The Irish standard., 1913-11-08

individual soul. This springs from
religion. Do our best in the service
of humanity, invoke as we will by
wish and act charity and justice,
clouds hover over human life. In
spite of valiant labor many fail in
their ambitions. There is poverty;
there is agony of mind, suffering OF
body. Over most vivid enjoyment and
brightest prospects rise the shadows
OF illness, Of old age, of death. Multi
ply as We may the roses, the thorns
remain; levy as We may tribute from
science in the battle against pain and
infirmity, the triumph Is only partial;
! and the end of all things is the gloom
of the grave. The call for help shrek.
ed to the material world. within US
or around us, brings back the answer
Of impotence and despair. What
then? Let God be seen above us;
let His smile illumine our pathway.
In the teachings of religion pain is
the trial to be borne in patience, the
price of future reward. Poverty is
the privation of the things that quick
ly pass. not that Of the things that
endure. Death, fierce in its con-
quests, relentless in it's march, is the
closing Of the journey from mortality
to Immortality. With religion there
Is the peace Of the soul, of which
nought can deprive us, which nought
religion life is ever worth living; it
IL the pathway to the skies.
With peace in souls, there Is peace
IN the world Of men-the one not en-
vying the other, the one not COM
passing the other, all praying to-
gether to the common Father: "Thy
kingdom come, thy will be done on
earth as it is In Heaven" Men do
not go to church; they do their best
to make Of this present world world
Of discomfort and unhappiness.
The truth is, that the nearer men
come to the teachings of religion, the
better and the sweeter their life be-
comes; the farther they recede from
those teachings, the blacker it ia and
the more despairing.
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Goodness is profitable to all things,
having promise of the life that now
is, and Of that which is to come"
For the sake Of the life that now is,
which they profess to serve so earnest
ly, men should worship God, men
should go to church. Yet more should
they do SO. for the sake of the life
which is to come.
ut is appointed unto men once to
die, and after death the judgment"
AS to the judgment to come, do no
more than make the announcement.
The teachings Of reason and of rev.
citation are clear and positive. The
soul Of man is not as his body, an
atom Of matter, or IN aggregation of
atoms. The overwhelming law OF the
soul is the law Of righteousness, Of
obedience to God. God, the Law
Giver Of righteousness, is also the
Avenger. His laws none may violate
with impunity. On earth the hand of
Justice Is often held back! in another
world It reaches out in the fullness
of power and majesty.
What should the man expect in the
presence Of the Supreme Judge, who
must say: Lord, Creator and sover.
eign Master, Thee I did not serve
while I was on earth; the first and
the greatest commandment, worship
of Thee, ! spurned and despiseds the
day especially sacred to Thee and to
Thy worship I spent in bodily rest,
In recreation, in meditation of earth
and of the interests Of earth; for
Thee had no time; to Thee I gave
no thought! ut is a fearful thing, !"
writes St. Paul, Ito fall into the
hands Of the living Cod" whose JUS
tice compels Him to punish the in
justices of men.
Therefore let there be churches.
Let the music of their bells summon
to the presence Of God the men and
women of the land. Thither let all
hasten. there Ito adore and fall down,
and weep before the Lord who made
u.s." there to learn the commandments
Of Gods Righteousness and obtain
from His love and mercy the strength
and grace needed that they hold them
selves sinless-pure and unsullied
amid trial and temptation.
Houses of commerce, FORCES Of in.
dustry, railroads and steamboats, in
crease physical comfort and material
wealth; schools, colleges. Libraries
spread knowledge Of nature and of
its laws. Of men and Of their doings;
they do not eubtlue passion of extir.