EASTERN OREGON EXPLORED FOR
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uurtl fculory f On 00 la
ciliMrna vlit Wt-IT) L. I'tnlar.
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ub;:t f tufl Mtonr Ip t:(ra
ir.fin Altt)4(a Mr. Jt h tB
tfo-ac IK work onr tr 4trclla of
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T-.tjlt. f tt trto 4H o ! o
F'?t'4i of l Rlurt hi'torr. a
lurri': iat IU pro at laliovbl
to lb Hj( of Orogoa.
Tft rt9. rTrt4 fl aol annlf
r.anti. U M.i to th mwl lntcrt
i"i from t tndp!ut cf a naturalist
Kjt iar B'n Baa rtmr tka la tkl
'at. tr. Jwtt aa In IB BI4 ton
tin woiiy frm April I to epinbr li.
uU liac 4ta bird. r1nl and
PUttv amplnc nj parktnf alofhf tk
mcjolaia irma "4 ct(m tac
lml of ppt!mcn.
Kovalala Rvstaaa UII.4.
Mr. iov.it boa-aa April 1 at it:lUf
lir.a al tho lue'Jtl of t Phulo
Rir. Iiora ho - fr aovoral ya.
trapping and stad) Inf. rom that point
he wora4 on v brocliuwa to
Mui-.Ha or tlunla frr. sboro h
mp4 at ta Biouta of Kako 0B
r. Afttr a il iiay at Majpin
wal on a? la liinr ana irora
t.rc urk4 till arar ul throuf tb
. 1 nji 1. tauinikin I ii
to bM of Mount JerT-ro. In thiol
,.. tt of to atato bo itajej for near.
lr ta okj. wrain Into tha mounvl
LUST FOR GOLD
vf t- ? a rro-c ata4ral.
. & c:o e ru.f. os. lu ai:II.
a-AT rwP'o. -to loo and olh
(yl r ot. hao emplpl t!rn
XfX Htfi by IrTtoc" aur Iho
H'loo'.iua: "! r lth tho
worl4" To roolleo whlck o'o j.roao
oi it coiiJrtti arf wit tko la
trt-. o iboao nt To on.
t o ':f'uli r .r ao and Nation
wilt aaioa :r tko olepilna of c.rtala
potit-! OB4 ttoltvmu- pro srnm.
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a lla Tea bT oirnpl aaic
Ikoir oiutoaoo 4 l.ta bPp J and
to ci(o.:r oor afor.
I to aiidt too -airf.ront oio
I: t't do karoo If o aaa tko u
turt from tk CritiB ,tnlpiot aad
attt t la-l.-jita a ' h
roiior vf Crfi oo! oar qjito
.inijlj f-" a fp-l-t tk.t tko
of Hf tJk'm."m. la tvo .p-I
of Jo. !' o'-p-xn-ot would rply
Oiito a pUintr fot Cnri.:wrty kat
fcat It la-in oat V worM rBvlct
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tinM rooool kr ooaaofc.
7m Chritia Wki4 bo;k. oor Ma
noa opr'n--, a4 tko kl'twry of tao
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l. r.ork of C'. "T"1" Chrt
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aro . iPlr-'-' ' f ader
arwa af ChrMtunil j ."'" t
i.r aiat rli"B B-orBJ
nt far K- l t'r tko --o-liua
of 0'r aoin koari "' 0 tro-
i.i;r oa, ma a.
Mr itoi-B l4 t - oo.4' luo
-.-! ci for tqi fatiiro of tK
f S-t-tun relisUiB 'o I'ke tho plar It
ouftl la vBpy ! U r pf j-T(a
Stanley Jewett
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LmIh( Ibo Cu1 ranttc. Mr.
Jtt Ivirovd oat and bocan tellct
lo apocinooa la tba vary hoart of tha
oorttt contra! part ot Kaataro Orrcon.
Making a bort olar at May Crock. In
tba Bortbon part of Crook County, ho
took tba trail aouth to rrlnlllo n4
tbB Bt rl op Ovhoro Crk. Ilw
Boat top at Lookout Mountain
and bo taol tbora until bo woo
drivoa out br heavy anow otorm.
1b nrat lap of bi Journtf tuok blm
north orroo lf muublatna 10 Ilia John
tar Klrr at Twickenham. I'rura tbrro
bo foilowo'l ont Ihroucb tha John I'ajr
country to Da)vlll and Mount Vernon,
la the lfra part of Urant County.
