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The man who cannot wonder,
who docs not habitually won
der (and worship), ia but a pair
of spectacles behind which there
(a no m. ' Let those who have
eyes look through him, then ha'
Jrnsy be useful. -CaxlyleT
AN UNSATISFACTORY'
COM-
vitHAT will probably be. ac-
, A compllshed In the actual
Y f ' ork ot freeing the Wll-
C ' , : lamette -river ' at Oregon
City, If the proposed subsidy for the
.Jones bill should pass? ' TV confess
that we cannot aee that It opens up
an. encouraging prospect. - Repre
, tentative Hawley la to be relied upon,
chiefly, to secure from the govern
ment an amount equal to that ap
propriated by the stately U: 300.
000. But the fact la that there la
little likelihood of Mr. Hawley be
. lng able to do this. It he can, the
appropriation would not be : avail
able under three years, at least, and
during that time the locks would coat
the shippers annually $160,000 or
$200,000 In tolls and in tbe lndlrect
-Jmrdeirbr "excessive railroad rates.
It is to be remembered that the
policy of congress is not to make an
appropriation for a river that lies
wholly within a state,' and for the
benefit of but one atate'a commerce.
Hence an appropriation lor me wu
lamette locks would be a departure
from the rule, and would need very
strong and unusual pressure 'In Its
behalf. Mr. Hawley Is a, new mem-
ber, and as such will be accorded but
sllght ," consideration as " compared
with that given an old, experienced
member.' Moreover, the railroad In
terests would fight such. an appro
priation In congress, where Mr. Har
rlman's lightest word may be ot
more avail than any amount of Mr.
' Ilawley's stentorian pleading, y
;;But If tongress may1e1ndaced to
help the state out on this proposition
at all, why may it not do so by re
paying, to the state part of Its ex
penditure, aa well aa by making an
. appropriation ' to be used in con
Junction with one made by the state?
""Thescateshould go" ahead with
this project sow. It should appro-
: priate money enough to carry on the
necessary preliminary work and In
large part at least construct new
locksnn the meantime Mrf Hawley
and the rest of the Oregon delegation
could be at work In Washington. It
they succeeded, very well; we would
get aid. If they failed, we would get
free locks anyway. But with the
passage6f this substitute bill we
' must depend entirely on 'congress,
for the money Is not to be used un
less congress votes the necessary bal-
. ance. Under this plan nothing
would be done till congress acta,
!"; which would not be soon and might
be never.
The state ought to go ahead, and
ascertain If . condemnation proceed
ings will be against the electric com-
1 pany, and. If so, authorize such pro
ceedings; It should at the same time
.survey, and condemn ground for new
locks; It should provide that if the
existing locks cannot be purchased at
a reasonable figure new ones should
be constructed or begun. And in
the latter and more prolable event
the next legislature wouid meet In
time to . provide for finishing the
locks and hearing from Mr. Hawley.
' ; 1 Oregon, while getting all aid pos
sible from the federal government,
must go ahead and help herself. It
- must live up more to Its state motto.
A, contingent appropriation means
two or three years' delay. The peo
ple :of the Willamette valley have
been bottled op long enough. They
pught to strike for freedom now, and
the rest of the state ought to help
them. -
There Is no really good, practical
reason why the salary pf an official
should not be subject to garnishment
on attachment proceedings to tbo
same' extent as that' of any otbor
debtor. If there ever waa a reason
frr exempting office-holders, it no
longer exists. If a law removing
this unnecessary- and unreasonable
exception ran be so framed that the
supreme court would not hold void,
It oafcht to pass. , f .
THE PEOPLE VS. THE RAILWAYS : THE STATE
- OF OREGON VS. E. H. HARRIMAN - -
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HE LEGISLATURE: ot Oregon ia
In session. The Journal In
behalf ot the people pf Oregon
asks the attention ot the legis
lators, as representatives ot the peo
ple, to the following simple truths:
The railways are the modern high
ways of commerce.
