| Show LOVE FOR CHRIST CHRISTIS IS RECIPROCATED Theme of Sundays Sunday's Sermon by bythe I the Rev Benjamin Young LESSONS GIVEN BY NATURE Secrets of the Lord Are With Them That Fear tear Him Tim The Rev TIer Benjamin Young Youn at nt the First Methodist ch church preached Sunday Sun Sun- cIa day upon the tho theme lIe Ho that loveth mo TIU shall be le loved of oC m my J Father and I will uIl l Jovo o him hum and anel will manifest myself my- my 21 In part parte parthe parthe self unto him John John xiv he e spoke n as follows follows- I Lovo Jo tho the child and nd you ou win the h heart art of or the parent o the Christ l of oC od JI He lie and you ou find the heart ort that loveth lo mo me shall haJi ho bo loved lo of Tn rny my i Father ath r It Is worth something to have the consciousness of Gods God's io 10 love It I Is as a a. tonic to tho tue soul Ix 0 vo is iR the greatest rN to ro nobi action in 11 life ro To live conscious of or the divine approval means that my 01 11 life I Is In accord accord ac nc- ac- ac cord with the supreme life exemplified among men Love Lovo tho Iho Christ and know God Lowe Love the thc Christ and live c In th tie the peace and the Joy and the power of C God I Now to be con conscious In life of the abiding 10 love of the ho Father ather takes tokes mud muc much of or the drudgery out of it God od is no not fbi 1 a n fur oC off king approachable through 1 strange ana anil elaborate forms Corms but bul a J Father who would abide In hit our hear hearts and with whom we wp mn may bo Ie In constant on fellowship My 1 work vork Is known to the Father Farher Ho Ito Is solicitous for or ll my wt wel sei l. l fare are Ho Ike Is 15 anxious that I do m my best He lie desires that I 1 tru trust t hint him Implicitly Implicit I I have a part parl In the J. J Fathers Father's work Tho The Apostle po Paul poul often gloried In this fact He lie writes about bout It Wo We f nr are arc la laborers la- la borers together with God Here Is 1 a u aman aman uman man given n a a. hard task to perform I He lie Ie must carve carvo day after r cia day ilay at ol a granite block The architect toes does not come com to him hint with al n the plans of or the Ih great greit edifice He lie does not nol bring to him th the elevations of oC th the building or plans of the elaborate carvings with which the Interior Is to bo ho decorated On a sma small scale In simplest outline the work vork Is set pt forth Corth anti and th the stonecutter stonecutter stone tonco- cutter given gl his work The stone stone- worker Is not annoyed or worried over 1 the fact act 11 lie does dOR hs best The structure structure structure ture wJ will not b be perfected without that stone of oC a n. certain figure and anti proportion lion ion and representing some omi decorative ability lie He Is a u. factor In tho the great enterprise He lie Is a laborer r together with the iho architect Ills part Is la mentioned mentioned men men- In the plan Ills His work Is necessary necessary sary to ro the the- completed structure His Ills work Is not not not h drudgery Cr It ha has been blen dignified by nc necessity p irY It Is a a. part of oC the great scheme of or things The Tho architect architect architect archi archi- has hs given gInn thought to It U. He has a n particular place for that carved ell stone wrought rought out with such s toll toil and fice ice So I can come to live 11 In the consciousness consciousness con con- that m my work Is a part of Gods God's plan He lIe needs my 1 Cort The great temple which he Is not bo be perfected without my effort cort be beIn being being be- be ing In- manifested In some somo part of It My Iy task mn may be hard It mu may muy bo be wrought out In obscurity To mo mu It may seem wholly holl unnecessary but God has a a. place for tor It In his knowledge my ton toll tollIs tonIs Is dignified anti and my 01 task rask Is consecrated d. d I am working with him He lie knows and md nd calls cas for my 01 work done don at It Its best It rt Is be s such h consciousness s which glorifies glori glori- fies ries that which Is ordinary and com com- com o In life It Is that thal which lifts a 11 man up no matter what shat huEs his calling or r where he ma may strive He lie Is 15 not a drudge Ho He Is not in th the tho treadmill of rate fate lIe ile Is the child of tho the king and working up som some cI detail necessary to the completion of the tho great of or the Ea Father t h ci Two men go o f for r a walk in the tho spring time They wander through woodland and over 1 bright meadow and L by laughing laugh- laugh InS ing ng brook U by hed hedgerow erow and garden One Is tired with h tho Journey anti and has been een dreadfully bored bord In u all the tho walk The other has lias ii bern been c n Intoxicated with the wild revelry rc of or life The meadow was wasa a carpet of velvet ct green n for Cor his red feet The brook sung to 10 him u a merry melody of or jO joy The The Tho forests chant an un anthem I of or pral praise e for Cor him The thrush brush calling to o his JT male te In t the the hedgerow ho hedgerow Crow Nm smites smiles Ites t tho tue love strings In his hh own hf heart rt The Tho fragrance anti and tho the beauty 0 of the of-the the flowers flowers flow low lower er ers stealing stealing- In upon his n senses cl make him him think of or the tho paradise c of God Cod One Ono has lias caught no message Ines no Inspiration from tho the Journey the others other's soul Is fairly brimming over with an nn for th the glory o of nature Nature says if IC you qu lovo love me mp I will manifest st myself t to tt you you ou Says Br Bryant To him who In In love lovo of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms form she sho speaks A various arlo M language I could never nc understand John