Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1908-08-14
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HELP FOR ALL IN GOD.

By Rev. Edwin VI. Caswen.


By Rev Edwin w. Caswell.
The one hundred thousand spectators
witnessing the Olympiad at London
were flled with wonder when they saw
a mere boy, from New York City, the
smallest of the ffty-fve competitors,
win the great Marathon race.
Llttleness was better than bigness !;
quality than quantity That the I'M
seen forces OF the will, purpose and
faith are mightier than visible prowess
was proven when David met Goliath.
when the Japanese defeated the Rus
slams and when John Hayes won the
twenty-six mile race Consciousness of
weakness means preparation, discipline,
progress and development and these
mean victory. Necessity is called the
mother Of invention, therefore if the
young man of wealth feels no necessity
he will fail of the greatest achieve
ment.
Carnegie ana Rockefeller struggled
up from the weakness of poverty to
the summit Of wealth and influence.
Dante, Ruskin and Carlyle fought
against the weakness of bodily Ills till
they attained the climax OF intellectual
greatness. The handicap OF blindness
enabled Milton of England, Milburn
and Mathewson of Scotland to behold
visions Of thought and beauty beyond
their fellows.
Hardships, deprlvations and great
difficulties in early life lifted Lincoln
and Grant into their loftiest seats of
power. Prisons have palaces proved
to minds like Paul and Bunyan, where
they were inspired to produce pen pic
lures that have delighted and blessed
mankind In every land. Is it not a
sublime truth that there is a pathway
upward for every one? No wonder
that Paul gloried In his infirmities, per-
solutions and distresses, for he ex-
claimed: when / am weak, then am
strong, for the power of Christ will
rest upon me-"
The little child becomes strong be-
cause it stretches out its hand to the
parent. The father is nobler when he
bears his child out of danger into
safety. SO the sinful and troubled soul
that stretches ont its hands of faith
to the Heavenly gather feels under
meath the everlasting arms and nestles
in the bosom of forgiveness and father
hood, and who shall sag God is lot
happier and mightier because OF his
embrace of helplessness?
Do you feel crushed by the law of
1.-THE survival OF the fittest" or that
''the weakest go to the WALTZ"
Heavens law of grace creates fitness
and meetness for the highest inherit
ance.
Do you agonize in the commissions OF
pain? 1t is the divine hand leading
you to greater riches as earthquakes
reveal the gold in the rended rocks.
If God in nature can produce the
diamond from the black carbon. the
white lily from the black earth and
bulb, the great tree from the tiny seed,
He can bring purity out Of sinfulness,
StCellSlH Out vi NedAHbSS d1G HEAVEN
out of hell. His power will enable the
soul that trusts In Him to overcome
dangerous hereditary tendencies. unto
ward environments, unspeakable diff
eulties, so that you may become the
! author of opportunities and the creator
of circumstances. and, though, at last,
like John Brown, you 90 down to ig-
nominous death. your liberty-loving
soul viii go marching on through
all millenniums, in blessed companion
ship with Him who arose from the
weakness OF the manger. the croes and
the sepulchre to become conqueror and
ruler of all worlds.
If we put out little crosses at the
foot Of Iis great cross. He will lift
them up until they become trandgured
into crowns OF glory forevermore