,,:iiet.. l,4Tlwnaorld without a. ~·=:,•'·The~~WBB :oo more sea." A. worW witaout.,. pliyaicabiiii, we confess, does·not strike 118 as attracti"'e: 'Dhe sea la 011.e; <i£,.t1- ~ au mosb;beneficent parta of-this wod<l.· It is'to,tbe earth whit tibe blood ii· W.fibe 11ody.:;c,it ,circulates through ita. 'evtry:part, aunwnes and beautifies the ,w,hoJ.e.; ., ~ negation! 'is to be understood iii a:spiritua1 serise. Division, mutation, agitatiob.1'1n idesa•we asaoci&te with the sea.: hl'heaven these things will~ be. .. ,' ·, ·,. ,.,,·•1:s,. -1., 'EBER& 1B NO >IVlllIOlf ~ · The sea. is,.he great,eeparaton.. 111 dim•~"4he, great family of man into separate sections, The sea forms the boundary of k ~ , eont.inents/ and races." .'l1be ·mare ·,fallen. tbe,worldnis the more necessaty,:fi>t @h diviaions. Let the race advance in i:ntelligenae. and purity, and a commingllilg 1Wii1L become:11'.M)re possible and, desirable. Indeed, as the wotld· adva~. the ~-,beeoml'!II. less imd1esa,a divider. Sbip-lmildii.g and navigation. are making old ooean. the high,- ~ of nations, and the mighty channel of intercourse between the moot diat.flllt· ~ of. the earth. llesnwhile; howeTer, it ia a separator•. , "And there; was .no QlOre Bell.!'. To John·thesewords woold have,al'peoial signifiballte. Hewua prisonei: in Patnu1'1,ia- 8ftla1l:·dll80late IBland in the·..Egean,· A treacheroua and tem~ous sea dMdedihmai from_ the great world: of men :and ftofn ·all the :objeet&. of ;hi! affection.. "A 'WUDhing tu!adiiion ~ur-e,i the •:aposila' going day at"ter day to an .elevated !lll9t, ou, ~ QCO&Q; rock, to which, Prometheus--like, he was chsined, and casting a long look over the.,r.idb, wasfB'bf waters,;'With mtf"face like that of the -captive Dau.iel 1h c&bylon, aeadf'8-tly fixed· towards Je,us,Jem ;i ,aa if, by thus gazing with- all biil.-11911l ia. hla eyes on the~ lie&,· he could -bring n611l'er to hill Jreart,,if, not ,w,-hili· sigh&, the- belovllll,,land:and ,at! chefil'hed friends for:whom he,-pined.", How .mwbo:there is in; tltis !world. that. dhidfe. men! .'fhere are : (1) &oial, caste; (2) national prejudicel; (3),Nligiou: aeotlAkwr ism;· (4)selfish interests;: (6) mutual miaundersfandings•. None of t,heae will ~i!!t,iiJ: _heaven, ::::: :i:;-;;::. -.- . , ,.,;·:~ ~ -, : ·. .. , ,,,!1 ,, , ·'·• .-', , -,:_,_,-;-c_.:J'.)-! · .lkTHEx,&-il! ~o,Hffl!'t.Tioir'Tllllltl!I. :Whatso>changeable • thesea?'i, A.p11hle1ill re11tlesailess throbs; through 'evecy pvt. It kinowe no repose. Sometimes' ijr 4iioVl'li in silence; ah>ther timeadts ,Dlal'Ch js aa. the roU of tenrihle thunders.. It is ;not,Oll1J"8Ull ebanging in IIC8lll! arid 80lltKl, bat.it u ever pradlld,ig. change in the world. ,\lt'""yfl\it the mountains, ili•fillaJ!up,ftlleys,;it creates ne,w iaind., ltiis,in att, thechaDgllll Bf,Lb f,we. ix tbe:ny.•;• ·al.Uke oiganio'and:inorganio departments oMbe l'Ol'ld:it tl'IDS~ Humatdife oa thjil plailu·li!i like the sea,in-conetant mutation.,,,Not ODIJ,GQIII one geriemti~ COIDe and• BBOther go,• but, the life of ftluH11.dividual: miD_ is -.,collttaual change-sorrow and joy, friendship and bereavement, prosperity aod adversity.,;, In :lian'en there is -:no .'sueh obanga;.