; They have practically auperseded
the river and the turnpike, and they
are not less the people's common
highway than ihe river or the turn
pike. : : - ';. " : w '
. The cost, of getting produce to
market regulates the profit to .the
producer.". "'.:"-"" :i,"'..J,''v.;''.,r,i"r'
A district, without railway com
munication Is Isolated -and sup
pressed. -
From these general truths It fol
lows that the railroads hold towns
and districts, and all the inhabitants
thefeof In tBelf Control; can make or
unmake profits of individuals, de
velop or retard sections of a state.
Such a power means monopolyand
tyranny unless Tield In trust for the
people, to be used for, the good of
the- people. '
The courts " have declared these
truths. They , have over and over
again aaid that rallwaye are trus
tees for tbe:pedple;-yet the people.
get no relief.- The people still
sweat for the railroad operator and
are still serfs to this overlord of a
new feudalism. ; Why ia it? ,
Because legislatures , and courts
seeing the truth and declaring that
railways are trustees for the people
have never applied to these trustees
the remedy they apply to every other
false trustee kick him out and put
in a good man who- will execute the
truBt. Why are not railroad own
ers who are false to their trust
ousted-a proraptlysheTtru8tees
who have been Inefficient or delin
quent? ; ..-. r '.
Because the railroad owners, trus
tees for the people, have a property
Interest in the railroads, and the
courts and legislatures have had too
great
elder private rights. If a railroad
be a public highway there can be no
real private rights in it. It is a
question whether one who electa to
use the rlght-ot
take a- franchise from the people
upon trust that he will work for the
good of the people does not forfeit
all he himself contributes, when he Is
false to, his trust, false to the con
ditions on which he received his
powers. '
.But putting aside for the present
thar Question nof-forfeiturer certainly
the people have a clear right to oust
their falsa. tiWees by paying tnem
the present compensation for. their
private Investment It this right j
does not exist we have one ot two
absurdities either the railways are
not trustees forth ieoplef or " the
people have no remedy for abuse ot
trust. rv' "
. :
The regulation of rates by com
missions or by the" courts; the" com
mand ot the state to the railways to
use safety appliances; and . every
other interference by the state with
the' operation of the railway, presup
poses a right of the people In the
railway superior to that of any stock
holder; Indeed superior to any pri
vate right whatever. And the log
ical conclusion of this right ot the
people to dictate rates and other con
ditions is the right of the people to
wholly ' oust the private managers
and. take over the complete owner
ship and operation themselves or put
it into the hands of receivers for the
people. It this can be done (and
no one doubts It) then any act of
state ownership or control less than
this can be done, and there .exists no
legal or" constitutional - reason why
roads should not be fully regulated,
and none why the existing operators
should not be ousted from control
and others installed by regular pro
cedure. The courts do this very thing when
they appoint receivers. Shall the
rights of the people be less than the
rights of a few quarreling creditors?
The people have a property Interest
in a railroad greater than any cred
itor. The railroad exists by gift of
the people In franchise and In fight
to occupy a monopolistic right of
way, by the sovereign power of em
inent domain. The people - have a
better right than any creditor to
foreclose - on a delinquent railroad
and sell it to the highest bidder. i
The creditor holds a mere debt.
possibly with a lien but the people
hold the tery life anf soul of the
road. It exists only that it may
serve the people. If it deliberately
and contumaciously falls to pay its
obligation to the poople is not this a
greater failure than, not to pay a
money debt to-some individual?
Does it not call for remedies
equally prompt and strong as re-
jcelversuips and sale by order cf the
court? It the legislature ot Oregon
would only declare that the state in
a Judicial procedure has a right to
oust' the delinquent owners and op
erators of any railroad and put the
property up for sale, and that the
stateu may become a purchaser, we
could well afford to try out the con
stitutionality of the law.
Some such effective remedy .we
must have. " Commissions are de
sirable, but the interstate commerce
commission has failed to accomplish
all that it should." ;". ; .. . .
''? ', ' '. '. ' " ;. ' '' "
Discrimination by a railroad In
rate or service Is worse than burg
lary, for it builds up a monopoly for
a few and crushes competition. The
rallroads-lle at the root of every dan
gerous fortune. - They control legis
lation. Better government owner-
ship of railroads than railroad oWa
ershlp of government. ; .
