Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-11-04

His teachings, when applied. will
bring peace between man and man.
And IL He can bring peace to each
heart, and IL His creed will bring
peace throughout the earth, who will
deny E's right to be called "the
Prince or Peace?"
Peace! Peace! All Seek for Peace.
All the world is in search OF peace;
every heart that ever beat has sought
for peace, and many have been the
methods employed to secure 1t. Some
have thought to purchase it with
riches, and they have labored to Sc
cure wealth, hoping TO find peace
when they were able to 60 where they
pleased and buy what they liked. or
those who have endeavored to pur-
chase peace with money, the large
s}hajority have failed to secure the
money. But what has been the ex-
perience of those who have been sue
cessful In accommodating money? They
all tell the same story, viz: that they
spent the first half of their lives try
ing to get money from others, and the
last half trying to keep others from
getting their money, and that they
found peace in neither half. Some
have even reached the point where
thy find difficulty in getting people
to accept their money; anu / know
of no better indication Of the ethical
awakening Of this country than the
increasing tendency to scrutinize the
methods Of money-making A long
step in advance will have been taken
when religious, educational and char
liable institutions, refuse to condone
immoral methods in business and
leave the posseSSOr of ill-gotten gains
to learn the loneliness of life when
one prefers money to morals.
Some have sought peace in social
distinction, but whether they have
been within the charmed circle, and
iearful lest they might fall out, or
outside, and hopeful that they might
.sget in, they have not found peace.
~ Some have thought, vain thought!
Q to find peace in political prominence;
but whether office comes by birth, as
in moliarchies, or by election, as in
republics, it does not bring peace
An office is conspicuous only when
few can occupy it. Only when few
in generation can hope to enjoy an
honor, do We call it great honor.
| am glad that our Heavenly Father
did not make the peace Of the human
heart depend upon the accumulation
of wealth, or upon the securing of
social or political distinction, for in
either case but few could have en-
joyed it; but when he made peace
the reward Of a conscience void of
offense toward God and man, He put
1T within the reach Of all. The poor
can secure 1T as easily as the rich,
the social outcast as freely as the
leader of society, and the humblest
citizen equally with those who WELD
political power.
Peace, Sweet Peace.
To those who have grown gray in
the faith L need not speak of the
peace to be found in the belief in
an overruling Providence. Christ
taught that our lives are precious in
the sight Of God, and poets have
taken up the theme, and woven it into
immortal verse. No uninspired writer
has expressed the idea more beauti-
fully than William Cullen Bryant in
the lode to a Waterfowl" After fol-
lowing the wanderings Of the bird of
passage as it seeks first it's northern
and then it's southern home, he con-
cludeS:
Thou art gone; the abyss Of heaven
Hath swallowed up thy form, but
on my heart
Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou
hast given,
And shall not soon depart.
He who, from zone to zone,
Guides through the boundless sky
thy certain flight,
In the long way that | must tread
alone,
VIII lead my steps Alright"
Christ promoted peace by giving us
assurance that a line Of communica-
tion can be established between the
Father above and the child below.
And who will measure the consola-
], ,tion that has been brought to trou-
nbled hearts by the hours Of prayer?
The Infiders Uncertainty.
And Immortality! Who will esti-
mate the peace which belief in q
future life has brought to the sorrow
ing? You may talk to the young
about death ending ALL for life is full
and hope is strong, but preach not
this doctrine to the mother who
stands by the death-bed Of her babe,
or to one who Is within the shadow
Of great affliction. When l was a
young man I wrote to Col. Ingersoll
and asked him for his views on God
and Immortality. His secretary an
s>swered that the great infidel was not
Asat home, but enclosed a copy Of a
sspeech which covered my question. I
scanned it with eagerness, and
found that he had expressed himself
about as follows. 81 do not say that
there Is no God, | simply say | do
not know. | do not say that there is
no life beyond the grave, simply
say do not know And from that
day to this | have not been able to
understand how any one could find
pleasure in taking from any human