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ANOTHER "UNDESIRABLE CIT.
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T BEING necessary to conrict
Moyer,' Haywood and Fettlbone
; because they have been ukased
as "undesirable citizens," It is
extremely embarrassing that the at-
torney employed to prosecute them.
an O. K.M United states senator-
elect, should be Indicted for some
connection with land frauds. Hence
the summoning of the district attor
ney of Idaho to Washington, and the
desperate attempt, to make a scape
goat of ex-Senator Dubois. Row4
could either Dubois, even it so in
clined, or the prisoners (barged with
the assassination of the late ex-Gov
ernor Steunenberg, Induce, the fed
era! grand jury to believe false tes
timony against and Indict an eminent
and honored citizen? ' A Washing
ton correspondent, apparently "in
spired,' accuses .Dubois of working
up the scheme against Senator-Elect
Borah, and says "It is the most con
temptible trick attempted in Wash
ington in , many yean," and that
''Dubois is doing hra utmost to pre
vent a fair trial of the men charged
- with the murder of Steunenberg. and
is steadily trying to break down the
hand of the government. , His vjict
'stamps him as a discredited citizen.
This : phrase "discredited citizen''
has a familiar sound,: suggestive of
its origin, and ., the . whole screed:
against Dubois' has the -earmarks, of
a made-up and paid-tor attempt to
divert public attention from the real
' point of interest. Probably 'Dubois
added himself to, the list of "unde
sirable citizens" fc by expressing' the
opinion that there might be "others.
even some O. K.'d by the admlnistra
tlon. But it seems to be that, while
an Indictment ot a 'labor leader
makes him an ' undesirable citizen1
before It is proven whether he "is
guilty or not,; an- indictment of
protege of the, administration , does
not render him an" "undesirable citi
zen. " And what is more, -any one
who expresses an opraioff to the con
trary thereby render himself one of
the "undesirable" class. - ; .
( In this comment we do not wish
to be considered as expressing any
opinion as to the guilt or innocence
6f either the labor leaders or the
enator-elect But let us have a
"square deal." It is to be presumed
that the grand Jury that Indicted the
labor leaders had sufficient evidence
before them upon, which to-found
I those indictments. ' But . the pre
sumption of Innocence nevertheless
still obtains until the Indicted men
are convicted. Hence it Is ont of
place to say. without specific knowl
edge of their guilt, that they, are
conspicuously "undesirable citizens."
. And the same rule applies to Senator-Elect
Borah. It he has been in
dicted there is a presumption of evi
dence against him sufficient for such
action, but not of guilt ; That he is
a senator and an able lawyer makes
nothing against htm nor In bis favor.
And while we do not agree with Du
1 oil la much that he says And does,
t se no reason for classing hint as
r ti "undesirable citizen" because,
1 ark. ia Washington, he expresses an
. !aton. . ' . " ...v . ,
Tbls unprecedented action if re-
rorts be true to discredit the grand
Jury and the district attorney can
t ut arouse suspicion that the govern
meat U making dsprat efforts to
cover up something that should ba
known. - If tha district attorney is
engaged In a plot to rain - Borah,
Judge Beatty would also hare to be
In It to make It successful, and no
body can suppose this to be the case.
Are there no local affairs., political
or Judicial, that . are .not safe from
admlnlstratlre interference T v
MINORITY REPRESENTATION.
A
BILL for minority represen
tation is pending In the
French chamber of deputies.
The plan ought - to be in
vogue in Oregon. It has been in
operation in Illinois for years, and
with acknowledged wholesome ef
fects.' An attempt to abolish it at
the-late session of the Illinois leg
islature was defeated overwhelming
ly. The effort met with wide oppo
sition from the press. Republican
and all.s ' . V'. -v .
By the plan, in Illinois, each sen
atorial district has three represen
tatives,, and for these representa
tives each elector la allowed three
rotes. He can give them all to one
candidate, he cad give 1 votes
each to two candidates or he can
give one vote each to all three can
didates. Member of, the minority
party naturally concentrate all their
votes on one or two candidates, and,
experience shows, always suc
ceed in ; electing a good minority
representation In the lovjer bouse.
