The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-16
GREAT SECRET OF THE
 MYSTERIOUS UNIVERSE

"Al1 of 1s are so made that we can not rest in the presence or secret, declared pr. J. A. MacSporran Tn nls sermon at the First Pres pyterias ls Church yesterday. 'Fhe instinct l curiosity is ineradicable the love ana lrr. of secrets are the means or all nrogress in knowledge, discoveries ln- yention and character.
 aT know of no greater need or the world of men just no wthan the heea of proper guidance and help 10 ehee[ into possession of the great secret o4 the mysterious universe. That ls wnae all people are hungering ana tnsr rsS1 s,, ing for. That is the meanlns .d tbe absurd and extra yagant apsuru- ;ties in happiness we arc witnessing .hout i1s today, all the feverlsh uhIes V' inc nervous and frantic ettorLs to soIve nroblems and safeguard interests. ' have looked out upon the Worio ol ours and have tried to see 1t tnrousn Il l inc compassionate eyes or Hiin w ho saw the multitudes as sheep without q i shepherd. and bring you Ills messas
 sndav tbat YOU may be initiated into ] the divine order of those "no nave 1 learned the secret of Cod
 | ..Rroadiy speaking, there are two l Linds of secrets and two kinds or peo- I nle possessing them. There arc those who possess accidental secrets, specld'
 knowledge it is to their interest to keen to themselves for the sake oi l profit and advantage, or gosslp .na, gives them an ambush whence Lnei can shoot at defenceless neisnnv, ,,a, People who possess these secrets suatt them jealously.
 "There are those who possess req l secrets secrets of nature. of music, ol beauty of truth, of love and the deep wonderful, unutterable secrets or tn' l T.ord who are consumed with pas sion to share what they nave 1ouns and cannot rest until they nave ois
 covered the best means or coninluni
 s.ot,n~ tbeir treasure to them who hav'
 if not. They devote themselves to tn
 tack. of making%their secret known ant
 loved. Nothing gives them such su | creme ioy as finding someone who cal N annreciate and receive their secrets
 This is the most difficult task in tn
 world. for all the real secrets cann2
 be put in words or formulas Iner
 ! is no book or language for them. rne , can only be communlcatea oy the II" . pact of life upon life.
 , .rrhe great secret of all secrets, tn ! one thai includes all others, withou which all others fail and fall of tn
 highest and best, is the secret Of re l1ieion the secret of the Lord. No on : win rreetion the fact that real living : vital religion is secret. We Kno' ! those who have it and who reveal II
 bewitching beauty, its strength ana II
 nower who have eaten of the Twin :" bread and drank of the living wate :, and who are satisfied. They carr ! within themselves an unfailing foun , tain of inspiration and power. An . they are trying all the time, with a U the art and patience and love of thei !. souls, to impart the secret to other | Put. oh, with what little succcss' Yo . cannot teach honor and purity or low 5 No theories or explanations Tn all tn < libraries of the world can commun C cate these high emotions. It must c communicated through life.
 : "Thc need today is men and wome n of the secret, calm, serene, joyous, cot Y f.dent and strong. who have been wit T Jesus and learned of Him. The seer I or rne I.oru IS with them that tes
 Him."