The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-04-05

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lrssness OF men
in hts day. and
E~ knew that such
sl WssA restlcssuess would
Nj characterize all
SOL. a days, and IN au
MllET%k# CordanCc with
@sN the ]promptinEs NJ
W his own loving
msuaa% heart sought to
A dIssipatc Il In
gaEmsssS only one way
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donr-he must
d~isplacc II by something else
Never in ali the history Of the race
were the appliances for physical well.
being so numerous and well adapted
to the end sought as today Home.
making, Notwithstanding the passing
Of the single dwelling as home, was
never SO perfect, sanitation Is far
and away superior TO any period OF
the past; medical and surgical skill
defy many diseases that were former
ly fatal institutions for the care and
cure Of dcfectlons Of various kinds
are found even in small places, pro-
vision Is iayishly made for the educa~
tiou Of the young in literature, sct'
ence. and art as never before, and
millions OF money are being poured
ont, and great conferences are being
held in advancement Of universal
pc0cc-bul the cry IL vet heard,
"O. whore can not be found,
Rest loi the weary SOUL
We may ask Why Is this. when the
things Just enumerated are undenirri
fncta2 We may have partial answer
in the consideration Of the things that
stand out ~ an Offset to these things.
facts as ]uudoniable as they, If NO
consider the conditions which charac,
teri2c all activities We are given
pause. II we look at men in business
life, whether in commerce.. finance,
manufacturing, or even agriculture.
the elements of competition and
chance keep the nerves stretched; n
we consider the professions, law, med
icine, or theology, the rivalry, how
ever inexCusable, proves a nerve
racking experience; and II we enter
tho spheres of politics, the game at
first pleasant, at last comes 10 EFFORT
to overcome opponents sometimes by
chicanery or even the use OF corrupt
practices. To such men the modern
conveniehCes and appliances bring III
tie relief. Even that which was pos
sible ten years & the getting be
yond the reach Of the mails or the
telegraph by an ocean voyage, Is no
longer possible, And so 1t Is that
men are crying for the lodge In the
wilderness, the man OF sixty seeks his
chicken farm, In a few years to INT
disappointment.
is the Case Hopeless?
Just at this point the Christian re
ligion, by It's head, Jesus Christ, APP
pears with a solution of this problem.
He says: Peace, | give unto you.
and all that man needs. OF rest. quiet.
contentment. and more, is offered,
Loyalty to what Jesus meant com
pels rs to say that the peace here
offered rests on another peace. This
peace belongs to experience, the
thing men and women are crying for.
That peace refers to the right reIa-
tionship with God, the lack Of which
Is the true explanation OF the unrest
from which we would escape. That
peace Is a status or condition secured
by trusting or resting on Jesus
Christ. the Son OF God, the only me.
diator between God and man. We
have peace with God through faith.
and are placed in a position where we
can have the peace Of God, that Jesus
speaks Of In the text. In no case can
a man have the peace Of God without
the peace with God, emphasis being
on the propositions.
The world gives to the basest part
of our being, to the part that relates
us to the brute creation, and only in
exceptional cases to the intellectual.
II 80 how ephemeral iB its Offering
for today with no promise OF tomor-
row! How quickly the body gives
way, and soon after middle life the
pleasure Is no more. The world
never gives, it demands Its pound OF
flesh without failure or diminution
For II dollars worth OF pleasure civ
en- it demands one hundred cents OF
disgust and bitter dregs. The world
never satisfies. 1t satiates, but, as
Ruskin has said. There are no panGs
50 %sickening as the satellites OF pleas