Newspaper Page Text
Actin EDITORIAL SECTION cwlie
e 'y j‘& T ‘
This Hand Makes No Mistakes
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and &
doth not yet appear whai we shall be; but we
know that, when He shall appear, we shall
be like Him; for we shall see Hwn as He is—
I. John 3:2.
——— OU will read on this page a
poem of faith and mgm
tion by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
—very impressive.
There is no greater proof
of justice and mercy in the
power controlling us than
the faot that the mind
: o creates and believes its own
lanation and comforts—
all our blmm:Fvedwithinonrownbmm
if we Lmk. s ekeand are determiined to find.
e & @&
Whst is the ruling power that surrounds, con
trols and guides us?
What is God?
This picture shows the encient belief that still
abides with many—a personal hand reaching
down to earth from sky to reward and punish
here—dwelling above, judging, rewarding and
puniching there.
Faith believes—a mildon things that express
gxe character of the believer—and asks no ques
ons,
Science can tell us nothing, except that the uni
vmeisammolomwhimgomed:{uw.
Plato defined God as ‘‘The Geome
trician.” -
Science, reason, investigation only tell us that
behind each veil there is another and behind that
another,
The astronomer whose brain can measure the
sun’s distance, weigh accurately this planet and
& distant star, knows no more about the real force
controlling star and planet than is known by the
savage flat on his face, before an idec! painted
green.
Reason and research can only tell us, that
beyond thought, beyond the reach of the tele
gscope, resides a persistent, consistent, beneficent,
just force that men have called God and shown
in a thousand forms, from the hideous Moloch of
Carthage, receiving as sacrifices live babies to be
burnt in the furnace within, to the high ideal of
Zoroaster or Confucius, or to the sympathetio
kinder teaching of christianity, barrvw&g the
idea of single and infinite mur from the Jews,
modified by ibe thought ‘* is love.”
& & &
The mind of man cannot even conceive the
meaning of the word ‘‘million,’’ and must imag
ine it. How can that mind conceive the power
tha.tholds,diroctlmdbdmoubimonso?omm
in infinite s{:oe through endless time.
““There is infinity between God and us,”’ said
Voltaire. And Voltaire, denounced as an atheist
by the vicious and ignorant, believed absolutely
in the real existence of a Supreme Mind, and for
his belief wrote and thought most logically,
It was not lightly or unbelieving that Vyoltaire
said: ‘‘lf there had been no God, it would have
been necessary to invent one.’’
He knew that man and the world had need of
a God, and he believed firmly in God’s existence
when he wrote his name above the door of the
church that he, Voltaire, built on his land at
Fernex. Concerning the truth of God’s existence,
Vcltaire wrote:
“It is impossible to resist that truth, sur
rounding us and pressing upon us from all sides.
Is God in one meo, or in all places, without
occupying any space? Of that I know nothing.
Has he, of His substance, arranged all
.things? I know m. .Is He immense, with
out quantity cr quality? Of that I know nothing.
All that I know is that we must adore Him, and
act justly.’’
e & o
You may judge a man by his belief in God,
that is to say his belief in eternal justice.
Faith tells you that God made man in his own
The history of a hundred religions tells you
that man has made his God in the image of man.
The god of the savage is a savage delighting
in cruelty.
The heaven of the Mohammedan sensualist is
a heaven filled with immoral ladies eternally
young—with the earthly wife carefully excluded.
The heaven of an Oriental peogl;fond of gold,
jewels and brilliant displs{ is a heaven in which
“he cheapest material is gold, in which trees, flow
ers, lakes and green grass are not mentioned.
The vengeful man oreates a vengeful god,
stern and cruel.
The poor, oppressed slave, craving pity, cre
ates and establishes a merciful God promising all
things to the poor and humble.
. . 8
The stmngestthiniinmilthil, with but a
few days to live here he spends so many of those
days wondering and worrying about the time to
come and the probability of future life—like a
man forgetting the banquet before him to worry
about next morning’s breakfast.
‘ ““The immortality of the soul,’”’ says this same
much abused Voltaire, ‘‘is not a mere probable
truth. It is a mathematical truth. God is wise,
. he edjusts weans to ends. The destiny of the
Copyrigtt, 1818, by the Star Pubihiking
w Company. Great Britsin Rights Ressrved.
A g TRk AR e e 5 —— :
e e T SR SR B BeßTut L S —— .
