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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1906)
Knew. I rlnren(lttnr. Sunday School Teacher Can any of "William," said the boss, "sort those you children tell me what was King es into two piles. They are to be told THE BBEAD 01" LIFE. By Henry F. Cope. Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out f the mouth of God. Matt lv., 4. There are lives that have bread In abundance and yet are starved; with tarns and warehouses filled, with shelves and larders laden they are empty and hungry. No man need envy them ; their . feverish, restless whirl Is but the search for satisfac tion uever to be found In things. Called rich in a world where no others are more truly, pitiably poor, having all, yet lacking nil because they have ne glected the things within. The abundance of bread Is the cause of many a man's deeper hunger. Hav ing known uotlilng of the discipline that develops life's hidden sources of satisfaction, nothing of the struggle In which deep calls unto deep and the true life finds itself, he spends his daj-s la sccUSnz to nt!fy his smil with furniture, houses and lauds, with yachts and merchandise, seeklug to feed his heart on things, a process of less promise and reasou than feeding a snapping turtle on thoughts. If the heart be empty the life can not be tilled. The flow must cease at the faucet If the foundations go dry. The prime, the elemental necessities f our being are for the life rather than the body, Its house. But, alas, iiow often out of the marble edifice Issues the poor emaciated Inmate, how out of the life having many things comes that which amounts to noth ing. - The essential things are not often those which most readily strike our blunt senses. We see the shell first. To the undeveloped mind the material Is ull there Is. But looking deeper into life there comes an awakening to the fact and the significance of the spirit ual, the feeling that the reason, the emotions, the Joys and pains that have nothing to do with things, the ties that knit on to the Infinite, all constitute the permanent elements of life. Because man Is a spirit his life nev er can consist wholly In things; he must come Into his heritage of the soul wealth of all the ages; he must reach out, though often as in the dark, until Across the void there comes voices, the sages and the seers, the prophets, and the poets speaking the language of the soul. In these he finds his food nor can his deeper hunger be assuaged un til It thus Is fed. Because man Is a spirit and gradu ally is coming Into the dominant spirit life In which things shall count for Jess and thought and character for more, he seeks utter his own kind. The deeps of life have their relationships. The .spirit of man cries out after the father of spirits. By whatever name men have called the most high they ever have sought after him the eternal who would be one with them In soul, In all that Is essential and uhliling lu being. Every religion, every philosophy, ev ery endeavor after character and truth Is but the cry of humanity for word with God. Hearing His word on any lip the heart of man answers with Joy, The words of eternal truth have been the food of the great In all ages. Faint ing lu the fight the message from the unseen, the echo of everlnstlng verities lias revived their spirits ; they have fought the fight that despises things and seeks truth. Who would not exchange a mess of pottage for the benediction from a fatb er's Hps? Who Is so dead he no longer finds more satisfaction lu truth and Jove and beauty thau In food or furnl ture? And why are we so foolish as still to seek to satisfy ourselves with things that perish, while down to the least blade of creation earth Is laden with unfading riches, God Is every where, and every open heart may hear His voice? If we might but learn this lesson we people of the laden hand and the empty heart, that since life Is more thau digestion and man more than beast or machine, since determining all Is the spiritual world, they only are wise who set first things first, who use the garnered experience of the past and the opportunities of the present to the enriching of the soul, who lis ten among all the voices of time for the words that proceed from the Up of Him who Inhablteth eternity. winter thou thyself hast formed them. Psalms lxxiv17. The psalmist and all the godly men and prophets of the biblical age at tained their greatness and distinction, uot through scientific researches, nor through art and philosophy, like the ancient wise men of Rome and Greece, but through their childlike confidence and faith In the Almighty. From such a faith they not only drew their Inspiration, but also their moral strength and solace In gloomy hours of trouble and affliction. In all the occurrences of life In the sum mer, when the sun of happiness smiled on them, and in the winter, when life seemed to them dark and dreary they beheld the finger of God. Hence the one could not render them vain and overbearing and the other could not dishearten and render them despond ent and downcast. "For everything that emanates from Him has been calculated for man's welfare." These holy men of old firmly be lieved that all natural phenomena, summer and