Mr. E. II. Harrlman Is by com
mon consent the autocrat of his rail
roads; but that is Immaterial. He
stands as the head of the system. In
Che conflict between him and Stuy-
vesant Fish of the Illinois Central it
developed that Mr. Harrlman is not
responsible -for any single improve
ment in railroad methods." any single
betterment of physical properties, or
any single, development of de
pendent territory.;
. Whatever has been done in better
ments has been done in pursuance
ot pre-existing plans or for the most
part from mere necessity. ' What
ever has been done in development
has been done to head off other
roads. '
, Mr. Harrlman has made great
proflta for himself, his crowd and in-
ctdntaHy-for-hls-tockholdersrlIe'
has been able to secure great sums of
money to finance his plans. He has
had bis arms In the people's insur
ance savings, up to the elbows. But
be has not reduced rates nor im
proved service. "The dividends have
come from the tremendous prosr
perlty of the country while Mr.
Harrlman did as little as possible for
the commerce of the country and
stood pat on rates. '
He is in some respects the rein
carnation or JayGoma: ho
aiders these properties his own and
It is not only the public be damned
hut the stockholders be damned, as
well. . Nothing could exceed his cool
ness in withholding' hews ot a divi
dend which would send all Union Pa
ciflo stocks to the skies; till other dl-
rectorSiabsentfroni4keiBeetlng.
could be informed so that they could
get their share of the melon. As Mr.
Harrlman andhlaicoterieare-the
only ones who know in advance when
a dividend will be declared, their op
portunities for stock speculation are
unrivaled. It is San Francisco and
Comstock lode Juggling raised to the
steenth nower. ' : '; -
But this care for brother directors,
utterly oblivious of the fact that he
and they and every director are trus
tees for the stockholders, shows such
oblivion to' ordinary mortals and or
dinary sense of duty that w can
only laugh at his .coolness and ad-
Judge him financially insane. Next
time let us Jicpe be jwlll extend his
solicitude toward those, poor sheep
whose shepherd he is and extend the
tip to the minority stockholders, es
pecially those English ones whom he
delighted to keep in the dark--while
be fleeced them. ",.
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But how about Oregon? Mr.
Harrlman has Oregon beleaguered as
effectually as" it he surrounded her
with a hostile army or i Chinese
wall. The Union Pacific and Cen
tral Pacific. J)onndJier-on 4he south,
the Southern Pacific on the west, the
O. R. A N. on the north and the
Sbort-lLine. on the .east. Central
Oregon lies within his grasp tand any
local line would simply be swallowed
by him. He holds Oregon as firmly
as a feudal baron ever held his trib
utary estate, --'-i-T--'-'"3
She, as tribute payer, with a small
district of eastern Washington, has
paid to him, through the O. R, N.
alone, more , than forty mijlions of
dotlars net profit since 1897. To
this must be added millions from the
Southern Pacific and the Oregon
Short Line, millions from cattle and
sheep which have walked out of east
ern Oregon to pay to Mr. Harrlman
the bulk of the. profit, of raising
them. ,.'
Mr. Harrlman's return for this
tribute has been the following de
velopment of an empire in which the
British Islands could ; bo .lost and
which Is rich beyond calculation in
undeveloped lumber, mines and
acres:,. . " ,.:
Elgin to Wallowa, sixty-odd miles,
to head off another road.
Pendleton to Pilot .Rock, fourteen
to sixteen miles, to head jff another
road.;, . .r. .,.,'.. . ' -
Drain to Coos Bay, about eighty
miles, to head off another road. . .
Arlington to Condon, 4$ miles, to'
head oft another line. ' . , :
Natron to Klamath, about one
hundred and fifty miles.
Ontario to Vale, about fifteen
miles, to discourage a threatened In
vasion of eastern ' Oregon by com
petitive lines. : '
Is eastern Oregon millions of acres
of wheat -and alfalfa land await the
settler but are now i the home ot
sheep, steers and coyotes. ' In short.
Mr. Harrlman baa given. Oregon
something over three hundred miles
of road in ten years and says ot the
great eastern Oregon territory that
he has it bottled up; and it can waft
his pleasure. In 10 years he has ;ot
altered rates, nor increased ef
ficiency. By treaty or threat (and a
great trunk line can always threaten
aBmall feeder) be has tompelled
others to keep out of a field he him
self would not develop.