9&“,«*1%&? Al e Pl o G PAI R NS ' ;
Se P R TS SRR Tb S A BROSR BaY N BN R
T @f*""s g I LRI S e ’J’J!:; ; ';vg‘.g.‘;{,-’:: SRS ‘35?"; i ‘=',* AR "'l.l:‘. o N ;§ o CRARRRRR R, ) ',».:14"3(.9'\"3':.\*‘1-{_'.‘,' TR 4
mSRT TRN R<iSR BT R B RA Ry X T KNSRRN MK SN SIS
ST R i ’Lg-,f R G -.»“Lr;‘q;m".."' 'i b e SRR NLA N S KiR R R RN 22 4]
Bons RST T S PR e Té* T SRR RR R 3 B R BAR A R
SR R ePAR et R AB R R TR RDR e e A P SR SAR A R SRS TN RAR o
S 9_\?l_{;.@ e «fi)ui‘,‘{%@‘“: b ‘;%l G ‘;{,(, R :.;;Q»:?:!’L&i S ‘3‘:3;,‘ ot Ay 4}“?‘ N T N ?:7":.'4\'-,;,&?.0;"-" RN BD N ]
gR T D Fain SRS Reit B SR Rt S 3 R VAR IR NRA WO e
e :fi?@:fi&,.‘ g e e G A BN e SRR SSARRN eB N
PRO SRS SR ee R e ’fit‘r“:f: oetß NG R N eSy R i MRRE IAR R
iRMR N AT iR Ry BTSRRI et e e A S i N y A A QR WHPRCRIA eoR i S AN
iRAT RW e #‘#&‘;&g&s‘ T AN, i Fr e RS oSle BPO U
R &‘%fi"%fi*i Fro RN AR L S eeSeR RS e B - Ry N ~ Tyl R o SURRONEREE )|-ST DB N R
bset AR S 'X;}'i&"“" LR e e s RSSO \SN SRR ST S e
RRLRDALRe RS RS £ R R4GL BN RN SRR SAR e A
Lot eeS i g mu*fl“x*fis““w'i gir“ f*;«??fi*e**“” ¢ RN N SR ’“‘%,v N T
dn*kfih i r‘fi;“{k; RAR ‘;"‘L,Slq&;f *“;{f‘;w‘f‘x‘g,,i}fl‘i" T Mo R BN AR ET KR &54 ,-.,:.,f-.‘_;.-_.;-_.-.,-.,;.y;( bS N
s R MRI RO T suiEmne IR %R R eot3 Lg g s\ B RAS N NG Y '.‘:{;;"-.\”-gs‘.y RAR EORE
gLI e ekl fnh\. eee R e SRR ¢O A e S
CHRE R R 20 0 G S A ILR e R HB R S RO - 3S R S IR S g
P *fg:f@w Rl S S 0 e ’j.pé*-‘4» a;‘,,.‘,..‘f“ ie£s eb e IR y I SIS ,z'/),~*<‘§{;.m;’;fa;
!\:4\“?&;} ;;%{ iffé*'g" A R eey S %4%%,‘l&“&‘;{;‘“{!{4 &“‘""fi“x RRS \u‘ 5 sy 3 %:.r#(. HH AR A
RA T R A U e S R iRS LR NR i X 7 TR TR SRR R 6
famii RRAN R R herr. e BRI s B .:».«.a-!.-..\.kg.-l-.;& gAL R kP & ) X S RO LR e 3
:sn‘—.*"‘*i?‘?fiiw%k %‘s OLR R T B GR R SRR R R { NS 4 3 S A A
dRiRCIC IR bR ik RATRABRS sit R s LN Y b b ARE TARNIIR LR O R
4 .e* i OSRRS R e “‘fii"*** M‘*gg‘* sl e R ’(# o 4‘*,,"”134
i “,fiifi Te e e N SRR ROR G R Wi N Y B WSO, SR
TeA RS R SR BTTR R RR S Tke # TR G\ &) bg R AT, -{«WI R
S e o R PR, R -=§f!:..;z?§';’iz-jfi?’,:§;sf“_'_;-:;;;if_;z;3l_.E'.:gi:ii;!;izgjg;:jgi':ijg'g?eg":'::;: '-.;, BRLks R2O ; § BDR VAR
