The weekly times-record., 1913-04-03
of richer and deeper life. Many
obstacles present themselves to us,

obstacles present themselves to us,
but the life kept alive will find a
course for it's channel. Error and dark
ness stand before lis as great preci-
pices at times still thru the inherent
confidence and strength of our very
| life we grasp at that which seems to
give signs of light and with one
mighty leap Of faith the life brings up
in better condition than ever. Like
the stream we 60 bounding on our
way, not SO much concerned that we
could not prove all before we leapt,
but glad that the life has bounded
forward and grown better thereby.
We have heard the words of the Mas
ter beckoning us onward and in re-
sponse to the same we go forward to
find that we can trust the life to come
out right, if we will only keep it
healthy and wholesome. 1t will make
way thru the error, ignorance and
superstition of the world, and in it is
our hope. This soul of man energized
and properly motived by the Christ is
the marvel of the ages 1t has insist.
ed in going forward. Men have argued
agOinst it and caused it to stand
dumb before them from the logical
standpoint, but STILL it has been true to
itself and insisted on breaking the
bounds which would hold it from
light and liberty. 1t has turned a deaf
ear to the appeals of unbelief, and
while it can not prove it. has said be-
cause He lives, I shall live Also 1t
has consented because of the very life
within itself to be placed in very per-
picking positions, and often undefend-
able positions from any standpoint but
that of life. 1t has always been un-
consciously convinced that the argu-
ment for its position and it's method is
to be found in the inscrutable mys-
teries of the life itself which insists in
making room for itself. This is
the we'll of water springing up within
the diciples of Christ. 1t will live and
because it lives it will find its way,
and never tire in its seemingly end
less task. 1t will only cease it's ef-
forts when the Son who hath given
unto men such life says "Well done
thou good and faithful servant" and
rest can be sought in Him who has
the truth and the way. ...
1t is easy for us to lose sight of this
truth and put our supreme faith in
our beliefs and moral codes alone.
Life is very subtle thing it acts and
never leaves itself very conscious Of
itself, and the part it plays. We must
not forget that living, acting some
what is there, a life within springing
up toward certain ends. The beliefs
which we hold and prize so highly,
as being of great value to life and es-
sential to its development, are not the
only things in which we. should place
confidence. It seems to me if you
have grasped my thought you
will see that there is even a bet
ter anchor for life in the life itself.
The life believing and trying to shape
itself toward certain ends is reality,
and the most definite one of which
you and have any knowledge. This
is the one thing which abides so far
as we are concerned. God abides but
our thot of him changes. The inner
life abides, and we' can rest in it as
the most certain fact with which we
have to do. We have some use for
moral codes, but they are meaning
less to you and me as Christians un-
less we have come to the place where
the very life of our soul is able to de-
wise and determine upon good things
and to see the good even in the deeds
named in the code. AS indicated
above we are not to have law for
every act. We have to know enough
to do something right, and if we
have life touched and inspired by the
Divine we will be able to measure up
in this respect. Religion is to be an
inspiration giver of wholesome and
properly directed life. It is to be that
which puts the soul in possession of
itself for the working out of it's des-
tiny. Consider our beliefs; our
safety is not in our ability to prove
that they are as whole without er-
ror. They may change for us as they
have for many others. If they do it
will not harm us if they change under
the demands of the life within which
Is trying to live by the same. Our
insight is not perfect and our knowl-
edge as much as we dislike to admit
is not perfect. Paul got this right
when he said: Whether there be pro.
phecies they shall be done away
whether there be tongues they shall
cease; whether there be knowledge it
shall be done away; for we know in
part and we prophesy in part" All
our beliefs are only crutches upon
which the life limps along toward the
perfect goal. The thing we are trying