If it shall be true that he has
eome to terms with Mr. Gould.Mt will
be on condition that Mr. Gould leaves
eastern Oregon undeveloped and
barren, till, it suits Mr, Harrlman's
pleasure. . He has sung songs and
made promises. ' He haa started the
road to Vale and the road from
Natron, but if he has by compact se
cured eastern Oregon from competi
tion, these sluggish and trifling ef
forts at'road building will cease Just
as the Columbia Southern extension
ceased when it tell into bis hands
Just as the road planned up the Des
chutes has ceased.
An empire will He dormant till
It suits the pleasure, ot a .Will street
speculator to smile upon it. Is that
a spectacle consistent with the dig
nity of' a free people?
Behold the- state -of-Washington!
Easten Washington would today be a
grazing country but for the railroads.
Washington, has bad the great ad-
Tftntg" " Oregon of lallfCajd"
competition. How long will Oregon
endure to be held in the grasp of one
man, who dralna . her - of tribute
money? ' . . ' ,.
Is It the proper exercise ot a trust
TTfeTa'tre'peppleTtoefTiHenaTle:
velop a ' section and dog-In-the-
manger-llke prohibit others from de
veloping It?
Is it a fulfillment ot the trust held
for the "people to take out millions
and give back nothing?
Railroads are absolutely necessary
to modem development-they change
grazing land, five acres of which is
necessary to" support a steen
wheat "lands and orchard lands, 40
acres of which will support a family.
Land in Harney valley which with
out Irrigation has actually grown 80
bushels of barley and 60 otjwbeat
to the acre, must still He as grazing
land except for local needs. Is this
a true stewardship for the people?
Could government ownership ot rail
roads possibly be worse? " "
It may be that no legislature or
court or commission ought to say to
men "take your private means and
develop this new region" but it is
still more true that legislature, court
and commission ought to say -"you
cannot take millions from a people
and give nothing back. The people
of Oregon are not your slaves to
work for you, for all the traffic will
bear. Where you reap, there also
must you sow; and a part of yonr
net earnings must go Into develop
ment of fertile territory which now
lies barren crying aloud to you."
Let the people wake up. "" Let this
legislature really do something to
prove It is not a rallroadJoLby. Let
it pass a law saying any railroad op
erating In Oregon which does hot de
vote a certain per cent of Its net
profits earned in Oregon to develop
ment in Oregon shall forfeit Its fran
chise, and Its managers in Oregon
shall be replaced by receivers. Let
It pass a law saying any bad man
agement against the people's Inter
est shall be cause of ouster and re
ceivers shall be appointed.'
If a state can condemn and own
railroads why not this?
Never mind the constitutionality
no one knows that ttllSt "Is tried
out in the Supreme court of the
United States. ' Why should not Ore
gon try It out? If unconstitutional,
the people of the United States and
Mr.1 Bryan and Mr. Harrlman work
ing together will . make Jt constitu
tional. The people will rule. They
will not always be robbed. Let Ore
gon again lead the way toward re
form and people's rights. '
Mr. James J. Hill having said that
the cause of the shortage in trans
portation facilities is the unwilling
ness of Investors to put money Into
enterprises under the barf Of unpop
ularity and annoyed by public disap
proval, Bryan's Commoner pertluent-
ly remarks: "Well, if Individual In
vestors decline to build railroads, it
may be necessary for the government
to do' so; for certainly the public Is
not to be deprived of railroad facll
It! es, simply because individuals de
cline to engage In railroad construc
tion, for fear the laws may be so
framed as to make the railroad the
servant rather than the master of the
people." "
Will the doctors ever get all the
legislation for their especial benefit
that they want? Probably not.-t al
though they '. always aeem ' to get
about . whatever . J they ask for,
Shouldn't the lawyers and preachers
be protected more? .
The Democracy oi
, ,' tlie Senate
' From the New York" World.
Simon Guggenheim, who : has been
elected to the United States senate by
the Colorado legislature - to succeed
Thomas M.'TffTref ionTaTrnouhccs hlg6T
jlelaj retirement from the smelter
trust and the other corporations with
which be w Identified. "Gladly do J
give up a commercial career, be say a,
Tor the purpose of assuming the re
sponsibilities of the senatorshlp and of
devoting myself entirely to the obliga
tions of the high office."
