Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-11

find that they are mistaken.
LOVE.
rGeorge D. Perkins in the SIOUX CITY
Tribune.1
The only power of unity revealed 10
men is the power of divine love 1t Is
that love which has lifted men out OF
barbaris-n and to which they owe
every blessing known to civilization.
l. is the only agency that has confirm
uted to the security of life, 70 the de-
tense Of the weak against the mighty
and to the heavy work Of opening the
rusty doors OF equal opportunity. Love
OF one another is the sunlight OF tue
home; it is the comforter it is the
strong arm. 1t Is the tireless nurse-il
is the mighty force that lifts the
struggling life OF earthly father and
mother into union with the inexhaust-
ible life of Life itself Love does not
remove all burdens. but it hshtens all
and it leads with unfaltering step In
the way where all burdens may be laid
down, Love makes tolerable what
otherwise would be intolerable, and it
comes to many, and to all who Will
as benediction out OF heaven in the
darkness of any night and as inspira-
ton in the courage of any day.
Many there are who have exempll-
fed the greater power OF love. They
have given their lives in sacrifice. They
fill innumerable graves, and God IS
their witness Their names are for
gotten OF men, but they are written IN
the book of life. They are immortal
if life itself is immortal. for every
where, from sea to sea, and on the
sea and beneath its depths, are the
enduring forces OF their work and the
monumental contributions of their
love The record of the ages, with lis
indubitable proofs, should give men
supreme aspiration to hasten the SUI
pre-ne coming of the Fathers king
, dom.
How could Jesus. the high type Of
sacrifice for men, have SO loved the
world as to die for Il? He had not
many friends. He would not have oled
as ne did if ne had not been sur
rounded by many enemies. But ne
loved his enemies. He was representa-
tive Of the love Of the Father. Enmlty
is born Of hate and hatred is foreign
to the truth The Father 50 loved the
world that he gave his only begotten
SON and Jesus. having the love OF the
Father met the supreme test of life.
Patriots on many fields of battle
have given their dives freely. They
have given their lives for their friends.
for their country for children unborn
They fought and died for cause
cause Of more consequence to them
than their own lives. related. as they
believed. TO the welfare of all man
! kind They gave them selves as sacri
fees to their love-for enemies as well
! "; u-hen -a,-va in, the in
terest of truth. altho they err, vet
are they servants Of God. Every man
! in his station. public or private, known
1 and unknown. learned and unlearned
with whom the controlling power Is
+, loyalty to truth. is a promoter of the
| kingdom of God in the world. Verify,
he has his reward.
| Mothers particularly sacrifice them
| selves for their children. They may be
| poorly reauitted so far as the world
| can see. They are constrained by then
| love. and following the dictates Of 1t.
they accept hardship. they bear suf-
fering, they serve to the end. with
/ whatever humiliation may follow In
the way They have that greater love
! that surrenders life.
! Love does not turn away from its
own because its own will not receive
lit: and love thus faithful is divine
love. in whatever circumstance it m ay
be, however sorrewful however bur-
dened with disappointment Love Is
f, the sun Of truth. the bond Of faith. the
guardian of the present, the pathfinder
! for the future. 1ts service can not be in
vain. In JOY it gives crown to the lie
and in distress it bids the soul be com :
forted. It is the savior Of the world
It is the one power that can lift nel
! out Of the sordid grasp of self and
give them strength for helpfulness to
| one another, even as they are helped
j out of divine compassion.
/ Greater love hath no man than
| this. that a man lay down his life fo1
| his friends"
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