Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-05-18
Attend In a Body Divine
Services on Sunday.
Rev. ". J. McNeai Of Wins|ow
Congregational Church
breaches Interesting spesiaI Ser.
mon to His Audience.

!
members of the Grange, numbering
about 100, marched in body from
Grange hall to the church and occu.
pied reserved seats. The service was
very impressive and arranged for the
members. In deliverance, Rev. Mr.. Nc
Neil spoke eloquently of the practical
| life OF the Granger. The following is
a short abstract of the address, the
| subject of Which was, 1.-The Eeartf
| Mans Workshop "And He placed
man in the garden to dress it, Gen.
ii:15:
Changers, sons and daughters of the
soil, we welcome you to our church
on this special occasion. 1t is with
pleasure that l stand to address you. ]
have always liked the word "Grange.'
1t carries with it the odor of the soil
Well may you be proud of that name
Man was created for the soil and soil
for the man. We speak of Mother
Earth, and with reverance we speak
her name. Her children have not all
been loyal to her. Thousands ran away
to the city and by the abandoned
farm left the mark of their infidelity.
Today they are glad to get back, to
AOiip liSl IlCIdS, " SSdIlDSI oNSl lllS
hills, to sit beneath the shade trees
and to eat at her table the products of
her soil They have learned to keep
on friendly terms with old Dame Ma
ture, and to heed her call to her many
sons and daughters.
And God placed man in the gar.
den. What story followed man. 1t
begins with man because man alone
could write the story, and man alone
could appreciate it after it was writ
ten. But who is to enjoy it? Who is to
till it? An Edan left to itself becomes
weeds. Man only is fitted for this
work. Until men came the earth was
house without an occupant, a book
Without a reader, a treasuree house
with no one to enjoy it. Our world is
one thing to animals, but quite anoth-
er thing to man. The bee fits over the
white clover seeking honey; the poet
extracts therefrom a song. All things
waited for mans coming. The clouds
parted before that glad day, but there
was no man to pierce the veil and be-
hold angels in their home coming at
the close of day. There is no beauty
without mans eye, no music without
HIS ttI llo pSll NlluOuL SOIlleOuC
to breath it's fragrance.
1t was great day for the sleeping
quarry when the sculptor drew near.
For our earth the hour of destiny
struck when man began his career.
God stepped aside to give man a
chance. Thou hast put all things un-
der his feet" Here is the regency of
man. The Divine architect built the
castle like palace, stored it like a
treasure house and then gave the key
to man, saying, enjoy it, rule in peace
if you will; it is yours, loot it, if you
will; lift destroying hands if you will;
make It's treasures into spoils if you
will; feed it's blossoms to mar homes
if you will; water the ground with
the blood of your brother if you will;
the garden is yours to mar or to make
The palace is yours to lose or to
keep
Here is mans home, to have and to
keep it. Mans home is in a garden,
Eot in a congested city, with all it's
tendencies to sin. The country life is
SO popular today that dozen or more
of our best magazines are given to the
beauty of living where the air is pure
and where man is at liberty. Man
needs something to do for his own
good; for his own happiness. All of
Gods gardens are waiting for some
one to till them. No Eden is complete
without man. No man is complete
without some Eden. All in nature
waits mans motion. The animals wait
for his hand to tame them and to use
their misguided strength. The vine
waitcth for the same hand to pluck
its clusters; the mountains waited for
the same eye and heart to admire
them. for the hand to dig for its hid
den treasure. Until man entered Garth
ly things all was a wllirl of atoms.
q collisi1 n of matter
The Grange of the United States
holds the balance of power in politics.
The farmers influence is felt today be-
cause he has made himself felt. He is
called the backbone of the nation. The
object of the Grange as / understand
it. is protection. Protection against
purchase of their product, once at the
mercy of sWindlcrs. The Grange stands
for better homes. There is a danger of
men thinking more of wealth than
love, more for money than men, more
for growth than greatness. There is a
danger of failing to educate the boy
for life as a family man. To be trained
to be husband, a father, is overlook
ed. Trained to have care, responsible
tiles Home is the only safeguard of
our land and must be painstakingly
taught. The Granger's opportunity is
to study home, not only it's needs but
it's supreme needs. To study labor
saving inside as well as out. Eden is
nothing short of ideal homes, and an
ideal home is not that when anyone
has become a slave to drudgery.
The undeveloped resources Of the
soul man is discovering every day.
Earth is a casket of gems. Man had
mapped the earth, thought he knew
its resources, but recent discoveries
indicate that 1000 miles north of Win
nipeg lies the Peace River country, the
richest wheat section in the world. So
it is III the soul. Man is. a mine of un-
dying ore. A decline in the moral hill
Sharpening of intellect leaving moral
PERCEPTION unframed. A president of a
college told his professors recently
that better no college than cc.;:ages