Legislatures overwhelmingly of
one party are always tempted into
abuses; Unrestrained power, whether
in a legislature or elsewhere, always
develops tyranny and abuse of
power..; The flagrant evils ot past
legislatures in -Oregon have been
due, more than to any other cause,
to the overwhelming majority of the
dominant party. A strong minority
at all times would have been a curb,
and would have saved the Republi
can party many a scandal and many
a factional row, and would have
saved - the state . many a dollar ot
public 1 funds. : Such at least, has
been the history ot the plan in Illi
nois, and that is why the attempt to
repeal it lgnominlously. failed In a
legislature strongly Republican. v
t The present gerrymandered- con
dition of legislative districts Iij Cflo
gon is a scandal.' The haphazard
way in which- counties are hitched
together,, not -In. the behalf ot the
public" ,weaU tmtf for partisan pur-
posea. Jsa stigma on the state. No
such' Ignomiay; ould be presented
underh2 minority- Representation, De-
cause there would be no advantage
in it for either party.
A WORD FOR THE PLAIN
;V.: w.iv,.; GIRLS ,.'. .
KB JOURNAL Is engaged in an
: attempt to find the most beau
tlful i woman ,- in Oregon, ai
well. a this can be ascertained
by means of photographs, the only
available way,1 and ; other papers
throughout the country are engaged
In the same -quest, which makes an
Interesting contest, .There are many
styles ; or 'varieties of beauty . In
women, and the photographer, .while
he must be strictly true to nature.
1 of Importance, for. it is essential
that he shall in no wise mar beauty,
but shall aid its best photogrcphic
presentment. . Nothing that we could
put into words could overdraw i the
loveliness of a beautiful woman,, and
the beauty of many: whose pictures
The Journal has ' printed and will
print is beyond our means of praise;
but let it not be understood that all
or even the highest praise of woman
hood Is due to those accounted un
usually beautiful In figure, features
and complexion. , The exceptionally
beautiful woman is noticed and .ad
mired and . courted - and flattered
more, but she may' be no more or
even less - lovely, la character than
her plainer sister. Beauty has been
called a fatal gift, but, while this
need not be and is only occasionally
true, the plain young woman has her
compensations. ' Another old saying,
truer than many, is that beauty is
only skin deep; it is not a sure index
to the heart, the mind, the. soul.
wherein, after alt, the truest and the
imperishable beauty lies.:
Still another saying is, or used to
be, t that plain girls -make the pest
wives. If this be the rule, it has a
multitude of exceptions, yet one can
find footing for an argument that
plain girt Is rather more likely
than a pretty girl to make an endur-
ably satisfactory wife to the average
man of good sense. The exception
ally pretty girl attracts men more
easily, of course,' and soon learns her
power and to like to exercise It, and
so, unless the has an anchor of com
mon sense and good principles, she
is more likely than the homely girl
to become flirtatious, insincere, self
conceited, frivolous and in the end
disappointed. Her ears are filled
with flatteries, admirers represent
her faults as charming, her little
vices. It we may use so strong a
term, as bewitching, and so she be
comes in some degree spoiled, as the
plain girl does not. " The beauty is
more apt to live in an artificial and
somewhat vitiated atmosphere, and
having sipped sweet poison becomes
distrait and . disappointed when
brought into close and . Inescapable
contact with the humdrum realities
ot life. Understand, we speak only
of a type, of some, only here and
there one, perhaps, exceptionally
beautiful girls, and we don't sup
pose any ot The Journal prise con
testants are of this type; some wom
en's physical and character beauty
correspond; but there is this possible
and sometimes actual disadvantage,
in the long run, of beauty over plain
ness. " . ' -
The plain girl, on the other band
allowing here also for numberless
exceptions is driven, perhaps un
consciously, to make herself attract
ive and esteemed by more enduring
and subsurface Qualities. ' She has a
greater incentive to acquire solid ac
complishments as an offset to or a
compensation for beauty. She soon
apprehends that ' since beauty was
denied her she must develop the best
In . her to take its place. So she
spends less time before her mirror
and on the promenade, and more In
gaining useful knowledge; less In
frivolous small talk and society dis
sipation, and more in trying to be
and do good. So the plain sister is
quite likely, after a few years, to
outstrip her pretty sister in mental
and moral charms, which the sens
ible man who will make a good hus
band values, after all, more than
mere surface beauty.' Beauty fades,
like the flowers of yester year, but.