winter, have their origin from and their existence In Him. Hence they never shirked their duties, neither amidst the torrid heat of sum mer, ri"r nTn!1"t the fwzlng wW of winter. Patriarch Jacob, therefore, whose vocation In his younger days was that of a shepherd, tells how con scientiously he kept Laban's sheep, saying "In the day the heat consumed me and the frost by night and my sleep departed from my eyes." A firm and childlike confidence and faith in the fact that all the works of nature have been formed and ordained so wisely and so beautifully by the Al mighty is of Incalculable good. It Is elevating, edifying, encouraging and Idealizing. True religion and such a faith are Inseparably united. One without the other Is worthless and ineffective. Had not the psalmist been Imbued with such a faith he could never have enriched the world with his sacred psalms and sweet hymns. Had not the divine men and prophets of old been animated with such a faith they would have been unable to pour forth the sub lime emotions and holy effusions which have been transmitted to mankind through the medium of Ills holy scrip tures. How much Improved would mankind be collectively and Individually If they adopted and fostered the psalmist's faith. "It is Thou who has set up all the boundaries of the earth, summer and winter Thou Thyself hast formed them." Since the all-wise Creator has called Into existence the universe and all things therein, and since He In His endless grace sustains and upholds all His handiwork, It would be unreason able to assert that man, the best work manship of the Creator, Is left uncared for and exposed to the pranks of blind chance. We should, therefore, Implant In our hearts the faith of the psalm ist. We should never forget that we stand under God's providence, which guides our steps and directs our path. Then we shnll surely be cautious not to Incur His righteous displeasure, but strive to please Him and sanctify His holy name by our noble deportment and exemplary actions. SOLACE FOB ALL ILLS. By Rev. Dr. Folk Vidaver It la thou who bast set up all the boundaries of the earth," cummer and SHORT METER SERMONS. Work cures worry. I Sorrow Is the parent of many a song. The law -Is best kept when It is lost In love. To work for love Is to learn to love your work. The only way to discover truth Is by doing truth. The doing of dally duty makes every day divine. The gate of heaven opens only to foot passengers. He who cheers others need not fear for himself. The right to rule Is acquired by rul ing ourselves aright. The front door to delight runs through the garden of duty. The man who lacks moral muscle al ways thinks he Is meek. The man who laughs at his troubles soon laughs over them. This always Is a dirty world to peo ple who seek nothing but dust. If you want to find a happy Chris tian look for a wholehearted one. The church finds her beauty when she Is a chisel Instead of a statue. It's not the engine with the loudest exbnust that Is hauling the longest train. If you would hear the Joy of heaven you must go Into the saddest places of earth. It does not follow that yon are help ing men to heaven because you are In sisting that they keep step with you. Wlgg BJones was after a political Job for a long time. What's he doing now? Wagg Nothing. He got It Philadelphia Record. "Your son Is studying art, I believe. Has he made much progress?" "Oh, yes. He Is able to talk the language quite fluently." Judge. She Did you notice the beautiful palms In the new restaurant? He The only palms I saw were the wait ers'. Boston Transcript "Do you think It pays country people to take In city boarders?" "Certainly, as long as the boarders don't find it out" Baltimore American. Country Minister My parishioners gave me a donation party last week. Sympathetic Friend How much did you lose? SomervIIIe Journal. Visitor Are there any fish In the river Native Fish! I should rather think there was. Why, the water's sim ply saturated with 'em! runch. Employer What, then, are your de mands? Committee of Union We want more money and shorter hours so's we can have time to spend it Puck. Kind Lady How many servants does your mother keep, dear? Small Girl- She doesn't' keep any; they're always coming and going. Boston Transcript Lady-Did the natives l'.Ue the per fumed soap I sent them Returned Missionary No, madam, they bit It and threw It away. Detroit Free Press. Church What do you think of your wife's voice since she took music les sons ' Gotham It's no better; but there seems to be more of It. lonkers Statesman. "Who were the chief benenciarles un der your uncle's will?" "The automo bile manufacturers. Each legatee bought two as soon as they got their money." Judge. Mother .