Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-06-14

age in the hour Of fear. and strength
in the hour Of weakness Heaven lies
very near us. and God is ready 10 give
TO everv one who is willing TO accept
it, His-own grace and power.
Gods 5 transforming purposes are
based upon His own belief in what
the soul of man may become The
divine vision always sees beyond the
real to the ideal Here are few
grains Of wheat enough for the break
fast of a tiny sparrow. The sparrow is
able To see nothing more than the
breakfast But man looks upon the
handful of seed and he beholdS the
vision of the beautiful harvest of gol-
den grain. That is the difference be-
tween the real and the ideal Here is
your life, full of selfshness. under the
domination of destructive passions.
offering but little promise of anything
good or great. God sees not only what
YOU are. but also what your soul may
become. il 1t is yielded to the process
es ofais divine grace TO Him the end
is certain though it may be gradual
and the work of many days and years
What is the final purpose Of God in
the transformation of the soul? The
purpose is service The sword is 10
be beaten into a plowshare the sym
boil of usefulness. of service for hu-
manity Or Henry VanDyke. in pre-
senting the view OF life as a process
of education, points out that the
Greeks and the Hebrews. the two
master-races of antiquity. alike in
their apprehension OF eXistance from
the standpoint Of the soul, stood for
the development of reason and right
eousness. II is left, he says, for the
third great race. the Anglo Saxon, to
bring 10 fruition the idea Of service
To learn the exercise of reason. to
know how TO walk uprightly is not
all OF life Man must also learn how
to give OF that which makes him bet
ter to the world in which he lives
This is to be learned only under the
influence Of Him who became the ser
want of all men. who came to earth to
minister and 10 give his life q ran
som for many There is a great deal
OF sentimental philanthropy and hu-
manitarianism in the life OF today. but
it lacks the touch OF kindness that
makes all the world kin, and il is ut
terly incapable of self-sacrifce. Only
he who is able 10 transform the soul
of man in the way we have spoken
Of can inspire real service for our
fellow men. He saves men that they
may serve. This is the ideal of life
for our day, to be able and willing to
help make the world better in which
we live
Service is self-transforming Al
fred Noyes. that virile English poet
full 70 life and the love of life, has
told OF the tramp who had earned
dozen coppers by selling nose-gays on
the Brighton Beach.who gave them all
TO poor old woman who was trudg-
ing along the road, hoping to reach
Pidinghoe and see her son who had
been long lost to her The deed trans
formed the tramp
Nobody ever serves his fellow man.
but he feels something Of the eIeya-
tion OF soul which came to old Bill the
tramp. JOY like this is worth more.
many times more. than all it costs to
do the service
The call OF the hour is for young
men and women who will accept the
ideals OF Christ for their lives. Who
is to fiji the places Of trust: who are
to make this old world better unless
you young people viii go forth in His
name"