The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1910-06-14

A Sunday School teacher patiently
drilled her Sunday school scholars on
the Golden Text, 1.-THE Lord stood by
him, and said, be of good cheer" The
next Sunday she asked how many could
repeat it. One little fellow stood up
and said "The Lord stood by him and
gave three cheers" He was overcome
with confusion when his mastake was
pointed out. But was II great mis-.
takei IL not our sympathizing Master
trying TO cheer poor, tired, discouraged
men and women In the battle Of lifeG
And isn't that what he wants us TO do 2
Is our religion worth anything at all
unless it leads us to do just thatf Not
the paper our name is written on In
the church book. II il does not help
! us to try to get a little heaven into
men Is lives here, 1t will never get w.
into heaven by and by. Believe me.
such practical service IN worth more to
our fellow.nen, who bring far richer
returns to US, aud will win heartiel
approval from God than so.called spirit
uality which is divorced from such ssr
vice. II has been said that when Thor
daldsen, the Danish sculptor, returned
| TO his native land with those rare works
of art which have made his name i'm.
mortal chislod in Italy with patient
toll and glowing inspiration, the ser.
wants WHO urpacked the marbles seat.
tered upon the gr,und the straw which
was wrapped around them. The next
summer flowers from the gardens of
Italy were blooming in the streets OF
Copenhagen from the seeds thus borne
and planted by accident. The great
purpose of all our lives is to carve in i'm.
rerishable marble statues which shall
bless the world and stand forever as
monuments TO our genius. But, alas! the
hand that aolds the chiscl may lack
the skill to carve the ideal Of our souls,
or that land may be palsied in death
before the task il completed; but each
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our fellow.men may SOW seeds that shall
cause flowers Of heavenly origin and
beauty to blossom perpetually on the
earth and whose fragrance shall ascend
To the skies to enrich our lives for.
ever.
That old story from the East tells us
that Abou Ben Adhem awoke one night
from a dream of peace and saw in the
moonlight in his room an angel writ.
ing in a book of gold. lie asked, "What
writcst thou2' The angel answered,
'rhe names OF those who love the
Lord. - sis mine therei' he asked.
Nay the angel answered. Then
Abou answered softly and cheerfully,
II pray thee, then, write me as one
that loves his fellow men. " The noxt
night the vision came again, and show.
ed Abou's name above all the rest.
The Golden thought % the legend
comes out of the very heart of the gos.
pei. Love for God that does not mani.
fest itself in love for men is a vaprous
sentiment, as ephemeral as the dew that
sparkles for n moment on the flower;
and love for men must express itself
in more tangible ways than saying to
the cold and hungry, "Be we warmed
and filed
After our first baby girl was born.
her two little brothers wished TO see
her. Lovingly and curiously they ex.
amined the little face and hands and
then wanter to see her feet. AS he look.
ed Indignation came slowly into the
face of the smaller bog, a little fel.
low of three and n half, and he cried
out impetuously: "Mama, did bod send
her all the way down here barefoot.
edi" Not only do men come into the
world barefooted, but multitudes of
them will 90 through life with mad.
equate covering for their bodies, with
insufficient food, without friends, with.
out comforts, without help, unless you
and ! practice the principles of Love,
Friendship and Truth for which our or.
der stands.
Members of the Tucumcari Lodge
of the Independent Order Of Odd Eel.
lows, and Sister Rebekahs, IL tomorrow
ycu were to stand by the coffin of
brother or sister you would want to