Burroughs Dur- Dur Bur Bur- roughs In his references to Drowning and Walt aIt Whitman To him Whitman Is h a fountain Of BrownIng Browning Brown- Brown Ing Ins Il he lie says Has The sheer effort of r readIng read read- ad- ad Ing 10 hh him of f leaping and dodging Ing and turning sharp corners to overtake his IOs meaning Is too inu much h for fot me on It Il makes make my mental bones boneR ache It Il Is Ig not that h he Is so subtle and profound for or he hc i is lo le less g in Itt both hoth thE thee respects rc than tItan Shakespeare hut but that he Ie Is Iq so IO abrupt an and elliptical and plays such I fantastic tri tricks kM with syntax Ills His verse is iN like lIku lIkua a wagon on a rOll rough h road He lie i Is full of bounce and antl vigor but hut It IL Is Iso iso o of tho the kind that thal b bruises I th the tho flesh anti and makes makeN one biles hi his tongue longue One Is surprised surprised sur sur- that one cite could so love lo Whitman and yet ct criticize Browning so 80 savage savage- ly Iy IM Is there any anything thins thins- finer In literature anywhere than In lie tho Ring und and the Boo Hook What hat tragedy what pathos patho-c- what passion what sacrifice s. rind 10 lovo- lovo are all li in us masterpiece of or Browning All of oC this Is IN Illustrative of or In my thought If you ou love me toe I will manifest myself to you joti u It is a n law Of oC I 11 life I f fe c. c It is also true truo In life The knowledge which h Is the thc delight t of or friendship hh o tie tie- cl ps out oitt of or reciprocal Influences As AR you ou love 10 him hint he Io Is li revealed rC to you You entrust him with more of your OUI ship anti and you know more of or his life Mother Iother knows nore about you yot than anyone else ls and md It is IN er very ery easy rasy to un tot tot- wh why TIll The poet sp speaks oleR to mo me b because causo I hu hay have In poetry pery my soul I If I ant ilm prosaIc prosaic pro pro- that which the tho pot poet Im has written will vill b bo be Ju Just t so o many words nut lint what would lir lIfe be without poetry and what liat would the world bo h. without pools poets So 0 o it is la in in music Ik III the e cla clash iJa of or in instrument In- In strument the throb of of- the hc the roll of oC the Jr great nl or organ an the blending pt pr of voices th tho sound of many mall wa wa- Js is It To 10 one nelt ll ii Js Is not much more mor titan than l noise Nothing Is ItS seen cen In It It and nothing Is full Cell by iy by U. U It i It Interprets nothing to the soul o of tIdeman tIde this man but to tu another It Is it tho the ma master soul speaking out In power In pas pas- slon Ion III In wild enthusiasm rn in pathetic walling wailinG Ih the lie highest emotions that tha move th the souls of mr men n. n It I Is the I sou soul o of ot Handel d or It Is the tho 1 vision Ion of the tue blind Beethoven or It Is Haydn overwhelmed over oVIr whelmed with the thc harmonies that como come floating down to 10 him from above al au althene all thene r are orr preaching to us UH nut and seeking to win us its owa away from ruin that lint which I Isor is sor sordid ld anti and earthly J If you will love hove II mo Ilic says flOS mu music lc I 1 will wiH t myself mys-Jr to you In harmony with title this soul law or orthis orthis this law operative In the life of I tho he world Jesus Jestis says sas lie He 11 that lint loveth 10 me ml 1 I I. will love him him anti and will manifest myself myself my my- self to him It Is IR a fl rare thing to be hI betaken taken Into th the c confidence of a n. man Occasionally I have havo met men who havo have felt It it not Incongruous to tell me inc something something some some- thing of oC their plans plaits and ancl hopes for life It has always boon been interesting What pictures have been painted during lurIng that quiet UIN office hour What hot castles have been hn erected In iii I the tue corner What hiitt Inspiration In iii listening to In the plans which nl are ait meant to 10 guide In the unfolding of some somo noble mind Friendship Friend ship and anel love hove have brought out tilt the beauty anti and str strength and anel glory glur of or the thc thereal real man If IC you OU love lovo mt me says jays Christ I will tell you some of ito tho s secrets cret of or my 01 soul lie He that In tho Iho place of oC the lie most high bight shall abide tinder till the shadow o of the Al Al- mighty rite Tho secrets of the l Lord are arc with ith them that thal fear ear him I will wll show you ou he hi says says- 1 the hi true springs of oC character I 1 will tell tell you ou how heaven he-aven line has suffered for you and anti longed for Cor or you ou I will tt tell you about th the meanIng meaning mean- mean Ing InK of oC tho rho cross eros I will tell you about th the hard harel things which have hav come Into your our If life I wi will explain as aM to that period of or darkness f and ond that time of disaster I wI will vili te tell you h why we wo had to take the babe bahe from rom mothers mother's arms arm and lie strong vigorous man map from his life task J If you Oi love lovo me I wI will manifest mani test fest myself mY to you vou Tho greatest words of the tho Bible are arp I here The rIte greatest Inspiration for life Ufe I j I Is here The Tho Incentive to highest ef efI effort ef- ef I fort Is Ig h here rl That which hn has quickened L I the tho mind of poet PON anti and philosopher that which has stirred dramatist dral anti and chief chief- uin that rhal which has haM kindled tl a n. lam flame Inthe In iii th the heart of oC th the lie king ane anti pa peasant ant anti and moved mO men everywhere I Is Gods God's I will 10 love lo you anti and I will manifest st m self to 10 you It Is made possible Iner in r e every life by love |
