Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-11-27

morrow that has ever passed from one
generation to another. For If we have
| been growing great in material wealth
we have also grown magnificent in the
moral endowments of life and dying
We can leave not only silver and gold
! not merely knowledge, not only scien
tific lore but we can give to those
pressing upon our heels the best ethic-
al equipment, the best spiritual leg
acy which has ever descended from
one time to another. What heroes
! there are! What men of oak lifting
their hearts of strength against the
wrongs of the world and resting not I'M
til wrongs become the things of right.
One time these men of granite pur-
poses could have been found in but
few classes of society. Now the rank
and file of America hold the standards
of virtue and goodness in their hands
and set their faces sturdily against the
sin and shame of our day.
Fittest Survive.
"IV.-Let us be thankful for the ten
der graces of life.
THE world sometimes looks just
like a gray November day. There is
no brightness anywhere. Looking
upon men we think of the cruel treat
ment man gives to man. Looking God
ward the laugh of despair freezes our
lips and congeals the warm blood of
the heart. We draw back from the
story of wantonness, of the sacrifices
of life and a hardness as of death
comes over us. The world seems
more like jungle wherein the weak
are borne down and the strong alone
live. Then comes the Master and
shows us that the 'fittest' that survive
are not the strong ones with the jun
gle law governing them but the 'ittest'
graces of the heart have more power
than any or all the physical forces
which man knows is truth which We
all need to remember. Nothing lives
like gentleness, thoughtfulness, friend
ship, love. Things of the outer world
perish, but Gods banner of love is on
the high places Of mans being as 1t
was set there when the morning stars
sang together. 1t testifies to the pow
er of God that the madness of the day
has not destroyed the qualities of the
heart How barren life is when the
gentle amenities are lost! You will
go from here to your homes. There
will be the happy heart and the glad
ness of meeting the members of the
family again. But | am not unmind-
full of the fact that in many homes the
memory of the tenderness of one who
will not be there will be called 10
mind. And there will be heartache.
And there will be sorrow yelling up
to the eyes and all the strings of the
heart will lay unstrung and the music
of the heart that aforetime was so
glad and free will be minor today
But God will not leave you there. He
would call to your mind the qualities
of soul which made beautiful the one
you mourn for, not that your day shall
be sad, but that those tender minis
tries of life which have in sense
gone from you may find their place in
your life making you rich through
your loss. Going forth, let us remem-
Der that while man may forget blow
a word leaves an eternal impression
on the plastic soul
Loyalty Not Dead
Let US remember that men have
not forgotten to be friends; neither
iioo ioyclty HUH Tic
heart. He who can forget that some
men SOW dragons teeth and remem-
Der that others and by far the major
ity sow the seeds of moral greatness
has learned the great lesson of life.
Helpfulness, loyalty, love are not dead
Because Christ lives these live also
They are not flowers which bloom but
once year. In the garden of mans
soul their blossoms brave every blast
their beauty defes every frost Wat
cred by God they send forth their fra
GRANGE in drouth and in storm For
these things we will thank Him who
puts them in the hearts of his chill
dren. Beholding these things which
are at work in the world and in our
own hearts, seeing how all the powers
and capacities of men are being used
by the Father to bring in the day look
ed for by men in all times and noting
how that day is fastening on we will
give God thanks and call upon His
name and make known His deeds
among the people"