Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-10-22 | Page 4 | Dr. James I. Vance

Dr, James L Vance 4 The other day 1 had a letter from a woman elgnlng herself "A Gold Star War Mother." 1 knew at once the tragic sorrow Into which her pen wa dipped when she wrote She was one ol the hundred thousand mothers who led the way and gave their bc.t thai libartj might not perish fr..m the eir;li one may well stop and listen when such u woman's heart speaks. In the little note were two qucs Hons. Flral. what will take s man to he.i en. and after he gets there, make him pleasing to God? Second, what will take a woman to) heaven for sure and everlasting stay, and happiness forever'.' Tlu- two guestldns are Just one. They art the reaching out of a human soul for certitude about a goal that shall .ideiualely compensate life for all lt losses. What answer can 1 gie? I can only declare my faith. The thing that makes heaven a dST-talnty dST-talnty hereafter Im the thing that hates,; .Hid there can be no neil Tor a heart laii. -"-tmf. t.. Inii'h 1 1 m III love oik another Perfect Iov cast? jout fear. Heaven is not a mechanical paru j disc. Things can never make pc-opk happy. Some of tne most unhappy I people I have known had everything I that monev ould buy . bul they livefl I for self. Love lives for others. Little gold star war mother a nutn who has learned from the King ofLovi I to lay down his life for the brethren'' will not find the door of happlnSSI shut In his face in any world. He ha-heaven ha-heaven within. And if you have learned this secret and you have one in coming to i meet you In the shadows Who will ay ' Ho that lovoth much, 1 much forgiven for-given " Heaven is the home country of the King of Love. One must bellc-vc lit the King Then will come that ecstacy Which ah "I know whom 1 have believed." There is no greater certitude than thle.