault
with fate and deem ssnseEf harshly
used: xtilI. be would rather be him
self with poverty than any other with
| wealth.
Not 50 with the body. That is quite
another matter. No one thinks Of his
body as himsclf-oply as q minor par,
Of himself He would be glad To have
another body. Just as we would be
glad 10 move out Of a wretched hoveI
into a well-bnIlt mansion. We, by 70
meaus. have the same prIae n body
that we have in personality. We
might lie happy to get rid Of one. but
nothing could tempt US TO Part with
the other.
And what reason DO yCu suppose
God could have for destroying a soul,
Nothing else in the universe Is de-
stroyed. and why should the greatest
Of His creations suffer a fate not met
ed ont 10 the meanest? The body ex-
hausts its possibilities and then falls
back to dust. Its climax and duration
would add nothing to the perfection
Of its functions. But does a mans in
telligence, does his spirit. exhaust all
possibilities? The mental and spirit
ua! appetites are merely whetted by
our eathly experience; we simply ac-
quire keen relish. and then the
house falls into ruin ard we must
leave H.
Another body. another life. another
environment. That Is what the soul
has prophesied for itself as conse-
quence Of Gods goodness and wisdom
And then comes ringing through the
ages the Voice that checks our tears
at separation and transmutes them
into the hope Of reunion. saying, II 60
TO prepare place for you"
] know not where heaven Is and
scarcely care to inquire; but Il Is
somewhere. and the thought il 10 the
heart OF man what the falling rain IS
10 the parched felds.--Rey. George II.
Hepworth.
Or Jericho.
There are times when I get work
ia do tho good OF which cannot see.
Sometimes. before the walls of JerI-
eho, there is put into my hands a
trumpet when ! think II should be e
sword Sometimes am sent a long
circuitous march when expect 10 be
retained for the assault. These mo-
ments are very hard to me. Il is not
the work that is hard: II is the want
OF vision. II is easy enough TO blow
trumpet; II is light thing to walk
round the city The hard fhfno a. m