Mr. Guggenheim Is a very rich man,
but he will soon learn that, the United
States senate thinks neither the better
nor the worse of him on that account.
The senate la one of the most demo
crat !o bodies In the world. - No man can
win a commanding oosltlon In the eham-
ber by reason of his money or fall' to
win such a position merely by lack or
money. .......
On the day Mr. Guggenheim becomes
a senator William A. Clark of Montana
will retire.- Mr. Clark Is one of the rich,
est men In the world. Except that
under the constitution he la entitled to
cast one vote bis influence In the senste
has been almost Infinitesimal. Nobody
consults Clark. Nobodgr la guided by
Clark's opinion. Mr. Tillman of South
Carolina, who has no fortune, who Is
only "a corn-field lawyer," and whose
temperamental weakness make him a
trial to hl friends and - a source of
strength to -his fees, -Is as tmmeasurably
greater senator than Clark and wields
thousand times as much Influence
over his colleagues.
There have been msnv millionaires In
the 4nate, but few of them ever at
tained real Importance in matters of
legislation. The few that won distinc
tion gained it regardless of their money.
Fair. Hearst. Stanford, Tabor and all
the crew of western millionaires thstUhemJhejft-lhey-would never have bnn
fortune speuted lulu tilt "senate were as
inconsequential as Clark. Hanna had
power, but he owed It not to his mil
lions but to his relations with President
McKlnley. McMillan would have been
listened to with respect . by his col
leagues If he had not had a dollar. If
Dryden bad 10 times as much money
aa he now possesses be would still find
44 tmpoeslble to Induce the senate to
take him seriously, while all the money
of wall street could not do anything for
Piatt or Depew.
Mr. Guggenheim will find ' that - he
must make his way In the senate re
gardless of his bank account. He will
have to prove the quality of the stuff
that ia in him. At the outset be must
not be astonished to' find himself far
less influential than Charlie CartlS of
Kansas, whose mother was a Kaw In
dian. Curtis has had 14 yearsr expert
ence-- In congress and from the senate's
point of view he has thereby earned the
right to have opinions about matters of
legislation.
' Pets. -. '
By Jsmes J. Montague.
Simplified dachshunds make admirable
pets. They are more playful In many
respects than Teddy's bears, and often
come when they are called. If not called
too hard. Like beagles, they love to be
called up, but violently object to being
called down. To simplify a dachabund
put him in a hay baler and Sompress
him about two feet, This Is a batter
method than taking two feet out of the
middle breadth with a bolo, which Is
likely to render, him Irritable,
.There la no pet quite like a shad. Ton
can obtain excellent shsd In the Hudson
river off One Hundred and Twenty
fifth street by baling them out with
your hat. or. If no hat Is hsndy, with a
Sevres -vase. The beauty of a shad is
that it will always remain quiet if played
to on a Fluegel horn.- To keep a shsd,
do not allow anyone ,to get it away from
you.
Tba popularity of rattlesnakes as pets
Is waning, although adders are used
around the offices of a many great busi
ness institutions. The best of all the
pets among serpents Is a boa constric
tor, which can bs used for hose In case
of fire. After securing the constrictor
a good plumber should bs Immediately
sent for to connect him up with stand
ard couplings,, otherwise b Is totally
useless. . ,
There ars many other pets which af
ford abundant Interest, among them be
ing panthers and glraifea, but unless one
understands the natures ot these crea
tures, they are likely to grow tlresomely
familiar. .
, I
February 3 In History
1899 John Of Gaunt died.
1784 Sixteen , persons killed and
many Injured in panto at Haymarket
theatre, London.
179S Oliver.-wolcott of Connecticut
became secretary of the treasury ot tns
United Ststes. . '
1804 Frigate Philadelphia destroyed
by Decatur.
183 Kurrachee bombarded and taken
by the British. -
1856 Opening of the Calcutta rail
way. -
1 85 Ninety lives lost In collision of
the Josephine Willis and the Margerton
off Folkestone. -'
1 863 Prince Alfred of England elect
ed king of Greece; declined.
