The Penn's Grove record., 1908-09-11
his right to be called the Prince Of

were able to go where they pleased
and buy what they liked. OF those
who have ~endeavored to purchase
peace with money the large majority
have failed to secur the money. But
what has been the experience of those
who have been successful in accumu
lating money? They all tell the same
story-viz, hat they spent the first
half Of their lives trying to get money
from others and the last half trying
to keep others from getting their mon
ey and that they found peace in nei-
Their half. Some have even reached
the point where they find difficulty in
getting people to accept their money,
and l know of no better indication of
the ethical awakening In this country
than the increasing tendency to scru-
tinize the methods Of money making.
A long step In advance will have been
taken when religious, educational and
charitable institutions refuse to con-
done immoral methods in business and
leave the possessor Of ill gotten gains
to learn the loneliness of life when
one prefers money to morals.
Some have sought peace in social dis
tinction; but, whether they have been
within the charmed circle and fearful
lest they might fall out or outside and
hopeful that they might get in, they
have not found peace.
Some have thought-vain thoughtful
find peace in political prominence; but,
whether office by birth, as in
m~onarchies, or by election, as in re-
publics, it does not bring peace. An
Office is conspicuous only when few can
occupy it. Only when few in a genera
ton a hope to enjoy In honor do we
call it a great honor. 1 am glad that
our Heavenly Father did not make the
peace of the human heart depend upon
the accumulation of wealth or upon the
securing Of social or political distinc-
ton, for in either case but few could
have enjoyed it, but when he made
peace the reward of a conscience void
Of offense toward God and man he put
It within the reach of all. The poor
can secure it as easily as the rich, the
social outcast as freely as the leader of
oOClCly anu Nv AuulDlCSL SlLlACa CQudl-
iy with those who WELD political
power.
Christ promoted peace by giving us
assurance that a line of communication
can be established between the Father
above and the child below. And who
will 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 a belief in a future
life has brought to the sorrowing? You
may talk to 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 a great affection.
Christ gave US proof of Immortality,
and yet it would hardly seem necessary
that n should rise from the dead to
convince us that the grave is not the
end. To every created thing God has
given a tongue that proclaims a resur-
rection.
If the Father deigns to touch with di-
vine power the cold and pulseless heart
Of the buried acorn and to make it
burst forth from its prison walls, will
he leave neglected in the earth the soul
Of man, made in the image of his Gre
ator? If he stoops to give to the rose
bush whose withered blossoms float
upon the autumn breeze the sweet as
surance Of another s%pringtime, will he
refuse the words of hope to the sons of
men when the frosts of winter come?
If matter mute and inanimate, though
changed by the forces of nature into a
multitude of forms, can ever die, will
the spirit of man suffer humiliation
when it has paid a brief visit like a
royal guest to this tenement Of clay?
No; l am as sure that there is another
life as / am that l live today.
In Cairo 1 secured a few grains of
wheat that had slumbered for more
than three thousand years in an Egyp-
tian tomb. AS 1 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 it
grew and all its lineal descendants
planted and replanted from that time
until 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
fhroy1Uh fhroo Thousand racurrootionG
l shall not doubt that my soul has
power to clothe itself with a body
suited to its new existence when this
earthly frame has crumbled into dust.
A belief in Immortality not only con-
soles the Individual, but it eXerts a
powerful influence in bringing peace
between individuals. If 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 to promise Sc
curity from detection. But If M real
ly expects to meet again and live eter-
nally with those whom he knows to-
day he is restrained from evil deeds
by the fear of endless remorse.
Again, Christ deserves to be called
the Prince of Peace because he has
given us a measure of greatness which
promotes peace. When his disciples
disputed among themselves as to
which should be greatest in the
kingdom Of heaven, he rebuked them
and said, "Let him who would be
.chiefest among you be the servant of
all" Service is the measure Of great
ness. 1t always has been true. 1t is
true today and it always will be true
that he is greatest who does the most
Of good. And yet what a revolution it
will work In this old world when this
standard becomes the standard of life!
Nearly all Of our controversies and