The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-01

he could not find the minds through
which to send lie 10 the wondering
waiting world This is as fundamental
" capable of demonstrations as that the
laws of motion lay exposed TO discov-
cry for many Il century long before
either Calico or Newton came to this
planet
for immortality lies not il man but
IN God; only in the constitution of
man so far rs he reflects the purpose
OF God, How does the faith of Chris
tian differ from that of the heather
peoples? Very much indeed but chiefly
in this conception of what may be
Gy through. aud with God Ia the
heather idea men are always trying
To get the best of their God but Che
true follower of the Christ it is for
AL this query. What is the will Of
God for me? In response to his call
God has always lifted tie vail AMI
let us see him more clearly than is the
previous vision The love lie come. in
to them rs Il great boou and SO they
are able TO say that they triumph over
all enemies. Those whom God loves
live. They must. He cannot forget
them. lie cannot and will not bury
them out of his mind For him to
think Of them i'll love is to perpetuatc
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those who have the strongest sense OF
he personal love of the Father wcther
they lsay il oft or no have lie most
abiding confidence that they will awak
en- in his likeness. They are content
To he his children here that they are
humble in every heart motion towards
God. Heirs and JOINT heirs they know
themselves to be but it requires an
attack on the blessed Master to bring
them out in their truest colors
Our wishes. who can tell ust What
they are! Intimations of Ills will? Yes.
| am content to have them so and
the more so since | believe he does
not err. The more likely | am to
be rigAt when following thus.
"Haud me tight Doci,sie,' said the
dying Scotch lasaic to DIR. Maclure,
''and mither II tax me GOT o. your
Arms ! do not desire to doguatizc
or push this too far but simply to
say that am inclined to take ii at
It's face raluc. It seems TO me that
God would not send men on his mis-
si"ns and When they il defence of
truth give up tner lives he surely
will not lay them away in nothinguess
forever. 1t seems to me 10 bring
down horror over the soul OF man
that nothing can chase away.
If there were 10 space III the house
of many mansions surely he would be
FIRST To say So If ,n,s Fife eads all
why is not marked on or souls as
plainly as the Hat of decay is on our
bones and muscles and nerves. We
bury our dead out of our sight but
tLey abide with us for ever.
We consider the constitution of the
human mind, the mandates OF consci
encc, the expectations OF inpei bic
lCNe, III III Stlftub anu piopuScN VI 'nS
first value RS to Tie Immortality OF
man We love therefore we are edaran-
teed eternal existence for the love which
holds to the heart of God will never Les
us die.
In The beginning of yoUr history the
Knights Templar were called from cas-
tie hall, and where not to rescue the
tomb of the Lord Christ from the
hands of the iniidel Saracen Can yol
picture that host as they marched forth
on the longest tramp that any body Of
men ever faced? Across Europe gain
lng numbers they travel until fin
ally they performed their task volun
tariy assumed. What they endured,
what they suffered no one can say nor
will it be known on this side of cter
nifty.
The moral code of the 1emplar is
so interviewer with the religious teach
ing OF the Christian church as 10 make
il Il hard task to state III any kind
of intelligent form the true ethics of
this brotherhood. Assertion of Aris-
totle, who says the custom Of doing
good acts arises from the habit of