The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1926-06-03
HOW TO IND GOD AND
SERVE HIM.
BY T. T. CORLISS.

house for her spectacles, when sud
denly her husband appeared and she
said, "Zeb, do you know where my
glasses are?"
Zeb, replied, "Take a look at your
self in the mirror and 1 think you'll
find them" And sure enough there
they were pushed up on her forehead.
"For lands sake, Zeb, what an old
simp l am. l looked under the bed
and the bureau and every impossible
place for those specs, and then to find
that they were with me all the time
laughing and keeping step, just makes
me feel foolish"
"Well, cheer up, Mandy; you are
not the only one who does foolish
things. Now listen. The great ma
jority of human beings for centuries
have been searching to find God just
as you have been hunting for your
optical eyes. They have sought for
Him in the infinite void and inaccessi-
BILE places, while all the time He was
an indwelling spirit, the very life,
mind and soul of those who were seek
ing Him."
"Well, Zeb, you may be right. l
have never thought of my Maker as
being as close as my breathing. You
have some very queer ideas, Zeb-
that is, queer to me with my limited
understanding. | don't know how or
where you get them, Zeb, but l will
say this that all the parts of your
philosophy of lif dovetail together
into one complete and harmonious
whole, making a unity of ether, ener-
gy, life, mind and matter throughout
the universe"
"You say, Mandy, that l may be
right, leaving room for doubt. Well.
| am either right or wrong; there is
no middle ground. You can compare
life to the putting together of pic
ture puzzle made of blocks. There is
only one way to do it, while there are
many wrong ways in which you can
bungle it. Now it may be true, Mandy,
that | have not all the blocks it re-
quires to fill out the life picture, but
we have all the blocks that have been
given US, and remember that each
philosophical block has but one place
in which it will fit and make perfect
picture. One philosophical block mis-
placed spoils the picture of the cosmic
scheme of things.
eyes, Mandy, life throughout the
universe is variegated mosaic and
each one of these inlaid blocks is en-
dowed with life and intelligence suf-
fcient to enable it to carry on and
absorb into its skeleton frame enough
of the ethereal substance to fill out
the pattern of its little block and au-
tomatically slip into the place de-
signed for it.
MANDY, l have diverged from the
thought | had in mind when l began
to talk to you. Showing you how to
find your glasses has prompted me to
show you how to find yuor Maker.
Many there are who have worshipped
false gods, imaginary and imitation
gods, and having been disillusioned
feel forsaken until they find the one
and only true God-the God of all
peoples and all planets.
''The things that are eternal in time
and space and the things that give
value and meaning to life and motion
to matter are invisible and spiritual
And if the things spiritual forever
remained in the realm of the invisi-
BILE, remained static and dpo mmn
ble-remained dormant and static
the universe would have no meaning,
no utility to God or to man.
"Hence it is obvious why God has
strewn the infnitude of space with
suns, stars, satellites and planets
Throwing worlds into objective re.
ality demonstrates the potency of In.
finite mind to mould the substance OF
His being to suit His will and meet
His future needs, forming an arena
for the objective expression of Hi;
higher attributes of life and mind.
at must be remembered that while
God is the soul and source of all wis.
dom and power His marvellous attri
butes have never been fully expressed
God knows what perfection is and like
man has His aspirations and is ever
unfolding and manifesting Himself il
innumerable ways throughout the un
iverse. But perfection in the abso
lutte is, to Him, as it is to man, like
the desert mirage, a thing that al
lures and invites on and as we near it
it ever recedes. A state of perfec
ton would be ennui, safety and bore
dom. Hence a spiritual life in ;
realm Of invisible ether is an imprac
teal, impossible existence.
eve know that planetry life, il
time and space, is but finite and tran
STORY, ever in a state of fuX ant
change; that it is ever undergoing
series Of births and deaths, yet eve
mounting upward, ever progressing
Man is no exception to the universe
law that governs the growth of lif
and mind as embodied in matter a
the medium for its expression.