1!4 Danes defeated by Wrangel at
Overselk.
Sir William Van Home's Birthday.
Sir William Van Horns, famous as the
guiding spirit of the Canadian Pacific
railway, was born near Jollet, Illinois.
February I, 1841. His first position
was ticket a (rent on the Chic so Al
ton railway at the age of XI. In 1847 he
went to the Southern Minnesota railway,
and after extricating It from a bad posi
tion was rewarded with ths presidency
of the road. He went to ths Canadian
Pacific railway In 1881 to bs general
mannscr. Slric then he has risen to
the highest offices of thst great cor
poration. Sir William enjoys wide
celebrity as sn art connoisseur, partic
ularly with reapnet to Japanese snd Chi.
nee. Is a collector of valuable paint
ings, snd doea -Something In that line
h Imael f In-- lelmire - momerlta; He ws s
knighted by Queen Victoria la 184 .
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.Letters rrom' the.
. - People
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The Cats and the Microbe.
Portland, Feb. I To the Editor of
The Journal Noting the article. 'Throw
Kitty Out of House and So Forestall
Microbes." which aoDearerf In The Jour
nal of last Sunday, I would like to say
a few words on the subject which may
nor be unworthy of consideration. The
very air we breathe, much of the ood
we sat, especially "flesh food," much of
the water we drink, contains carina of
different kinds. But aa Important point
to consider la this, microbes, like other
existing things In nature, take lodg
ment and thrive only In congenial soil.
Keep your blood Dure br riant living.
by pure hearts and pure minds, by lovs
lor an the different forms of life, re
alising that there ia hut ana Ufa. and
that ws are all parts of that life; that
no creature or thing was created In
Vain, but ttiat .all were ordered and
created by one divine mind; that this
life Is not one Of chance, but that all
things are "under the law - of burDoae.
and each minutest thing In existence
has Its mission in life, haa a purpose
in living, and that Its life and mis
sion are as. dear-and important to It
as Is ours to us. In short. .cast out
selOshness from our hearts for sll
these things An affect the very hlnnri
within our veins and we will not fear
germs and microbes and we will not
find it necessary to take defenseless
cats "by the tall and hurl" them from
fourth-story windows to the pavement
below," as wss urged by the writer of
the article before referred to. Instead.
convert the energy - thus- expended In
enforcing the ordinance against ex Dec
toratmg on pavements, la keeping our
nomes cleanly. In observing hyglenlo
laws. In proper ventilating houses and
school rooms, la Insisting upon breath
ing only pure air and Id thinking only
pure and kind thoughts, and we need
have no fear of microbes. There ars
more disease germs wiped up every day
on our pavements by- long skirts and
carried Into our homes than could be
taken In by all the cats In the city,
Aa for the cat. I may assert that from
childhood I have reared and . fostered
this little creatures in my home snd
have observed their habits And nature.
and neither diphtheria or grip was ever
prominent la the family existing only
at Very rare Intervals, and then only
when some law . of nature had been
transgressed.
I will further assert that next to the
bird the cat Is the most cleanly of an
imals, ix u has halt a chanceI L win
not lie on a dirty floor or In a soiled
bed If It can help It; it performs Its
sbluttons after each meal and will al
ways seek the cleanest corner for Its
resting place.
It Is cruel and Unworthy" our Boasted
humanity to ruthlessly cause them or
any other helpless creatures suffering
or misery. If God bad not wished
created; ror- xia maae an mat was
made" and pronounced It good. Lt us
not forget that wo are not now living
In the dark ages, but In the twentieth
century, and it Is time that we as In
dlvlduals and as a race become- more
bumsnlsed. Let us do away with cruel
ty and selfishness and practice kindness
snd purity of mind and heart, for truly
"The i pun In heart (do) see Gd." They4
see him In all his works. In all that he
haa mads and "without him was not
anything made that waa made." I-t
us respect his handiwork and learn the
lesson t Live and let live.
...LOUISE BOTDEN-GODDARD.
Sentence Sermons,
rVtnr TTenrr W. Cotwr. '
A harerehracter always is a weak
one.