%'gyfif% P ;;1 e SR, é‘i‘:fi-u@w afgtr»,l»&'\*”fm(‘,’} Gy 1.-‘\-"‘%-r IR e AT E P R " R ""\\"_-f'vj
eeSRe .BT I B UR AR R i SRy TROEREEY Yo dd
{f e z:‘sav ifi&fi?& 8 ’.fi; r:p"r’&!}* URl¢ bSN & 4;-:;4;';7:;::‘-;’-.-..“ e ":a‘%;_s:’-*g
TR R R R RT e i‘fiiiflt!‘:}ifi!fi#f!' SR SR R T NN & DR e B
bR S S R R iet e R (it e S RN AR
R S RDR A GR T R g e N R N QS D e bRO R
e e 'gi’f? ey L m*»? sy 2i €L \.~.;:f:>.-"/:r--:?r,~.»..’r¥- N .”;::z:’i
SR RRIER IR Le R ':zsv:g'==;s!-'-s§:--’sffi‘--*,‘»‘:;%:;?:i=i*'zs§;i:;;:s;hé?‘;" ARy b R N YS B
e ein e R o 03T Re N 2K S
rnaa gey " ,b}*x oY &.'/J §;‘:.'.~>‘.~'.-t-:;’-'-g:--'-.';~.-=:1.f£' s LR SPG
eie R B G yia 3 2 R ) R Z‘.‘..'?f-§i:"‘
e *W’;fl%g S i b A RO AR PR ot R ]
R R Oe ;3 g A 3 RALNI S R BAN OO AR 0
bARR TR A R i LA ) LR SRR S ) B\ R BN ol R )
R 'zi-ifi gh.{‘,:r“ » ) 5 o L AR RN .;.'.~._-.-.',,~,\+J.,y:'.u".1.)';v 2 G SRR VPR
e e ng, 80 R J PR TRO NOAN S, w:-:v.v:m:-s".;’.f-:-'. R
RN b TRE b 3/2 SRR N NRE LSRRI RDBR AR S
LSiE N LN B F o RR A RRR AR B 7 I ARELRNS RS ADTP
G v%""”»}“l 4 §§"->E'~‘fs":'r."~'é.’§[4«\‘:-‘: RS y sty R N .:"”’.~7"-t>?-"131‘»‘-"-':‘-‘ SN AI e
Re L NR A RR RN R S R‘ PO T
AR SR ee S e e SRR ATI FANNUEL . B N9O v S Nb e . AR Ro S 0O et
*%p‘r‘: ‘!flgfi’fl £ty *:’* /"“,\\\g‘" ;»é:*,-:?v‘ e TR R .‘,’-:E‘-u'ff-‘}?g.;‘.‘
x,f?flr*v;"* s e RARLKBt gL LS s:':-‘f-‘/"*“."-‘”-3‘4~>i~:~“."f.‘-:-\\.-'.?:'\'2’5‘5‘.13-w Qs CRREEIR O] ¥
inn Rki ] Ry Bl SReTIA RN RN Wt PR >
.I=zgs*a=§""'§- i r"fia!?-%‘fixfl“-s “&;{:w}‘é s TR GR U P sRAABB SRN 3 " R i 7;1 (X
s T iR R S -~ BIRXS To 5 ’.’,y-'ff.. RRRST SR SO LARN) Nt OB Bo) >/
i TPR R f%‘ R"T,o Se R RA A S doNN e PR e
LR ] (0 IRt GDLA AR e PRt RS O GCRAR) / AR PR AR S R
p iy ”":%fiir & YW i e -l.ivx\fi"“,'?'f-'-'.fl.'-5;,:::"‘{ RSN SN RSP ORRED PR Wy G
b'-?e b | bYRSBTNAN NI TR A, - .\\:-‘)a‘"-’.i-.“-ft-\“-‘-;-‘-'.o‘.:f.w-"/1.-.'"»- S )
(i DRSS D) BoN AR B o O SRR QIR Lo
iS e BiIINTo LRR R e ; GRR B U K
’l‘& s h%{{”fi?’r”tt SR DN S ,i;l"‘,{.’;-,";;:‘_«;\l"t‘f,'.'.-'.!;-ta,fl.-;‘:r,-“;‘»:y:«_i-.{.}.‘; RAR TR ‘ . ~.1,;.;.-}\\\*';‘;' N R o ARG .
