Show written for this paper LIVES LIFES DIVERSITY considered the diversity of though to doar possessions in this lifes life as ae belated oe with individuals kiel Itle sor or nations nat ioDe constitute a baet aleli for observation obier vailon for speculation per bhanot and comment hereon is just se B liable to be erroneous as aa to be cot coi reet to be false in fact as aa to to be true some home have endeavored to account for abig dver d veracity diversity sity by bj that thai much it dot all of this we life Is ie the lh of pirt a in and conduct and ad these assert lurther that the future will bet be as aa eV wently the result of we pro u L others take an alt albod okether ether different view lu in tuat this ita condition of of trial aou adu looking at it from the ordinary stand aland point it i 18 easy to conclude that the ek t estial essence ut of trial is deprivation that once poti messed sud abd re aa a kakue yet force ul memory which la is tb the parent of aspiration u ut site and aad the pru babit prophecy ot finally renewed posses sion aion io in tins lite life or the life to come it Is assumed on the that diversity ut of y polo session were be a varied mere as here that so ac increase pro wits wa native and to the manor buru wab owe while others were comparatively stationary tati ooary or unable even under tb superior ea conditions condit ione of that lne lite to make that headway if 4 claimed as the destiny ui 01 intelligent beings from a human standpoint deprivation seems toe some acme ol of trial it ii is IB tbt keen aoge of morrow borrow when busath removes the dearly loved tat weeping wife or mother and the trout strong man bending bendin if to the which downs downa his bla households gous are re evl jence of this the man mad reduced from ce in shiou he be ha boon bec n raised tu calell he been accustomed cua cus tomed la Is by reason thereof un nerved and tried the one who from a condition of freedom la Is 0 dl livere ivere bound banu and foot to slavery Is ie vastly more affected than the onu one in earldom b ri is mud aud with his bla fathers the unappreciative victims of nw and inex inexperienced cled freedom free Jum the past is largely availed from the human buman race but la Is not the love jove 0 beauty bruer intelligent jes drefin ment truth righteousness p inalle or normal to the spirit la Is not Jo longing nging interest and desire the subtle voice less ie or expressed testimony to pie existent and satisfied opportunities and or idour la our love jove of ex collence oel cel lence but a stimulus ulue and prophecy of something yet to ta come wits tie evidence only of capacity and not the of experience con can it be then that anere are men sow now of wealth ice I 1 power who were strangers to either teria era they to in the rest 1 I it possible ible that they bought for this p probation for these giffe ti and ble with the promise that abat they would demonstrate demoos demon Arate under new conditI conditions not their ability only but their air donest sanctified lu ute fur for bu humanity manitY of tuat blicht be theirs in the way of trials trial allowe allow ej mis ag their opportunity and beaire Is ie it that there are those in poverty dwelling in hovels who had their palagea in the put past yet now la in deprivation having their covenants and faith tested submitting to humiliation and tol aril jet without murmuring the cr cross assili it and he obade 1 1 As J beius ti itis di j that even tu ally they may down on the nahl hand of the majesty ou on higi 21 art aft asere men entrusted with powers power influence fisi once auth authority wity that it may be demonstrated how unfit they are for the exercise of rule and that by this OR ex neri enoe they might if possible lealiu are were there men subject to oppression to lu tarani tyranny botto to abuse tu to ml mi that they may their thetice their endurance I 1 i rove pa patience their iod alter after baving been tied already witts with ault who oan cian answer er chelte questions and give a ion IOD to the be busand aud inexplicable almost queries that must artee arise IL he be beatin af every thinking maa man temporal prosperity does not thed ebeo appear to be always a mark ot of special indor as granted by puri jose bu it may be the he outcome oi 01 seeking la in thia coupled with pr mists and coveD covenants ants made heretofore and it ii way day also be that that which to eyet eye and to Is poverty failure aou success is the indisputable answer to 10 prayer and the expression of intense faith that up thing might intervene between the be sou louia Is allegiance lu boj and ainu truth in the midst midot of temp lation and throughout a probationary career me neither poverty nor riches seed eed me with food convenient for me lest