The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-02-17
4cwlc RIGHTEOUSNESS
rhe Theme of Rev. Chas. y. arm
strono's Discourse at Luthera"
Church Last Evening.

sreat Importance. Every good cltizeh
Il interested in the rising generation
and mrther righteousness is ar su-
preme import to the youth OF TINS
country. and it's value ~ an essential
to good citizenship can
not be overestimated.
ON text is that thought-laden gem
of HOLY. Eccl. 1871, Remember no"
my Creator in the days OF thy youta'
while the evil days come not, nor the
wears draw nigh when thou shalt say
! have no pleasure in them L serves
d an Introductory to the most beauti.
mi metaphorical description OF old
age and death to be found within the
entire range OF lterature-ancient or
modern. sacred or profaae.
The author OF the closing chapter ot
his old book, with a snaster-hand, de.
iipeates 4 realistic and touching pen
oicture Of that pathetic journey, the
descent OF the western decliNity q
ihysical existence, and In so doing
Groves that he lived and moved upon
VA exceedingly elevated mento-snlrit.
mai plane. He who indired this sacrea
classic on roll OF vellum-venerable
NM crowned with experience though
ne was-doubtless had often asked
that question of questions. II q man
ie shall he live again." And the an
swer had come from within the Won
irons center called consciousness
from the lips OF mother-natufe ana
from the still. small voice OF Divine
acknowledgements Of hope and cheer
messages from mist-covered barboE
All unknown, Of which all the ages
have dreamed. and which some day We
shall sail ana anchor Note, also that
This writer possessed q knowledge q
anatomy: for, under poetic figures,
..the silver-cord-th golden-bowL we
discern the spinal-eoFd and the Gran
lun. or skull. Further the imagery Is
unexcelled. Not even is IL approach
~ bv the glowing genius Of Tenny-
son. who so exquisitely pictures the
~Pleiads rising through the mellow
shade. and glittering like a swarm OF
Are flies tangled in a silver braid.
70 the thoughtful youth or maiden
facing the future comes the question
How shall I steer my bark across
times sea In order 70 become sue
eessful as a mariner" Ambitious and
well.meaning young folk should pom
der this question long and deeply
Only one definition of success appeals
to me as desirable. Not where wealth
reigns. nor within the realm of pleas
ure. nor yet where fame and honor
preside. IS true success discovered.
Success is this: The greatest good
to the greatest number OF individuals
along lines shat are right beyond ques-
tom The vital decision TO be made
syen before the choice OF a profession
or a life-work, is in reference TO the
Supreme Intelligence called God, and
ones relations TO Hint The question
Even ii there be a God and future
life. viii it pay to live in full accord
with the definition CT righteousness? =
has doubtless been asked by many
young people We answer, and pom
der well our reply VIII 1t pay-here
and hereafter-to live other than
righteously?" 1t is recorded in the
pages Of inspiration, righteousness
exalteth nation; but sin is curse
TO any people"
Materialism is not in good form
now. even if by many it was former
ly considered the distinctive badge
of science, and men Of undoubted
scientific attainments at present I'M
hesitatingly affirm their absolute faith
iu a Deity and in u future existence
Our greatest scientists, students OF
natures laws and varied phenomena
in their humility doff their hats to
the-as yet--unknown and underlined
"aton," for they feel intuitively. that
back Of this living and potential spark
of matter stands the eternal Faith
err. at whose shrine millions humbly
bow, murmuring. ABBA. Father,"
Following is a paragraph from a
scientist: "A God whom we may pos
sibly approach in some far-off tomor
rev. is to give place to a God in
whose bosom We rest. the presence
OF whose life and love We daily aud
hourly feel God the ultimate fact
and spirit. the sure foundation On
which ali things rest; this is the
thought of the twentieth century. in
to which we OF the nineteenth are just
beginning to enter This quotation is
more like warm.hearted Christian s
expression of faith than the cold ma.
themstical dicta OF science. Straws
that show the way the current is set.
TIM.
The youth and maid. attempting the
future should apprehend correctly q
lev leading factors involved in life.
expression. we not three-Soul. Eter
nifty. God. The first. magnificent in its
possibilities for good or evil and in
the image Of God. his crowning work.
The second is Of such magnitude. 50
vast. so deep and wide. that we car
not grasp its meaning Eternity