... - .".',-' e ' e
"The self-satisfied seldom are satis
factory. e e '
The man who pities himself always
Is pitiable, ; r
It Is easy
for a reform.
to mistake .a .resolution
Many a man loses his hesrt trying to
get ahead. .
...... ,' e e
' He cannot be clear eyed who is not
Clean hearted.
. . e e
They are best remembered who for
get themselves.
.. . . .
- Many man would be righteous It they
could be sure of the revenue.
:.'.' . a e '. .. "
A man does not get on the bright side
of life by scouring bis fellows.
. e
Boms folks never feel cheerful unless
they aro dispensing bad news.
e e . V
Tou may bs sure you aro wrong when
some men are sure you are right.
e e
There are bis plack shadows behind
tbs life that seeks ths limelight
e e .
It takes more than Information to
work-ths transformation of the world.
. e e
No man has 'power with men until
he " understands the-pa rtsnoe of -ood.
. ' e e 1 . ' ; ,
Folks who take life as a dose always
want to prescribe for the rest of the
world.,
e e
"When S mail Is conscious Of bis feci
tltude he Is least convincing In talking
about it. '
e ' .
The recording angel Is not wasting
any Ink on the good you are planning
to do later on.
, - e e ' .
The Uls of the world never wholly
will be healed without the healing of
eur hearts. - ...
... . - ; --
Tour prayer check does not amount to
much without the signature of your
deeds. '
. , e e
Tbe preschsr whose study is confined
to four walls Is stirs to say many fool
ish things. .., - - ..
, . ' . e ,
Long suffering acquired through lis
tening; to the sermons will - not help
la the trials of ths week.
, .......
Arsuments as to the orthodoxy of the
pattern of your lamp will not atone
for Its light Nelng out.
February." ,
I am a little fellow, t
Though I'm alWaya up to date.
The dsys I hold within my hand ars
only twenty-eight; ,
But I Just save my moments up,
And count them o'er snd o'er, '
Till In four years I've ssvsd enough to
mske tip one dsv more.
But little folks that kindly 'are, and
pleasant In their play.
May save -enough n fgr lees time to
maki a happy day."" " "
. St Nicholas
A Sermon f orToday
The Faith for the World. r - "
The gospel , . . Is fhe power of
God. unto salvation. Rom,, i:H. . :
By Henry V. Cope. .
G
HR13T1ANIT V declares Itself to be . '
the one religion for sll the world.
It has been preached for nearly
IS full eenturiea. It everywhere is
acknowledged as lifting before-.
men the highest ethical Ideals, and yet
its adherents conaHtute only a relatively - ''
small fraction of the earth's people, and r
even among them Its influence often -seems
to be slight - Does this mean .
that Christianity haa failed T
It Is a fair question. It the Christian
religion Is by virtue of Its lofty charae- .
ter fitted to be the religion of all the ' -
people, and if it has within It a divine -dynamic
not possessed by other faiths, .
ought It not by this time to nave eatab
llshed its' supreme place in the earth
and to be the faith of 11? What ars the '
fruits of this falthT ,
The professed 'friends of the religion
often make It appear a failure by meas
uring Its fruits by figures. - They srs s
blind ss to- try to put -the tape Hoe of '. -statistics
- around spiritual forces. Its
founder never looked for a time when ,
ail people ' would have their names . ..
neatly en groaned on church registers.
He did look to the day when all the
.ear-UL.siuuildlli'. lnJtos fi ndjf scejsnd.
be filled with the knowledge of the ,
Most High. , -
There is more of the religion of the
f tnan-of-Nainreth--4n-hl-world.ahaiLw?j
are accustomed to think. It Is seen not
alone in companies listening decorously
to sermons every Sunday; it Is in tres
tles between nations, in the spread of
light arid truth In the earth's dark places.