Btrawborry Maaatalaa Kaplarod.
rrom Mvont Vornon Mr. Jcartt fol
low od lieach Ctook to tba aourca of
that tiream. tbn farlhor Into tba
mountain Bad hi couroo took him
Ibroufii Carvjon City to Prairie City.
An tmorratln oldo trip l taken to
dtrawborry Creak and into tha fttraw
borry Mountalna and for whila rt
rampod Bear Utrawbarry Lake. Rt
turning to Train City ha followed Dixlo
Crck to Plata Bulla then on h Trnt
to Auotia en tha head of tba mlddla
fork of the Joba Day. Front Auatta
bo wtt to f unptr and than Into tba
Klkhorn Mountaltip. Krm umpler ha
doubled to C'Uto lko, followed W.ola-
lion 1 rtm
to Ialr. went from tnat
town to umr.tr aaaln and followed
Ihrouxa Iho Whitman alo-.l foreot.
From humptor Mr. Jeatt wont to
Imsey Point, Out Fallacies of Many Solutions Off cred as to What Is Wrong With the World-Increase
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of nun kind. Doublteaa tbera are many
raen for tho d.ipUtn:tea of Cbrta
tua poop'.o. Thra I on, howover.
wbieb I y have in common with tbo
world w-tirb (ora ail thouaht. a'le
taio rollcifa. ant poralya-a euBltBt
action toward hirr aim.
It la tho eharaitcriatlo 011 of Ibis
(frnoraiton whirh mabo our lima re
iiniiii tho oarlior alae of tbo tartar
of tho prodia-al in tha wondvrful par
at of tio 0p I- It doa tho atrpa
ot anas frora tha rradio ta tho rao
It Brmoatoo Iho lifo of maa. Inf
twine adu.atla. art ar. litaraturo.
It itriXf and oasaslnc dlola.
Bow appoarloa- a Croat artulty. word
orful laoonlloa. blah ambition. It ran
a pa tho Btotloo of r'liclon and know
k to bodork HmII ib Iho ractoua
Barb of prii:aattvrop-.
If jroti u io wrtal it la. f k't toll
y rt i Irmk arotin4 aa-t 9 what Ibo
r.-tef roDCari or maa I" thla frtlera"
ttrn 10. flap a tranr on tho ptreot
aj4 ak birr, what bo dnmi bla treat
ol B'4. loo r of Ik toilr WkaC
in.T himI ! r ("- It la not tha cynic
nir w hj i 1 inform you thai Iho
iMaa moot oorird 10 money.
Way of IKreolvloa lf ll4.
tV io a way of drollns our-lt-
with ord of bi4h lanport. o
mm talk of Boblrr arnbitluBa and point
proudly la lh tud octllti of tbio
(ratl"B. It cnurn; rntii). It
maipmjtb ar hlr jnoia lu material
tb.na. liu or.o rannot tuJ cob
lM.tarar l.lo without bir-a opprwa4
wun 1 i fct tool tJi ! of menay.
not oely la comq areial circlo. but la
octet?, la odacallon. la Ibo baaia to
t rU.l at all coat wbica la affcrllnr
r) tbiac frora tbo typo of jevo. oa
pl'4 frvm our rokth lo tha sport
whl.-M wo Indulao t a a Nation, la Ibo
coatrollina faeior in lb thought and
acciona ot Builoa of our (riluw eltl-
Tao rr.ao of wealth a!r-a eaieom and
k.in.,r without any additional qjahty
of rhara-'ter. It bo ha boen uc--(ul
la tha a.cun'jlt.n of doilar Ihrro I
ao bnor -tooied blm. no pool 1 loo of
lrul tor oti' ,1 ba la uot jppood to bo
flltod. II I pitlf .il to read tno account
of 110 ! of many olf-mauo" maa.
and to bo I0I4 thai tir oniaitmoa b
traf la t.iol ord.nary Iboucht
and auiotioat. A If Ihey mil aupr
mrn, w t rt hardly a traco of floah and
cl4 adhorlag to thorn.
In matter- nf aovornmrnt. with lb
Meal of or carlr hutory IUI la mind.
ta h c.icat con option w o aaora to b
u 10 pieturo for ouraclvoo ta a bul.
