Show TOURS SUNSET LAND my isy oi UKA A i F i aate ari lt header eader its ei evening ening and wo we watch it a pleasant moment as the sun lit in one la 1 extort calls forth tho the lingering shafts of gold and purple and settles down ilowit on oil its westward path and we would follow but the thickness of the n night i forbids another day and we experience contentedly the glories hut attend till falls the night and once again we feel the urge of rest lei some deep magnetic force that inaus ui hid westward stward vc with tho the sun suit at it promises a joy unfound a soft illumining illum ining of certain mysteries that we have pondered yet have left the mysteries of god and our creation yet is this mystery au all impenetrable the urge was avas early felt remember lit in the feudal days of the romantic cast a wave of soulful anxiety crowded dangerously upon the more fixed forms of worship and those who felt this restlessness found haven in the west the pilgrims puritans the found severally the right u to worship god according to the dictates of their souls a privilege b be e bitting to our moral heritage alvi with t 1 I 1 eyes lifted to a noble horizon they sought bought enlightenment in the direction of ill the setting sun leavin leaving I 1 behind a sea of forbidding tradition they found the promised laud land rewarding of their faith and hopefulness in jhc thc realm of the unlimited they kursu pursued ed the soulful quest to interpret the joi of life and its responsibilities our world was bldr then and capable of shaking off habits of earlier I 1 lation such formalisms as were binding ling to its growth and changing still we know that it goes on its knowledge and powers expanding with a stateliness remarkable such is life lifa such is progress at an age when the maturity of earth ina made de timely certain other sacred truths a now new enlightenment from heaven bleser the land a truth that needed for its nanee nance the freedom of the west that prolonged ray of unreserved light which frames the sun une unendingly pursuing its appointed course yet courage finds a place and holds its day when pilgrimage is made tile the active urge let us partake again ain ga with gratitude the virtues of the noble pioneers that reinforcing strength we ind find contributory what of the ener energy y of the modern exodus IN westward hot ho cringing wheels munched the sand in a tune A savage arrow claimed the fore most of the oxen leaving a nervousness to the remaining A hymn ot praise ascended as the theme song of a living story what were the wilds of the west ireae treacherous berous torrents maddened tribes driven dangers as the fathers had overcome and excluded pushed into a density by a growing in civilization westward lio ho what propelled tin th wheel of the handcart what force inspired the weary mother mothe r to tru trudge ge after t the he yoken bar spending hei strength and her beauty upon the rocks and thorns of a wasteland ad venture it fades when the vision of frozen feet or hunger fevered lips r heartless massacre beats merciless upon those endeared cowardice forbid the thought ht when to deny meant to remain in the peacefulness of home who would offer his flesh to the wolves of the great I 1 who would sacrifice his child upon the alter of a rude handcart who would desert his lifes accomplishment ex ce dept pt he were dominated by au an all pro viding faith the kind of faith that moses di splayed displayed when he forfeited the palace of a kill king to lead a promised people through the perils of an imposing posing g wilderness the kind of faith that permitted endurance no mystical illusion has power to direct such a pilgrimage much less has a soulless idol faith must have an object it must have an inspirer a donner it is a sift gift from god to those hose in whom ile he recognizes a receptivity for his love glorious is the light of truth happy is he who vh trends treads therein westward lio ho freedom to worship god spoken over monday at april 17 1033 1933 by 0 F P r |