In the growing spirit of altruism snd
brotherhood, la ideals and standards
that are higher for all men today than .
ver before. 1 . . ' ' t
. Measured, not - by the number - whO"
wear Its sign but by the weight of it
Influence and by the fruit it bears as a :
mighty spiritual force,, t Bat religion -has
rone forward to mighty auoceas throuarh
all these centuries. i a
Tet who shall ssy that It haa done-'
what might have been done? It has not .
failed, but It has not reached itavpossl-
bllltles. because It has not had Its op
portunities. Those who have been 'its
agents have turned from the proclama
tion of the good news that Jesus de
clared to men to the exploitation of their
own opinions. The church baa spent
centuries of tlme-and - untold wealth
elaborating and enforcing her phlloso- '
phy instead or publishing the simple
truths that would have won man to the -
rlght-We;
Christianity has come to mean either
a certain set of opinions In regard to
things of the past and the unknown fu
ture, or certain forms and Institutions
of religion- The Incidental has become -the
essentlsl. Men have been -taught
that they were eternally damned If they '
did not believe all the points In the
scheme of the mileiss wuikeil UUt by"
these religious teachers. .
It is a thankless and worthless task to
fry to lift ths world by logic. It waits
to bear the call of love, of life. , Tbe
essentlsl message of Christianity to
this world is thst of a new love and a
new life.. It Is the glad tidings, the gos
pel that men are not lost; men are nan
cast out ss reprobates, left to perish Yn
the.Jlenk. .darkness. It tells of anlnfl-
nlte spirit of lovebroodlng over every
child of man. , i , -
Everywhere the heart answers to the
call of love. It never haa been hard so .
teach men anywhtre, - of any creed.
philosophy, race or training, to look up
and call upon, the Father of all. It.
never haa been hard ' to kindle their
hearta with new courage, and raise their
lives to nobler endeavors at ths thought
of an Infinite Spirit, the God of all. who
is wttti us all. friend, helper, ally. lover.
Wherever men have learned thla new
hope, caught sight of thla vision of tbe
fatherhood that knits the race together,
that gives order and harmony to all tbe ;
universe, thst calls msn. the child, to
the spiritual heritage which is his In
such a family, there Christianity Is
proving its power to save.
For us all the question Is not whether
we belong to the faith with the greatest
numerical, enrollment, nor whether we
are disciples of the school that logically
proves Itself correct, but whether we be
long to those spiritual forces and move
ments which leed the world out wito
larger living, greater love, nobler Ideals
and closer likeness to the best it haa
ever known.
Ily mns to Know.
Breast the Wave. '
By Joseph Stammers,
Joseph Stammers (Bury ' St. Ed-.
munds, England, 1801 London. 1885)
waa a lawyer wbo practiced In London
and who, like many another English
barrister, spent much ot his time In-
literary pursuits. This hymn alone.
however, now remains of all his work.
It already belongs, though written In
1830, to the standard hymns of the
church, being a favorite. In meetings
where the active and militant spirit
prevails.) - , 1 .
Breast the wsve, Christian, when It, is
strongest;
Watch for day, Christian, when night
Id longest; . . . .'
Onward snd forwsrd still be thine en-
Jeavor; ' "
The rest that, remalneth endureth for--
ever. , . . .
Fight for the fight, Chrlstisn. Jesus la
o er thee; . . 1
Run the race. Christian, heaven Is be
fore thee:
He who hath promised all faltered
' never;
O, trust in the love that endureth for-
ever.- v
Lift the eye, Clirdlstisn, Just as it
closeth; ,-
liaise the heart, Christian, ere it re-
posetn: -
Notbing thy soul from ths Savior shall -
sever; ......
Soon shall thou mount uoward J to '
praise htm forever.
Things to Be Hoped.
From the San Franclsno Call ' "
. If I had a son who was determined
to "play the races" I should" hope that
he would lose his last nickel and have '
to walk home after his first attendance.
If 1 had a daughter who played the
piano In the sitting room while her old
mother did the work In the kitchen I --
houlil hope thst I might find an oak
shingle and be given the grace to use It.
ir ever I were to catch myself being ,
ss mean and small ss some men - I
know and I may I hope that I should
hops, for the benefit of the world, thst ',
the Angel Gabriel would toot his ,hom
for me very soon. ..
If ever J knowingly vote for a scoun-
drel because ha represents my party I
hops thst I may have. the privilege ef
going to a school where the elements
of decency are taught.
If my wife shon id 'prove to' bs Irsscl- '
ble at times hut I don't admit lt--I
should hops that I would remember ths
sort of tuck -the;-poor - girl played In"
when she married ins,
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