NI A R (~‘x.\‘.:-/:-1~.;‘:-1»~ LA AN S ol SY S o o TR OAR KRS oo T S
B N RS ALY o rii'i'.'-'.'!<2-'-".-t-’f.°.-'-‘.~\.'z’«:‘.'t'--"4%, AS b Ko PORIR DO TR NP :1"':4‘;:&//15‘.‘-;?'?"5;:‘
BB Ly esle AR A ]b A g 4 (e i RO PR
\‘, i RR L RS, ~w{_,_..‘...‘-.,,-‘-M‘\,’.,,.‘_1.,._,-,g. obR A d LSO 7 A RA R A
RN S TN B B S ‘ Aby NG Se e )
.g‘;;‘_\l\, ) i 4ARB R R 0.2 TR S g g AR LAY | QORS RR ]
; RS, ) ek ’ANRO LT | SRR R SRR S RN N Fv o IBN NBDT Al
TN R 3 DA RO AB B i g g Fn RPN YRR b
AR N A ETOLRD SR R 3eAR S i A AR SR
% 2‘.-;‘-',;-\. e RDPLD PR g)*.@ RS IH A P % ;.’.;\‘o;\:j‘;\-'v.fl\’»’::d-tf \‘3\‘3 RL i
bAT ARt N, Lot AR AT SR RI M ) 5 RSO RN A A SRR NAR N T
"{\‘2-‘7?"3’;“'-"'~’--"‘*~“~'l§\\:‘é‘\:“:;'~2 BP AR et ~’.“-:~-.--'<'~’.~'?‘«~.«".-':'.fl';'r.-'.'i 2 ¢ oil S SR N N B
AR PO SR RN 7 AR N XSe £NS SRS e Sy AR IR AR PAoTAN TT A 3
&,..::\\'\.‘».,;a RSN § o ,\\C&/' ‘\‘.‘»' OA RN TR Ay ’-fi'%," A I PRI % LT N N o s_'§. DWb R A
RARR L N x,///;.',," LR LD 4 A f-'i,«;if,,—:%.ii.- A 3oL B R AN TR
PR SN '§ R BRI R R '?,f/‘ Bo ol TWD A .!12:13'.';2:;’;'15‘»-:.:“?*'-'.#'- ""-"".'};'r’:f.vl/ b
R SRN N RER IR IR T i A A i DRI £PI DRy iy
A R ‘-'.':.-‘».-‘/ TR BRI %o Y 0 eS A i ¥ LRET
bR S ee R S S g7} WP PR e R ISR SR SO, AR
SRI BAy A PA R g " NS -‘ja,"?:.,;f:f-‘."ffi-,?»‘.-;‘.}cé,/a.», e 7
G SRR X NPR 4 X ALLATN RR T B ._.-1:;:.:.;.:-‘"1;.“‘- Ry LA
eGOBT S PRy J WAL S P A G BRI IMI KTy
R e RN, e , BRI AR AR L ) OR N R 0 /-‘;&/g.
PR R AR ) ‘ DRERIS RS IR AN A ‘ ’ N!SN NR N i’,’
b T - MR RN, iy oe R e
SRR RO RIR Re N Y SRR A
B 4 SRR £RS2 SR ? R S SNSRI OeYl g 8 P
R BTN "t OB y R SR Sy, Y
P e RO N s WL A R
bR iUST 7 5 WTRSTE O 'I-."'Y‘f" 5 eSN WNIDL - S
[ey PRUAX RO PRI r,:; A ‘/‘.,-; 7A- LAR
Wt SRR RSDRR i, LT Rt MBSRos SR W]
ot o] AR RO IO I » PO AT T P NO TN
g, i) 3RNN P W Y RTN R 20y AR D VAR St Wel o S RO
R TRte SN R 9’5,;(,:4"4:/@ R RRE AN sA ey
SO AN S R eB R Rl s R BR R SRR P
| /'fi" N RN R R EIRRIERS PO YL L ) as,;-,‘;,-,.-&j{-;-—:,» N ORI 2 P R R
LEBIE R, 7N5 RN SR R GBI IR, DlO s i N
PR, *:i:?:v:‘i".%‘f:'i" oAt R ) ’S:;J‘b“:, A RO Pt WAI O R R 2%/
AR S(N R3o R IR e ’o:.-:_@"-;’é';':,:l-.t{if#ls.'-"'fri'v'.-:'» AT RASR LR 52
RSt e BRI S NRTR P » R A Rl
o B]AATNv BRS SR '4,;’;2:" > BT AR RN Qe v \'.," {‘/
R BRI SUL RN R R Gy Gy ) ]
R e 4 PR e RI A 4,-&_s~ N N § RO PRI i bl Aj'
RPRR o ) NR BT PRS- 2 AR S LB R RN RL R
%o B AN s R g R LR N 2 % ;i»,;:;,.,«
& ~’: R)RS OBT \:.,7,:::[:\;.' ‘:}’:'s‘:.s'l“.”.‘?"“'~‘ '. ; ..__,..‘..A;,:J",:;-_:» s b i :\,"‘ /"* }'{'fl’ ?‘.3""}o}'4'2
