Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-11-18

(AS!9K MgSSlllj ment with his
presentation. His
text was, '-That in the Ages to come
he might show the exceeding riches
OF His grace in His loving-kindness to-
ward US In Christ Jesus" Ephesians
Ia, - He said in part
Following in the footsteps Of our fa-
theirs, who handed down to us our
present day creeds, we have misun-
derstOOd our gracious Creator. We
studied astronomy and declared the
Creator Almighty; we studied geology
and confirm ed the decision. We stud
led zoology and anthropology and de-
clared that the Creator was All-Wise,
as we came to appreciate Him. We
noted the adaptation OF our various
organs to our use and comfort-the
hand the Foot the eye. the ear, the
circuatOry system, the nervous sys-
TEN, and the power of the will over
these,
We said to ourselves, truly man is
fearfully and wonderfully made, truly
his Maker is a God infinite in wisdom
and skill. We examined the subject
OF mans moral sense, and although
we found 4 c impaired we have been
astonlShed TO note how even the most
selfish and depraved have an instinct
Of Justice, a sense OF right, whether
they follow it or not.
"LOvs DiN|ine All Love ExosIlins."
Then we said, Whence came this no.
BILE phnclpl g Of Justice as the back
bone or moral quality in our racer
The only reply was that in this par
ticular God originally created man in
His own u1 oral likeness, and that
measure Of this moral quality has per
sisted notwf thstandlng the fall through
disobedIence into death and its conse-
quent demorallzatlon through sin and
weakness
Looking further we perceived that
the nObIest specimens of our race pos
sess still OF her qualities closely associ-
ated with -Tustlce, but outranking It
The noble Quaty which overtops all
the rest we term Love. 1t Ia Love
which makes the heart tender sympa-
thetiC, help ful and happy; It is Love
That makes home, whether exercised
In n palace or a howell It is Love
which baclSs up Justice and insists
that no III shall be worked toward a
nelghbOr 1t Is Love that is on the
alert to assist by word or act all Of
those needing aid 1t is Love that In
spires us to- the boldest acts of hero
ism 1t Is Love that prompts the Civ
Ing Of time and strength, of means
and even life itself on behalf Of its
object
All freely admit that Love Is the
greatest, the most blessed quality pos
sessed by IN umanlty, and that without
II even paradise could not bring hap
piness We ask, Whence came this
quality Of Love, and from what foun-
tain can We receive the fresh supplies
so much nSedcd by so many OF our
raceH The answer Is that the great
Creator Hlrnself Is the Fountain. God
is love" 7 his All.Wise and All.Pow-
erfu and All-Just One Is pre.eminent-
ly the Cod OF all grace" "The Father
OF mercles. - "The Fountain Of blesH-
ing"
Love Divine. all love eNcelling,
Joy Of he aVen to earth come downs
Fix In us Thy humble dwelling.
A ml,t - . kF,,I. -.
"sh ow Mo Thy Glory"
The OnCieEn Is had the correct thought,
that they had caught but a glimpse OF
the Divine character and Its glory;
hence their prayer, "Show me Thy
glory" ThSe same should be our senti-
ment In che clear light now shining
upon Gods Word we perceive that It
will require the entire outworklng of
the Divine Plan OF the Ages to illus
trate or ma Ike known to humanity the
real Ch0mc & or Of the Heavenly Father.
Only the very few can by faith accept
the Divine promises and trust In their
ultimate fu filment and see far down
fnto the fu ture the full shining forth
OF Gods cll n ractcr perfect In its Wis
dom, Justlc -. Power aud Love.
We may not Judge the infinite love
In all rcSpe-cts by human comparison,
but We may know that our difficulty
In the matte Is that the human COM
parisonS ca n only imperfectly repre-
lant the lnEi mite, We see the excava-
tion or pertl APPS the foundation walls.
or perhaps the first story of a struc-
ture; but II we were TO Judge wholly
by these lun perfect parts II would be
manlteStly unfair and we should be
decelVng ourselves, The only way to
Judge Of the builders capacity and in
tenticnS wo uld % to see the ar:hitee