The log cabin Democrat., 1916-02-11
UPWARD, ONWARD
Mans Destiny Will Not Allow the Possibility of a Back
 ward Step.

bound to ask, but the answer may never come. All the perplexing prob. lems of religion and philosophy are in volved in these three questions. As rule we are concerned with the Mean ing of Life," as it applies to ourselves, whereas it has to do with the realiza- tion of the kingdom it is social and not individual, cooperative and not competitive. Tolstoy wrote: The meaning of life comprehensible to man is the establishment of the kingdom of God upon earth; that is, in replacing the egoistic, hate-inspired, violent ir- rational organization of society," by loving, fraternal one"
 Mans birthright is happiness All natural instincts are on that side, but the difficulty is how to obtain it. If it be the qualification of the animal in- stincts, it is easily and readily ob- tained; but thank God, man is some thing infinitely more than the animal. l have met men and women of every position, from the casual laborer to the aristocrat, and 1 have seen them try to obtain happiness and miss it. 1 have seen the man satisfy his mere animal instincts. have seen the rich satiated with sensations, and they are the tragedies of life and happi- ness; the meaning is unknown. They have had the momentary tickling of nerve. and then-hell. Why are we such fools? We see the failure of oth- CTS, and yet we fail to be wise. We have been duped by the interpreta- tion of happiness as pleasure" as something objective. That is, some thing brought to us. instead of some thing born within us, peace, rest, free dom and therefore joy.
 Evolution Always.
 Tolstoy is right when he says, Here is no object" What he means is that there is nothing which you can place as final, the attainable. The highest art of life is evolutionary, to go on and on and yet still to see the poss- bility of advance. The end, attainable only in eternity, which is placed be- fore man, is inaccessible to him; but
  This is the glory of Christianity; you die in harness, you never come up to the goal. The Sermon on the Mount is impracticable, so the cynics say. Yes, and they are right, and therein is the most eloquent testimony. You are al ways going on and on. You mount one peak and you are charmed with the scenery, but beyond there are other mountains, higher still, to cali and fascinate with yet more glorious scenery. This is mans destiny, to go forward
 Our greatest temptation IS to rush and hurry, to la impatient of our prog ress, to be bitterly disappointed about our failures, but all great things are achieved by evolution. My friend, the artist, MT, Frederick Shields, the last of the pre-RaIhaelite school, told me there were foIr virtues taught in the New Testt.nlent-Faith, Hope. Love and Patiecce'-and 1 have come to be iieve he was right, and the last is often the ri0s5 difficult to practice, and when accomplished will often be found to be the key Of the others. The great est men and women of the world have just been the quiet ones." The west ern world ha& accomplished much, but it's greateSt inspirations have come from the Quietude of eastern mysti cism.
 Sign That Work Is Not Right.
 Thn n,N14 give, you must work; if you do not feel the increase of love and vitality, know then that your work is not right. am quite aware of the awful monotony ot some of the york you have to do to earn bread and butter, but though a machine may imprison your hands nothing can make a slave of your mind; keep that free and, believe me you can do great things if you think purely and enthusiastically. This war is surely teaching us the value of living TOT others, and although you may have doubts about many of the doctrines ot religion, the human and divine mean Ing Of the atonement is just living tc make other people happy. You must do good to be good. piety without serv. Ice Is a fraud; use your gifts, your time, your soul and then you will grow and understand that life is not a pond, but flowing river. The call is to our best. know it sounds prosaic, but the mechanic, the clerk, the serv. ant girl can only fulfill the will of God by doing their best. Many people are waiting for something big to do and neglecting the plain duty that lies close at hand. Cultivate the home patch, and then, and then only, will you understand the meaning of H.e.- Rev. A. J. Waldros.
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