R >0 LY PO R RO o 2 et RT e RN IR L e )
.“,._.' ;T B FORR 15N S P "~l‘:":‘:'l’§‘4'& L 0 B¢ e s £ T St s,{ 4 ;-'4:#,4.-,":'/."*'?. ]
Do AR L O Ree R L DRI Riti G R
NNNS RSR )RN (AP RN LIRS e RK R P P A A
& ;7-"/,“@ 2 BALEE R R E R ‘,.:@'»:.-;.-:;:':.1:1.,:-::}f~:-§:~’.-.'-.".-._ BRI P RTR 8
S TR R PR RS RAyRTP FAR RN N LTS IR AR o P£ R
*':'é’»:"'-\‘;ué'v:(z 7OOLR BN R e " PRSPPI IR eAR A
RTRo eB N ATRPAR TR AN IR OS By WANSO 5 b
?,‘:.;.(‘,.-\\é,%;;‘;;-{:,fyu, gBSIAN RN ’,""él;,, ot ) DGR LS R A I R|SR L o
xRy NR R sD N R RO e e L LT TA S PR R RSN o WG AL PB,o OB 2
e R o R i : ROl ATN 757 2 B SRR R R PR SN PRSI, NR A 1 Y By %
SR LR R BRI AR NBN L) L RIROBEL R, R RNy b
R M RR R BRPBoy eLR f NRO A SY B Pi T T A f i
S R R M U i R BI N O 3 DRI RIS A N P 8 A ey e
Se R zs-';'::<;:f;~;;-,.:>,v-&;.~'.~.~;,;s‘--‘.’f" iAR AN RN FAE SR, Dbl d 0 S
b 5 S i .4ALBD&SoSOAR sAARRS e S AR N o LRe B R NN
PR oA O G * AR % ,;",,‘;(4's,'3"{;,"p ,~. £ :.'»‘:’!;4-‘5.-'?/'??1-’""_ b B R AN S KRR (151"u.i"}f"4’n".-‘!~i' i ":"}fll'-r bR \\\\
AR ot A IRIIC, RRALANWROT A, Rl Ae A S K, RRRS SR A sAI'yAL SN L W,
R R e A 4«&‘;%4 RRRN eAT BILBB RO SRS Rg S R LR
AR : SRR SLo K R PRSI A S L R
s £R A -‘-‘.‘.r'.~.~*‘a"3:'-!t?'.":‘f:;‘l~’.{‘a‘¢:9\r OAR R FHH y R2MR SR I RRI¥ -~ Y B
e bR R ) ;;‘_:‘,:_;,l.;-;.-,;;_;;.;.;e:;,;@ SR NRTR ) LR C N R % W, e
ey Can TATTR LS R NR S AR eAT i S pPR e
U ‘,?“.-:i-:.l;"li-:-;'i-,'-;’.lfi“\-"-?};:."e"f'.-f-".-?;f-:la";?,'-'i:'. A R A OO RASSE AR TN S R Rl
4 SRR LSReGie egNN s BIR SRR R A S R
N X R :%':':‘t».‘:":fr"'-»'s}i"?"a"'-'-'.‘:?.":‘i':}:z,":'-f"f.f'?:"-".-.fl‘.v? R T RN RSI b
.m&"«,\ R IR g v'.:.u,::~;..~u~'.-.>.;_-’;,‘:,.:.1-{4‘4.4./4.':;\,".':: AR ) R S K RSV RRTR Ps B oA i 4 S
iy S A .;,';.:-. 2 R N R '.-.,;._.,.,.”,._.‘._.;.,:‘. "."‘.fi' NI R A SR RRA O R SR & \ )
RRXS S -:.,~'~"-tv'.'~:-ti~:<"-"?~'-'fi:?:'.;'f‘-‘»ff.ff‘*:?s-ii":;"}.'*ifi""5:-3'.;'?u.a}?.-'."-:':-:':-‘;‘.':-"b--.,-'.4 MO ROV s A " SRy S
R%2 T S S e BRR,g Ns S A R A R Dl ) Bo R
RARRN el BNioLR) RLN g, W AR b S 9 oy NI, Y
H ;.-",' ,0“‘..4‘@,..\ A ":42;‘5;"’7""5?3;'("'{3}"3a'7"4‘&"’:":“*'J'""?'{"e"-’};‘)":':‘.\""”"‘;3“"-‘""'!":")"',//\'"‘""’-"“‘\‘ S S NP RN AR ) 7N72 ; S 3’;-'.;@’; o 522
STRCT DA AL BT R R YRE R 0 KRRy SOO NS A - sty oel A RN IS NN AN AOS Rt
e;e‘-’*;;fi'.»:fei-:-i-v'»"\"3";’s"'-'i."-f"‘;'/:'-.'v?-:;z'--.'-:-.'-"-;%35:2;'3:7."1'-~ R i '.‘-:m:4'6:<s,\',~:~':?s?‘-""i-'.'f.-‘~tf'$‘,i:r'.'.~'a"£5?1~:~,'f.'":,'v‘{-i:,fi';";‘:i«{," s b‘un‘%\.‘ sAR B 3 "1:7;_35‘5’-’ 'H, R :fi
