The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1915-01-07

and blood, her baby and this seed Of love grows up
and it brings fruit in the heart of the infant the
child. and produces love. for its mother, and its
father it develops it blossoms and fills the heart and
soul like the aroma of a flower in ROOM The
child grows up to boy to girl and with it springs
up brotherlove. siserove and the human tree keeps
on growing and branching out and we have man.
hood, womanhood and there we have another crea-
ton of love, the elimination of love, love between
man and woman, sweethearts, husband and wife, and
this the greatest heavenly pulsation of the heart
that unites two souls into and it is not a mere
attraction. No. it should be- and it is soul at
faction and perhaps the greatest wonder in this
world is the necessity of love. The human race is
dominated and renged by the law from which no
one can escape 1t is the handspring of faith and
life in all forms and without it the universe would
be dead of inert matter moving formless
and void thousand emotions of varying degree
sway mankind but must admit that love is the
key note of all feeling, whether good or bad, heav-
emily or evil. The compelling chord that resolves
the tones and semtones of dscordant emotions into
strange, sweet but oftentlmes unfortunately tragic
harmony. Love Is the elixir of Immortality the
most powerful talisman of healing wounds received
in this battle of life and it is the whole secret of
happiness; it keeps life young and helps to perform
miracles, and the most removed and lofty heights of
ambition not too difficult to climb; our thoughts
and aim fired by an impulse which moves us to
accomplish the BEST the sublime and it inspires
towards the finest fruton of our intellectual abil-
ity; it makes the heart warm the brain active and
makes all the vital forces moving with the vitality of
nature ITSELF
To give illustration of the different manifesto
lions of love in all walks of life and all sorts of stu
ations and to paint picture with the brush of an
artist to bring before the eyes of the people the diff
ferent forms of love in thought and acts we must
enter into astral life in social political and Christian
life must look in the shadows of households in
to the sorrows of darkened chambers, where sun
shine is at premium must peep behind the scenes
of the stage of poverty, pauperism. illness and mis-
fortune Just draw picture of the dark day of life
were the of happiness of success, of health seem
to have down, where our little ship of existence
has stranded on the rocks of misfortune or diff
ferent forms Of illness, when the thunder and the
lightning of cruel failures have frightened the heart
and driven all bope further out into the foaming
waters of the of i'll luck and despair and when
the wind and the icy waters of death have done its
cruel work, then suddenly the helping hand of love
lowers the lfeboats and the unfortunate
from the shipwreck and inspires love and entreats
faith and sends life in other hearts and spreads
basam of consolation, sweet words and kind acts of
love where death has played havoc and destruction
and those expressions of love stand up like a light
house on the shores of life and throws rays of
life a hopeful Journey
Let us look back at the dawn and first appear
of the Christian doctrine the first struggle of
Christian life: how many thousands were tortured
crucifed, thrown into the arena before the wild ami
mails and generally exposed to the most inhuman
cruelties that human rather devilish mind could
think Of 1t love, spiritual love, that inspired
them. that increased physical and mental strength to
endure those tortures, faith in superior being faith
knowledge Of the friend of the Huguenots; of all the
cruel, lnnuman. unjust punishments, physically,
mentally. morally. 1t love, faith in the divine
God; hope for bright life eternal life that gave
them power, superhuman strength to remain firm
under that cruel trial. to bear up without yielding
to tolerate with patience and stand firm in their love
and faith Further, another form of love is another
phase of life the POLITICAL the national life and yet
view of the stage of the present European war;
What makes without hesitation full of enthusi-
asm, follow the sound of their countrys CALL take up
the gun and enlist; leave happy homes and their be-
loved wives and children to stand up for the right of
their country for the protection of their atherland
mothercountry? 1t is patriotic love, love for their
country love and faith in the one ahead of the poy-
ernment the country, and when the struggle and
the has begun and the consequent disastrous re-
suits are coming in and open up before our ewes