Evening journal., 1906-09-08
The XIV Psalm
A SERMONETTE
BY R v. z. L. Koues

A true poet Is seer. The create
the poet the greater is his seershir
He sees into the great causes of thiug.
and understands their relations. An
because cause and effect are harmoni
oasly related. the true seer Is rhyth
mical IN his expression, and we cal
his thoughtful, musical utterancos poe
try The writer or writer's. Of the
Psalms had the true poets gifts
Therefore let Us look for great truths
IN this Psalm. Many Of us who are
not seers are nevertheless sensitive to
the rhythmic expression and dlmly
perceive there is a truth behind It. In
that way this exquisite psalm has
generally been read by us Christians.
We believe that God created the
world and because we have been told
30. we also believe that If we are
moral we shall somewhere. somehow,
reap happiness; and we noat Off satis-
fed into a dream OF vague bliss
Let us look more earnestly. and try
10 see the law. the real thing. the
psalmist saw What does he mean by
the repeated refrain. "Lift up your
heads. O ye gates; and be We TT up
ye everlasting doors and the King Of
Glory shall come in?"
"Who is this King Of Glory? The
Lord. strong and mighty; the Lord,
mighty in battle"
what great law is meant by the lift
ing up Of the gates and doors2 IT ev-
IDENTIFY thrilled the seer; and It flowed
out to him from his vision Of the all
porvading activities OF God the Crea-
tor and Of mans participation in his
Makers glory. He saw something Of
universal, OF fundamental Importance
so we must look for a great law con-
nected with creations activity What
does gate. door symbolic? II
tells OF a coming IN and going out
Does It not2 What one word have we
for that? Here 1t is: Circulation
Is circulation a universal law? Yes.
he -ai1ions upon billions of STARS
swing through space IN mathematical
rhythm; and we find an echo Of their
movements In the molecular spheres
OF a grain Of sand. Our earth has it1
marvellous systems OF circulation. It's
waters tsoon its surface. and under it's
surface tell the same story: the oceans
have their given currents; so has the
air its trade winds its equatorial and
arctic currents; and the magnetic cur
rents obey a law Of life that IS like the
seer's doors Everlasting. Upon all
Of these systems Of circulation" we
may depend. The tiniest plants and
the hugest animals have their sys-
TENS Of circulation. as we know
What Is this great thing? This law
Of circulation? II is the pulse OF Life.
1t is that which proves the an OF cre-
alton to be one; which makes It the
universe. 1t is the pulse OF the one
Life Principle manifesting through diff
ferent vibrations into various forms.
it is the heart-beat Of the King Of
Glory strong and mirhlyre no Va
der The seer.n'rs thrilled al the vsionl
And, wonderful thought. we. you and
]. are OF that Life; are fed by that
circulation o. my friends, lift up the
gates, open the doors Of your spirit
ual being for the free entrance and
entertainment OF "the Lord strong and
mighty" There Is no other law 10y
which he can come no. You must lifi
up the gates, for you have free-will
How can you lift up the gates2 Tn.
answer is very simple. BY recognize
ing the voice OF Love who stands a
the door and knocks; and by thei
willing. simply willing the door q
open. No effort Is necessary. Wan
Che King Of Glory to enter and IN
gates swing open with heavenl
music. If we really want anything
we are active In trying 10 get It, ac
tive, too. in protecting its possession
so, active. alert interest is the test q
our desire.
Does this law work in our b0die.
and in our affairs as a vital force
Yes. assuredly 1t is a universal law
IT is that positive force that abhors
vacuum on any and all planes Of ere
alton. 1t is the cause Of the fulness @
The earth that the psalmist speaks @
in the first verse OF this psalm. :
is that living tide Of life which make
"them that dwell therein 10 belon
forever TO the Lord.
We often hear the phrase. he Is sur
fering from nervous shock or straif
And that is true. Here is the explana
ton: The blood flows from the hear
TO every minutest fibre OF the bod
II the gates or valves work freei
and the used-up blood and useless d f.
posits are carried off by the retu,
low n the contracting and expand
Of the channels (the doors) obey q
true impulse OF life. 1t is unhesit.
ingly admitted by physicians and sm
geons that nervous shock and strain
(Which you know without my teliin
you have their cause in fear. worry @
sudden fright. contract the arteris
and veinous channels and often swim
The gates and doors of their base &
action. In simple words the circula
ton is Impaired. Proper nutrition {
the body, and proper elimination can
not be effected until an the gates an
doors open and shut with mathematl
cal precision according to the law
perfect circulation Medicines d
much in mechanical way TO resto,
order. but the body is a living orrar
ism. not a machine That which he
built Il from the wonderful little Wit
nucleus Is the circulation through
OF Divine presence; I say it revel
emily. whose glory the psalmist sa
passing in all pervading fulne
throughout the universe. being the OF