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Show J I i linoluntary architects, wc shnpo and H rear four lion far on niches, establish- I TWin ing and beautifying (hem or making them H iTAclll unsafe and unsightly by all wo nro and do. Hj Jg What arc you making jour family house, J our home, out of? I)) idly, honor, truth, H 21 unselfiiilinci'ii are tlie four corners of loo's H lIlilrlf! inclosiire, the safegimrds of its teaching H AJlllllH-r ml(l j,8njr,jj ministry, tlio nnchorngo of H tho hearts it sends forth for struggle with J rKV. tiiomas rowio sail Hie world. Hiiwinkii. You build n house for yourself in eo- E eiely. lliismiiis and social intercourse nro H its life. Integrity, industry, justice, and H oodwill are its tormrstoiies. Do jou srpiaro to there? M With what are wu building our national liouw? Liberty B mil justice, tipuilit) mid brotherhood, bound the circuit of our national H SH What kind of n Iiouki doe jour religion make for jou? A chamber H if horror, where morbid conscience and unjust authority hold jou in 18 (error? An un fenced plain, with tho uncharled heavens to guide, jou over (J in unknown earth? What arc tho landmarks of this great oslato? jjH llocreiue for (lod and for all that is, because God made it, fuith, in tho ipi good in men and for men; hope, for the ultimate triumph of right in our- H lehes and in the world; lou, for nil Clod's world, here and bejond tho B ruil of dentil, specially to help those who need. Does jour religion mnko H t easier for jou to resist temptation? Does it help jou to be brave, wor- HB (Inly ambitious, untiring? Don it make jou patient, sympathetic, helji- K ful? Does it bring thu unseen and spiritual closer to jour consciousness, IpH with tlio appeal of its suireme, controlling, lusting worth? This is the H tabernacle of Clod, let down out of heaven for each man, and which each H may make tangible for himtclf. In this is the peace that path under- H stamling, nnd jojs forevermore. H I'our houses? There is n fifth tlio house of character. Thought and 'J detiire, puroe and oxjM'rience, weave a tent, Iho expression of ourselves, iVH which we can never (put and through which wo look and work upon Iho jflE world. What if it be'tlie poisoned shirt of N'omiis, tormenting Hercules si to his death? What if it bo tho creative foregleum of the building of (Jod, IB tho bona1 not made with hands, eternal in tho heavens? To attain that jH revelation toil and pain are well pB worth while. rrtx V&iwvC fOaAA. |