Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-09-23
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Tor tie Lord. thy God 10 With the
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ana IN that thought may we recover
ourselves aCScx,y-so1' sEsr6 I'D with
tie majority 20 make UNANIMOUS the
sstieaataoI, ps the program AID policy
aao vision Ut tbs consecrste8 p1ezs-
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shsn with Christ For this ps1rpose
j c5sr Ar the closing sentences q
this MezSags. thoughts from Joseph
Fort Newton:
A. there hare been many visions
~ the Reality we call Christ in the
past, each age Interpreting Il IN the
hgat Of tts beat and highest life,
70 there viii Be many others In DAYS
70 come II matters rot that In cur
age the sktes have Been pushed back
and the awful depths OF the universe
feveAled-ths Divine Reality abidss.
NO doubt incsiculabie changes Of
thought await ~. with many recon-
structsons Of civilization, but, a.
Goethe zatd. we can never get be-
yopd the Spirit Of Jesus. Deeper
truth II 10 not given us to see In the
dim country Of this world: hixher
Reality We do not need 10 know. II
the social passion OF our age gives
us another Christ, II will be only
one more aspect Of the Eternal Christ
VINO 10 the same yesterday. today,
and forever"
The same yesterday-that In.
through all the dark, mysterious mast
the OLD backward and abyHn Of time,
out OF which the race has climbed.
That 10 the key TO the philosophy of
evolution The same today-despite
the wide welterfng chaos OF a world
shaking war. with its blood and IRE
ana tears. That 10 our only hope
IN these times that try the faith.
aye. and the very souls of men
tnes slowly. trasically. yet surely. the
spirit Of Jesus viii soften the hearts
OF men and heal the old hurt and
nesrtashe Of humanity. The Same
tofever-in all the unfathomed deeps
ana desttries that lie before r:s.
t1Houeh unknown revolutions and
ovesturnings. until whatever 10 to be
the end Of things. There 10 nothing
N history. dark a. much Of Il is.
AGAINST the assurance that the Spirit
o. Jesus will yet triumph over aIi-te-
norance, injustice, and unc;eanness !"