PeALS RNR 2R NKRoy R ARy 07 RBRARR BBAo Rs PR A 7
BRee iP S R %0 '.'-’~""I-'~'-"""l'i'"""""""’i""‘4‘-';&'4“.’-':"""""-:“'~‘-'.\"/f""/"':"? R AT LRR PN ) MRS9I g
e il S e R R -J.*.:.,.»:-,-¢'».-'4::s-fi'r‘_'.-.'.'.'.",',;(»-':.a-,.,..'.,-.w,yfi'.'.'.v,'/.':o-'m,'.’l“ -;,//: BOTRY LE I R 8R R g oWA -'\'-\Qf-'.f A, f/,/ o
R AR RBTL o R ORYA AR ,-,-mv'"'p"",,\"v'fi,n..'. DRI NLRDOPRXROI ITRIR ol ":'Q}d-‘if.'./""».-':'.' 2R e ) ?I, ,/.y;-',, s
RRAS RA L) RO A O O NN N o Re A
R ARy '-":i"-*‘.-:(#:!:;:?fi"fifi@f."f&’ BN """1"';‘::"":"//-"' RYRI PAt OY A RA B R '-z';;:-«"?»'{f;f*i"f i¥ o -‘f»-'f-“fr'.’;'w-"fi’!fi'-s~'r’?'/fi
LTAeAo BRAy A AL AR AT R RRAAOARRN DASR A ANI ML AN RAN W Y NTS RO 3YS MA e
siy fAs ‘.;,n ;":',-,';,4:.'.!:'{::-;'fsl".‘i-‘,‘}f'.:"-‘.‘."’l'}"'3,'-I:,"l.',‘\‘ o) ,-'j,/;‘, RS R(vK TR :':"'.' ,4,"_,_ 3 {',,v’,'v'.",,".".'.~‘.'-,' SR SRR ‘c:'j'/.‘/ :'.._/,';;\ I ,;,;;.',,4 id R4L L l .1,.",‘!»",‘“; W ’ fop
GRIR N A 55-T-'F;-tif-?'f}\'f-'"ti\":'ffd:f'l‘ff".-‘.:':i,‘-'-i":‘-"-"v"."u‘i'.\“:':"‘l'.ft“' R TRRIR WA, RN r"': iML R Nil s g R
; O BRI AN -".’i}'&':s.:l't-.'-'i':."!7‘3?:};'2'l":3;3‘.-.'»“~‘?'.f"':4.{-’-‘}.'-" 1 N O RNI S N AR, R A
PR RESIAR oo IR P3%IR) NA K ',":..,.."‘,',‘...‘,-‘, RS SA R 0 '.',v:’: i¥ N 5 ‘) 5,;1:?; A }:,. Ll
by PR RFBNNRkTAR oAR R Y PRV TSR (R AT A
B ieSilß OA N R -,*f:.:f-'r:c:;.;.:'-'.-."-‘.",'f..»‘:.t-‘.~‘.)<':-':* D N RN (37 2 K 2R TR AR AR
N N ,\.._."._.-‘-‘.' RIEAE s GseßNe AR o) R S SO P >LN i LA S
2o 4}2'.‘,?!,’»';‘\3l'(' RS R PB 80 -:-;‘_v*f‘;::.;,,vj-..- AAL'LNNISR )OR A A LRI TR P T 5/ AP
7 -/;'.*l"if-: LIRS o, 2;O LR BReIo2BAASBK)RN )KALDIRT SR A R I O ) IS S
f;fi'?}‘}'if‘-i"!?f,'fif??fflv}:f3s'33&‘.\'s'.7. RS SN So R ANATPVST ISA L B ot R DG e SRR . A
?7 ‘.‘:*e“‘i ‘:\'}~ '?‘;;-C.:..v,.-_.'f.:;':,;.; &% & RN '.32":"-;"»"-"':‘1“-"'-’?'.'}{, N LR PRSP D LRI, XA A 4 il ',fv,'"l,/,:;{"{l,'r‘:.".'.f;f J'Q. » 7
/;Hs’:«-@,”\j’i,}/‘ " I’7\«, NIRLR (S N Y ]XY u.",é;«."’:’fi'-%‘ '-'.-";-'-:f;.'/':~‘.4:f.‘:-'2.¢:n, (o ~»fi’-",*"-""-f%
Ly No g e NT2T S B DRt R O Yyßel 3A BARYAM I s Re R GI B A
"’-'\“:‘F’:s'.i"-‘y.-;,’,:'.-':';'~.’-"-’.4‘er.-'{i~;”-!f'a‘.-: SN GARNLO|RN SR 2R ) L X RIS N o ,;..'"n,’,';:?y’y
SSO SRt el o B R ‘f»i':&‘.-?‘.'.-.*::7.%%&&’.""v’f:;n\:".-"-'v‘-.-'u::, AR, Ag ¢ 5 s (ISP SRR 7 s )
k-'\«":t:'.a.f-'-.;‘.-;-i:'s'i{»'?".}'«"-'.\-‘-'eif-’;.-':i';*l-"-?"11;3‘5:-':«&‘7'-. RS et 2 .'-‘-.-;‘.3("“'i-.-';-'.~. A(RRARN iA G I R y G 3 }"“”fi' /";//'
