THE MORNING ASTORIANr SUNDAY, APRIL 3,1904.
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SUNDAY MORNING THOUGHTS
FOR USE DURING THE WEEK
EASTER.
Behold, I tell you a mystery. Undoubtedly the
reMirrection of the body and the immortality of the
soul are "mysteries." And, because they are,
thotigtlens people reject them. Now, if this is a good
reason, let us reject everything. For, at last, every
thing is an insoluble mystery. When we want to
expres our idea of the absolute simplcity of an idea,
we -say ; "It is as plain an two sticks." But nothing
can be more mysterious than those very sticks. Once
they were livinjr trees, and you can no more under
stand what that life was than you can understand
infinity and eternity. Mystery hovers over all things
here below. All are shrouded in a veil. "Every
grain of sand is a mystery, so is every daisy in sum
mer, and so is every snowflake in winter. Both up
wards and downwards and all around us. science and
speculation pass into mystery at last." The presence
of mystery is no ground for unbelief, it is rattier a
reason for faith. The commonest facts and laws of
nature, the daily provinces of life, are as full of in
comprehensibleness as the deepest doctrines of re
ligion. A religion without mystery would be as re
pugnant as a seed without life or a lwxly without a
soul. "There is no religion without mystery. God
himself is the great secret of nature. To me the beat
ing of my heart, the expansion and contraction of
my lungs, the ceasless flow of thought in my brain,
are as staggering as the resurrection of my body after
death. It is these very mysteries that are the fuel of
faith.-C. P. Gom, in S. S. Times.
THE EAST Ell OF THE HUMAN HEART.
In many a heart on Easter Day
There is a tomb
Close shut by stone and seal of grief,
Enwrapped in gloom.
Dear Christ in Heaven this Easter Day,
From Thy far throne .
Send angels down to break the seal,
Roll back the stone.
The Independent.
Easter dav more than anv other day in the round
of the year is full of comfort. It brings a message of
hope and cheer for the disappointed and the sor
rowing. In that country whither our Lord has gone,
life's wronirs will be riirhted, life's miseries forgot
ten in the abundant and eternal joy of his presence.
To the aching heart that longs for the touch of a
vanished hand and the sound of a voice that is still"
vaster day bears a sweet assurance of reunion. The
empty tomb is the empty pledge of a day yet to dawn :
"And with the morn those angel faces smile,
Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile!"
The event celebrated on Easter day is associated
not only with the dearest hopes, but with the best in
terests of humanity. There is no mightier motive
in operation among men than the consciousness of
immortality. Discredit that and you wreck the dyna
mo that whirls the wheels of life in its best phases.!
.But the corner-stone of the doctrine of immortality
is the stone that was rolled away from the sepulchre s
door when Jesus rose from the dead. It is because
he lives that I shall not see death. Pacific Christian
Advocate.
CONTINUAL EASTERS.
The life of a true Christian seems to be continu
ally full of Eastern; to be one perpetual renewal of
things from the lower to the higher, from their tern-
porial to their spiritual shape and power. This is the
true meaning of the self-sacrifice and aeli-denial
with which the Christian's life is filled. You are
called on to give up a luxury, and you do it. The
little piece of comfortable living is quietly buried
away underground. But that is not the last of it.
The small indulgence which would have made your
one else, will see it in time. Don't flinch. Keep a
undergoes some strange alterations in us burial, and
comes out a spiritual quality which blesses and en
riches your soul forever and ever. You surrender
some ambition which had exercised a proud power
over you, in whose train and shadow you had hoped
to live with something of its glory cast on you. You
send that down into its grave, and that, too, will not
rest there. You surrender a dear friend at the call
of death, and out of his grave the real power of
friendship rises stronger and more eternal into your
life. So the partial and imperfect and temporary are
always being taken away from us and buried, that
the perfect and eternal may rise out of their tombs
to bless us. Phillip Brooks.
Keep a stiff upper lip. Your fortune depends on
it more than upon mere ability or money. In fact,
you can win without either money or ability, if you
keep a stiff upper lip.
It is easier to think this than to do it. There may
hp hollow cheeks at home, debts fast accumulating
When called to defend a position, your whole future
may seem to hang on one man's favor. Keep a stiff
upper lip.