-- Thr,, only change :is that· df.,progrou. -;Brogtt,.,,.i' in (l), mghet i11.t.elligence;- (-2) lof:ier-iemces;_ (3) :nobler.,~w~,: No ~go' in-the way of.loss..-: 'fhe::crown~ the.kingdom, the mhentance, allJJDperiiJbeWe.. ; , .> • ,,. i ·· 111. 'fllEBBlll iro,:.WIT'.ATIOl!I' >rHim& The le&'is a tmnultuOWJ wbrld.: Wa.thutDMi agony has its furious bil)Gws created I Human life hmrhaa many atoiii:u. ;}18flt,awn. bete are dm'eh,up:MJd:~ow'n h'kq Paul la the Adliian, under'stil.rlelB mee,'1>1,oeattary winds, and through treacherous and unknown eeas. In how' Blally heart.,' does,:Clellp oall UJ>?n deep, and billows of sorrow roll over the soul I In heaven there are :ao ap'irituaJJs~D. T. · · · · I ' ,. · · .' '
Ver;4,--TM_ paialaa;tiH>rld.: !"Neither shall tbere be any more.paiu."- .. ,Tht gr4aten realities of life need uo explanation~.·.· Pain in~ world-• annniloullted-realHy-. lt visits -all,' and tbou.gb in its.· advent it bears ,greater anguish to SIPlllel-than to. ot.btni Ill ftef,i'8-C011u\ing touch, Pain meets man as heenf.llrii:theworld,followa'him:t.iuoligl 536' THE REVELATION OF BT•. JOHN THE DIVINE: [Cil. XXI•. 1--27~,
all ·the stages of-life; 1tlld ltaves him not until his heart growsstill in death. It attendi:· us lls'a·dark Jangel· wherever W1l go;, through all :seasons o:ll •the :year,,8lld· through eveny · perl(l;d of our·mortal life: ,Jm gbostly for,m makes our limbs tremble at;its toucirJ and! o1il'• ilerves quiver with anguish before it. Now, the text directsi our,:aitention, .io' •; worlll where- there is -no pain: The negation lluggests several things. '•. ,., . •l . . (J' ;;l '.PeJ:n •is not needed:th:ere·to STIMULATl!:•80IEN':rIFIO RESEARCH:- ~ho,shall:te}li how, mu.oh the :cause of sciencids indebted to pain? · As a rule. men's love for truthi is:uohtrobg en~ttglitourfr;e.them in the search of it for. its own~ake.. Natural histor)'!; botany, anatomy, physiology, chemistry, owe to a great extent their existlende and, advancement to pain. '.!.'he proverb says, "Necessity is the mother of invention,'' and-no> 'n~ity does man feel morl!' than to deliver himself froni pain. Pain is- Tue power that' whips all the .faculties, of the soul into strenuous. exercise.,, .Witbmltt it, wc:itlld · there be ariy intellectual action?,, Would: there •be any 1de.velopmebt-of, GUI' im\ital, powers.</' When we are told,tlieref.ore,. tl!a.t there will be- ne .pain in •hea~en,• ww:iufei-. thii,t:men wli.l ·not requite such a strong stimulus to inquire after itruth OOCUIO• search after knowledge~, Supreme· love for ·the Creator will, give ~i these--such·a deUghtflil Interest ·in: all his-work11 as will make inquiry ·the; highest rle)ight of, 'thllir nMflr!ell. ·. . .'' ' ,,,JE;. Pili:rl',is 11otneeded 1 there-towst the·REll,LIDY OP llOIIA't PBINOIPLB, Were there- rlot>Jpa.iniiu the world, by.what means could we ascertain the reality.and .the strength of>our love;, our integrity, 0t.1r faithfulness ?, ' ,Pain is the· fire that tries those·metals and, 1