%DR '.~,_,-'.-v.;"‘.~.-; -"'.:,;'.-‘.,-',-\."\'.'wfg )NG GURIRR) | F egff:f.-‘..::.'.:,;,,).\{ At Rhe2 SR R SRR A f N PA\ .'P.‘/'."‘f;‘?f":"-'vf‘l’"»,?,i, IAR R EEL LT nQB / 7
bBSA2RS AN NQY N .'V ARAIRDR£ DIRo 8 ; 18 0 iy AN GRN RN Aet e 3 _‘/(/ iz
3 RN N RA A o I R FAN RN e « ) ATR o I TN
b A S AR ROLKA S 0 e RO TN RN S ) Ry & OTP2 by A BN R
.'5-.1!"'.‘.""-"«--."':4:1'1‘-;-"?"1'.’1"-'.'”.-1;":('1:’:1‘-'12 Y, G .‘-:‘-:f'-'-i?.l.’:}',: SN N R RSSO, ORI 125 Is e »‘.fi"?‘;‘v-‘.’f?f:' i A
RA R A ~.i.-"\,.-:‘_-'\'a‘:,m-'g.',-;;‘; FARNRS RR R ;LR R AN AT, Sl ~"3.'.-,,,- 4 ,’f,:’f;.'_f
RO % Ri Bl p.;-‘?'.fi-;f,,i i u BT LN i "; B N RS s «4’3.3.{5{:4’??/,./;'-’ o
) BARPLS sAB R e “’-id" eSR AR RO Ri 1 i ‘bfiér?'/fi >
57 [”/, 9 ND R ) uya” ML TR RSA Ry ) ¥ 'f"'r///l//‘ . B AR
VRO B GRB Ak L B 8 ,:{L'j?'fi:: TR 411 BRLR BS B : RN/ %) SR R
b 27 DTS T N it ABLPRS TR RS S | RIRSI ey
~,;.',:{(1‘1’;9',',.‘.&.:‘.:.:-‘:,.,;@ 1,7',,{-’,,‘:'3:-,‘,5.-,.. R / TIR """"L"”‘""il(rl'l" Il" NT T B 8 ; /'”,,(_’,,, WPN 4S i
RO ER N Bi A ,eff';,'d,,f’l-'»r- 3 ittt et o 2 i 4 & o /
NI R R LI 2 . SL ) g ' ‘ > ) ¥
OP O e R % AN it eTV -l | g 297 9 e,
NRR PR X 2 /,.-;'.'-‘-.v,:.--,‘:-'.~.-..\ RAP SR A e b 4 { il S A i
BoRAL eAI () (R Ry B A R {3 ' “’.. R R SRR
L RB L) o RIS .-g&. B I AR ! 4Yy o R xVe
!3{';/‘," Rl SRS R R 0i gL \\‘:*\* ‘.::'2;::.4,._5,»,.;::;'.':;:'/ ALY e
TiRST RO oSS RIS o) T b QAN ) R Il
ROo RS e R ol A SN Pi ) S
RSNRNSN 5 O "‘:"A‘M&i AII S A % i g A G S BRI ST
R TSI 5 \E o T -.,:l;~ \:'?‘ st/ r
" A IR A ORI IRN SH P Ri/
9 s A JOLESREI R
P
The World Is Controlled ty Infinite Wisdom and Power. Many a Question
ing Mind Will Find Comfort in These Verses by Ella Wheeler Wilcox :
. Whatever Is---Is Best
I KNOW as my life grows older
And mine eyes have clearer sight
That under each rank wrong, somewhere,
There lies the root of Right.
That each sorrow has its purpose
By the sorrowing oft conquered,
But as sure as the sun brings morning—
Whatever is—is best!
soul is immense, and physical life measured by a
few days.
‘“‘God is just; he gives to each according to his
works; not all punishment or all reward are given
SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1918.
By Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I know that each sinful action,
As sure as the night brings shade,
Is somewhere, sometimes, punished
Tho’ the hour be long delayed.
