The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07

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Launching the Melville.
Torpedo boat destroyers Of Uncle
y Sans navy now have a mother"
She was launched at Philadelphia a
few days ago and was christened
:. Melville" in honor Of the late Rear
4. Admiral George Melville Of Arctic
fame. The vessel is called "the
mother of torpedo boat destroyers"
] because she will be fitted out to take
care of them at every moment they
are at sea or In port.
conflict may be hard At times pas
/! sion struggling for the mastery may
1 almost bring despair. But grace is
lever at hand for the sincere in the
struggle. My grace is sufficient for
4 thee" III Cor. XII, 81 are the words
/ Of our Lord in answer to the prayer
for victory. The thought of the end
A gives courage in the fight Il reckon
says the apostle, shat the sufferings
1 of this time are not to be compared
with the glory to come that shall be
revealed in u.s." CRom. VIII, 1S).
u
II There are men who would destroy
1.-THE Kingdom OF Gods glory, who, in
their delirium dream of mans prog
4 ress at the expense of dethroning
God. Will the overthrow OF the SUI
preme Law-giver, with His laws to
regulate the conduct of men, and the
Substitution Of license in their stead,
prepare q race of men to carry the
torch OF science and civilization on
/ through the world Will the world and
1.-THE flesh running riot in all sorts of
excuses because men reject belief in
a personal devil, give us sturdy
race to be the standard bearers Of
true progress? The history Of science
shows us that the great scientists of
Y every age we're believers-were men
4 whose. lives were the expression of
their belief-God fearing men, and be-
/, /, cause OF this. avoiding the excuses
| which would eneryate them and unit
tells US, Seek first the Kingdom OF
God" (Matt. vi. S3). But as God He is
The Author Of Nature
las we'll as grace. In this command
He merely shows that the eternal
takes precedence over the temporal
That which He adds, All these things
! evidence sufficient that He intends to
/ look after our earthly interests. An
Ifunhesitating obedience to His will, in
seeking first His Kingdom, puts order.
] in life and prepares it for its highest
capabilities; for a farther extension
t.of the field Of thought, a greater pre-
paredness to grasp the problems Of
life, and a fuller measure of enjoy
fment OF the goods OF this world, come
/ to them who seek first the Kingdom
i.of God-Who believe in God as the
iicreator, ruler and king Of the uni
verse, who have childlike trust in His
providence in all the vicissitudes Of
!! life, whose lives are dominated by the
entire law of God as principles OF
conduct, who look forward to the
t.close OF LIES day, not as the end
!5all Of their being, but as the begin
mig OF a fuller and never ending life
in the blessed vision of their God in
1.-THE Kingdom OF His glory: They see
An All Wise Father,
who is interested not only in the
realms OF His glory but also in the
universe which is the work Of His
! hands, and it is the basest calunny to
lsay that their adherence 10 Him makes
Them neglectful Of His work in ma
#terial Great ton. or units them to keep
up With its progress. To read the
rawlings OF certain present day writ
[ ers. one would think that the sum to-
tai of all science and the comforts Of
life is thes1work OF mon emancipated
/ from religion. These writer's are ig-
fsnorant of, or else they overlook the
fact that science and material well
being are progressive, and that the
/ ages OF the past have contributed
| their quota-smal1 though it may have
been at times-to the worlds prog
ress, and the end is not yet. What
| do we know, for instance even at this
advanced stage, Of the possibilities 81
matter? Are we to be told then, con-
| trar,ysto the testimony Of past ages,
that mon are to approach the riddle
| OF the universe in an atheistic mood
and mind? And as to material well
being, it lis precisely because men
| have forgotten the great law OF. char
tity III. which the savior Of tn s world
tells sus, is summed up all His law.
that progress is retarded Not in the
denial ,of God shall we approach Gods
Icreation IN a fit frame OF mind and
fdisp osition to solve its great prob
liens or wiring from Its bosom the
l4connforts Of life Tit is bysa
Firm Faith In Hin,
IAN enduring adherence to His eternal
Justice and mean justice in its large
ense-that we shall make true prog
tiress here below whilst keeping our
minds eve fixed on our eternal des-
tiny In the Kingdom of His glory. Life
and its enjoyment are our objective
IAN instinct placed in our hearts HI
the Creator Hims elf bids us seek life.
/ the fu1lenss OF Iife.S undying life. The
life Of eternal glory Is reflected on
life on earth, giving it: q ful lness and
charm unknown to the sunbel iever ac-s
tcording to the promise In the golden
words OF the sermon on the mount,
ls.Seeks drst the4 Kin ON o. God and
His justice al shall