The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-02-11
SERMONETTE
By R. ASHLEY CAKE
The Peace of the Soul.


God who is the Father of all our
mercies and the God of all our COM
fort, gives his children great peace;
but not as the world giveth, nor is
it the same kind that the world
gives.
Neither does the peace that Our
Father gives imply removing of all
our burdens, nor keeping sore
trials from coming into our lives;
but it does mean that our burdens
shall be made lighter, and suffic-
lent grace shall be given, so that
We shall not think strange of any
fiery trial that shall try us. Thus
we find that the peace God gives is
so far above anything the world
gives that it surpasses all under
standing
Petty cares and daily worries
are the sources of what might be
called mental miasma and causes
mental recklessness and many
physical diseases. The divine rule
is memorable. None are exempt,
though at times it does seem as
though some are real favorites OF
fortune. Rest assured, however,
little unnoticed you may be, God
has an eternal memory. His record
ing angel is keeping the record, and
the time is coming when we snail
be known to De what we really are
What a sweet by and by that shall
be.
In the language of one OF Gods
real saints-"It is better so to live,
that our regrets will be short and
our joys long, than that our pleas
ures shall be short, and regrets
long"
Open the door and let the Master
in, and He will readily give US
the meek and quiet spirit, which,
in his sight, is more precious than
all things that genius can create
or riches can buy
1t clothes the face with a lislt
that is heavenly, mellows the
voice and assures US of power with
God and man. Let the Master in.
While we may not reach the sum-
mits of Christian experience, even
when in the deepest depths we will
be lifted in the attitudes of peace
where the soul becomes dominant
over the powers of the body. Our
paths may be thorny, our eyes
brimmed with tears, but becoming
absorbed with the eternal verities,
the eternal fires of Gods love, with
his light and wisdom instructing
our minds, his love on our hearts
highest throne, and power in our
souls, we win find all our suffi-
cency is of Him and there will be
no discouragements nor difficulties
but what We can conquer.
Unpleasant environments may
suppress us Circumstances that
We cannot control and sickness may
number US among Gods shut-ins.
Ability to do what we would love
to do may be our lot, but be faith
full in the little. Though We be
archangels in prison We will be
archangels still
Love for Gods Law and His
peace in the heart quiets the wild
est Storm, helps with the burdens,
and abides with us forever.
We attempted to cross one of the
treacherous inlets in Northern
Maine. The storm. we thought, was
about over, but to our dismay when
far out on the treacherous waters,
the storm not only broke out
afresh, but engulfed US in a heavy
fog. The Captain said to me that
we were in the pathway of the
large Steamships that were max
ing their voyages across the ocean.
For the first time | was afraid
that we, in the path of some huge
steamer, might be crushed and
buried in the depths of the ocean:
But saw my Pilot, in the thought
that he knew, he was not afraid,
l took comfort, and my own fears
soon subsidized.
Likewise we are on the stormy
seas today. We know but little, we
cannot see very far in the distance,
but our Pilot knows all, and
great peace have they who love
His Law" This peace knows but
one source.
One whose wealth was simply
immense, SAID to ME on one occas-
ion, that the happieat days of his
life Nee when he carried his din
ner pail on LIS arm. He thus ad-
mitted that the years when he had
to struggle for livelihood were the
happiest years of his life. A con-
elusive proof that nothing in
wealth can give a man, though he