The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-04-28

| teachings of Jesus? What is the
real meaning of His parallels, the
lost coin, the lost sheep, the lost
son, the Good Samaritan, the ten
virgins and the marriage supper? All
these image for the thought of God
and Christ for mankind. And urge
upon the essential duty of imitation.
Truth and Personality.
Fourth. We speak of truth I'M
der the form of personality. Such
expressions as the following are
found on our lips, to-wit: A true
father, true mother, a true friend.
true brother, and true man.
What do we mean by these? We
mean that given person stands In
given number of relations to the
community in which he lives and in
all these he has been found to be,
when tried by the high standard
of his age. a real and true incarna-
ton Of the thought expressed in the
Ideal We take the worlds great
men and we try them by this stand.
ard and acquit or condemn them by
1t. The truth here as Jesus uses
it has just that meaning. Not a
system of opinions but system of
relations and man in them all as
he should be. Jesus is son, broth
er, teacher, friend, citizen of Israel.
prophet of God This is the circle
of relations in which he lives: in it
he is all that he ought to be. He
is the perfect man and therefore he
is the final form of truth. Look
at some of the implications of this
view of truth. According to this
conception of truth, the sovereign
force in the world is the personal
soul. Man is the ultimate reality
i'm this world in time. Color is but
his vision; sound is but his sensa-
ton; taste and smell are but his
experiences; the world upon which
he builds and works and walks is
but some Sovereign will answering
to his own
Our Highest Ideals.
10 we WouutT llell dl our con
slant desire to place i'm concrete
form many of our highest ideals? We
have our Jonathan and David, with
their deathless friendship. Our Ruth
and Naomi than which there is no
sweeter story in all literature, sacred
or profane. Our immortal Samaritan,
sketched by the no less a mind than
the Nazarene, himself 1t is i'm
possible that these should be voice
less and childless throughout the
centuries. 1t remained for us to
give them a setting in this wonder
full century just closed. Odd Fellows,
Rebekahs, Chevaliers, it is ours to
illustrate and eXemplify to our cen
immortality and are indeed trying
as best we may to interpret it to
the human family. In the very seri-
GUS business of living out where the
glare is strongest and the strain most
felt Odd Fellows you must stand
and receive the brunt of the battle.
Here you must do again in a thou
sand forms that which gives the
old world abundant evidence of your
vitality and staying powers My Sis
tiers Of the Rebekahs, you of the
missions of goodness and sympathy,
yours is the Interpretation of mercy
and gentleness. While to you must
| fall my Chevalier friends, the knight
ly grace and sacred task of defense
in all ranks of society, in all lands
on the face of the globe. Do you
accept the self appointed task? Then
remember that out of these ideals
Will issue your justification of your
condemnation. In the personality
which you achieve i'm work or play
or both will the world read your
destiny"
Preached Sermon at Ceyion.
Ceylon, April 24.-Dr. G. A. Cahoon
of Worthington, preached the ami.
versary sermon for the Odd Fellows
at the Methodist church i'm this
place yesterday morning. The mem
bers of the |. O. O. f. and of their
( sister society, the Rebekahs, attend.
ed i'm body.