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PUT THE BLAME WHERE IT
; , BELONGS. :.-
RESOLTJTI0N8 adopted br tb
Federated ' Trade '. Council
', charge The Journal .with a
"determined effort" to "de
- celre the rotert of tbla , cltr ' aa
tp the ; effect of ". the - tree : water
amendment to the cltr charter, eren
going to the Jength of deliberate
misrepresentation," and thla pPer
was denounced as "unfriendly to the
Interests of the common people."- .
Unless the ' Federated Trades
Council had been grossly misin
formed as to the true attitude of
The Journal and as to the history
' of the free water amendment to the
charter, these charges would never
. have been. It Is manifest tbat
- the 'trades council has been deceived
by the same Irresponsible and illit
erate agitator who was the prime
nlbver in the deception practiced
' upon the city connci: and upon the
voters whose signatures were at
tached to the 'fre water"' petition.
The plain" facts about the free
.water amendment are these:
1 The Treasure was submitted to the
city council on the representation
; that It was designed only to effect
a revision of the present method of
apportioning the cost of distributing
water and extending the water sys
tem. No mention was made of the
: fact that the measure also Involved
" the repeal of that provision, of the
charter which provides 'or the build
Ing of bridges b a general tax upon
.property within the city.." This' fact
(tbat the measure Included the re
peal-of the bridge tax) was also
studiously concealed from the voters
who were requested to sign the pe
tition for Its submission to popular
vote. In a word their signatures
' were obtained by deceit and fraud.
, Let no honest man' takV offense
at this plr. speaking. Let. him
- rather-examlne carefully Into the
facts and then say candidly whether
or not The Journal is justified In
making this accusation.
Section 114 of the city charter, as
adopted by the people in 1902 and
ratified by the legislature In 1908,
provided fjr th levylnc of city
taxes, but contained no provision for
the erectioi of bridges over, gulches
: and ravines. In 1905 the legislature
added to this section a provision for
, the levy of a two-mill tax to pay for
, such bridres, the ' amendment1 to
;tako effect upon being approved by
"the voters of the city. At the next
election a majority of the voters of
the city declared themselves In favor
of the bridge tax, and it thereupon
became an Integral part of the city
charter. - . . .... ? "
T That majority vote was the ex
pression of the will of the "common
people," who, happily, constitute tb
majority in Portland as' In every
other normal community. . Bince the
lrople had tha. expressed their win,
v hat shall be said of those who at
tempted, by stealth and Indirection,
to tiefeat that will? Was It fair,
was It honest, was It decent to at
tmpt the covert - repeal of the
bridge tax provision while represent
ing to the votera and to the city
council that the only object In view
fit the obtalnins of "free waler"?
Y. e ay no. and wi believe tbat no
nr-pt and fair-minded man will
11 "free water" petition recites
that the measure Is aa amendment
of certain sections of the charter
and then declare-- The Intent of
aid amendments being to regulate
the supplying of water to the people
of Portland, to give the city en
glneer charge of the water plant and
the city auditor charge of the ac
counts of the water department and
abolish the offices of engineer and
superintendent of the water depart
ment" That Is all. Not one word
about the repeal of the bridge tax.
which was embodied In the measure.
Not & syllable of notice to any signer
of the petition that he was lending
his name and Influence' to anything
but "free water." Not a word was
said to the city council when the
petition was presented to it, as to
the abolition of the bridge tax.
Nor was the caption of the petl
tlon the only misleading language in
the measure. In the course of the
Propedamendmentiojectlonll.4
these words occur: 'exclusive of
the levy for bridges hereinafter' pro
vided" yet all provision for the
bridge levy was omitted and we are
Informed by the sponsors of the
measure that this was done deliber
ately and Intentionally. ,
. Toe Journal was first to discover
the imposition which had been prac
ticed upon the council and the pub
lie, and promptly laid the facts be
fore the community; ' Because It en
tered prompt and . vigorous protest
against such underhanded methods
it has now been denounced as Itself
attempting to deceive the voters.
The folly' and the falsity of the
charge are so patent that serious de
nial seems almost superfluous. V
We ' have a profound respect for
the workingman. We welcome his
active Interest la public affairs. The
Journal was one of the earliest and
strongest advocates of the initiative
and referendum amendment to the
state constitution, which gave to the
common people a voice in legisla
tion. That , amendment was also
strongly supported by the Federated
Trades Council and, we now ask the
members of that, body how long the
initiative Is likely to remain a part
of our constitution If It Is to be made
the instrument "f deception and
fraud? Is the "joker" that lies hid
den In a measure such as the free
water amendment to pass unnoticed
and unexposed T -' Are the people to
vote for every Initiative measure
that Is . brougLt before them, , un
mindful of Its tru- nature and care
less of its real purpose?..