as Burns says: --, ,
The charms o the mln', the langer
they shine.
The mulf into beauty they graw.
' ' man. ,'' ".; .''.' ' : ' . y'
THE BIBLE.
o:
NE OP. W. T. Stead's recent re
marks was: "As 99 Americans-
read the newspapers to
one who reads the Bible, the
newspapers in this country should
reflect the tlble." !
We do not know how correct Mr.
Stead's estimate is, and don't sup
pose he knows any more about it
and probably not as much as we do,
but it, certainly is true that news
papers might well "reflect" much ,of,
the truth and poetry of -the Bible,
It is an inexhaustible source of good
thinking, good writing, good living,
We do not jneed to wrangle about
interpretation and belief; we need
not study and labor to harmonize
everything; we need not worry to
understand everything just as some
one else does, in order to gain wis
dom and. inspiration from this won
derful old book of books.
Where is finer' poetry than some
ot the psalms or passages in Isaiah t
Where shall we find so wonderful
a history so dramatically epitomized
as that of the Jews, from Abraham
to-Joseph, the husband of Mary, the
mother of Jesus?,. Where such a rich
mine ot philosophy, ethical precepts
and religious Instruction? Where
the story of such a ministration and
sacrifice, where the foundation of a
religion that has so moved mankind
and changed the history of the hu
man race? , -r-'
The newspapers are a modern ne
cessity, but the Bible ought not to
be neglected. It Is a fountain from
which all intelligent people may
draw constantly with pleasure and
profit . --v '-,' .'
OUR COSTLY MAN ON HORSE-
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I" WAS NO mistake for the New
York peace conference to have
been held. ' Its mission;, is to
create peace sentiment and kill
off war germs, and there are signs
that we need it. Of the great sum
of money appropriated by the late
short "session ,of . congress nearly
$1,000,000,000 but 6 per cent is
set aside for the economlo better
ment of the country. In sharp con
trast, no less than 44 per cent goes
for the military side of our life.
For all . the heeds and economies
of agriculture, and for improvement
of rivers and harbors as a means of
getting the products ot field, forest
and mine to market, the scant sum
of I4S.630.S83 ia appropriated; For
the army, navy, ordnance, fortifica
tions, pensions and military academy
the appropriation is the extraordi
nary sum Of 3S2.258,467. This is
the largest item in the great con
gressional budget. :
The great disparity of the figures
may well raise the question if the
natjon is not drifting away from the
pathway of it true destiny. Our'
notable achievements as a people are
in the line of commerce and Indus
try. ' We are 'builders rather than
destroyers, ' producers rather than
butchers.' For the building and de
velopment of tb arts of peace, all
the units in the republle dally strug
gle and toil. Not the panoply of
war, but the constructive , and ma
terlal evolvement of structural civil
lsatlon is the individual and collect
ive ambition. A true view of our
country and the bent of our people
would seem to suggest that for rivers
and harbors and for agriculture
more money should be set aside than
for cannon and colonels. Tet, with
no foe la sight, nor to be expected,
our bounty for the one is 6 and tor
the other 44 per cent. Truly, our
premiers , ot peace have a great
work to do. v ; .
