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is largely a matter business of activities. There never was more organization
more conventions conferences & Committees as there are today.
We shall never succeed fully be successful in im[ ]ty sowing the seeds of true religion
until as long as we pay so little attention to the inner life.
Our organization must be fed by the blood from the pulsing
heart of faith life's ideals. People who have never been cherished
any ideals can little appreciate those who dreamers who are longingly
peering into the future & anxiously awaiting the dawn of that day
on which they expect their lives to be transformed by the realization
of their secret hopes. Hence they cannot hardly enter into the
bitterness of one who has toiled up the long ascent in the hope of
realizing his vision only to find another hill, or of one who
has run for a crown & seet seen it crumble to dust before
his feet. In fact the question has often been asked is it
worth while to in the face of the bitter experiences of many
to cherish dream fresh things & to cherish have lofty aspirations?
Look at yonder man he is cast down & dispirited. For
he pictured for himself a radiant future, he imagined the
days that were to be, the noble work he was to do, the pure
joy he was to drink. For years he has endured many a