The beginning of your explanation may offend,
another part may not be clear, and finally the whole
scheme be pooh-poohed. If you are right he, or some
one else, will se it in time. Don't flinch. Keep a
stiff upper lip.
In business, as in politics, men act dual parts. De
spite appearances, your scheme may have been fa
ored. Can you represent another mant That is the
question. Is it saef to back you with money! Can
you keep a stiff upper lip !
Here is where most men fall down. They labor in
the slavery of fear. Trust yourself. If you have a
good idea, develop it. Await the occasion. Then
spring it. Expect the best things. If they don't come
at first, remember they will. Just keep a stiff upper
lip.
Get into the habit of doing things. Form a league
with system. Live one moment at a time. Keep a
stiff upper lip. System.
language he did not understand, and
ten more In administering blow he
did not feel.
"Third, when you found he m de.
termined not to proceed you could
have removed hla pack and carried It
up without lone of breath, but yon
waited to push both Ass and pack.
'Fourth, having now arrived at the
top of the hill, and having done me
the honor to ask my opinion of the af
fair I will Bay-"
"You'll Bay that I'm another, of
course."
'Nay, friend, I would not put It that
wsy. Bather would I observe mat
having taken the wrong road and come
three mllee out of my way I would now
hobble down hill again and bring
about a family separation."
Moral: "Gosh, but that wan a cloee
call for us!" exclaimed the Peasant to
bis Am a he gave him a shove to
start him homeward.
, Frofli and the Ducks.
Frogs and Ducks had occupied the
same pond for a year or two and got
along wlttmt the slightest Ill-feeling,
but when the water began to get low
an old Drake called a public meeting
of the Ducks and said to them: -
"Being that we are the largest and
need the most water to swim In,- the
flops should take themselves oft to
some other place. s All In favor of
giving the Frogs a hint will please say
aye; contrary, no. The Ayes have It,
and I will take It upon myself to do
some talking at an early date."
Frogs had meanwhile got wind of
whxt was up and also called a public
meeting. After considerable talk It
was resolved that the ducks ought to
go. When notice was served upon
each faction by the other there was a
hot old time, and It finally was decided
to leave It to the farmer to say who
should go and who should stay.
"it stands to reason that he must
prefer us," replied the Frogs.
Both sides of the case were stated
to Uncle Josh at length, and after
scratching his head for a while he
said: .
"I had never thought of it before,
but now that you call my attention to
it, lemme say that you are both nui
anees and ought to. be abolished, and
IU ,ise the pond" to grow cat-tails and
Kalamazoo celery." -Moral:
: There might be a Jar for a
day or two, but tbe world could man
age to run on If several of us great
men died at once. It la when we ap
peal to others to flatter our usefulness
that we find ourselves considered of
no use at all.
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Attorneys For Burton Prepare Bill of
Exceptions.
St. Louis, Mo., April S. Attorneys
for tho defense In the case of United
States Senator J. R. Burton, of Kansas
who have been preparing a bill of ex
ceptions to seoue a re-hearing since
Senator Burton was found guilty Mon
day, completed the bill today and sub
mitted it to the counsel representing
the government. Assistant District
Attorney Norton, to whom the bill was
given, said the 'government will. In aU
probability, have completed its exam
ination of the document by Tuesday at
the latest It will then be returned to
the defense, who will file it with the
United States district court If mo
tions are denied sentence will be pro
nounced on Senator Burton. He will
then be permitted to give a new bond,
pending his appeal to the United
States district court of appeals.
UNCLE ELI'S FABLES
It Did't Corns Off.
At the rear end of the smoking car
a man was holding his hand to his
Jaw and evidently suffering with tooth
ache. He stood it about an hour, and
then rose up and demanded of the
other twenty passengers in the car:
"Is there anybody here who says
that Christopher Columbus discovered
America T"
No one answered and he sat down
again. Ten minutes later one of the
crowd made bold to ask him why he
put such inquiry, and he answered:
"I've had the toothache for two full
flays, and I wanted a chance to call
some one a liar and get up a fight
Lion and the Mouse.
Once upon a time the King of Beasts
who was taking a little walk in. hopes
to pick up anything fat that might
have escaped from the Dime Museum
suddenly found himself in a hole.
Many a politician has done that and
got out with only the loss of his coat-
tails, but m this case there was a big
fishnet to tangle things up and make
climbing out Impossible.
