The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-07-31
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Patriotism is a mystery and yet fact
You say the miracle Of the feeding
OF multitudes with the loaves and
fishes is impossible. and yet every
spring vegetation springs up and we
are fed. II man refuses to eat until
he finds out how Vegetables grow, he
VIII starve TO death. But then, mys-
iery Is not found in the dnlng-roon,
but In the church" Mr. Bryan then
gave an illustration OF this fact, tho
story of the growth OF a watermelon.
In the spring It Is planted, tiny, 1T
tie seed. which takes five thousand
of Its number to make pound In
weight Yet, In a few weeks after IL
has been dropped into the soil. It pro
duce9 large melon weighing forty
pounds But this" declared Mr.. Bry-
an. rs only one example of the mys-
terry which surrounds us. The egg g
the most universal food which Is used.
And yet, what is more mysterious than
the egg? Everybody eats them but
no one understands them. You give
an egg TO "a hen. Let her keep IL near
her for about week and its market
value will be gone In two more weeks
she will produce little chicken.
Water Is necessary to human life an
yet Il was not so very long ago tha.
II was discovered that It IS not water
which We drink. but two gases, which
coming together form water God
B. has given uS tho things we need and
the knowledge With which to use them.
And so Il isswith religion. II you ask
q me II / loan0 explain everything I'm the
Bible, I'll say that II we try to live up
to everything In the Book. Wen be
doing soiTAuch gbod that well not
shave y time 20 explain thingsi There
Is lstih another mystery in life and
that Is the change wlIichi takes place
> thi n mans heart when he finds that
things he once loved. he now hates,
and things he once hated he now
p loves In all the Journey from the
icradle to the grave, there Is no change
greater than that which changes sell
fish human beings into creatures of
kindness There are q great many
peoTle who think that religion Is
founded ON q system OF uniustness,
They say II was not just that one
should die for the gins of many And
yet. this Is one of the most familiar
OF occurrences. We find II daily In
our home life. From the time of her
children's infancy, the mother sacri-
fices herself for love Of them. About
the time our children get old enough
to make repayment they make homes
Of their own and establish payment.
There Is a passage I'm holy writ over
which many have stumbled. II Is, He
that saves his life shall lose II, but
he who gives his life for My sake shall
find it. That is the epitome Of his
tory. The man who stands ready to
give himself for things greater than
himself finds greater glory than his
brothers who shirk responsibility. IL
Is not by remembering but boy forget
ting ourselves that we become great.
The Forgiving Spirit.
The forgiving spirit which was
chief characteristic OF the life of Christ
IS not an easy thing to have. It ~
human nature to want to get even.
That was not the spirit of Christ
When at last they brought Him to
that most miserable and shameful of
deaths He said, Father forgive them,
they know not what they do What
a definition of love lie brought into
the world. A love whose limit9 were
so far flung that even an enemy could
not travel beyond It's bounds.
The Prince of Peace.
/ was thinking OF this great Christ
several years ago at Christmas time.
/ recalled the message >of peace and
the prophecy which foretold His COM
ing. In one of the verses He was
called The Prince of Peace. The fol-
lowing verse said And lie shall Judge
His people with mercy and righteous
ness. Aud of the increase of His gov
ernment there shall be no end Christ
has earned the right to be called the
Prince OF Peace. Every heart Is in
search Of peace. Some seek TO buy