(to Tommy, who has Just said his prayers) Tommy, you forgot to ask the Lord to take care of your baby sister. Tommy No, I didn't, ma. I'll take care of her myself. Life. An old lady on the witness stand at Belllnzona, Switzerland, gave her age as 102. But It was ascertained on cross-examination, that she was 106. She explained that she was "ashamed of being so old." "A great many people do things they are sorry for." "Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. "The trouble Is that they often fail to realize that they are sorry till they get Into the newspapers." Washington Star. "Aud best of all," said the boastful American, "we have no titled aristo cracy to support over here." "No," re plied the foreigner, "but you have a good many titled sons-in-law to sup port over here." Judge. "Do you believe that Samson lost his strength by having bis hair cut?" ask ed the non-believer. "I have no reason to doubt it," replied the practical man. "A talkative barber always makes me tired." Chicago Dally Nejvs. Mr. Verycareful (to his new man) William, do you smoke? William (with large expectations of a pfrfecto) Yes, Mr. Verycareful Well, here Is a box of .safety matches. I allow no other sort on the premises. Judge. "Does your chauffeur have any per quisites?" asked Mrs. Van Uppson. "He had one the first week he was with us," replied Mrs. Neurlch, "but I Induced him to sign the, pledge, and he hasn't had any since." Chicago Dally News. "Alas!" confessed the penitent man, "in a moment of weakness I stole a car load of brass fittings." "In a moment of weakness?" exclaimed the Judge. "doodness, man ! what would you have taken If you had yielded in a moment when you felt strong?" Judge. Dumley I met a fellow to-day who was simply nutty about a burled treas ure; couldn't talk of anything else. Peckham That reminds me or my wife. Dumley Oh, does she talk about one? Peckham Yes; her first husband. I'm her second, you know. Philadel phia Ledger. "No, Tommy," said his mother, "you can't have any more cake. You've had enough." "What a fine little fellow he is," replied the guest; "and when you're a man, Tommy, what are you go ing to do?" "I'm goln' ter buy too much of everything I like to ent," re- piled Tommy, sulkily. Philadelphia Press. David's nationality? Willie Hebrew. S. S. T. That's right Now, can any one tell me bis wife's nationality? Annie (after pause) I know, teach er. S. S. T. Well, Annie, you may tell us. . Annie Shebrew. Toledo Blade. 17. L. DOUGLAS 3.50 &3.00 Shoes BEST IN THE WORLD W.LDouglas $4 Gilt Edge line cannotbaequalledatanyprica SHOES FOB EVERYBODY AT ALL PKICE3. 1.00. Boys' Shoes, S3 noes. E4. OO to Cl.fiO. Ulaaea' As Children's Stioea. (3.SS to Sl.OO. Try W. I.. Douglas Women', Aliases and Children's shoes; lor style, lit ana wear tliny excel other makes. If I could take you into my large factories at Brockton, Mass., and show you how caiciuuy .L. isuu&iis6uob5 are made, you would then understand why they hold their shape, fit better, wear longer, and are of greater value than any other make. Wherever you live, you can obtain W. L. Douglas shoes. His name and price Is stamped on the bottom, which protects you against high prices and interior snoes. Takm no suosro tu t. Ask your dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes and Insist upon having them. Fast Color Eyelets used; thea will not wear Drossy. Write for Illustrated Catalog ol hall Styles. W. U DOUGLAS, Dept. 13. Brockton, Mass, Clanatfylntr Him. Mrs. Browne I saw some rhymes In the paper to-day by Penyer Liner. Mrs. Malaprop Yes, he's a friend of mine. ' Mrs. Browne So you told me. By the way, "Penyer Liner" Is a pseu donym, of course. Mrs. Malaprop Not much he ain't J He's a good Baptist Philadelphia Press. Heroism Is generally a foo'lsh act with a successful termination. To Shoe Dealers ! W. I. Douglas' Job bing Horn la ihe moat eowplele In Hits country Sendor CataloQ Mori's Shoss, IB to tosi.uo. women s at different prices. "Yes, sir," said tht boy. "Th fresh and the near fresh?" "No, you lunkhead ; the big and the little," Chicago Tribune. Information. The train had stopped for water at a little station in the country. The passenger with the skull cap, see ing a lone native standing on the station platform, addressed him. - "Farmers around here seem to have been cutting a good deal of hay this morning," he said. "Yes, sir," answered the native. "They're taking risks. Don't you think It looks like rain?" "Sort o" "What do you suppose they will do It it does rain?" "I reckon they'll have sense enough to go in out of It, mister." Chicago Trib une. la the Nick of Time. Coleridge was enumerating tht stench es of Cologne. He had counted up to seventy-one, and stopped in despair. "That seems to be ail!" he muttered. "And I've just got to have another one!" At this moment an automobile whizzed by. "Ah !" he exclaimed. "There it is !" Sniffing the strange odor with satisfac tion in spite of its disagreeable quality, he proceeded to write his immortal poem. Mean Man. "So the burglar that paid your home a visit the other night wasn't a 'gentle man burglar'?" said Mrs. A. "I I should say not," pouted Mrs. Z. "He took all of your money?" "Jt-yes." "And all of your Jewels?" "Y-yes. B-but I could have stood all of that, but for one thing." "And what was that, dear?" "He he said the baby was home ly." The other day in Paris a dog was seen in a motor car with a well-fitted pair of blue spectacles to protect his eyes. What You Can Do -.-sf II (Sj VvllII I This W Oil With a Perfection Oil Heater you can heat a cold x bed-room, make a sick-room more comfortable, warm a chilly hallway, heat water quickly, and do many things better than can be done with any other stove no matter what fuel it burns. 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