The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-03-20

ing addressed a large congregation at
the Christian church. An extract from
the discourse follows:
Merit.
eff God be for US, who can be against
us?"-Rom. 1871.
and their works do follow them
Rom. 14:13.
Since the universe has for its author
Cod and He a being of supreme
righteousness, infinite wisdom and
eternal justice, it follows that real and
final success can be attained by man
only through merit. Zone is in the
majority when He is on the side of
Cod" Thousands have thrown them
selves on the side of right when the
outcome looked dark but never yet
has failure attended such an effort.
final outcome right does prevail. Were
this not so it were impossible for the
universe to persevere. If the opposite
we're true the wrong would always
succeed and the wrong is selfde-
structive Hate would be victor over
love. UgIiness would Danish beauty.
a lie would overthrow truth. Not
only is this impossible in fact, but our
minds cannot even conceive of such an
1absurdity Even the men VINO lead
false lives expect sometime to change
and take fellowship with right. To
the man of limited vision it might ap-
pear that error prevails but to him
who sees, error perishes. You know
umph finally. A seer has spoken:
Fright forever on the scaffold, wrong
forever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future, and
behind the dim unknown
-Standeth God within the shadow,
keeping watch above His own"
Or the words of Charles Sumner:
Nothing from mans hands, nor law,
nor constitution, can be final. Truth
alone is final
And we all remember Bryant's i'm
mortal statement:
Truth crushed to earth shall rise
again"
There is a profound psychology in
the warning sent to Pontius PLATE by
his wife:
Have nothing to do with the con-
,1emning of this just Christ"
There is profounder logic in the
words of Gamaliel when ne reasoned
that it would be useless to oppose the
Christ and his followers, for if they
were out of harmony with truth they
could not succeed, but if God and
truth were on their side all the powers
of the universe could not overthrow
them. The fact of the matter is that
no matter how corrupt one becomes
he fears the truth. He realizes that
wrong must finally give way to truth.
Perhaps we wonder at times why
men act contrary to this known law.
The query is not a difficult one to
answer. 1t is natural for us to desire
10 gain a point as quickly as possible.
Since this is true and the reward of
merit being slowly gained a resort is
taken to that which will give a speedy
return.
Every man would assent that he
would be able to accomplish more by
making a preparation for life's work,
but all do not so act. You can easily
convince the young law student that
he will be able to reach greater heights
10y making an adequate preparation
For his profession. He will not deny
the fact but he may ignore the al
vice and gather some individual rea-
sons for so doing. He may desire to
gain the goal quickly. Still he will
realize that he limits himself to mod
crate success. The trouble lies in the
fact that too many of us plan for to-
day only. This desire, to gain in q
day what legitimately may be gained
only through time, is the cause OF
much mis-stepping. There is some
thing wrong when we live for the
hour only. Why be in such a hurry
Divinity is never in hurry. Coo
works slowly. He can afford to take
time. We are like him only when We
do likewise. Man should expect sew.
Tenty years of life. You are not an in
sect that You should fit and fly ant
Gle
1 am convinced that this is one O.
Ehe reasons why man is given length
of days, that he might accomplish
things. Education takes time. Cul.
fure comes slowly. Christian charac.
Ter is not attained in a day. It i,
an insult to God and man to work or