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September 1908.
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It many times falls out
that we deem ourselves much
deceived In others, because
we first deceived ourselves.
Sir Philip Sidney.
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THE PEOPLE AND NEWSPAPERS
T
HE DALLES OPTIMIST, the one
paper of Oregon that openly
and boldly urges Statement No.
1 Republicans to violate their
: ' pledgee, says that out of 250 news
J i papers In Oregon not over twenty are
!; partisanly Democratic, and that of
! the other 230 or thereabouts only a
I j very few oppose the election of
it Chamberlain; and it asks, Why? It
i answers that these newspapers "fear
ji the, howl of 'the people."' If we
it look no further, isn't the answer all
j I sufficient? Why should not these
; newspapers Agree with, speak for,
1 1 represent, act In concert with and re-
; spect "the people"? The term "the
j ! people" is quoted by the Optimist,
j and here and there by some other
' party orgian, disparagingly, scorn-
s fully, contemptuously. They con
: elder party the main thing, "the peo-
j pie" as nothing worth consideration.
Curiously, they cannot see that this
" is the very point " and principle at
Issue: Shall the, people rule? Shall
they have their will in their own
;! affairs? No wonder indeed that
?; only a very few"
1 pers dare to set
J.? against the people.
Republican pa
th em selves up
i.- The Dalles Optimist and Us edi
" tor, who created It, are to be re
. spected; they dare to say what they
think, and say it plainly. Brother
sh Bennett believes that public affairs
J should be left to political, machines,
?: party bosses and effective "leaders"
f within these lines; and that "the
U people" should acquiesce in what-
ever these leaders do, and never
4 under any circumstances desert a
party or a party's candidate that
t is, the Republican party and its can-
didates. He believes tfiat rather
than not adhere solidly In every pos-
slble contingency to party and party
leaders, elected men should vloIate
their specific, positive pledge to "the"
people." We can feel and are free
4 to express some measure of admlra-
tion for this frank avowal of Bour
; bonish partylsm, but cannot Indorse
S it, or believe that many people in
' these days will agree with :t.
After all, what is worth consider
ing, a a matter of public or of
ficial duty and service, but "the peo
ple" the scorned, ridiculed "peo
ple"? And if they on full Informa-
tlon and after a fair, full campaign
have decided in favor of any particu-
lar man or measure, shouldn't their
' will be obeyed by those whom they
4 elect to office? And should not this
d be so more emphatically, certainly
5 and unquestioningly, when men
elected have as a means thereto
t promised some particular thing?
COLLEGE STUDENTS AXD SOLO
MON .
0
N A RECENT Sunday there
were eleven churches, with
their accompanying Sunday
schools and societies, "run-
ring in full blast" in Corvallis, but
not a saloon was open or In exlst-
ence there. This Is a matter for
i congratulation, though' probably a
combination and concentration of
the religious work would give bet
i ter results. One of the Sunday
5 schools on this occasion suggested
certain questions to students of the
Agricultural college that are well
worth their consideration, directed
V principally to the sacrifices made by
? parents and families in order to
jj maintain these students In college,
4 and what repayment they were to
5 make through the aid of the educa-
t tlon thus obtained
Youth cannot
bo. expected to consider these mat
tort, very seriously, yet as' students
they are . already considerably re
sponsible citiiens,' and , prospective
leaders of enlightened citizenship,
and as such these questions are de
priving ef their , conscientious1! con
sideration. Every student ought to
kcrnisoilouSIy in mind what he owes
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to parents, perhaps to brothers and
sisters, to the taxpayers, to' the state
for the opportunities and advan
tages he enjoys.
It Is with no depreciation of this
thought that we observe that it was
rather Incongruously coupled with a
recommendation for the study of
King Solomon's "home life"; and
the choice of his youth that "im
mortallzed him." V Solomon was a
great character and his reputed writ
Ings are worthy of prolonged and
recurrent study; but because he was
a "Bible character" Is no reason
for setting him on a moral pedestal
as an exemplar in every respect.
He evidently, like many others, did
not practice all he preached; and
as a consequence, toward the end,
he declared that life was vanity and
vexation of spirit, and that "vanity
of vanities, all Is vanity." This Is
rather easily interpreted, but not
readily in harmonious association
with a model "home life." Finally,
however, he Bald: "Hear the con
clusion of the whole matter: Fear
God and keep his commandments,
for this is the whole duty of man."