' adailaiatratlon. All roUtionsaip
of Ufa ara aluo4 l tarra driv4 from
t"io market place. Citio. statea od oa
lioaa are. to tba ttiir.d of tba day, be I
at.ijJ, but IJ U. wiiiavlcx licit
Tlin SUNDAY OREGOXIAX. PORTLAyP. VOVEJIBER
Visits Wild Spots and Studies
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Journey to Faker. Thla Ion- train teretln nectlona of the pame country
throuab Orant County. Mr. Jawett aald.'that he has ever cen. From Baker
IS DECRIED AS SETBACK
Inhabitant", but by t'.ie amount of
money dopoaltod In their bank.
Tho fr"valnr of aenttinenta uch
a thoao In a population, nominally
Chrl.tlan. la all Iho mora difficult- to
account for In view of the repeated
teaching of Jiaua on the ubjec t Are
wa not told that harlot and publican
enter a kingdom to which tt la hard
for a rich man 10 aoln aero? How
far wa hara drifted from tho mind cf
our lxrd moy bo reallied from tha fact
tbai actordlnc to bia doolrino tha roaJ
Biiibcola to tiod. a an obJo-l of ren
orallon. la noitbor Intemperanca nor
lut. but that aod who come
In Il4-a ar-nor nb a erooa of fold
About a caiui all )"" '
-Ya cannot ra ad and Mammon
la tho oaporienco of tho ae. and yet
man appear to ba unable 10 learn that
laaeon for hlrooolf. !. Taul found that
tbc loo of money aa a oourvo of
eery kind of ll. and It I a trua
today as It wa then. Now why do
you aupp that Ju so omphaled
thla part ft hi learning? Hocauoa It
la the aorrhlp of tho creature, tho
lary of tho mind and affection, of
all thai la hltbet and nobloat In min i
nattiro to what, by ail rlcbt. ouaht to
bo uborrlont to them, to what I tbo
moan 10 an end and not tha end Itoetf.
Caaortoaew at Maoklod CaaolderoaL
Teu can how It work Itself out
In tba tporlonco of mankind. When
ou look on tho gigantic actlTltloa of
Iho proaont day and find In tha finan
cial spirit tho ono anreslng Interest
of tbo time; when you llocoer. aa all
do who are encaged in philanthropic
and tplrllual undertaking, only wearl
noaa and languor which will glow Into
eathulaam for nothing that cannot as
pro Itself In .dollar, you w ill be com
pelled to cry aloud that Ood may how
u tbo ulBKUSttna Idolatry of our live.
V by. one mro. ohnuld Chrlat haTO
waroad hi follower against thla loee
of Mammon? Oo auk tho reformer who
t striving bravoly to bettor the con
dition which urrounl those who la
bor. II will toll you. and tell you
truly, that tha moat actlvo and effect
ive opposition to hi llKbtol plana for
maillot betterment come frora what
aro called veoted Intereot. Every
top upward for men and women who
toll baa boon roaiatod by gold, and
there 1 not an Improvement which ha
not boon wrung from Iho hands of
mm nB and women who al tbo moot
olomn moment of their lives p.edued
Ihomaolve to fulfill their duty to God
and iholr duty to iholr fellowmen.
Vou know that thoto l not a traffic
tea iof arloua ta bo . protected by. ro-.e-tblo
people who have money In
olrd in something that In some war
louche that traffic Iaetigationa of
Fish, Birds and Mammals, Finding Many Rare and Interesting Specimens.
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I led him through 0110 of the most in
the most indecent of all Indecent form
of businesa have Invariably demon
strated that It l indirectly encouraaed
and abetted and protected by respect
able form of trade that batten on its
existence.
And tho organixationa which try to
protect the boy and girls of today are
waved back and ridiculed by officers
of tha law and by Judge sworn to
administer and enforce tha law on tho
ground that they ara combating a nec
essary form of evil necessary to re
turn from Investment larger than
legitimate buslne would yield: It ha
been reeatedly proved that commer
cialized rlca thrive not so much be
cause of the misdirected passions of
our poor humanity as because of the
well-planned, cold-blooded schemes of
men and women, to whom the Per
verted pa)on of mankind ara but
tock In trade, whose controlling pa
lon l not lust, but money. Every
body know that if you try to atop
ucu thing that tho subtle, golden In
flueneo of unknown Inventor will seek
to thwart you In legislatures. In city
council and in the courts.
Kaelory Kir la related Out.
