The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-11

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two last arc the supremest joys-they
are more unending. In one ems the
last Is the supremest OF all, for the
reason that every man may enjoy 1t;
It is within the reach of every single
soul.
So. in any case, I have little to re-
sret. For II l am wrong about i'm
mortality. anyhow, no one will be able
to say, II told you So" My faith in it
! count as far more valuable than
phazfse is this: I love life, and I be-
lieve in it-only it must be life. not
mere existence.
l once spent a week in Rome. There
I saw large numbers Of queerly and
most inconveniently dressed persons
who are called religious men," who
believe undoubtedly In immortality. I
most sincerely hope that it means to
them something more enjoyable than
that to which they have devoted the
time Of their mortality. For ] would
honestly rather believe that there was
not n future than to feel that it in
volved that kind OIL was going to say
life" But theirs does not spell life
at all to me. Presumably these in
Vulnerable persons are followers of
Jesus Christ. But I have always UNI
derstood that he came to give us life
abundant. 1t would not be ''abund-
ant" to me to avoid the society of
women, to have no money to use if /
wanted it (the Samaritan needed
morel. while to lie down at night and
feel that the money I had used and
lived on during the day some one else
had worked for would be to Inc sim
ply ~intolerable.
No; churches, and candles. and
vaults. and crypts, and petticoatS, and
relics Of antiquity. all have their plac-
es. But 1T Is life which appeals to me.
! am going to have all l can get Of II
here on earth. and If You or n one
absolutely certain that You cannot do
! am still going to enjoy also a belief
IN a better life hereafter. Steven.
sons joyful song shall be mine to the
end: ">
Under the wide and starry sky
Dis the grave and let me lie;
Glad did ! live. and gladly die,
Ana ] lay me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me-
~ - N4lCIc lC lONRGu 10 Ne.
Home is the sailor, home from sea.
And the hunter home from the
hill"
It has been said that women do
not think, they. feel; and then they
guess. Most women believe il our
immortality. For my part. I feel
much like the small boy whose kite
string led round the corner. When
asked ~ a passer-by how he knew
line, he answered. why. / feel it tug
sing.' Even If 1t is feminine, l want
TO go out into tho beyond holding up
two fingers for scissors"
mere must always be some basis on
which to begin either arguing or act.
NE. Personally, seeing that the time
ot "ntcn we can be certain is short,
am always In a hurry to begin to do
snlnes. More than one at sea, IL
nad waited to hem my reason into a
corner before adopting u course of &C.
ton, ] should not be here to tell the
tale. "e
! sald a moment ago that science is
pesinnlng to point out that spirit is at
least as existent as what we cali mat
ter. Fear prevents glands secreting,
love sends the heart a-beating, grief
causes physical pain. remorse makes
tne tissues waste. There is interac-
.lQn, with parallelism. but not causal
justly l think. been taken to task for
neelecting this, and has erred far
seriously by not using the influ.
ence OF the spirit in the healing art
tnan Dy any undue niggardliness in
the use OF many of its far less rational
drugs and possets. l think that the
RloteSsion stands rebuked by men like
IT. Iiwood worcester. Nor is 1t free
from plane for the eXtravagances Of
Gnristlan science: 1t is no great con.
1ession to make that the history of our
relationship to sickness and death ali
ous n ages should at least hum
ole US TO hope more for, and show
more interest in. immortality than ar
q profession we are wont to eyince. al
some members it has been said that I,
snouid surely be their chief solace.
~; thompson points out that the
muscles OF h heart. the diaphraem
aao the aiimentary system do more
work than all the rest put together,
and do It ceaselessly from the cradie
to the grave without fatigue. They
are Involuntary muscles. On the con.
trary. those dominated by. the viii
soon get tired, just. because there i.
something ruling them. -.
The creative power OF the. sou]
Spedke 70 mo In all I sec of. mans
handtwork. ] never could believe thai
the achievements of such men az
Isaac Newton. Clerk Maxwell. LORD
Kelvin. and others were merely forms
OF matter. It Is not Easy to answer the
psychologist who says, How can 2
physical organ produce an idea?"
It a disembodied spirit, or q man
from Mars. quite unacquainted WITH
HE as We live 1t on earth. were to find
q mother with al unborn babe. he
would certainly argue. life for the babe
IN some other sphere from the texts
o. ~ %purposeful limbs and orsan
ON the other hand. Mrs. Gatty. in her
exquisite PARALLELS from Nature" n
resents the cadis-worm under water q.
hndine 1t hard to believe that tho
chrysalis would " ny free in at n.
mosphere then fatal to the worm. The
single cell which forms the oyum IN
an ee9 might probably be called .
presumptuous fool by its. fellows II. q
claimed that n day It would roam
the world az an enormous ostrich.
Again, the persistence Of memory
through all the altered forms of thu
nody In which l have lived
n when that finally disintexrates'
y shall 80 on. It certainly .was
more than earthly wisdom Nhieh