South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1916-01-10
Rev Reginald Campbell lon famous the pastor City
pie, London, and now one Of the most distinguished
Clergvroen Of the church IF Tlod

ugly an eternal weight OF glory; while we
,ok not at the things which seen, but at
the things which are not seen: for the things
which are seen are temporal; but the things
which are not seen are eteruei."
And finer still was the utterance Of One
who knew more about life and death than any
who has ever yet worn human form: BE not
afraid Of them that kill the body, and after that
have no more that they can do"
| admit the difficulty OF realizing this at all
seasons and consistently acting up to it; l
have often thought that IL / had lived in
medieval times I should probably have
fessed anything on the rack that my tormen
tors chose to put into my mouth; and it is
more than probable that if l saw my own child
to-day in the toul hands OF German Uhlans. and
powerless to save her from degradation tor
ture and murder, should be near to madness
We all know that such things as these have
happened and are happening STILL But | re-
iterate it:
We ought to know at the same time that
nothing has been injured save the perishabe
outer shell OF the victims we pity and would
shed our blood to rescue from shame and
wrong; no bestial hands have ever yet been
laid upon the soul ever will be.
Death destroys nothing that belongs to us:
he only withdraws it from our sight for a time
Behind the curtain of the visible and tangible
all we have ever loved that was worthy of our
love is waiting for us to claim it on surer
plane of possession. No one can be robbed of
what is his in the spirit; it is his forever.
The stars come nightly to our sky;
The tidal wave comes TO the sea-
II time, nor space. nor deep nor high,
Can keep my own away from me.
l am not a spiritualist have 1 ever seen
4 supernatural appearance in my life; but |
am absolutely convinced, from testimony which
could not doubt. that communication be-
tween the hither and the yOnder, between be-
1ngs still IN the flesh and the so-called dead,
Is more frequently made than most people
suppose. And such communication is going
on rapidly Just now owing 70 the great num-
bers that in the prime OF their manhood are
passing to the other side through the shock OF
battle
1t may not be wise or healthy minded to
dwell much upon these supernormal occur
rences, but no one could deny them who knows
the evidence And in any case what other evil
dence do want than the evidence o. our
spiritual nature itself?
The great difference in outlook between the
Oriental and ourselves is that the former as.
sumes the soul as the foundation OF All ex
perience. and is not at all sure of the reality
OF the material world whereas we begin by
assuming the reality OF the Material world and
go on to speculate to Whether there is a
soul TO survive il. Surely the former assumn.
ton has much TO justify it as the latter.
What then, is there TO be t.raid of In the
turmoil and confusion through which the world
that We may come down from what we in
dividually know TO be our proper altitude OF
feeling and aim, whether anyone tells US about
it or not and play the coward or the traitor to
our trust And are we not in some danger OF
doing this?
At the beginning Of the war we were full OF
admiration for the spirit of the British people
at home and abroad, proud of the loyalty and
devotion of our fellow subjects in every quar-
ter of the world. full Of self-congratulation
at the unity of purpose manifest in all ranks
and classes in face OF the common enemy.
We loudly announced our conviction that the
doom of Prussian miitarism was sealed. that
the war il had so criminally provoked woula
bring about it's speedy destruction and dlsliiu-
sion the German people who had dwelt so long
under its shadow. The Berlin bureaucracy we
cried had clumsily blundered IN every parf
cular from its bullying diplomacy and eynicaIt