The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-10-10

can be established between the Father
above and the child below. And who
| viii measure the consolation that has
been brought to troubled hearts by the
hour of prayer?
Proof Of Immortality.
And Immortality! Who will estimate
the peace which belief in future
life has brought TO the sorrowing? You
may talk 10 the young about death end
ing all, for life is full and hope is
strong, but preach not this doctrine to
the mother who stands by the death.
bed Of her babe or to one who Is within
the shadow of great afflction.
Christ gave us proof Of Immortality,
and yet 1t would hardly seem necessary
that one should rise from the dead 10
convince US that the grave Is not the
end. To every created thing God has
given Il tongue that proclalms resur-
rectIon.
If the Father delgns to touch with dl-
vine power the cold and pulseless heart
Of the buried acorn and to make 1t
burst forth from Its prison walls. will
lie leave neglected In the earth the soul
Of man. made In the image of his Gre
ator2 IL lie stoops to give to the rose
/ bush whose withered blossoms float
upon the autumn breeze the sweet as
suranee Of another sprlngtime. will he
refuse the words of hope TO the sons of
men when the frosts OF winter come?
IL matter mute ard inanimate, though
changed by the forces of nature into n
| multitude of forms, can never die. will
the spirit of man suffer annihilation
when it has paid brief visit like u
royal guest d-this tenement OF clay?
No; | am as sure that there is another
life as / am that live today.
In Cairo secured few grains Of
wheat that had slumbered for more
than three thousand years in an Egyp-
tian tomb. AS | looked at them this
thought came into my mind: If one Of
those grains had been planted on the
banks of the Nile the year after IL
grew and all its linea descendants
planted and replanted from that time
untll now, its progeny would today be
sufficiently numerous to feed the teem-
ing millions Of the world If this in.
visible germ of life in the grain of
wheat can thus pass unimpaired
through three thousand resurrectlons
shall not doubt that my soul has
power TO clothe itself with a body
suited 10 Its new existence when this
earthly frame has crumbled into dust
A belief In immortality not only con.
soles the Individual, but it exerts
HaaN N...t..
between individuals. II one really
thinks that man dies as the brute dies.
he may yield TO the temptation to do
injustice to his neighbor when the cir.
cumstances are such as 70 promise Sc
curlty from detection. But II one real.
ly expects to meet again and live eter
nally with those whom he knows to
day he Is restrained from evil deeds
10y the fear of endless remorse
Again, Christ deserves TO be called
the Prince of Peace because he has
given us u measure of greatness which
promotes peace. When his disciples
disputed among themselves as to
which should be greatest I'm the
kingdom OF heaven, lie rebuked them
and said. LET him who would be
chlefest among you be the servant OF
ALL Service is the measure of great.
ness. II always has been true. 1t is
true today and 1t always will be true
that he Is greatest who does the most
of good. And yet what q revolution 1t
will work In this old world when this
standard becomes the standard Of life!
Nearly all of our controversies and
combatS arise from the fact that we
are trying to get something from each
other. There will be peace when our
aim is TO do something for each other
Our enmitles aud animoslties arise
from our efforts to get as much as
possible out of the world. There will
| he peace when our endeavor is to put
as much as possible into the world
Society will take an immeasurable step
| toward peace when 1t estimates citi-
zen by his output rather than by his
income and gives the crown Of its ap.
| proval to the one who makes the lar
gest contribution TO the welfare Of ALL
Christ has also led the way to peace
by giving us formula for the propa-
CATION of good. Not all of those who
have really desired TO do good have
employed the Christian method-not
all Christians even. In all the history
Of the human race but two methods
have been employed.
The first Is the forclble method
The other Is the Bible plan-be not
overcome OF evil, but overcome evi!
with good And there Is no other way
of overcoming evil. ] am not much OF
fnrmer. get more credit for my
! farming than ] deserve, and my little
farm receives more advertising than 1t
Is entitled to. But am farmer enough
to know that IL | cut down weeds they
will spring up again, and | know that
II plant something there which has
more vitality than the weeds | shall
not only get rid of the constant cut.
ting, but have the benefit of the crop
| besides.
In order that there might be no mis-
take about his plan Of lpfopagating
good Christ went into detail and laid
emphasis upon the value of example
80 live that others seeing your good
works may be constrained to gIorify
your Father which is in heaven"