.Fomewhera thia month, or last, some
factorle burned down, with the tisual
lose of life. Subreguent Investigations
generally show that fire ordinances
were not complied mlth. Or wa It a
holiday boat that sank and hnndrels
were drowned? For a time indignation
demands that reparation be made or at
least that laws be complied with, that
a repetition of ouch eventa may ba pre
vented. But something happens. I wag
once told of the answer of a manager
of a mine In Colorado to tha objections
of an engineer that the workmen were
not reasonably protected. He eald In
a moat businesslike tone of voice that
Italians were cheaper than steel.
Puch attempts 1 care for the help
less might lower the interest on the
money invested to a legitimate rate!
Not so very long ago. and not ao very
far away, a number of Uvea were lost
in a wreck because, it Is reported, the
steering gear of the ship was inade
quately provided with power. Now,
whoso wa the fault? Who drank the
blood of tho victims? Money and In
tereot on money. It I very Jealous
gud and must be worshiped with all the
orgies and sacrifices and seductive
riles that false gods have ever de
manded and ever received.
Here it, is rtht to point out that this
love of money as an enl how easily
we persuade .ourselves that, w hatever
it may be for others, for us It 1 only
a moans this love of money that
murders, robs, and prostitutes is not
bv any means the monopoly of those
who have succeeded in their pas.-JD
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Mr. Jewrtt continued his. journey east
throush the heart of Baker County to
Sparta, then to Eagle talley. Pine Val
ley and up to the town of Cornucopia.
Hi8 collecting Journey ended when he
sot to Roblnette, an Idaho border town
iu tha Snake River Valley.
Uuoll Aboood la Joba Day Valley.
There are a number of Mr. Jewelt'8
observations that are particularly In
terealinK to the xporteinan aa well as
the naturalist. Ho caid that In the
John Day. Valley he saw more quail
than ho has te-n in any other eectlon
of the statr. The species of quail,
that he found abundant in that sec
tion la thfi California, or A'alley quail,
lometimea called the little blue quail,
and quite different from tiie quail of
the western part of the state. .
In the upper John Day country Mr.
Jewett mw both Hpeeles Of quail and
ruffed and blu grouse as well. Many
ign of bear and deer were also found
In that region.
As Mr. Jewett was in thoae remote
part of the mountain seldom visited
by anylers he reported that the streams
were "teemlnK with trout."
During the Summer's trip Mr. Jewett
not only collected specimens of rare
blrdx and mammals, but also gathered
Interesting material on the habits of
the birds and animals with which he
came in contact. ' ....
Mr. Jewett has worked for the ui
olosrical survey of the Department of
grlculture and State Fish and Game,
ik.i nil . nbKOrbins: deity. We
!... - v.timi been Passing through
a period of. readjustment of those large
financial insi.ii.uii""" ------
later development have been called by
. h . h:,,in name of trusts. W e as
sociate the crimes they sometimes
committed with the names of their most
conspicuous and largest mcuui.
We say that they turned Icpitimate
Investments to their own ends, used
tho pittance of widows and orphans
to make of businesa one grand gamble.
And so they d'd. But & large per
centage of stockholders wer widows and
orphans who were willing to reap the
not infrequent benefits of lawlessness
and when the day of reckoning came
were both willing and able to hide be
hind the backs of - more responsible
partner. '
A a matter of fact, it 1 generally
true that, while the Illegitimate pros
perity of others Is subject of scathing
indictment, the number of people who
actually scrutinize the means by which
large returns come to themselven is
relatively small. You will travel a long
way before you meet more hypocrisy
than was manifested In certain stages
of our trust-breaking epoch. The feod
of this world finds worshippers In,
every stratum of wealth and poverty.
Trail ef "erpeat Traced.
0 one may trace the trail of the
serpent in the accounts of fraud and
forgery which aro becoming such fre
quent, and alarming phenomena of our
land. Tho passion for money enters
every relationship of life and blinds
the eyes of the devotees of Mammon to
the logical outcome of their manner
of existence Men. who to all Intents
and purposes desert their families for
their business, have a rather large way
of saying that they are providing
more generously thereby for the fu
ture of those they so callously neglect
How often do we see men whose
heart and soul glow with fervor in
their business, while with their fami
lies they can only be restored to life
by asking them how business is. Courts
for children know only too well the
type of father and mother who turn
over to others the care of their chil
dren with the excuse that they have
some '-deal on" which - is more im
portant to them than those who are
bound to them by closest ties. ,
The strenuous objection which our
Lotd raised to the life devoted pri
marily to making money was due to the
often observed fact that such devotion
dwarfs man below the level of material
things, cheapens human life and re
tards that progress which ought al
ways to be a manifestation of his life.
