The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1919-06-10

happy is that individual who. as he
completes his career, hears from the
divine Teacher the approving words:
"You have done what you could"
Note this now: You can do your
best only as your life Is nourished
from the best sources. Athletes must
pay attention to diet, high school stu
dents who would star in group contest
some food as well as disciplined for
athletic duty. AS with the body, so
with the mind the heart, the soul
in d word, with the whole life. Hence
Cassius' questions concerning the
might of that man who was so dis
tinguished as to get the start of the
majestic world and bear the palm
alone:
Upon what does this our Caesar feed
That he is grown so great?"
Likewise today that person who
would grow to true greatness should
ask, Upon what must life be nourish-
ed If | would get the start of this stir
ring world and fare forth to place
among the foremost?" The answer is
not mere matter of theory or opin-
ion, but rather one of divine revela-
tion. Opinions may differ as to what
is best for the body, whether we
should be vegetarians or whether we
must have flesh to eat, but God has
not left that which is best for the
higher life an open question.
When the clock of history struck
the hour Jesus came and He, being
full of grace and truth, made this an
nouncement: 81 am the bread of life
For my flesh is meat indeed
and my blood is drink indeed" Then,
to correct any misunderstanding, He
added this Illuminating utterance at
is the Spirit which quickeneth $
The words which l have spoken unto
you are spirit and are life" AS one,
therefore, receives this revelation Of
Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit trans
forms His divine words into more
than mortal strength and the believ-
err arrives at such an understanding
and experience as that he may be
said to have the mind of Christ.
This, then, is the best, the very best
in the universe-the mind of Christ.
1t is the most praiseworthy suggested
in nature While Darwin has pointed
to a struggle for life and some sup
posed that this selfish struggle is the
great law of life and progress, Henry
Drummond has shown that there is
another struggle and better one in
volved in the very nature Of life it.
self, namely, struggle for the life
of others. This struggle for the life
of others is a promise and prophecy
of the crowning glory of Jesus, who
took upon Him the form of servant
and became obedient unto death, even
the death of the cross.
Likewise, love in service and self
sacrifice is the most ennobling and
enduring embalmed in literature. The
most masterful work in literature mas
not been done by mercernary minds
Henry Van Dyke, himself charming
writer, says that ''the literature which
emerges and abides is that which
supreme interest of life and the mes
sage of Christianity as the only real
promise of victory"
Also, the characteristics of the
mind of Christ are the most excellent
manifested in human history. The
best in the story of the family insti
tuition is the self,denying love of par
ents who provide for the prolonged
period of helpfulness in childhood and
make progress possible by teaching
and training the plastic minds of theil
sons and daughters. Nor is there
anything better in the record of mer
and nations than the self-sacrifcins
devotion of citizens in defense not on
ly of their rights but also of the
rights of others. Wars for any Other
purpose are stains upon the human
record. The lamentable fact is thai
to date so few of the leaders of Ger
man thought have been willing to ad
NIT that Germany did wrong. A note
worthy exception is that of DR.. Fraul
of the Evangelical church at bort
mund who said recently: 1--WE Ger
mans have forgotten God, not the Goo
of armies and kings and kaisers
but the God of justice and mercy
And until we return to Him we shall
never be able to accomplish our great
destiny in the world - We have
become a reproach and a warning
Only in one way can we RISE" Or
the other hand, America has sprung
to the foremost place among the ma
tions because she fought for no sor
did gain, no territorial aggrandiZe
ment, but chiefly for others who were