The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-09

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That conviction of continued life
which cherish Tor myself. extend
10 every soul that has come from the
Father OF Spirits"
believe righteousness and duty.
in the added manhood which comes
when these are respected, and in the
Judgment which follows when these
are ignored. No one ever saw the
human will One may see what 1t
does for veal or woe, but the power
Itself is as invisible as electricity For
yourself. you know that you have It
You know that IL is free: that your
intelligence or something else may
use il. It is the center OF our lives
We think: we feel: we enjoy or SUI
fer; we plan; but beyond and deeper
than all, we viii to do We know
that directly. We know. TOO, that
there are certain great moral laws
which this win must observe in Its
operations.
You may not use your viii just as
you please. TO hurt people. TO be
cruel, or selfish or arrogant. TO De
false and work injustice Your WIZ
is not to get things just for yourself
There is wretched reaction every
time we viii selishly or malignant
" Something takes place within Us
like bli ght-something that crippies
us and narrOWS the nov O0A Ou4 49,
the JOY goes out of u.s.
There is friction and resistance in
ourselves and against other Wills
something that works against the
life current of the world
1t is a terrible description that one
has written of the man who has NO
lated persistently the laws Of love
and of the human fellowship Long
ago love had left him; long ago,
men had ceased to call upon him Tor
help as he passed swift and unswerv-
ing on his way" what can be more
dreadful than that-to have men say
when something is TO be done. DO
not ask him. And the way had
grown more silent and solitary. until
nothing was audible save the touch
of his own foot. and he had no COM
paniouship. save his own thought He
had broken every tie, discarded es-
cry obligation; and freedom from the
things which other men do for the
world had brought him measureIess
WEAKNESS and a passionate longing
for death
ON the other hand, use the will,
the power OF right and wrong, as II
wants 10 be used. Use it in good
or friendly way. a just and truthfui
way. a social way. useful for the
home and the state
1t runs now as if the Almighty
Himself, the power of the universe,
were behind it.
What is this power that every man
at his best-has felt in himself w hat
is this inward warning or voice that
forever urges a man to use his viii
for the good and the right? w nat
is the rest and gladness of the man
who obeys? This is what We mean
OF the presence and companfonshlp
of God. There IS nothing else SO
real.
Here we have the whole question Of
nepalty and reward; of heaven and
he'll. These are not arbitrary 1nnlc-
tons: they are the results OF that
exercise of the Will which has been
in harmony with. OF in violation OF,
the moral order. What are neaNen
and hell. Not something beyond,
but here, not something outside. but
inside. A story is told of Dr. Jow-
ett. the great English clergyman, VINO
was master of Balliol college at OK
ford. A group of oxford men were
discussing after dinner the question
as to which held the position OF
greatest authority. the bishop or the
Judge. The lawyers claimed the
honor for the judge. because he can
saw ..vou be hanged" The clergy
of rhe PARTY retorted that the bish-
on is greater. because he can say You
he damned Yes commented DR..
Jowett. who had not spoken Until
then. very true; but when the 1udSe
SAYS. YOU be hanged you are hang
ed"
No human being holds the destiny
of another in his hand AID can I'M
lock or shut for him the gates OF
paradise or perdiuon
No man can be sent TO either place;
he gcae. No. He does not even go;
he is there now. He himself, mis-
heart. his conscieace-that IS heaven
or hell-here or hereafter
These are some of the things l De
lieye: and some of the reasons why
/ believe them. Nearly the whole OF
life IS lived among invisible forces
and by virtue of them The Greal
things which influence US and when
make life worth living. are Things
which we cannot see: things whicn
we know by the inward witness OF
First The Christian life is the
common life carried forward. lifted
higher. Il does not come from with
out. IT grows up from within 1t Is
the life which embodies graces ana
virtues-not appreciate by the
senses: but which constitute char
acter. There is no difference between
character and Christian character
except as il has been formed under
Christian influences
second. For this life IS always
helped BY the life OF Christ.
No criticism that may be made az
fects the value OF His name ana the