Great resources, about which we so
often vaunt ourselves, become a curse
to wan so weakened. Emerson's lines
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Commission for several years and has
had wide experience in the collecting
of material such as will be used in the
natural history ot" Oregon.
His note books are filled with in
formation concerning animals o which
the- ordinary observer has never even
heard. Durinir the past Summer Mr.
Jewett collected 13 different speci
mens of mice. The mice are classified
and the habits ai.d food of each care
fully tabulated. The grasshopper
mouse, the kangaroo mouse, that never
tastes water: the cliff mouse, found
along the Deschutes and Crooked
REV. C. T. HURD INSTALLED
Impressive . Sorvlt-es Are Held at
Kluniatli Falls Church.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or.. Nov. 2
(Special.) A larfee congregation was
present last Sunday morning at the
impressive services incident to the pub
lic installation of the Rev. Charles T.
Hurd as pastor of the First Tresbyte
rian Church of this city. Rev. Mr. Hurd
came here from the, First Church in
Portland, and has occupied the local
pulpit since the first Sunday in Sep
tember. Dr. J. V. MUligan, superin
tendent of Sunday School Missions of
the Presbyterian Church in Oregon,
was present from Portland and
preached the morning sermon.
On Monday afternoon and evening the
two Sunday schorl officials conducted
an Institute for tho Sunday school
teachers and workers of the church.
Qtioets Road Work Progresses.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Nov. 2i). (Spe
cial ) Work on the Queets Road, west
of this city, and which will ultimately
form a part of the Olympic Highway.
Is progressing nicely. It has been
cleared of brush for a long distance
now and a donkey engine is now to
TO CONVERSION
of Crime Considered Alarming.
are true of other states than that men
tloned by him:
The nod that made New Hampshire
Taunted the lofiy land
With little men.
Accumulated wealth not only tends
to harden man's heart so that no tie
is too sacred to be disregarded, but it
also takes from men the power to
achieve and produce in higher things.
I shall read to you a criticism of mod
ern civilization, which is somewhat
severe, but indicates the effects of
Mammon in this regard better than I
can tell you:
Criticism la Quoted.
"Your triumphs in the mechanical
arts are. the reverse of jour failure in
all that calls for spiritual insight.
Machinery of every kind you can make
and use to perfection; but you cannot
build a 'house or write a poem or paint
a picture; still, less can you worship or
aspire. Look at your streets! Row
upon row of boxes, one like another,
lacking in all that is essential, loaded
with all thai, is superfluous- tha t is
what passes among you for architect
ure. , .
"Your literature is a stream of sol
emn fatuity, of anecdotes, puzzles, puns
and police court scandals. Your pic
tures are stories In paints, transcripts
of all that is banal, clumsily botcued
by amateurs", as devoid of tradition as
of genius. Your outer sense as well as
your inner is dead: you are blind and
deaf. Raiioci nation has taken the place
of perception, and your whole life is an
infinite syllogism from premises you
have not examined to conclusions you
have not anticipated or willed. Every
where means, nowhere an end."
The .whole trouble Is the failure to
recognize tlmt human life is a thing of
infinite importance and that it has by
nature relationships which reach
wider and higher than this world and
that the importance of all other thinprs
is conditioned by their use as means
to an ond. We are deluded by the
vastness of modern enterprise into a
"transvaluation of all values." Men
throw their all into such enterprises
and rind their souls deadened in the
process. The gentler sympathies, the
little pieties of life, the reality of un
seen things, become the haunting spec
ter of such an existence.
I ousht whereto the wind blew keenest.
There I learned to dwell
Where no man diveiln, 011 lonesome, ice-born
fell.
Aad unlearned man and God and curse and
prayer. .
Became a shofct, haunting the glaciers bare.
So it appears to men that our gen
eration in this respect resembles the
prodigal son who left his real home to
go to a far country. There is an old
picture by Vernet which represents the
son about to mount his richly tapari-
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rivers; ail receive! special attention,
and their habits carefully studied.