' There can be but one answer and
we believe that the Federated Trades
Council, when fully apprised of all
the facts, will set the stamp of Its
disapproval upon ; all . such under
handed attempts to deceive and mis
lead the voters. , . . .
STATE UNIVERSITIES.
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N A "Bulletin of the Carnegie
'Foundation for the Advance-
ment of Teaching," apropos of
the question whether state uni
versities should receive aid from this
Carnegie fund, are some statements
regarding these state institutions
tbat will be of quite general Interest
now in Oregon, , whose . state uni
versity is under much, discussion.
The Caraegte rule is that in order
for a -state university to oe a Bene
ficiary of his educational fund, it
must have a definite productive en
dowment of ; at least $200,000, and
the .National . Association of 'State
Universities are arguing-that most
of them are able to qualify. - -:
We see In the United States two
radically different plans lor the sup-
jport of higher institutions of learn
lng,' one that of support from pri
vate gifts, the other that of support
and control by the state. Most of
the older universities of the eastern
states are of the former class; the
latter are Nest supported In the west
One assumes that support will come
from free gifts of rich and Interested
people; the other assumes that the
support of higher as well as of elel
mentary education is the duty of the
state. The one system appeals to
the generosity - of " Individuals, the
otber'to the whole mass of citizens.
The latter are supposed to be tn har
mony with the spate's elementary
schools and supplementary to them,
a cart of an Integral system. v One
Is Inclined to be aristocratic, the
other democratic, - - ' ;
The state university had Its legal
birth In Georgia. in 1784, and North
Carolina. South Carolina and Ten
nessee followed," but Its greatest
growth and success has been In the
middle - west. The university of
Michigan was founded In 1837, and
has always received Hberalv support
from the state, as have the univer
sities of Wisconsin, Illinois, Minne
sota, Iowa, California, and many
other states. : There are now 39
state universities. Ohli having three.
Of the far Western states California,
Washington, Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming and Ndvada all have state
unlrersltles, and Arizona, New Mex
ico and Oklahoma have like Institu
tions. .. , Several of these are sup-
ported more liberally than Oregon is
now support! i its state university
with the late appropriation. ' ' '
The annual Income, of several of
the state universities increased be
tween lSf and" 190C as follows:
Michigan, from $225,600 to S438,
500; Missouri, from $117,700 to
f 366.100; Iowa, from 1101,600 to
$429,600; Wisconsin, from $318..
000 to $796,400;. Kansas,, from
$104,000 to $301,800:. Illinois, from
$144,500 to $825,100; Minnesota,
from $199,200 to $357,300; . Ne
braska.' from $70,700 to $357,100;
Colorado, from $86,500 to $140,000.
Not. all these incomes of last year
were ..direct, appropriations, or
course; but the bulk of the money
has been thus ' obtained. In some
states the agricultural college, sup
ported In part by' the federal gov
ernment, has been Incorporated with
the state university, and it might
have been well it this had been done
in Oregon, but a discussion of this
proposition is probably out of date
now. V V' "
The state university r of Oregon
has come to stay.' , It has been es
tablished for 31 years. It Is time It
was made a better Institution, one
equal to that of any other state of
similar population and wealth.
Washington Is spending much more
on its university than Oregon Is, and
a considerable number - of Oregon
young men 'are attending the Wash
ington university, r This ought not
to.be so. : Oregon ought to give her
youth as good aa education since
this is the settled policy as they
can obtain anywhere In the west,
California perhaps excepted. . But
even If the appropriation made last
winter were too high, as. some be
lieve, It would be a bad mistake to
invoke the referendum upon It. . Let
us either stand by the university or
by the initiative ;: abolish It alto
gether. And It Is safe to say that
the people of Oregon would not se
riously consider the latter course. .
OUR GLORIOUS PALLADIUM.
U'
NDER the sacred palladium of
our liberties, the jury sys
tem, the wearisome Thaw
ease has come to naught, and
will have to be gone all over again.