lesl I 1 be false and deny daay abo abre o and buy ario is 13 the lord or lest I 1 be por p or anu besl and take the name of my god in vait vain 22 were trio trie words and wish ol of agur having food and r ament ri ment lot lei us be therewith content said eald an old writer and the old church catechism urged upon its le learners arters tu to be con lent in that station lauon of life in to which it id bath pleased god to call them but thesis theae oun of sanctified resting upon the D vine hand band are altogether incompatible pai Lible with modern strain land and amur tion lion men want the earth cum muni ties are jealous balous ot of each other nations are all reaching out after selfishness and aggrandizement seem to be the all nd triumphant forces of this gon generation erst whether individuals or combinations combination polo point i the way ancient israel clamored da snored for a king and aad their prayer was wag answered the widow in we he now new testament orlea cried lut ut against her adversary and was avenged because of her importunity A well known b einess tuan man attributes his wealth to his bis perti alLent seeking inere for land and claims that bad he be given the same attention to spiritual truths that he could have been as aa ciuc that way as in the other 8 perchance percha uce some gome meo men have achieved success in this direction or that b baube having set their affections oo oil ahat thing their prayer has been answered in in wrath and indignation indication until that which they wrongly esteemed iBe emed as the means became an enu end a lever of destruction rather than of expected blessing and use pooling all these issaef with their causes and effects effect motive originally the ibe main spring loses its tension by money jacus learn ing iL fluence authority good and legitimate when honorably acquired can beo bec me when perverted instruments of oppression of personal sig ax or as an paul had bad it a talking bores boree for gahs gait ane idea of responsibility is a myth to many benfor men for circumstances and indulgence have weakened the moral sense perverted religious sentiment dethroned dethroner every lofty conception of manly duty and having the way tor for sell pride and personal laudation god the arbiter of deetion and biver of good is 10 as far from thought as aa stewardship whether the endowment ne too talent tallent busio eps s ability the power duwer of accumulation the capacity adee or the of authority or it influence fluence so called the genius of the gospel elves alves the key to life it reveals the purpose and intent thereof whether past present or future it make of roan mao that he be sanctify himself hl crucifying the world with its affections and lusts lusis 12 and cot coi se orating crating as Etious thousands aDds do iu in their prayers all that they hey have and aie to the welfare of bums buma it redeeming the poverty tr icken taking thought lor for the abe untrained the ignorant belog being eyes to the blind anu ears to the leaf a to the weary a frient to the a savior to the hobt the word of divine authora y is that she he who seeks to save his bis life shall lose 1 se it but he be who 9 eks eke to lose his life shall oud nud it ii ji this to is not dot the be promise of society oci ety of human government of fl fleeting etting fashion ebion fa or of unregenerate nature iu in any department depan ment of ef its ita workings political politic hl civil or ecclesiastical as with all the admirable traits of char motor possessed poes eased by the atter JL itter day stints with all their toll ana sacrifice as it were with still their preach mg and there is 19 kid room for vast advancement for grander lessons lesa oDB for godlike deve development loment all ibey nave have done dodo well at all events eventa ll it Js Is no mau mand at prerogative to ce censure only as nu no in his bis own nee real realizes li zoo the pit ir m he was taken or the rock from which be was hewn s land and then fools feels conscious how bow far h 9 bast efforts end iguest thoughts are below the grand ideal enshrined in the gospel sud aud revealed according to ir receptive clep capacity and faith in the as aa yet unseen this spirit Is not to be bounded by days or seasons it is not fitful or not conal confined nod to chr strap set ast dalp or seasons of sorrow and hu ha mil lation it needs to be ao an every say lay affair in social and common life in business and religion iu all the he multiplied channels of goods good that may supersede euper sede Pelf selfhood hood right abe principle of and rust in an overruling providence the iret tret ful despondent anticipation of a future which may never come or it if it joes does may be only a fathers fabber la blessing in unattractive culs |