According to ilr. Finley, in this state
are found some of the smallest of the
world's creatures. The littie calliope
humming bird, of Eastern Oregon, is
one of the smalltst. and this specimen
of bird life was found aloiiK the Co
lumbia River at the mouth of the Des
chutes River.
The little wandering shrew is an
other of the small mammals that are
found in the stale, it is about one
third the size, of an ordinary mouse
and a number or the specimens were
collected by Mr. Jewett.
Mr. Jewett said one of the mo.-t in
teresting of the features of I'ird lit'o
that he eneountcied on his collecting
trip was the presence in Oregon of
birds that heretofore have been con
sidered a" being Kastern birds. In his
field wo.-k he found specimens ot" th
bol olink. c itbiid and redstart, all
classified as belonging to the Hast.
Although Mr. Jewett will have tho
notebook he carried to refer 10 when
lie and Mr. Finley undertake the com
pilation of the natural history, all tho
specimens that hj collected were sent
to the Smithsonian Institution, as he
was doing the work primarily for the
Department of Agriculture. .Mr. Jewett
has in former years aided materially
in making the collection of the Fish
and Game Commission the largest pri
vate collection of birds uml mammals in
the- state.
be set up along the new route to handle
the heavy clearing work. About 15
men are being employed by the state
in this work, for which 4S,uuO was
appropriated by the last legislature.
4 REPUBLICANS IN RACE
More Aspirants to Coos District At
toriii'jship Are Kxpecletl.
MARSHFIKI.D. Or.,. Nov. - ' ' Spe
cial. ) There will be at least four Re
publican candidates in Coos County for
the district attorneyship in the Mild
election and three already are avowed
ly in the race. The encumbent. Law
rence A. Liljeqvist, who has been in
the office three years, was first to an
nounce his intention of asking lor
another term.
1. N. .Miller, a Marshlield lawyer
was second to make un announcement
and last week i". R. Barrows, t'ooa
County's Representative in the. State
Legislature told audiences, where, ho
spoke lie would ask their votes for
the District Attorney nomination.
Claude tliles. a young attorney oC
Myrtle Point, is declared by lii:i iiieiids
to be in the race and still others aro
expected to declare themselves soon.
soned steed to take his departure to
the home of his own choice ana
inf,'. The heartbroken mother bans
against the door in the courtyard ot
the eastern house, while the father
bends toward his son with a lace full
of yearning and of grief.
The young man is entirely oblmous
to the pain he has caused and alto
gether satisiied with himself. li is
obviously the case of a youngster mak
ing a fool of himself. But he is quite
convinced that the course on which he
is embarking is one which is justified
by every maxim of a worldly lite. I
suppose his friends told him so. He
will learn to discount such counsel
lors! Parable Applied to Modern Lite.
St. Augustine says that the far coun
try into which men go is forgetf "lness
of God. The details of the parable may
indeed be exaggerated, but I lie cssenco
of this incomparable narrative is ap
plicable to many features of modern
life. The glamor of riches and tho
pursuit of them reduplicates the early
stages of the progress oi" the prodigal.
Riotous living has been explained hy- a
competent commentator as the abso
lute void of heart which has .-vioriiiccil
everything to pleasure or the nnans to
obtain pleasure.
The prodigal and a money-worshiping
generation are misers once re
moved. Behind the life of this- young
man you can see the long, lean lingers
bony claws grasping for the means
to gratil'v his indulgences, be they
what they may. The prodigal and tho
miser are alike in that they squander
their opportunities. They have lost tho
true proportion of things and means
have become ends. They are slaves.
'Permanent possibilities of sensation"
are the futile objects of both.
The prodigal walls himself in with
that which money will buy and his
poor self is entirely lost in the transac
tion. His own self as a child of God
shrivels into a bloodless thing with no
horizon but the things which minister
to his senses. He is a bond servant
to matter which by every rule of right
thinking and right living ought to he
his servant and ministrant to his cul
ture and development.
So, too often, has the modern man
with his many admirable qualities
gone into a far country apart from
God In the belief that he is taking the
right course, and ends by serving the
world and its elements with all the de
votion which characterizes the heathen
bowing down to such eternally useful
articles as wood and stone. It is a tine
picture of a man! The time comes when
the cry of right founds on ears deaf
ened bv the noise 01" material progress;
little children hold piteous hands for
affection and help to a man whoso
(.Concluded on l'agc u. Column I.).