All the great expense, both to' the
public and the defendant; all the
terrible strain upon the people par
ticularly Interested, though . Inno
cent; all the country-wide excitation
of the public mind; all the shame
and scandal and sophistry and ex
pert testimony and hypothetical
questioning; all the formal aonsense
and patience-exhausting sparring
and wrangling, must be endured
again -and -with - no certainty -that
another jury will be any better able
to agree tn an this one was. And It
will be ten times more difficult, If
the lawyers choose to make it so, to
secure a jury than before.
We don't know how this can be
helped; we ' hse no radically re
formatory suggestion to make; but
:t does seem to ns that civilization
should ere this have devised some
way of disposing of such a case In a
small fraction of the time 'and at a
small fraction of the expense and
'agony" of this trial Nine weeks'
tremendous effort has been wasted;
the case has been almost a public
calamity; and , the resuU is nil.
Please don't ask us to reverence our
criminal court procedure very much.
The Jurors cannot be blamed for
not agreeing. Each was doubtless
conscientious In his opinion, and be
lieved that he was doing his duty. If
there had been some yielding and a
compromise, It would have been bet
ter, but a .juryman's conscience Is
his own, and if he obeys it he must
not be blamed.
,'It ls- well that the next trial will
be deferred for awhile so that the
publio can get the Thaw case taste
out of Its mouth. ' To hope that the
next tifal will be brief and "sane"
would be In vain. :
NO UNITED PARTY.
Q
COTINO a reported remark of
Senator T: Rayner that he
thought Mr. Bryan would not
accept the Democratic nom
ination unless It we tendered by a
United party, the Birmingham Led
ger says: . "It will be useless for
any man to accept the nomination
unless the party: is united, r We
hare' gone Into campaigns when the
east would not vote for Bryan and
we have gone 'into campaigns when
the west would not vote for Parker.
There Is no sense In going into an
other campaign of that kind. If we
cannot get together it is better not
to hold any convention next' year,
better not to put forward any candi
date," '
' If "united party"; Is used ; with
anything like llteralness, it will be
hoped for In vain. W. J. Bryan and
Orover Cleveland, for example,
though agreeing on many propo
sitions, can never unite or work to
gether In harmony. The only thing
for the Democratic party to do is to
let the majority of delegates to the
convention control and let whoever
will bolt, as no doubt many pro
fessed Democrats will, la any event.
But on the other hand there' are
also Republicans, of widely diverg
ent views, and though Republicans
have been in the habit of sticking to
gether better than Democrats, the
Republican party will not be united
either. Whether Roosevelt controls
of not, there wilt be much 'dissatis
faction, and more or less disruption.
Tbls country has become too large
and progressive tor approximately
half its voters to become harmon
loiisly united In one party. There
will always be beniefortjh large
contlng3nt of kickers, and some of
them at times are the salt of the po
litical earth.; S'.' '''','
A LIQUOR ORGAN'S WARNING.
ILL this country some day be
practically wlthou.ta llqj
nor traffic,' saloonless.
nearly all people actually
teetotalers? Not for a long time yet,
if ever, but the trend seems to be In
that direction. And who can doubt
that though the liquor traffic "puts
money in circulation" , to an Im
mense amount dally. It Is the source
of enormous evil?
It Is- not the declamatory pro
hibitionist or temperance reformer
who sees so clearly, the drift of .af
fairs tn respect of the liquor traffic
as the watchful, studious organs of
the liquor Interests themselves. ' The
temperance lecturer talks for effect.
but usually without effect, but' the
Interested Inside student of the
liquor business knows what he , la
talking about, and Is sometimes can
did enough to tell what he sees and
knows plainly. . ;
This Is what the Wine and Spirit
Circular; the national organ of the
American distillers,' did' recently, It
did not say that the liquor traffic
was doomed to extinction, but did
say In effect that It would be largely
extinguished unless the saloons
materially mended their , ways."
