Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1914 — The Spring of Life. [ARTICLE]

The Spring of Life.

Sod has spoken to man in such ft simple way that a ohlM can understand the heart of His revelations. Simplicity la a mark of true greatness. Many of our most renowned men have been in their inner lives as simple as children In their faith toward God. The Father of his Country could he found at prayer at Valley Forge. To have a simple faith Is not inconsistent with Inquiry and questioning. Nobodyasks as many questions as ft child, and he is not satisfied until he receives a direct answsr. Only God’s •newer could be final. God is not an awful God to us, but our heavenly Father. He has our welfare at heart, and has always bad. We can safely trust to Him our lives, our families, our absent ones, and trust Him to help us find a way to tbs perplexities of life. To trust Him is to stop worrying, to sleep- well and to work harder. . . __ We love Him for 'the -same reason that we love our parents, because -He first loved ttS- The test of fhis love is not our professions, but our obedience. Where a child lovee his father he does what he saye. This is • Hfe of beauty and happiness—the spring of life. It is to do your dally work better because you have a light heart, to be a greater service to others because you have been helped, and to freshen an with fragrance ha