Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-02-25
AGE ELIMINATES
L|FE'S ILLUSIONS
SAYS ". |. MARCY
Address Before Mems Bible
Class Of ST. Anne's Parish
Monday Night In First Of
Series Of Bible Studies On
The Hexateuch"
UNDER AUSPICES OF
ST. ANDW. BROTHERHOOD

Last Monday night about thirty
men OF ST Annes Parish attended the
irst OF a series OF Bible Glasses to
held during the Lenten season
he Bible lessen is 20 e led by DR.
Thomas Fell The class started
promptly at 7.So. aud Closed as
promptly at $50 William L. Marcy
president of the class. and opened
I with a hymn. followed by invoca
ion by Rev George Savage rector
n-charge OF ST Alhans.
DR. Fell was unable TO give the
essen owing to = sore throat Mr.
Iarcy sui stituted for him with very
inc lecture on the Life Beyond the
irave" and alluded to ii as the
Great Secret"
He said in part. AS we grow older
>ur life is stripped of many of its
Illusions, Santa Claus, for instance,
taken from us. and We are often
he poorer for this establishment
If our early childhood. Then comes
our college days. Inertia, Gravitation.
latter and such like, the whole uni
verse appears to be a colossal com
,ination We strive to satisfy our
ielves with the analogy and argu-
nents of the butterfly from the CO.
Don, the green trees in the spring.
nd so on. but in the end we know
10Th butterfly and tree die" He
hen discussed Sir Oliver Lodges be-
ief in future life. and Lodges Def
lite Scientific Grounds" stating that
he belief in the hereafter is too wide
pread to rest on DR.. Lodges spiri-
ualistic experiences.
Continuing, Faith in immortality
ones from no proofs. no logic, no
mystic phenomena, no analogy Of ma
ure, but from instinct growing and
strengthening in humanity. as the
rec grows and strengthens in the
earth"
The great fact that differentiates
he religion OF Jesus Christ from all
pthers is its Inspiration and Intui-
ion. Science does not recognize in
uition
THE key to all this continued Mr.
darcy, "the conviction of life after
leath is based and produced by our
Ian of life here The nearer we live
o the Brute. where our lives. our
ropes. our likes. our fears and de-
Tres are wholly connected with our
oddly comforts, our being conspic-
lous, looked up to and being pow
,rful and rich in our communities,
he less we can realize Amy future
areer. The more we live for others,
or integrity, loyalty, helpfulness, hui
nanity, the more the persuasion OF
Immortality grows upon us. Eternal
ife then is matter of quality and
lot extension II our vision is ever
Widening. our sympathy ever expand
ng. our knowledge ever ripening, our
insight ever becoming keener and
our love ever increasing we are sure
0 find in ourselves the instinct that
POINTS to a life beyond the grave.
Mr.. Marcy filled his address with
quotations from Emerson. the Scrip
ures. Tolstoi, Huxley and Spencer.
md in summarizing he said that the
solution of these great truths can be
lad only through solitude. Proving
his with the fact that Buddha soak
I'd himself in silence; Mahommed's
gision came to him in a cave; and that
even hte Great Jesus himself spent
'orty days in the wilderness before
he gave his doctrine to the world.
And it is 70 the lovers of solitude
hat have explored the ends of the
earth, founded empires, advanced
earning. science, philosophy and es-
ablished and rejuvenated religion.
For in the words of ST. Paul-'And
hat no man can say that Jesus is the
Lord but by the Holy Ghost
These classes are held under the
auspices of the Brotherhood of ST.
Andrew, of which Mr.. Eppes is the
President. DR.. Berkeley gave an in
.eresting account of the brotherhood
work at ST. Anne's and during the
lour the formation of the Mems
Suild was discussed. 1t however, de-
eided. to discuss this at another meet
ng as the time was drawing to a
close and the Brotherhood had given
is promise 10 stop on time.