The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1912-09-12

D. much longer than ne taiak. ev-
81 s-ppostng l. nay De long AID
our generation passes before The
great Teacher comes and restores
the order o: His World. even sup
posing !. IS still : Gelay-low bet-
Ter could you live than this: what
truer guide OF conduct. what t-u-
er Christening OF heart and lie than
this: that everybody should exY-ct
Hin 10 come. that AL yoQE life
should b PASSED il that solemn,
!oEtul expectation o. returning
Christ: that every day you gather
~ the thoughts OF the day il the
light % His return. and that every
morning you go cut 10 live il this
sorld q il He might CONE today !.
If you acted every day with eY-
err lAn and woman you meet in
the light OF His return. your con
duet would not go far aSIray. How
tender Eou would be 10 those whom
he had taught .ou TO reeo gnize
as His representatives upon earth
the suffering and the Leely; Tow
strong and helpful would you be 70
His pe4k and weary ones; how sim
pie and straightforward in your
dealings with feIlow-Elen; what non
So business there would be; what
true and sincere writing; what
faithful journalism; what earnest
z=arcailzs after truth il science,
and IL every department OF our hu-
man lite-if every moment We felt
that He might come.
II l. the return 20 the world of
Hin who made that profound iM-
preston On the world long ago that
Las never been forgotten. Il has
left q mark upon history, everyone
must admit, even the unbelieEer
must See this, that the coming OF
Jesus in the flesh long ago left up
o. history this mark: that love is
the KEY 70 life, and that love o.
God and love of man is the great
and only principle OF true religion.
L. came like a bright CLEAN from
heaven. and though il seemed TO
die away. and no people seemed less
10 love than those who professed
10 follow Jesus, and none have yio-
la-ed love more shamefully than
those who have borne His Name, Al
nowhere has love been less recog-
nized as the secret OF religion than
IN the very center OF the Christian
chureh-we all acknowledge it with
shame and misery-still, the vision
is true; II was still the great Light
that shone upon the world.
He came long ago. the humble
Man. who lived the simple life.
and died upon the cross. to show US
that love is the key to life and the
explanation OF the universe; and
He who comes again is the Lord of
Love, to re-establish that principle
which al first He founded. to make
possible its fulfillment after the
weary travail of the centuries.
And therefore this is laid upon
US. that We love Him,that We love
that We love all men:
that we set 10 work. as it were, as
at great task 10 overcome our nat
ural lovelessness, TO wipe out OF our
nature the enmities and hatreds.
and the malice and the envy and
the jealousy which are the destruc-
ton of our true life; and that We
set ourselves resolutely in the pow
er of God, who is Love, TO love the
world. and every creature in the
good because they are
good. and the bad that they may
be made good; TO love in practice,
to love in our conduct day by day:
TO love in the words We speak, and
even in the looks We cast upon our
TO love all; that is the Sc
cret of the preparation.
at is the Lord of Love who is
and how shall we meet Him
il our hearts are full of hate, if
our nature is warped with passion
and all the cruelties of unholy feel
ing? We must love If We would
meet Him, and by love We must pre-
pare.
Eve know that He is coming, for
IN our hearts We have enthroned
Him, and our life is all made by
Him, and we know we'll that for
this world there is no life except in
His lordly and conquering love. The
day will dawn when He will reign,
and all the world will recognize
Him: it is the Lord of Love, the
Lord of Life. who came to seek and
to save the world"