I know that the soul is aided
Sometimes by the heart’s unrest
And to grow means often to suffer—
But whatever is—is best!
here below.”’
In five lines of verse the great Fremchman
painted religious faith in a way that professional
preachers might envy, ¥
I know there are no errors,
In the great Eternal Plan,
And all things work together
For the final good of man.
And I know when my soul speeds onward
In its grand Eternal quest
I shall say as I look back earthward
Whatever is—is best.
We translate literally as nearly as possible.
A caliph of other times, in his last hour,
To the god that he adored addressed but this
prayer;
I bring to thee, oh, only King, only being
without limit, :
All that thau has not in thy immensity,
Defects, Tregrets, evils :nd ignorance.
@ e
There are three kinds of religion within man,
one based on the hope of reward and striving for
it.
One based on fear of punishment and seeking
to avoid it. "
One that neither fearing punishment nor crav
ing reward sees in divine majesty power and jua
tice eternal, revered for their own sake. -~
You might compare the attitude of man toward
God with three attitudes of three men toward the
great cataract of Niagara.
One said, “‘l'll take good care to keep away
from it—ll dread it’s power."’
Another said, ‘‘l hope I may harness it, sell
the current, make myself rich.”’
The third thought of great lakes from the Far
West, pouring over a precipice of rock, heard the
thunder, saw the beauty, adored the power with
out fear or hope of profit.
The best story of true religion is that of the
gimple minded old peasont woman who said: .
““I want to rise from my grave with a pail of
water in one hand and brazier filled with burning
coals in the other.
““With the water I will put out the fires of
K:hnAndwiththehndnr I will set fire %o
H and burn it all up. \
‘““And then the people will love God and his
Son for themselves, alone not because they fear
Hell's fire or seliishly desire eternal bliss.’’ ,
e & o
You CANNOT THINK about God in a crowd
or with others. :-
At night, looking upward the earth a dark
ball under your feet, the sky blazing with a mil
lon points of light, each one a firey sun, gasing
into infinity lying between you and God your
feeble mind can at least think of the only ‘‘Being
unlimited.”’
Stand.tnf by day, alone on s mountain, or on
the deck of a nhiE. with the earth mflnsng'v
before, clouds piled up, and the sun A
knowing that the world has rolled on for millions
of centuries, that the sinking sun will rise and tes
onthheminonmflllonyamfmmmw,mm
{ou can imagine is oomJund to in the universe,
ess than a grain of sand on the seashore, you can
travel as far as your mind can rise toward cog
ception of a Being whose power and nature are
absolutely above and beyond our wildest hopes of
understanding. | et
a& @ N
““Whatever is: is best,’”’ Ella Wheeler w&
writes here in her poem. Men have said it, wri
ten it and lived it for half a million years. X
In its day cannibalism was best. Without i$
men could not have become developed fullyw
there would have been no meat for children in
Winter, the human race would have remained un
developed. Better that half should be eaten by
the other half, and the race grow strong and out
grow cannibalism. There is not a powerful race
existing to-day that has not mnnjbalhm in its
Slavery was best—the servitude and misery
of many gave to the few leisure for thought and
progress. Greece and Rome, thanks to slavery,
developed, the mental power that in our day has
created machines of iron to take tho place of
slaves, and democracy to take the place of political
slavery. It has always been the man at the top
working to help the victim at the bottom that has
brought the race forward and upward.
¢ & @
That which is, is best for the time st whidh
it exists,
Ninety per cent of this nation’s activities are
based now on the oraving for nnnecmawdfi.
A good thing. That craving makes solfish
man, save, invest, employ men, develop and im
prove industry.
The groundworm uem.lhg eating the earth as
he goes through it creates the fertility of the sef}
—and does not know it. :
The multi-millionaire of to-day selfishly get
ting everything for himself, makes the majority
work—a, good thing for them. The selfishness at
the top and hard work at the bottom will producs’
freedom and prosperity for all and enlightened
generosity—in the centuries to come,
All that is, is best—the best at least of which'
man is capable,
The ants with villages in your garden path,
the bees in your hive, the bats in their cave can
not have communities laws or customs above the
capacity of ant, bee, bat. e
Man has the best government that he deserves;
the best religion that he deserves, the best time
that he deserves. S
These times, these habits, laws, governmenis
and religions are infinitely better than olden times:
past. And infinite time stretching ahead is full:
of possibility, certainty and wonder. Time is
long, it can never end. Space and matter are i
’ gnito. They have no bounds. No use being in 8.
urry. ‘
Believe that infinite justios rules, that 01l &
for the best, make your own little moment on this:
little planet better by DESERVING to have i
better. L
Then die contented, in faith that M
comes next will be also for the best-