This organ' of the liquor manufac
turers recites that one halt of the
geographical area of the country is
now under lews absolutely prohibit
ing the sale of alcoholic beverages;
that Tennessee has'Just passed a law
amounting '' almost to . prohibition;
that the West Virginia legislature
passed resolution to submit a pro
hibition amendment to the people;
that Texas had ; provided that ex
press companies transporting wines
and liquors must pay a $5,000
license tax; that Illinois was consld
erlng a unit Ideal option measure,
and Indiana a $1,000 license law for
the few saloons that the remon
strance law will leave In that state;
that Kentucky, the very head
quarters of "bourbon. In almost a
dry state, and is likely to become so
absolutely;' that there is "an organ
ization opposing us and sworn to our
destruction that seems to' lack noth
ing In the way of money or brains,
enthusiasm or persistent untiring
works" and then asks: "What is
the wine and spirit, trade doing to
arrest the current of events, or to
alter In any way the radical conclu
sions which are being forced upon
the people In every state, county and
precinct?" ' . ' ;' '
The Wine and Spirit organ can
didly admits - that . vif the Anti
Saloon league can maintain its pres
ent organization it looks as if It will
certainly destroy the legalized sa
loon in all of the southern states, ex
cepting perhaps In Missouri,, and It
is certainly making strong headway
in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota and other 'western and
northern states.". ' And it declares
further that "if there Is one thing
that seems settled beyond question
It is that the retail liquor trade of
this country must either ' mend Its
ways materially or be prohibited In
all places save the business or ten
derloin precincts, of our larger
cities."' ' i -,: .". .'
This la not the ranting of a rad
ical reformer; it Is the plain and
we doubt not honest utterance of a
well-informed trade paper,' that
knows pretty well whereof It speaks
and Is watching keenly the signs of
the times as affecting the business
of which It Is an exponent and ad
viser. . . . . .' '
People are becoming more In
clined year . by year' to regulate
strictly the llqitor traffic, and to In
sist on a strict enforcement of the
laws! It these laws are persistently
defied or Infracted, the determina
tion becomes all the stronger to re
strict and control this business, and
the tendency grows to suppress it al
together in Increasing areas and po
litical divisions. This Is so because
while many worthy and useful cit
izens are engaged in some form of
the liquor trafflo, it Is almost uni
versally regarded and acknowledged
as a source of great evils too man
ifest and well known to need repe
tition. The people are becoming
more impatient of the existence of
these erlls, and if they consent to
tolerate their source at all will do so
tit
only under rigid nd well-observed
restrictions, and they will not long
permit violations of .the laws they
enact. - la this case, as In many
otherslaw abiding and honest deal
ers suffer' from the faults of the dis
honest and lawless ones; but the
people will not stop to discriminate
closely, and la many precincts, coun
ties and ' states are moving to rid
themselves of the whole business.
We do not think the Anti-Saloon
league, while no doubt working ef
fectively. Is accomplishing so mnch
as the liquor organ gives It credit
tor; 'the uiovement, gradual and al
most unconscious, Is rather among
people whom the league does not In
fluencemoderate, liberal men who
do not really believe In "sumptuary"
laws, but who are becoming more
and more Impressed with, the fact
that the saloons are the source' of so
much evil and are so hard to con
troL ': ' ;V . '' '' '
PRESIDENT AND RAILROADS.
J'
UST PREVIOUS to the Harrlman
Roosevelt episode. In which
some correspondence of these
eminent gentlemen" In the fall
of 1904 was made publio, the presi
dent, in a letter regretting his In
ability to attend a meeting of the II
llnots Manufacturers' association,
said that he had nothing new to say
on the Subject of railroad regula
tion, but adhered to 'his' messages,
speeches and letters, of several years
past, quoting freely from them. In
view of the great Interest la this
question, and of the president's dom
inating influence, what he has said
on this subject, and which he thus
reaffirms. Is of much Interest. A
few extracts will suffice, to present
his general view of the subject: , '
i do not bllT In government owner
ship of anything- which can with propri
ety be left In private hands and, tn par
ticular should moat atranuoualr object
to government ownership of rail road a
But I bollava with equal firmness that
It Is out of the question for the govern
ment not to exercise a supervisory and
regulatory right ever tha railroads, for
Is vital to tha wall-being of the
people that they should be managed la a
spirit of fairness and Justice toward all
the publio. A - critical experience has
shown that It Is not possible fto leave
the railroads unoontrollod. Such a sys
tem, or rather such a lack of system,
la fertile la abuses of every kind, and
puts a premium on unscrupulous and
ruthless cunning In railroad manage
ment, for there are some big shippers
and some railroad managers 'who are
always willing to take unfair advant
ages of their weaker competitors, and
they thereby force othar big shippers
and big railroad man who would like to
do decentir Into similar acta of wrong
and Injustice, under penalty of being
isrt nenina in tna race ror success.
