Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1908-08-27

this Impulse, Savonarola achieved.
Under this impulse John Knox
wrought, defying throngs 2 dew
lis. Lincoln and Washington were
the men they were, and did the
things they did because they were
allied with God, and through their
personality expressed the divine pur-
pose and power. It. was because OF
their certainty thatssGod was above
them and In them, and that right
would triumph, that they went stead
lily forward to accomplish the high
mission OF their lives. We are told
by Plutarch that julius Caesar, on q
| night OF storm, crossing q channel
in q light, open boat, Quoted the
| alarm Of the oarsmen who were with
him by telling them: PLUCK up your
courage: you carry Caesar. THIS
great Roman believed In his des-
tiny. A secret presentiment babe
him believe that he was born for 9
| notable career. He had power, ne
had resource, but above all. a pro-
| found belief in his star. The mar
who has not such a faith Is to be
pitied.
We all need such a vision. With
out it we perish. Aspiration Is in
~spiration. Let us not be deferred
from building our castles. though
they are In the air. Perchance God
will help us lay the foundations
under them and make them real and
strong and permanent. The man
who SAYS: T must and, God helping
me, I can, is the man who has con-
fdence in himself to do something
that no one else can do, and that
otherwise will remain undone.
How wonderfully God holds ter
rifle energies in leash and under con-
troll subject to the gradual outwork-
ing Of His perfect idea for the chill
dren Of men. In the realm Of nature
all things work together for good.
The sun, which has in it heat suf1-
cient to consume our little world IN
a fragment Of time. nurses to a ful-
Ter life by it's gentle caress the ten
der lily and the modest violet. It
touches them and evokes their deli
cate aroma; it puts the roses into
the cheek OF. the child and the song
into the throat of the nightingale as
it scars and sings to the clouds. It
is true that so we'll do we understand
the constructive forces of nature,
that it furnishes but a trite subject
for our consideration. But under
meath all physical manifestations
and phenomena, let us believe there
is moral rpo Nature is Gods
great temple in which His voice is
heard. 1t was through natures sub
!, Unity that David realized mans dig
nifty. Above all nature. next to God,
stands man. And for him all ply
steal forces are in harmony and
; work together for his good. And
as with nature, so in history. AS
t in the roaring of the seas and the
} clash of the elements the atmos-
phere we breathe is cleansed and we
enter into more vigorous life. Sc
, the wars, which seemingly spell
: ruin: the crumbling OF nations
/. which spells corruption: through al
= storm and revolution, through shocl
and tempest, God is leading the sons
f of men out into larger life, anc
l bringing on the brighter and better
? day.
And, finally, human experience
. testifies to the same truth. We are
s told tina on one occasion Napoleon
S was shut up in an island of thu
Danube, hemmed in by the Arch
r duke Charles. He was able to main
S tain himself there, but he sent wore
to Italy and Spain and France, ant
he ordered his marshal with sucl
y minuteness that every days marcel
was perfect. All over the north o
France, and from the extreme soutl
of Spain and Portugal, the corps
r were, all of them, advancing, AM
day by day coming nearer and near
err. Not one of them, on the march
4 had any idea what was the final pur
pose, and why they were being or
e dered to the central point. But o.
the day the master appointed tn
head Of the columns appeared il
every direction. Then it was tina
= he was able to break forth from hi
bondage and roll back the tide o
n war. How like our life, as 1t move
= on. to the command of the Master
d It's forces seem confused to US, with
n and cohesion, ofttimes antagonistie
r Joy and sorrow, health and sickness
prosperity and adversity-all marc
IS in their appointed paths and to thei
e appointed ends. But at last we shal
p see behind them all the n will an
the one power, and we shall be abb
1T to say on the day of final emancipa
lie ton and victory, as said Joseph Q
4, old. God meant it unto good, t
l. bring it to pass.
s, So, let us go forth, renewing on
% courage as we renew our confidenc
n that to them that love God all thing
lg work together for good.
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