Older students ' than those in Cor
vallis and those who attend Sunday
schools are pondering on this saying
and how best how to apply it.
TAFT
AND THE PHILIPPINE
TARIFF
NT
R. TAFT, according to a re
port, has compromised, or is
negotiating a compromise,
with the sugar and tobacco
trusts with respect to Philippine Im
portations not that he will have
any direct power to abolish or mod
ify the present law, but so that he
will not oppose such duties as these
trusts may dictate to congress. This
at first glance does not seem en
tirely creditable to Mr. Taft, but he
is no doubt "a practical man," and
as such, realizing that congress in
the case of a contest will stand by
the trusts, he prefers making sure
of a small fraction of reform and
justice, to the slim chance of get
ting any unless some prior arrange
ment were made.
Mr. Taft is undoubtedly sincere In
desiring to remedy the injustice and
evil of the Philippine tariff, but as
a politician will effect a compromise
rather than head a probably losing
fight for what he believes to be
rleht. This is not heroic, but un
der all the circumstances it may be
best.
Str. Taft of course hopes 'and ex
pects to be president for eight years,
and he feels that he cannot afford
to break rudely with the high tariff
leaders of his party at the outset.
There are indications, however, that
he will gradually and diplomatically
press tariff reform to some extent,
and thus may be able, to accomplish
more than a radical reformer would
who would set himself up in sharp
antagonism to Aldrich, Cannon,
et al.
Mr. Taft Is a very level headed
man and Is likely to do a little more
rather than a little less than he has
promised or professed along this
line of reform and perhaps along
others.
(HIRCH'8 SIXTIETH
DAY
BIRTH-
A'
N AMERICAN city is seldom
much If any older, dating from
Its earliest beginnings. than
Its Methodist church, than the
oldest local organization therein of
that religious denomination. So the
celebration today by Methodists of
the sixtieth anniversary of the for
mation of their oldest society here
would conform closely in point of
time to a celebration of the sixtieth
anniversary of the birth of this com
munity. Since a very early period In our
national life the Methodists have
been pioneers, religiously and other
wise. People of other denominations
have been so also, notably the Cath
olics, who as a rule pressed for
ward first of all. as they did
throughout most of the great west,
but If not first the Methodists were
neer far or long behind, active in
ali kinds of pioneer work, and form
ing always an important, effective,
progressive and mightily helpful por
tion of every new community.
Perhaps the distinguishing traits
of Methodism fitted people of this
denomination exceptionally well for
the rough and self-sacrificing work
they had to do In a new region. No
silk stocking or dilettante religion
ists or citizens were they; no hard
ship was too great for them cheer
fully to endure; no privations could
check their Bongs of praise and
shofits of enthusiasm; no obstacles
discouraged them for a moment in
their onward march with the ban
ner of the cross.
Of glorious, sainted memory are
many of those old Methodist pio
neers of Oregon. Some, though by
no means all, were uneducat"d, or
rather were devoid of scholarsvaip;
but they were animated by a su
blime faith, they were moved 1 y a
noble purpose. The spirit that moved
them to utterance and action seemed
fresh and unsullied from the heart
of the creator of such a magnificent
wilderness as this old Oregon, and
to be in harmony with tho region in
which it operated. There would be
a large void, a great blank, in the
history of Oregon if the story of the
early Methodists were, left out. . In
deed, it would be difficult if not im
possible to. imagine an Oregon wl
out the work of the Methodists of tb
early days and sincer s
Other denominations of -earnest
Christians bave done their part
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equally well, but few if any were
by training, religious bent ar.d
methods, and habits' of religious
thought and action, so well adapted
to conduct a rough and ready pio
neer "work in a new region. And
while some of 'those early methods
have been somewhat modified by
friction with a more complex and
refined civilization, " and ' while re
liglous belief and feeling are not
so intense the more cultivated and
perhaps more civilized people ot to
day owe much, as future generations
will, to these hardy, faithful, ener
getlc, enthusiastic Methodist pio
neers of Oregon. Verily, their works
live after them, and shall endure
always, .