. The opponents of government regula
tion dwell unon the Intricate and In
volved nature of the problem. Their
eontention Is true. It Is a eomplloated
and delicate problem, and all kinds of
difficulties are aura to arise la connec
tion with anr plan of solution, while
no plan will bring all the benefits hoped
for br Its more ootlmlstlo adherents.
But, while I fully admit the diffloultles
tn the way, I do not for a moment be
lieve, that these difficulties warrant us
u aiopping in our errorta to secure a
wise end Ust system. At present wa
race sucn utter lack of supervision, such
freedom from the restraints of law, that
excellent men have often been literally
forced Into -doing what they deplored
because otherwise, they were . left at
the mercy cf unacrupulnus competitors.
. Since these statements were made
the president has expressed the fur
ther opinion that regulation of all
railroads, even those entirely within
a state, should be ' by the ' federal
government, the states keeping their
hands off entirely, but to this prop
osition the states seem not to agree,
aa they have enacted more railroad
legislation during the . past witter
than for many years before. .
Some of v the big railroad ' men
have at last ostensibly agreed with
the president's -views, evidently be
lieving that if state regulation could
be eliminated, and federal regulation
could be rendered mild and "sane,"
it would be a good thing for the
railroads. . Some, too, are doubtless J
sincere in wismng to take more ac
count of the people's Interests In the
management of the railroads.
In the next congress La Follette
will renew his fight for ascertaining
the actual valuation of the railroads.
with a view to basing freight rates
thereupon, , '' and to eliminating
"water" as a basis for dividends, but
It Is reported that the president 1
not prepared to go tbat far..-
The whole subject will be a prom
inent publio question for years 'to
come. But that there will be some
change of methods In railroad man
agement, and In the relations of rail
roads and the people. Is pretty cer
tain.. ' And what the president says
about It will "go far."
i i ..
. . V ' st
Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rockefeller
have congratulated each other over
their disposal of fractions of their
great surplus wealth, and they
transmit wireless . winks to each
other as to the opportunities the
fool people gave them and the meth
ods they pursued for amassing such
great quantities of the root of much
evil and some good.
Though the president Is a woman
suffragist or used' to 'besome
women seem determined to "taake
trouble all the time for him. And
as everybody knws one woman de
termined to be troublesome can
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make more trouble than 41 men,
Once On a time it was Mrs. Minor
Morris though she was sent about
her proper business with scant cour
tesy. -Next It was "My Dear Maria,
who imposed upon the confiding na
ture of the president. Now It
Mrs.' Von Claussen, who Insists that
the president shall avenge a grlev
knee she bas against the minister to
Norway. - But -so far the president
has dodced 'her. ' He dodges "ho
man,, friend; or foe, but' who can
blame him 4or dodging ' a woman
with a bug under her bonnet?
t n' '
It Is quite natural for young Mrs.
Thaw to be unable to see why the
jury did not acquit Thaw at once.
but Evelyn is a woman, and one very
much interested In the case," hence
can' see but one side of It, and hat
in false colors ,. ,
J?QWJtJi -Imported Jtba the cab-
lnet Is spilt' up, and the president
has overruled his' venerable secre
tary of agriculture, over some phase
of the whiskey question; Whiskey
is a great trouble maker.
It is reported from Pittsburg that
Mrs. Holman ' Is preparing a state
ment ' for publication . The best
thing Mrs. Holman can do Is to keep
entirely quiet and so be forgotten.
Now that the woman's club elec
tion Is over, a little more Interest
may be taken In the municipal elec
tion, thought will be In comparison
a tame, unimportant arrair.
We predict that Fourth street will
be relieved of the steam railroad be
fore 198 0 though of course we
could not be positive about it ;
; ' 1
A.Los Angeles man is under ar
rest accused of having 160 wives,
Some men do like women, and yet
are hard to suit.
H
to Kn
ymns
ow.
A Song of Praise. v
i- t By Bdware Caawall. ' -
There ar a large number of hymns
to the credit - ef this distinguished
Roman Catholle priest, including some
of the most popular in every communion.
But tn every ease Caswall asver claimed
to be more than a translator, this hymn
being from the Oermaa. It Is a hymn
today often sung la Bt Paul's, London.
, When morning gilds the skies, .
: My-heart, awaking, orlea,
' , MVy Jeeua Chriat be praised, i .