GOVERNMENT MOVING PEO-
r PLE-WARD.--.v-
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HEN A Pennsylvania legisla
ture does anything appar
ently good it is so remark;
able as to be worth noting,
The house, and perhaps ere .this the
senate, passed a illl supposedly de
signed to terminate machine . party
rule in cities; it . establishes the
initiative and referendum, and' so
gives the people the right to control
municipal legislation. The Pennsyl
vania house also adopted a resolu
tion for electing United States sen
ators by popular vote. A direct nom
ination law is now in operation in
that state.1 There seems hope of
Pennsylvania yet.
The Iowa legislature adopted an
improved system of municipal gov
ernment 'and a form of direct legis
lation for the state. The city gov
ernment, plan is to have a . mayor
and four aldermen, with a veto
power in the people, who) also are
given the power of direct legislation
and the right of recall. The officers
will be nominated by direct vote of
the people, as here. A large, though
not the necessary two thirds, vote
was cast tor an improved form ot
advisory initiative" that where a
bill or resolution falls to pass the
legislature the voters can rote on it
advlsorily at the next primaries, or
55 out of the IBS members of the
legislature can order such an ad
visory vote. Thus the legislative
nominees are practically pledged by
the same primaries to support the
measures recommended : by the
people.'. v. ' '' ;-'V '.' v.
. The Maine legislature submitted
to the people ot that state the ques
tion V ot stablishlng the Initiative
and referendum. So also, the past
winter, did the legislatures of Mis
souri and North Dakota. ' Oklahoma
put this provision in. Its constitu
tion. Many other states are consld
ering like movements. Seven states
besides Oregon South Dakota, Mon
tana, Utah, Nevada, Illinois, Ohio
and Texas have adopted the direct
vote system. J -r ''-
Wilmington, Delaware, Is the first
eastern city to adopt the initiative
and referendum system. - The New
York legislature,' at the instance of
the grange and labor unions, enacted
a law establishing the optional refer
endum for Chautauqua county, to ap
ply to expenditures of over $25,000
by the board of supervisors. '
Sixteen states now pactlcally elect
senators by, direct vote of , the peo
ple, twelve of them southern and
four northern states, and well de
fined movements to do so are risible
In at least six other states. '
The Wall Street Journal recently
said: - - f . y ": .
','If progress in favor ot the initia
tive and -referendum in representa
tive government advances in the next
few years as it has in the last few,
it will not be long before the people
will send their representatives to the
state legislatures and to congress
with a definite program of, convic
tions to enact Into laws for the sub
sequent decision of the voters. It
is true that the referendum idea
may be carried to foolish extremes.
but within due limits it has great
value. - There are undoubted signs
that machine rule must give place
to more or less direct control by
popular vote." ' I j
All the instances mentioned Indi
cate a movement of the people to
ward taking amore active and di
rect part in their public affairs, and
leaving them ; less "to politicians.
bosses, grafters, partisans and spoils
men. Necessarily, the work of the
people will In some cases be crude
and imperfect, but they Trill earn
as they experiment,' and constantly
become more capable of self-govern
ment.; '', .',"
A SATISFACTORY
r, MENT.
EXPERI-
P
UBLIO ownership ot the water
system, is on trial at Corvallis,
"and, according to a local pa
per, with, gratifying results-.
The city issued $76,OdT In bonds,
and brought water from Mary's peak,
15 miles distant The stream Is
tapped within two miles of its source
and the water is of great purity.
: The water commission performed
the unusual task of constructing the
system within the limit ot funds,
having, in fact, after paying the first
Interest charge, a balance of seVeral
hundred dollars left over.' " i ;
.The plant "began operation - last
autumn, and up to January 1 had
saved - a balance over expenses ot
1795.70. The published report of
the commission shows that for the
quarter ending March 81 the water
revenues with the balance on hand
aggregated $1,925. The operating
expenses, and interest charge tor the
period was $1,698.04. leaving a net
balance ot $1,861.7'. What makes
the case more unusual is that all this
was accomplished with a privately
owned water system in operation and
sharing a portion of the water reve
nues of the city. , , "
Besides providing the best obtain
able water for its people, the well
known college town has the gratify
ing realization that the Investment
is a good one financially and is to
be congratulated. : .s :
BUT THE
HORSE
HERE.