Sixty years carries us back to
1848, when there were indeed but
the merest elementary fragments of
a civilized community on the ground
where Portland now stands. Though
there were other considerable settle
ments, Portland was yet in the womb
of the slowly travailing "time. Yet
then a few Methodist Christians and
pioneers got together and organized
what has since been the Taylor street
church. ' What a period of growth it
has been; not very rapid, for so long
a period, yet viewed as a whole won
derful, instructive, inspiring. Out
of that infant pioneer organization
have Sprung how many MethodiBt
churches? And mother and the long
line of children have ever played an
Important part In the development
of the clty state and region, In the
advancement of religion, righteous
ness and morality, of every good and
uplifting work, i
So it is well on this orcasion, cn
this Sunday, for the buy, bustling,
constructing, expanding city to pause
an hour and ponder on this cele
bration, on ' the beginnings and
growth of Methodism here for it
is typical of many things and on
the character and work of those who
here in this splendid, awesome wild
erness organized to set up their altar
of worship and to declare and prac
tice their faith and devote them
selves to their religious idwils.
HOLY ROLLING)
F
IVE DEAD and a Blxth dying are
the results of the Holy Roller
riot at Kansas City. Among
the dead are two policemen and
a little girl. Several families be
reaved. Innocent ones left helpless
and a city shocked are the aftermath
Three of the Holy Roller leaders in
dicted for murder in the first degree
Is one sequel to the outbreak. Two
of the fanatics have renounced their
faith as a result of being brought
face to face with the realities of the
law and their own outlawry.
The apology of some of the lead
ers Is that they were directed from
heaven to resist the police and com
manded to use their revolvers in the
process. The spectacle of the Al
mighty as an inciter of gun play is
a new proposition for both the re
ligious and secular world. The
claim that, as the good shepherd, he
would direct his lambs to kill hu
man beings, Is evidence enough of
the bogus character of these saints.
The appearance of such a sect claim
ing such a relation with the Omnipo
tent and giving him such a charac
terization is one of the anomalies of
life. It Is a travesty on the name of
religion and a barbarian conception
of the Christian faith. It is as vul
gar as It is profane. If It is the re
sult of human Ignorance and mental
weakness it is the by-product of
those of larger mental mold who are
sometimes over-wont to vaunt their
own established relation and famili
arity with the supreme being. If it
comes from viciousness, the Kansas
City courts will ascertain and act ac
cordingly. Society is becoming fairly well or
dered. Christianity has been a chief
means of uplift. Its militancy is
the world's best hope. With bar
barism went the idea that sins are
washed away by holy rolling on the
floor and other abuse of the body
as a means of serving the master.
People who do that and whose mes
sage from the Prince of Peace is a
bullet from a revolver are as likely
to be sinners as saints, and in most
Instances are subjects for gentle in
vestigation if not restraint.
THE AMERICAN-JAPANESE
AGREEMENT
Iff
UCH HAS been said about the
recent reaty or agreement
made between this country
and Japan by Secretary Root
and Ambassador Takahira, but a full
consideration of it seems to warrant
the conclusion that Its Importance as
a definite, binding undertaking by
the two nations has been consider
ably overestimated, although in its
moral effect and in its indirect and
incidental consequences it may prove
to be effective of far-reaching good.
Explained in the briefest terms, it
is an expression of the two coun
tries, through their highest diplo
matic mouthpieces, of commercial
amity and fair play in the orient and
on the Pacific. It positively and
permanently "binds the countries to
nothing definite, but does express a
broad, general, friendly Intention
and purpose, and will have a large
and beneficial moral influence and
significance.
It was timely for Secretary Root
to negotiate such a formal declara
tion of purpose and Intention. Japan
needs peace, for years to come no
nation more yet'feels that she must
be vigilant and prepared for war;
but no responsible persons In Japan
have any desire, deslra or notion of
war with the United States. There!
was in this agreement no suggestion
ef present or prospective belliger-
ency; rather it was a dignified and
sensible protest against Hobsonlsm
in both countries.
The agreement seems tentative
and academical, yet It is significant
and important; as one commentator
has said, "it makes history." It is
a logical sequence, though only
fractional result, of the celebrated
movement Inaugurated by the late
Secretary Hay. The United States
is going to maintain its commercial
rights in the orient; it re going not
only to do justice but to Bee justice
done to China; but Japan is sot to
be handicapped or harassed in car
rying" forward her national destiny
by this country.
If there is any deeper or more slg'
nlflcant and concrete meaning to the
treaty, alliance, compact or contract
whatever we may call it than
this, it is that England, the United
States and Japan wilt stand to
gether for fair play in the orient and
on the Pacific, Japan on its part-to
let China work out its own destiny
without forceful reprisals on the part
of Japan br any other powers.