, Alike at work and prayer
- To Jesus .1 repair: , - '
' ; May Jesus Chriat be praised. . ' ,
. Whene'er the sweet church bell ' '
" reals o'er hill and dell,
May Jesus Christ be praised. ,
O hark to what It sings, ,
, , AS ieyonsly It rings, '
May Jesus Christ be praised. '
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The alght becomes aa day.
When from the heart we say,
May Jesus Christ be praised. . "
'. The power of darkness fear
When this sweet chant they hear.
May Jesus Christ be praised.
,'' Tn heaven's eternal bliss ' '! '". .
' The loveliest strain Is this, " . ,
May Jesus Christ be praised. ,
Lev earth and sea and sky -'
From depth, to height reply, ' '
: May Jesus Christ be praised.
- Be this, while life to'toe,r''?0'"
' My canticle divine. '
May Jesus Christ be praised.
j Be this the eternal song
Through all the ages on, . .. . .
'May Jesus Christ be praised.
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Sentence ; Sermons.
.'-.' By Henry F. Cope.
Emptiness Is not Innooeaee.
Worship is Independent ef walla. .
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True religion is the root of all reform
. Triumph is a matter of simply trying
amf - ' ,
The heights never are scaled b tha
'toplofty.
'few, . , .
I ' The overtime sermon makes the sloth
ful saint. .i ,, -i i- --- . . . .,
Too cannot fire the hearts ef men bv
frosen sermons, - . , , .
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To loee sens aa sooa as you Inert
all sentiment. . t . . ,
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Polishing the head alone often aara.
lyse th heart. .,
The ear ready for slander make tha
lips ready to slay.
The greatest shame ef all la ta fi
none at things unworthy.
Th pulpit Oftan mistake tha thunri..
for the shower of blessing.
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A man Is not sound la life beeanea ha
has much sound on his lips. -. '
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Th ehnreh will not make a new warM
until It Is willing to mis with the eld
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Tm may ellmb Fool's hill tn an auto.
but you will not reach the top any ear
lier. - - . .
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Th greater the self-eonsclousnaaa nt
the fool, the lees his consciousness of
bis true self. - ,
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There Is little danger In the discontent
with condition that la equaled with dis
content trtth oharacur.
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The ereed that bases lighteousnsss'on
a legal fiction will produce only a flo
tltlous righteousness.
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You cannot give a man much light by
throwing knowledge at blm in such a
Lway that he see stare, ' ' ,
Inigen is going erasy oa the skating
rink proposition) says th Irrigator.
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lermon
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The Purpose of Living.';
By Henry F. Cope.
Glorify Qod In your body.- I Cor
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HE early question ! of th eld
oread. "Whf is the chief end
of maaT" was ' conceived in a
plrlt more practical than aoad-
em la . It was the voice ef the
constant Inquiry as to ths purpos of
living. But th answer, given by thefT
creed lacke the assurance of a morsj i
conviction; t falls to find any responae
In us. "To glorify Ood and to enjoy
him forever" may be the portion of
angels, but honest men have to confeaa
that they have no great , daslr to be
angels, yet
The emphasis of the creed with that
as its basis ' practically wa on dylna
rather than- on living: it owed what
ever grip It had on men to the promise
it held, to those who were la the midst
of the sordid round of tasks or th
dull, heavy grind ,of ' poverty, of a
fellottude that knew neither hunger.
fear, nor pain; It offered a heaven for
ever to those who could endure a hell
for a short tlm -
The logical consequence was to make
dying the chief end of living. Who
cannot -Tmn bee-bang told to- deeplee
the present, . to consider bow brief It
is, like a cloud before the dawn of the
endless dayt It wa compared to th
short ; waiting outside some door be
yond which was warmth, cheer: and '
unending bliss. 80 that the pious soul :'
thought of life only In terras of wait, f
lng. watching, sndurlng. Piety baoamaS
positive only In prospect, aegatlv la
me present.
To say to a man, "be patient with
wrong and oppression today and yon
ill be prospered tomorrow. I to
teach him to compound a felony, to
wink at the despoiling ef the earth by
tb Iniquitous for th consideration of
a title to the riches of baa ram. , it I
to lose sight of th fact that unless the
life finds itself now It never will find
Itself, that to dwarf a soul today Is
to dwarf It forever.
Th chief and of life will be found
In life Itself, now, present, la this world.
