Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-02-12

sibIe his ideals are. But listen! Our
mouthy utterances about the impracti-
cal teachings of Jesus have no more
power to weaken them, or stay their
onward march, than Fidos bowling
at the moon can stop it from mount
ing in the heavens, once it rises over
yonder horizon. And why? Because
those teachings with their mighty
height have breadth and depth as well
as heighth-they are in strict conform
itv with the natural laws that we re
specially obey every day. For exam,
pie. the, Golden Rule, which is the
special target of. some mems scOrn is
the same law in the realm of human
living that Ne,ston's law-taught III
ycrr High School every year is i'll
physlcs- action and reaction are
equal and opposite in direction
The best mode of living the world
knows anything about this the
church presents in the ethics of Jesus
Third. the gift of great ideal that
lights the highway for the centuries.
Civilization is something that we
have to work out in detail. The world
is Young, and it has much to learn.
Some day humanity will solve its pro
blems and make it's life beautiful But
all this involves a process, a long pro-
cess. 1t, is no easy thing for the world
to make it's way ahead. The path lies
somewhere ahead but where?
Sometime ago one of Britain's great
statesmen and one of Americas prom
inent business men were sitting on
one Of the hillsides of Palenstine,
where perchance the feet of Jesus had
trod. They conyersed about the great
problems the world had to face, the
hates, the striving. the injustice that
kept nations in disorder. They spoke
about way out of the ditch into
which the world had fallen. And final
ly, the British statesman said to the
American, There is only one way out
of the confusion of today, and that is
the way pointed out by Him who once
trod on this HILL The statesman was
doing for the world what you do for
yourself when, in the darkness, you
turn your flash light on your path. He
threw the light of the Christian ideal
on the darkened pathway of a
troubled world.
There is a way ahead-but where ?
Where justice, and unselfishness and
brotherhood lead! This is a human
world. This is social world. We are
bound together as men and nations
and races more closely than the
threads in the clothes you wear For
this human world there is way to
peace and plenty-to life's best And
the path that leads to it is made
plain by the ideals of Jesus.
Fourth, the contribution of hope
that uheers men on, and gives them
courage to face the road.
The one great enemy of the life of
this world is fear. The, one big obsta-
Gle in the path of men is fear. The
one heavy weight that hangs like a
milestone around the neck of some
churches is fear. Fear!
Fear not said Jesus. BE of good
Courage With what fearlessness he
faced life. With what dauntless cour-
age he made his way ahead. With
what sperberb courage he summoned
the rest of the world to go ahead.
This is possible world. These
lives of ours are soluble problems
These hopes of ours are realizable.
These dreams of ours. are sane and
practical This is difficult world,
but ours are resourceful lives, equal
to all that is required Aye, and the,
best in life lies ahead! Fear not. Be
of good courage.
We need these ringing words. All
of us need to increase our courage
The whole world needs courage to