Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-11-26
THE DESIRE THAT REMAINS
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ready addressed namely ourselves
that a very large number of men and
women are wondering how they can
reconcile themselves to the present
state of things deserves more than a
passing notice. 1t is not so insignifi-
cant as it might appear on the surface
1t has a message for us. For as we
pierce it to the quick, drawing little
blood from its veins, we find that it |
is in all reality profound and noble
sufficiently so for US to build our hope |
on it. This is an inspiration to US.
The fact that such multitudes fail to
see their way clear to justify the pres
en- condition of our world is indeed all
we may fairly expect. 1t proves that
the principles of the Man from Naza-
reth have not been established in vain.
1t demonstrates conclusively that a
change in the attitude of the minds of
men and women have taken place. 1t
brings out to the clearing that there
| is something that remains, and on
this we want to mediate. We want
to limit our study to the desire that
remains.
More than once we have tried to
understand the desire of men, and
for our efforts we have been more or
less rewarded. Study along this line
is always promising and profitable,
and, at times, exceedingly SO. For
man is the most interesting of all
things. His being is so wonderfully
constructed that we are charmed and
lifted in his presence. He is so simple
and yet so complex that we are, de-
spite of ourselves and everything else,
drawn by him to the very presence of
his Maker. He creates in US desire
to know the hands that formed him,
and especially the spirit that breath
ed the breath of life into his nostrils.
What a piece of creation he is! What
possibilities of growth he holds with
in the bounds of his soul! What last
ing qualities he has in his possession!
When he is normal, having the image
in which he has made, he is the only
being that can afford to laugh at the
l1eeting moments of time; because he
can raise himself above it's limitations
and soar with pinions strong enough
for eternity. This is the man whom
we know-the faithful companion of
the Most High, the God that made
him.
Without this understanding we
cannot see the value of the longing
that remains. Before seeing the place
of man in the mind of God, we cannot
appreciate the preciousness of the de-
sire that does not die. First of all we
Unjust perceive his position in the minc
of his Maker-the purpose for which
he has brought into being. This is es-
sential before we can grasp the mag
nitude of the preparations which have
been made in his behalf. Before WI
can see the reasonableness of sucl
expenditure we must first see wha
man is. We must bring ourselves tt
his side and commune with him from
the point of view of Him who mad
him. What is man that God visit
him is still the question. What i
man that he has dominion over tn
of interest. Why he was crowned witt
such glory and honor is still sub
ject worthy of our best thoughts. A
he is he is not in the realm of God
intention. But in the lowly Nazaren
he is splendid beyond compare. AT
- ter learning the secret of growtl
from the Man from Nazareth he i
magnificent immense, having grown il
| proportions majestic, fit for FELLOWSHIP
with all that is lovely-even the Eter
nal Father. Hence the desire that re
| mains.
Ii Of one in the first century we rea
that circumstances made it necessar
| for him to support his position amonl
his fellow workers. Some teased hin
that he was too late joining tn
| Apostle band to be counted one o
them.
III They thought that he was not entitl
ed to be called servant of God as the
were But after a fair survey thi
was his reply: care they the ser
wants of Christ? Much more am
His servant; serving Hi mmore thor
oughly than they by my labors, an
more thoroughly also by imprison
ments, by excessively cruel fioggings
and with risk of life many a time
From the Jews 1 five times have re
ceived forty lashes all but one. Thre
times I have been beaten with Roma
rods, once l have been stoned, thre
for full four and twenty hours / wa
floating on the open sea. have sery
ed Him by frequent travelling, ami
dangers in crossing rivers, danger
from robbers; dangers from my ow
countrymen, dangers from the Ger
tiles; dangers in the city; dangers
the Desert; dangers by sea; danger
from spies in our midst; with labe
and toll; with many a sleepless nigh
in hunger and thirst, in frequent fas
ings, in cold, and with insufficiel
clothing. And besides other thing
which pass over, there is that whie
presses on me daily-my anxiety fl
all the Churches" We have here
marvellous catalog of events, each OF
burning its mark into the soul of Il
great and good man = Pat
And in the midst of g
these trying circumstances he did n
lose the longing which is in all gener
tions in harmony with the longing
- Heaven. He has proven that the
- is desire which remains in spite
all efforts to kill it. In his own e
perience he has found that the love
God is trustworthy power in t
soul, insomuch that, on another Q
casion, he dared all imaginable fore
to separate him from it.
The experience of Paul is We
on much like the experiences of men WI
live to-day, especially those who t
'te to make their lives count, especial
Ia. those who believe that to sacrifice
rs reasonable. If the paragraph whi
we have quoted had appeared yeste
day in one of our daily newspapers
. could not have been more modern. T.
spirit that is underneath our tria
making them poignant, is the san
in nature as the spirit that was u