Ths only way to. make the most of the
future IS to make the most of ours Ives
In the present. If heaven be th land
of unlimited happiness only hearts that
have been enlarged, that hav learned
ta know things that are high, to sym
pathize with things and thoughts hav
ing the breadth or eternity vr can
comprehend it rich.
Th menace, of the old theology wa
that it postponed everything; It wa
th philosophy of procrastination. Whaa
It postponed th real purpose ef life
It put off tb realisation of It possi
bilities; It postponed the development
of character. . -
Then, says the practical man. this
means that we can Ignore the future;
we must make the moot of the present;
get all you can; keep all you get; the
whole purpose of life Is to make a good
living, to enjoy yourself. Thl 1 th
wing of th pendulum- away from th
old thought. Th ideal of the present
day Is material advantaV. .The ehlet
end of man la to make money. If once
he was the slave of aa aayast order, he
now is the Slav of an unworthy ap
petite. .- ? , -
Living only ror weaMn or ror wages
I not living atNui. . Who knows lees
of lit Uhan the slave of modern com
mercialism, the man who lifts his ars
no higher than tha . pay roll, or . the
ticker tape? it la better to be the vic
tim of a delusion that give aom hap
piness, that give some fortitude, and
to live the simple life of the poor than '
to be the slave bound to the wheel of
modern , soolsX. greed and money, mad
ness. .. r . ...'.
Life Itself Is the object of living;
the chief end of man I to become
glorious a his Ideal of Ood Is glorious,
to realise th highest tbat com to
him tn th song of poet, the vision
of seer, the hope of hi own heart.
The money, the acres, the resource ar
th tool for th development of life.
This world Is a workshop; It ha failed .
utterly If it produces nothing but aa
array of machines and a heap of shav
ings;- it must turn out. the nmsnsa
product of men. '
Are you living thus ror lire, or are
you living to do no more than make
a living? we need to educate ur
children to set honor, . truth, Justto. a
high life, before all things, to prise
noble attainments eo-that they shall
not be content with the lesser, prises .
Of prosperity In thing, so that whether
we win or lose in the markets or trie
world we ehall stand rich and glorious
tn manhood, finding the ends ef Uf In
th .achievement of high character and
finding in commerce but the servant ef
Character. i '
Rev. William Booth's Birthday.
General William Booth, the head ef
the Salvation Army who recently trav
ersed the American continent oa his
way from England to Japan, wa bora
In Nottingham. April 10. 111. H wa
educated by a privet tutor and In Ittl
he entered the ministry ef the Metho
dist New Connection church. The or
dinary circuit work of thl denomina
tion waa niataatafui ta aim ana alter
submitting to It for several years he J
withdrew In 1(11 to devote himself to.
evangelistic labor. Arriving In LoneTOn I
he wa struck by tb destitute condi
tion of the eastern portion ef its pop
ulation, and commenced, In July, 1I8S,
special effort on their behalf. This
effort was at first styled th Christian
Mission, but developed tn 1171 into tne
Salvation Army. Bince that time the
organisation bas grown until it now Is
established In 61 countries and colonies
and maintains ovsr 10.009 men and wo
men tn ths field. In hie effort to build
up the organisation General Booth waa
greatly auled by his wire ana la mil y.
In th course of his work Oeneral Booth
haa visited th United State and Can
ada half a dosen times, and ha mad
several complete circuits of the globe.
. '.' Today In History, ; s
1471 Karl of Warwick, "th king
maker," killed at battle of Barnet.
1544 -French defeated imperialists at
Ceresuelo. -.--')
1S14 Treaty of peace signed set
Great Britain and Franca
184 Hungary declared Itself a
state, -with Kossuth as supreme gov
ernor. . ' . .'.! 1
1(62 Rangoon, capital of Burmese
Empire, taken by the British.
1867 princess Beatrice, daughter Of
Queen Victoria, born. - . "
1811 Port sumter evacuated by the
Union forces. ' '
IKS Abraham Llncola aasaasinatsd.
1(00 rarls International . exposition
Opened. ' ' . .
105 Body of John Paul Jonas dis
covered In Paris by Oeneral Horace For
ter. . , .
. Conflicting ftatetnents.
' From the Snecdvllle Tnn.) Time.
W would rather be a pauper in the
army ef the Lord than a millionaire ef
this world. - ,
Bay, are you a friend to th Tlmest
Show It by th eolo- of your money,
which we need In our business.
If you want a dollar In the Time
and haven't th cash, send us sueal er
corn, - .. ... . . .. .
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