Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1919-02-06
Questions Arising
Out of the War
Sermon by Rey. Kenneth Martin, Son of
Mrs. Laura Martin, Crawford, New Jersey

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Mrs. H. N. Jennings, Baraboo, has
received a copy Of the Crawford (New
Jersey Chronicle, which gives an ex-
tract from sermon by Rev. Kenneth
Martin, son of Mrs. Laura Martin,
formerly of Baraboo. Mrs. Martin is
with her son in the east. The Chronicle
says: a, s .
"They that wait for Jehovah shall
renew their strength; they shall mount
up with wings as eagles: they shall
run and not be weary; they shall walk
and not faint"
Isaiah, 40,-31.
1t seems today as though my Soul
were q thousand years old. Searching
its depths for the well-springs OF COM
fort and consolation that so many
sorrow-laden souls have cried for TINS
past week my soul has wandered far
down the ages in its search for the
"unsearchable riches Of Christ. .!a.
have said. Soul, why DO sorroWs
come? Why are tears shed2- why are
hearts heayy-laden?" And my Soul
answered. SORROWS come TO bring JOY.
Tears are shed to make the rainoows'
Hearts are heavy-laden to make men
strong"
How many souls today the worio
over are growing? How many are ols,
covering depths they knew not OF
How many are striving to solve the
meaning of Life here. and hereafter!
The thinking world today has no use
for the man with a dried-up soul. Men
who are facing danger in the trenches
can not be neutral; either thelr Souls
are growing noble and great OF tney
are throwing religion overheard. Men
of action cannot tolerate neutrallty III
,,o,.aI issues. God does not tolerate
neutrality in spiritual issues. You are
either growing in spirit; or decaylns
in spirit. Your souls are either searcn-
ing for spiritual growth; or 1hey are
Incoming atrophied. Some there are
who are walking about who are oeao
and don't know it-spiritualiy DEAD
When our boys come home from
France the banker and corporation
owner are not going to look quite SO
big to them as they did before tney
went over. The politician is not gong
To loom up SO nightly. Men who have
things are not going to rank with men
who are things. Our boys have oeen
living in a larger sphere; their souls
In the War of Righteousness nave
grown. and it's the man with the great
eoul the man with the big heart ana
tho man with the just mind VINO Is
going to be the ideal Of men today.
DO not forget, too, that our ooys
ORC mon Of action and that their souls
are in action as well as their pooles'
man can't preserve great SouI III
q glass case; it will spoil. He cant put
il with the lumber in the attic; 1t Will
dry-rot. He can't keep II lockeu up
somewhere for Sunday use; II VIII
starve in the meantime. A soul must
he fed to grow; it must be exercised 10
make it strong; it must be searcheo "
its depths to gain for 1t the great
sniritual treasures stored there YES We
are having a great victory IN the WAL
To us it is not victory OF conquest
nor is it a victory for the actual DEL
ense of our territory. It is victory Ior
the Principles of Liberty and Right
eous. and those I hold to be splrltual
principles When Henry of Navarro was
returning from victorious Dattle' nc
met a lazy duke who had failed to JOIN
forces with him, and he cried 10 the
duke. GO hang myself. We had great
victory and you weren't there when
the soldier boys come home they VIII
shout, eve have had a sweeping
victory in the Cause of righteousness
as Knights in the Christian Army OIL
America We went forth to fight Tor
the sake of others and we have come
hack filled with the spirit OF sacrlnce
(Which I also hold to be spiritual
Drinciples) then we will look back IN
our own souls and say, Have we had
our spirits filled; have we had our
little victories? AS men Of action nave
we kept burning the spirit OF the Nv
ing God who gives us strength Tor
sniritnaI conquests?" Yes, my dear
people, we are having a great victory
a world wide victory anu may eeCA VI
us be there to share in the commenda-
tions CT the Commander of our forces.
Already we see the quickening OF the
soul in the great work done by our
women in the times of disaster as at
Morgan; and in time of need as at the
Red Cross house and in time of danger
as after the battle on the very field. we
see a nation opening up a generous
heart to supply by the material things
peedful. Yes, and we see nation
onening up its soul to give the spiritual
things that are so necessary.
And now I come back to the ques-
lions we have been asking our souls
during the past weeks of sorrow IN
our own community and in the world.
Questions that this war has brought