The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-08-26
FuIfIIment Through Submission

Fulflllment Through Submission.
II ye be obedient. ye shall eat Of the
good Of the land.-Isa. il9.
In these days obedience IS an un-
popular word. Freedom Is the uni
versal cry. Not to obey, but to have
liberty is the popular clamor
But only through obedience can
man achieve anything, even liberty.
The path of fulfllment is through sub
mission. The iron ore become an en-
gine by submitting to the will of man,
to his fires. to his forges, to his lathes.
Every engine In a ship or heading a
train across a continent, is the glori-
fication of obedience. Only as mat
ter is ductile to mans hand can 1t be
glorifed into those wonders of mans
creation, even as 1t could only come
into its natural glories as it was due.
tile to the will Of God
There is another truth about this
fulfillment through submission. this
glorlfcation by obedience Not only
has the iron ore to be obedient unto
death and change and transformation,
but the man who makes the engine
must be every whit as obedient. BY
no idlins caprice, By no lawless self
will can man make an engine. Not
only is he obedient to the laws Of his
own being, the laws Of his own gen
ius, but he Is obedient to. the iron
ore. He submits himself to the ma
ture of that ore, to all the conditions
By which II Is changed from motion
lessness in the mine into swiftness on
tae track. Only by the submission Of
himself 10 these conditions. to these
divine laws. can he fulfil his desire
for an engine and add to his power.
He submits himself to the iron that
the iron may submit to him. Gods
Laws yield themselves without reserve
for the greatness OF him who submits
to them. There is always unity in
obedience a fellowship OF JOY enrich
ing the world with some new grace
OF creation.
This Is the fact OF achievement
whether Il Is an engine or an educa'
tion. a picture or a business. a wise
mind or a pure soul. III ye be obedi
ent. ye shall eat OF the good Of the
land whatever the land may be
which you enter through the Jordan
OF obedience. Always we must bend
10 matter II we would have matter
bend TO our will Tc the laws Of
.pir.s we must bow II we would at
tain unto the beauty Of. holiness
Granite becomes granite only by sub
mission to the conditions by which
1t could compact into It's splendid
hardness. True also OF that granite
thing we call character. 1t comes
not unbidden. 1t IS won. II IS not q
task that does itself. Il Is deed
wrought by fire and forge. BY grit
greatness Is gained.
Only by loyalty TO the truth OF his
being can man become true man, at
tanning worth which stirs us like
sublime music. Beauty has its laws
BY submission to them man becomes
an artist. So with the beauty Of
holiness, by submission to which man
becomes a saint The greatest search
which can engage mans energies is
the search for the laws of his own
well being. physical. mental moral
and spiritual. No holier task can en-
gage him than obedience to those
laws. This obedience wins the free
dom OF health. the freedom Of a wise
mind, the liberty OF poised and noble
character, the libery Of spiritual
nature which, In its quiet splendor
mirrors the beauty Of God as still
lakes mirror the stars. There is need
to learn that only by submission tc
the truth is there fulflment of all
true and satisfying ideals, the attain
ment Of noble life and greater char
acter. III ye be obedient We shall
cat the good OF the land" the land OF
all true and divine desire.-John Mil
on Scott.