IS STILL
I
T 13 a perennial Joy to be an
American. ' The industrial
world-triumphs , that i swiftly
succeed each other with the land
of the free as the victor are a factor
in this joy. 1 A new and striking tri
umph has just been won by the
United States in the manufacture of
automobiles, in which she now leads
the world, In 1901 she made 814,
and France made 23,711. Last year
she ' built 6J7.000, France 66,000,
England 28,000, Germany 22.000,
Italy 19,000 and Belgium 12,000,
win nine years the world has built
550,000 motor cars. . They cost more.
than a billion dollars, according to
a French estimate. The sum is one-
seventh the value of all the rail
roads In the United States! But, in
spite ot it alfk the horse, which the
auto was to banish. Is still with ns,
and brings a larger figure than he
ever brought before.
An Indiana jndge has decided that
the liquor license law is unconstitu
tional on the broad ground that it
seeks to authorize and shield a traf-
flo that is evil per se, a source ot all
sorts of criminality, and clearly
against public morals and public
policy. . That Is, ,he holds that not
only as a matter 'ot fact, but as a
matter ot law, the position of the
prohibitionists Is correct. ' But it
cannot be expected that this brave
decision will be upheld by the higher
courts. This judge may be long on
good common sense, bat be is short
on precedents. .. - . ",'
It seems as it the prss of the
United States was-hardly doing its
full duty with regard to those many
millions of starving people ot Russia
and China! The facts are given pub
licity, but should we not appeal more
earnestly and persistently for help
for those miserable creatures? This
incomprehensibly rich country ought
to give tens of millions in such a
case. we can anora to pay a iittie
toll for the great privilege "of being
Americans instead ot Russians or
ChlnamenT ' -'' .!" ': .'' v''-
Now let Japan' acknowledge that
in the United States, or at least in
Seattle, that considers Itself, Ameri
ca's most important city, the Jap is
given a fair chance. A Japanese
student over .there has won out in
an oratorical contest, naving ac
claimed - Patrick . Henry's ' give-me-
llberty-or-give-me-death . speech bet
ter than any American contestant
could. If It were possible, Seattle
would blush and hang- her head in
shame for its youth who couldn't
out-Liberty-or-Death a young Jap.
Placards reading 'Tote for Smith"
ought, not , to Influence anybody's
vote, unless that of the job 'printer,
The announcement can in all prob
ability soon be definitely made that
spring, has came. " ':
As either an international or , a
trust . lawyer, Secretary . Root is
'way np. ' .. A'y " ' '
' ': - . a.' ' "- ..
Was one, H.J?. Wagnon heard to
speak of a "square deal"? Strange,
if true.' V,v i'- '' '
Speaking of an earthquake
wouldn't that jar you? :
Hope springs eternal la the Bry-
anlo breast. - V'..'".
:-: Indian Philosophy. - 4 ' ,
From the Tonka wa (Okla.), News.
The ether day Elalo. the oldest Uvinc
Tonkawa Indian, tu making- aora par
chase In one of our hardware stores,
and the enterprising- salesman called her
attention to a waehbi machine whloh
ne eaia wouia mane "Blue Monday" a
day ot pleasure. Old Elele admired the
arly pelnted machine, but when she
waa made to understand for what pur
pose It waa Intend she sniffed the
air in contempt. Ml ne wash. Pale
race wasn, wash all time wash..
Monday, Monday, Mondayy heap
Indian no waaht ail time dirty,
face waehfall time dirty too."
Wash
Wash.
. Pale
:- ' ' Unsolvsble.' -
From the Kansas City gtar, '
What la bound te remain a mystery
for all time Is that with all of the
means of transportation which Harrl
man commands he should have- made
the mistake et writing a Ietteiw ' -
- Hymns to Know. '
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' The Unchanging Love.
By WUUam Cowper. ! .
fCowper published this hymn ta 1761.