After btUng and clawing and rolling
over for half an hour the Lion gave It
up and pictured to himself his skin ly
ing on the library floor of a western
beef packer. He had composed his
nerves and was ready for the worst
whtn a Mouse who waa on his way to
town meeting, stopped to see what the
row was. Hope rose In the Lion's
heart at once and he said:
"You are but a little thing but you
have sharp teeth. Would you do me
the favor to gnaw through this net
in about fifty different places T"
"With all my teeth," replied the
Mouse, and he fell to It at once.
Cord after cord was bitten through,
and at length the captive got a brace
with his hind legs and snapped the
remaining cords and was free. He
was profuse In his thanks and promis
es, and it so happened that a week
later he looked in at the open kitchen
door of a Peasant's cabin and saw the
mouse In a trap.
"It Is my turn now to appeal to you,"
said the mouse. "Tou see the situa
tion I am in, and I am sure that one
bite of your strong teeth "
"Oh, certainly greatest of pleasure,"
replied the Lion, and opening his jaws
he swallowed trap, Mouse and all, and
sauntered away to observe:
Moral: One good turn deserves an
other, but there always is a chance
of overdoing It.
Wayfarer, Peasant and Ass.
One day a wayfarer who had reach
ed the foot o a long hill sat down to
rest himself beore going further and
while he was taking his ease a Peas
ant appeared driving a loaded Ass be
fore him. The beast plodded along
wiling enough until he found the
ground rising sharply under his feet,
and then he stood still an refused to
hudre another foot. The Peasant call
ed him names and made threats, and
at length gave him a vigorous beating
with a club, but all without avail. As
last resort the Peasant got behind
the Ass and after an hour's hard work
sncceeded In pushing him and his bur
den up the hill. The Wayfarer had
accompanied him at a slow pace, and
without comment and as the brow of
the hill was reached the exhausted and
irritated Peasant turned on him with:
"Tou have seen it all and kept still,
but now I suppose you have something
smart to get off?"
"Nothing extraordinary gdod," re
plied the Wawfarer. as he stopped to
pick a pebble out of his shoe. "First
ly, had you taken the other road and
skirted the hill your Ass and his bur
den would have been two miles ahead
ere this.
"Second, when your Asa balked you
Inst twentv minutes In swearing; in a
Reformed Wolf and Goat
One day the wolf, who hadn't tasted
goat meat, for three months, and was
licking his chops over the thought of
it approached the shed wherein Wil
liam was stabled and called to him
that a little conversation was in order.
The Goat put his head through an
open window and hoped that he saw
his old friend as well as he could be
expected after a hot summer. The
Wolf said his health was all he could
ask for, and that he had nothing t
worry about except that his mother-
in-law exhigblted a slight tendency to
go Into a decline. Conversation flow
ed easily for a few minutes, and then
the Wolf observed:
"What I came to say to you today
was that I have reormed. Yes, after
thinking thinks over I have made a
great change in my appetite."
"Gone back on fried oysters V smiled
the Goat.
"Take me seriously, please. "I no
longer care for goat meat on my menu.
This being so"
"I need not fear your
"That's It exactly. You can come
right down here and play with the In
my back yard and feel perfectly safe.
"My dear friend," said the goat af
ter laying In a fresh cud, "I will not
take It upon me to deny that you have
reformed, as you assert and that you
would, no longer eat me. If you could.
but as long as you have your teeth
left I will feel safest not to give them
a chance to snut logemer mi nr
meat."
"Is It right to doubt my Intentions r
pathetically inquired the Wolf.
"It Is not, and I do not doubt- them.
What I doubt la whether your lntn-
tlons are stronger than your teeth.
Ta-ta. Look out for the old man with
the gun."
Moral: Gamblers do reform, but
they never convince themselves or
anybody else of the fact.
Fleishman Wants Right.
Constantinople, April 2. United
States Minister Leishmann has dad a
special Interview with Foreign Minis
ter Tewflk Pasha on the subject of the
official recognition of the American
schools, hospitals and charitable Insti
tutions in Turkey. Mr. Leishmann
pressed the foreign minister for a
speedy answer to the matter, demand
ing that the American establishments
be given the same status as is granted
to similar Institutions of other powers.