The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-03-16
WIsDoM's LUMINOUS WAY.
"Reliqious Culture is Wisdom" Says
Rev. Chas. r.. Armtrong in Ser
mon at Lutheran Church.

Speaking on the text; And they
that be wise shall shine as the brigh-.
ness of the armament and they that
turn many to righteousness, as the
stars forever and ever" (Dauiel 1881
Rev. Chas. H. Armstrong of the Luth.
eran church spoke in part as follows
In the third year OF the reign of Je.
hoiakim," (B. c. G04l, Jerusalem was
besieged and captured by Nebuchad-
nezzar, king of Babylon. who carried
many of the notable folk of the Jew,
fish metropolis with him into the land
of Shinar. among the captives being
Daniel. then a mere lad. Daniel is
supposed to have belonged to the Jew.
ish nobility. and is accorded fourth
place among the greater prophets.
I'm the prophecies OF Ezekiel mention
! is made of Daniel as pattern of right
eousness and wisdom" His life, re
corded in the book Of Daniel. is most
interesting. He spends his years nn
der alien skies, pining doubtless, at
times, for his fatherland. He sees
many changes in and around thu
mighty city Of Babylon. and is given
positions of honor and trust by dill
ferent soverigns. In old age. in "the
third year of Cyrus" about 70 year
after the beginning of captivity, while
on the banks of the Tigris (Hidde
kelD, he received his last recorded
vision, in which the words of the tex,
were used by the heavenly messen
ger.
Without entering into the details
Of the revelation made to the prophet
at that time, let us see if some lessons
for us may not be gotten by carefu,
consideration Of THIS reference TO
those that be wise" These words
are the produce Of inspiration.
Let us refer to the scriptures for
light. In Prov. 1:5, this definition is
found: "A wise man will hear, and
will increase learnings; and man
of understanding shall attain unto
wise eounsels' We also read from
the sacred pages. in another place
The fear of the Lord is the beginning
Of knowledge; but fools despise wis
dom and instruction
Religious Culture is Wisdom.
The marginal rendering of the worl
wise" is teachers allowing this
reading: They that be teachers shall
shine as the brightness of the firma-
ment" To be wise in this sense. is
to be Cody; to be in communion with
the Spirit: to be filed with righteous
ness. They who are thus equipped
for their work are teachers indeed.
All should be teachers of righteous
ness, all who bend the kness to Deity,
or who worship the Christ-preacher
and layman. young and old. AS with
the successful teacher In the schools
of today We ought to be full of the
subject that we teach.
All have beheld the starry heavens
on a clear night. How brightly the
suns-and some of the planets from
reflected light-smile across the inl-
measurable fields of space, flashing
wireless messages from one to the
other. Space is endless; therefore
no cessation of glory, of light. of the
splendors Of actual luminosity. And
the soul glows with an increasing
glory. both in the body during time S
years and after enforcement of mat
ter and spirit in the cons of eternity.
The light or glory of soul is cumu
lative. We are hidden to let our
llight-our influence, usefulness, Our
talents, etc.-shine. To be like unto
city set upon a hill.
The wise soul is luminous; It
shines through a mask of clay. a man
Hesitation of life. yet never clearly
visible.
"N1a are spirits clad in wells
Man by man was never seen;
All our deep eommuning fails,