It Is at this day one of the most fa
miliar and beat loved hymns tn the
churches of Great Britain: Indeed, It
waa one of the hymns tauht tn the
schools there. . Cowper hardly would
be called the poet of cheerfulness; he
was or an erratic ana meiancnoi aia
position, Tet his hymns have become a
rich heritage of strength and comfort
to many people, perhaps because they
contain the healing which be applied
te his own inner wounds. .
Hark, my soul I It la the Lord; (
Tls thy Savior, bear his word;
Jesus speaks, he speaks to thee:
"Bay, poor planer, Iovst thou met
"I delivered thee when bound.
- And, when bleeding, healed thy wound;
: Bought thee wandering, set thee rlfht.
- vurnea my aarxness into light , .
' . ; . w... ... - . .....:,..
TJan a mother's tender care . "
' Cease toward the child she .barer.
, Tee, she may forgetful be, -;
Tet will I remember thee, f ;
"Mine Is an unohanging love, ' - '
Higher than the heights above, : .
Deeper than the depths beneath,'
Free and faithful, strong as death,
"Thou shalt see my glory soon, : :
' When the work of faith Is done;
Partner of my throne shall be:.
. Bay, poor alnner, lov'st thou mer
, Lord, It" Is my chief complaint ''''
That my love Is at til so faint;
Tet I love thee and-adores- .
O (or grace to love thee moret ; V
Letters From tke
:g;ff;Ioplc'"';-?V--
. . - Political Clubs Too Active.
To the Editor of the Journal It
would seem from the eondltlon ofmu
nlctpal political affairs In this city that
the result of the primary election law is
to place all political activity and power
in the hands of political clubs so far
aa the making of nominations tor city
offices la concerned. One day the Dem-
ocratle club meets and . tells Just who
is zu to carry the Democratic banner,
the next day the Republlaa clubs com
bine into one and assume to dictate
matters Republican, then the- leaders
of the labor union! get' together and
just who the union people shall support
for nomination is- determined. 1 sup
pose all . these various bodies have a
perfect right to indulge' in these pro
ceedings, but bow different from boas-
Ism is this state of affairs from that
which prevailed before the enactment Of
ui primary wi . ,
Not all voters belong to unions or
clubs. Why not have a mass meeting
or Republicans, and of Democrats,' and
of unionists, and let these do some en
dorsing on their own account? Or, at
least, let men and measures be dis
cussed openly and freely. It is diffi
cult te separate trickery and underhand
flea ung from the secret activity or po
litical oluba. None of them should be
allowed to assume to speak for a self-
respecting party-or group ot -eltlsens,
and nobody should feel that' he Is bound
In any degree by their, actions - er
schemes. Seereoy Is the mother .of S-
lltlcal rascality. . . -
s OEORQB X BROOKS.
Mayor Lane.' , . ;.- ft i- ,r
From the Corvallis Times.
The attitude of a bevy of Democratic
politicians in Portland toward the can
didacy of Mayor Lane- la nsual but none
the less astounding. . The mayor Is a
candidate for. reelection, and he declares
that if nominated and elected he will
put the ."public Interest" above party,
personal or any other interest. His
attitude is one to appeal to most people
as nigniy desirable. The public Interest
ought to be paramount to every other
consideration. The reason for It la
vividly Illustrated by conditions In Saa
Francisco. Mayor Schmlts sacrificed
the "publlo Interest' to private and par
tisan interests, ana oenoid the results.
The shame of the Golden Gate city
would seem to discredit forever any
platform of a candidate other . than
paramount ta what makes loyalty
to "public Interest," and . that,
tne attitude of Portland noli.
tlclans conspicuously lnapropos. Wheth
er tney- Know it or not. It lb a rood
way for -them to aid the candidacy of
Tbs times are CalHne- for aood mm
for of floe, Publlo robbery as disclosed
In many big cities has Its meaning, and
that meaning ought to be distinctly hna.
tile to spoilsmen, place-hunters and brib
ing corporations. The charge against
yur umam is mat ne is ODooai
such things, and that as an official he
nas not loieratea mem. . The oppo
sition to him under the circumstances
many people will consider aa a beat re..
son for his reelection. . Incidentally the
umcitu wno serves-. tne publlo best,
serves his party best,
Today in History. i ;.
iBos oonsaive defeated the ant.
at Seminars. ...
