The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1906-12-28
HAVE FAITH.

HAVE FAITH.
The ever onward rush towards
eternity brings US one milestone
nearer to that end which shall wit
ness the death Of time, after which
We will cease to reckon events.
As we come to the marking period
carved 1906" not a moment do we
stop, but Immediately look ahead to
she farther distant shaft on which is
engraved 1901" Nor will we stop
with this until our last year shall be
craven on some stationary marble
slab which will record the closing
date of our reckoning period.
How infinitely the Scripture tells
Of the straight and narrow path
that leads to the grave, there to d.
vest ourselves of the natural body
and put on the spiritual one. But
when orhow? Onlyits certainty do
we know. 1t is so simple that any
LITTLE child can teach US the proper
precepts of this life-but once beyond
the grave and no philosopher is so
profound as to solve its secrets.
This we are promised, however: If
we lead proper lives during the brief
space that is allotted US, we are as
sared of the certainty of eternal hap
p;uess in that land which only counts
events by the true Interpretation of
Gods love for the highest creation of
animal life, which he made even like
unto his own image.
And why should we know? Is it
not better to give our best thought
. and energy to the tasks that are set
before us, rather than to try to
roll away the stone that hides
the mysteries of the grave? Live
lives of energy and faith. Be lead
as a little child, knowing that a
higher will than ours will shape our
destinies if we will only follow His
teachings. The chance of final sal
walton is much greater for one who
will day by day live by the precepts
Of the Golden Rule and in full faith
and earnestness say only the Lords
prayer, than he who digs deep into
theology seeking proof of its truth
rather than accepting its teachings
in full faith. IT'S enough to know
and trust in Gods promise.
Thus should we meet the duties
and responsibilities that the year
1907 will bring US. Not single eye
which sees this paragraph but what
will sometime before the next twelve
months roll by be bathed in outward
or inward tears. We know that
there will be heart burnings and dis
appointments, and happy indeed is
he who will have but small por-
ton Of his ambitions gratifed. 1t
was ever thus and the world con-
tiuues to revolve on the same axis.
When we feel a pang or throb of JOY
our heart but records the echo of
some ancestor through whose veins
once coursed the rich red blood of hui
man life. And so shall those who
come after US live. Generation by
generation we are passing through
this earthly test to be better fitted
for that life to come. The rough
asher is being made smooth, and
while the painful chiseling off of un-
slightly corners and sides is going on
we should never lose sight of the ulti-
mate-the life to come.
We know not what the year may
bring forth. Let us be fully prepared
for its gladness and its sorrow.
When properly considered the former
will always outweigh the latter.
There is a compensation for every
pain and a JOY for every care. Do
not wonder the why and the where
fore. Have faith. Sometime we
shall see and know and understand.