Article March 14, 1903 Issue

Religious Items

with contributions from PHILLIPS BROOKS, JOSEPH PARKER, MARY R. S. ANDREWS

W. N. Thomas says in The Standard:—

"Lives may be lived dominated by the worldly or the religious. The worldly shuts out the high thoughts, narrows the sympathies, and limits the range of life. The religious shuts out from nothing worthy in any sphere, but widens the range of effort, multiplies the points of contact for life, and opens new fields of promise. The worldly is the source of despair. The religious is the spring of hope. To be dominated by the religious is to recognize that there are gains that do not lend themselves to ordinary measurements, but are none the less real. . . .

"He who lives the life worth the living always garners larger income for his work than can find an equivalent in money. Even where character is not appreciated by the busy business world, it still has its worth and power in self and for the world. But it is of these facts that men and women need to be persuaded. Their faith must be taught to grip these facts so that no world defeat can tear them from their souls. They can be shown that the highest work of the spirit, and therefore the best work for the world, may be found where eyes see only defeat. Jew and Gentile called the life of Jesus a failure and rejoiced in their victory over him. But history has reversed the decision and declared a cross the means of triumph and a tomb the birthplace of life. Such faith would turn the thought and work to the future. It would give to all human activities the glow and zest of the forward look. Despair would flee away from the soul that worked to share in all that is done and is to be accomplished."

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