Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1911-07-12

ring III TO ours. The cross" meant TO
Jesus the sacrifices demanded by the
duties which the will OF God laid on
him. Jesus came to earth willingly,
but not on his own initiative: The
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour
OF the world" And he came with lust
one purpose; Il came not to do mine
own Will. but the will OF him that
sent me- A part OF the will was
that he should die, in order that We,
through his death, might have life. He
spoke OF himself as the Good Shep.
herd who was TO lay down his life for
the sheep. and added: This COM
mandment have received of my
Father Therefore he endured the
cross. despising the shame. When he
speaks TO us OF the everyday cross,
Jesus can only be referring to ex-
us the same Significance the cross OF
Calvary had for him.
Life is complicated web OF rela.
tonships. Every one OF us il the
center OF world. Each individual
life Is set I'm the midst OF a maze OF
parents, brothers. sisters, aunts. cou.
sins. husband or wife, sons or daugh-
tiers. business associates, friends or
enemies. And toward each OF the per.
oons composing this world OF ours we
have our duties. laid upon us by the
will OF God
There IL not one OF these duties
which does not. sooner or later, in.
volve sacrifice. Sometimes the duties
OF one OF these relationships absorb
the whole OF life. making 1t one long
agony OF sacrifice. lightened only by
love. Perhaps mother is an in
valid. Perhaps father has been I'M
fortunate In business and grown ut
terly discouraged. Sometimes n
brother or sister has gone wrong. or
child turned out a source of dis.
appointment instead OF pride. The
whole life OF some healthy and normal
member OF the family has to be spent
In caring for. encouraging or seeking
to reclaim the unfortunate one.
Must Bear Own Burden.
Some try to escape It, But II we
could. we should only transfer our
burden to somebody else's shoulders.
There is Just about so much OF bur-
den and responsibility in the world.
There Is just certain number OF
shoulders among whom these must be
distributed. 1t is simple problem OF
division. II the divisor is lessened,
the quotient must increase.
There are some who bear the cross
bravely. proudly, yet bitterly. That
statement makes one think OF Dante.
He loved Florence as few have ever
loved the city OF their birth; and yet
for nineteen years before his death in
1921 he was compelled to wander from
one city OF Italy to another. and per-
haps as far as Paris and Oxford, with
death sentence registered against
him by the city OF his love. Such pride
and scorn as he was capable OF, how
ever, have rarely had residence I'm a
human breast. Rossetti, himself the
son OF an Italian exile, has given
picture OF the wandering poet which
may stand for many a burdened soul
today, whose cross gals, whose heart
hath no rest, whose spirit has grown
bitter. but who dlsdains to try to
escape the cross, unless they can do
so on their own terms.
We have all known such people.
They have never reconciled them
selves to their lot The heart burns
continually with sense OF the in.
Justice of life. Complaint arises even
against God. The sight OF the happl-
ness of others gals like vinegar
poured into an open wound We
have found no experience that such
lives have no power to help others.
Those we have known have been a
source Of encouragement rather than
OF inspiration. Here, then, is a case
for the application OF the Golden Rule.
n we would seek light and inspiration
from our friends we should give them
the same. One ought TO be very care
ful Of allowing to grow up I'm his own
heart the spirit which, I'm others. acts
as kill-joy and a source OF disheart-
ment to- him.
The Attitude Of Jesus.
a third class OF people try 10 bear
their cross as Jesus bore his When
he said Take up the cross daily. and