150 Henry Vtl of England, fonndar
or ma maor aynasty, aied. Bora, 1467.
1814 Baroness Burdett-Coutts born.
Died, 190. -,- . . i. . .
1(11 Louis T. WtcfaiL n. m.
rroras Texas at the beginning of the
Civil war, born. Died at Galveston,
February 1. l14. ' . , -
1H3 Battle of Ban Jacinto. "
1143 Augustus Frederick. efxtV ann
of George IIL died..
l7f General John A. Dl died. Born
In New Hampshire, July 14, 178.
r!f j Massacres In Mandalay. '
1194 One thousand neraona nmnl
In a rising of the Han river, China,
v 1(99 Ei-Benator Quay of Pen na viva.
nla acquitted of a charge of conspiracy
us siate iudos lor private gain.
1906-Cretan assembly proclaimed a
union Of Crete with Greece. . ; v .
Fractional .Currency. ! ;
The dollar that Is whole and round
Tou soon find out, alack,
Will roll so far away from you '
Tou never get It back, . ; , ;
But when it walks upon two legs
Its speed is halved at last; ' "
It finds It quite Impossible , .
:. , To get away so fast, , ,
Then when, it travels on all fours "
It proves a greater bar;
Though locomotion seems increased,'
y It does not go so far.
. But stranger still It is to note, '
Despite the power to roam, ,
When it has got a hundred legs
It sticks right close to home.
McLandburgh Wilson.
Very Much Like a Dream, .
From the Boston Herald.
- Counting Secretary Cortelyou as a
reactionary who can be depended upon
ultimately to buck up against Roosevelt
looks very much. like a pipe dream- '
A Sermon f orToday
The Greatest of These,
By Henry F. Cope.
And now abldeth faith, hope, love
these three; but the greatest of the
la love. Z. Cor. xlil, .
A'
MAN'S character Is the best eonv
mentary on bis philosophy. Ii
you remember that the one whe
rises to the sublime heights ol
mis song or love was not
singer of sweet, sentimental ditties, bul
a 'great impetuous so,uL who through
years of perilous toll spent himself in
servloe for humanity, you begin to sa
what he meant by love. . .
Love Is not an emotion; it is not in
itself a passion. It la a prtnolple, a
law of life and servloe which bean
fruit In emotion, which becomes a doml.
nant passion. It consists not In th
way we feel toward others, but In the
relation we determine on ' maintaining
toward them. It Is not a matter ol
your sentiment for men, but of your
service for them.
The love that blindly follows th
emotions and the passions may be so
essentially self tsb as to sweep one on
to degradation; the love that definitely,
perhaps In apparent eoidness, deter
mines -upon the service of others, the
gift of the llfevto others, lifts the soul
to the fact and the heart to tha Ukenaaa
of the Most High, o .. . t
This love Is self-giving. Tha towa
Teacher could Call on men to lova ana
another, even aa he loved them, becautei
me one greac ana significant fact of
his love was that he was ever under
the moral and spiritual Impulse of tha
conviction that he was giving his life
to the world.- There remain te us no
emotional love phrases from bis lips;
there remains the . picture of love In
action, going about ever doing good, ,
Out of the principle of love, the
adoption of this philosophy which re
gards lire as one grand opportunity te
be of service, regards every other being
aa an opportunity te help- or cheer.
grows the real Joy of living. - surlnas
emotions divine and heaven born. Tou
cannot love In this way without be
coming lovely. ' v, - i .
Eyes of love transfigure all the cre
ation. Only the selfish become cynical.
It- Is greed, the philosophy of getting
and gaining, that makes the world seem
empty, cheerless, a tomb ot blasted am
bitions. But to those whe seek the good
of others, the flowers of joy and kind
ness, the beauties of hope and human
faith, all things that are good abound
more and more. '
Love la bora Qf faith; It la the child
of hope. It gives whatever we have
to humanity tn the faith that It la worth
while. It sows the seed of kindness,
gentleness, oourage, aspiration. In faith
that the seed will bear fruit to the fu
ture; It scatters pearls of wisdom, be
lieving that men are better than swine.
And out of faith la men, hope for them,
and service -and self-giving to them,
rise the satisfying emotions of life.
' Love becomes a passion. '.Where la
there greater enthusiasm, stronger evi
dence of compelling motives and domi
nating Impulses, than In those men and
women who have tasted of the Joy ot
serving their fellows, giving their lives
in lowly or In lofty ways that other
lives might be the' richer T There Is
more of eternal power , and ' sublime
poetry In the giving of one cup of cold
water In the name and aptrlt of the
Master of Love than In mil the love
son nets'-ever written, t rt'- v '- -
''The true and fun self Is found only
through' love's service. Never im the
mother nobler than When love leads to
the lewllest service. Never do we find
the glory pf life until we are willing
to embrace Its shame, if only our loved
ones, our kin ' or friends, eur raoe or
world, may be enriched and saved. The
secret of making the most of yourself
lies in this divine principle of love; the
secret ef saving the world Ilea hare. ;
We need pot wait for the mighty Im
pulse of some great . affection, some
overpowering emotion. We need not
wait for the hour in which, we may do
some great, world attracting deed. Love
gives itself to that which lies nearest;
ita aarvtce never halts for opportunity.
The least thing done in this spirit of
self-giving unlocks the floor or loves
joys and blessings and makes us part-,
ners with the Lord of Love and Life. s
: Sentence Sermons. "K
1 " . '.'" v By Henry F. Cope. ' ' , :
" Kindness le the elga of divine kin-
h,p-' : ... .
Tou cannot knit the souls ef men
with soft solder. ' - : '
...(,,-.,, e e -.' . : . .
Tour credit in heaven depends . en
earth's debta to you. , , . : '
- -. -.-.; .. ' V:J.'
To attempt a great work Is te beootne
great worker. ';
. e ' -J ' .- n- - '
The practice ef happiness does tauch
for the power of holiness, -
Living in itself is tbe treat lessen ta
making a life. .
No man, ever found this world a WjsSfT
place whe had a worthy work to do.
It's no use talking about, the religion
in your heart If It Is not visible ta your
home. , .. - - - -. ...... . . . j
... e e . .- - i .,
,lfe Is to be measured "not bv Ita
rewards In things, but by Its reach and
vision. . . t -, j ,, s
Wharf the pulpit.- sees no good In any
one the pew Is . not likely to seek the
gooa anywnere. ... , ., f .r:,-.-: :,
' ' . e ... , ... 1, ,
There Is no profit 1n the Maadahlti
that knowe no investment ef the self. I
The fortune ef all la founded en faltk
la one another. " - , -
- e e , - ...
The people whe expect treat thlnn of .
us are the ones whe help us to great
things. . '. . . , . . ; ;
The- only people who Insist on aiaaar
barrlers are those who are too small to
see over mem, , t; -
A good deal of talking that Basses for
praying really Is only fretting lest the
Almighty should forget us. -
,.' -e e . -; t -
Many a good Intent sticks
fast in
honeyed words of resolution, ;
- ' -.- ." ,'i
The hrpocrlts'e great bnainaaa ! m
find some appearance of virtue to cover
every vice. .. .
- e e 1 ;:.A , -.
It is possible te be a connoisseur of
sermons and still be far from a saint .
';.-. ; -e e ,
He who adopts no high standard le
the only one who never falls.
.' - - ' ,-.'.e 'e ' ,
, Utm rlohes are In the fine dust of
dally kindnesses rather than In the
great nuggets of publlo charity.
' - ' e e ....... '.."-
Better to die with .mpty hands and '
still facing heavenward than to dla
with both hands filled with earth and
your back toward God, 1
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