The transportation factor of Pa
ciflc commerce will not be and can
not be materially affected by such
an entente: Japan's commerce in
this respect will grow, and whether
ours doeB or not will depend large
ly upon whether the protected inter
ests continue to prevent a reform in
our navigation and protection laws
PU YI
H
OW IMPOSSIBLE it is for a
people to change old forms
customs, ideas and ceremoni
als. Indeed they are indls
posed to do so. China has been a
notedly non-progressive nation, ac
cording to our western ideas, and
though some reformatory and revo
lutionary ideas are sprouting and
growing there, they did not affect
the ceremo.nial on the occasion of the
crowning of Pu Yl, three years old
poor little kid as the ruler of per
haps 430,000,000 people, inhabiting
a domain of 4,250,000 square mtles
We at this far distance know this
little unfortunate almond-eyed.., boy
Blllipiy ttB I'll II, HUU IUUB UCBl&IiaiCU
we feel like being friendly with him
i i n.. xri A u.. 1" ..J
and trying to renew childhood's feel
lng again with him for there is a
worldwide and race-obliterating de
mocracy among "kids"; they all
laugh and cry In a universal lan
guage, tnink mucn tne same
thoughts and act much alike but
little, brown, innocent Pu Yi recent
ty became not only emperor of the
most populous nation on earth, but
Son of Heaven, the Great High
Priest and the Brother of the Sun
and Moon. In his little-great name
tatesmen will be exalted and en
nobled, or dislodged and degraded
and many heads of people who have
done no great wrong will be cut off.
Governors will commit suicide; am
bitlous and influential underlings
will grasp minor but effective
sceptres; and millions of people will
or have by now already per
formed all sorts of what we call
heathenish devotions, all on account
of the ascendency, through a series
of incidents, of this child to his
place of political destiny.
Meanwhile, in his palace, with his
30 nurses and 300 personal attend
ants, more or less, young Pu Yl Is
thinking tlie thoughts and perform
ing the acts and experiencing some
of the joys of childhood. He is
"mewling and puking" In some
nurse's arms, Jf he has the colic;
he is prattling Chinese baby lan
guage; he is breaking thousands of
tads' worth of toys; he doubtless,
like a baby in a humble household,
dominates "the ranch." Possibly he
comes nearer being king today than
he will ever be when he Is grown up.
But new things are happening in
China. Gradually, but perhaps rap
Idly, it will become a new China.
For 12 years to come this baby will
be In tutelage; at the age of 15
what an absurd thing he becomes
legally the absolute emperor of that
great country. But In that time
China will have advanced much and
many things will have happened.
Even then Pu Yi's young eyes, if he
should live, may look out on a land
that in many respects would be
strange to the late Tsl An, and to
his ancestoral Sons of Heaven, Great
High Priests and Brothers of the Sun
and Moon for thousands of years
past.
RESTIVE INDIA
B'
RITISH WOMEN and children
are fleeing from India. The
fear of a native uprising is tha
cause. The latter is fore
shadowed in many omens. The
bomb has been introduced as an im
plement testifying to native dissatis
faction with British rule. Its use
Is the outward expression of an un
rest that has been growing and
spreading through a series of years.
It has been thrown into railroad
coaches carrying Englishmen, it has
been Invoked 1n assassination of po
lice officers, it has been hurled at
authority and at the signs of au
thority on many occasions during
the past six months. Sedition is
spreading throughout the provinces
until the British authorities both In
India and In England are fearful of
the future. - More libera); forms of
government with concessions to the
natives in a system of so-called home
rule and a greater voice in the con
duct of affairs has been proposed,
bat the advices ' are" that even this
Drecautlonary measure hat come too
late for effective results in staying
the tide of revolution Aa a last re
sort the strengthening of the mill-'
tary force is being rapidly pushed
and there is forecast of the bloody
alternative of the bullet and bayonet.
Of the 300,000,000 of native pop
ulation in' India, 235,000,000 are
under the direct, rule , - of .British
agents. . The remainder is less dl
rectly, but Is still under British au
thorlty. The . final authority is in
the British foreign secretary for In
dla and the British parliament. The
visible authority is in the governor
general, or viceroy, and his council
of five members. The viceroy is
appointed by the crown and receives
a salary of-$83,500 a year, drawn
from the Indian revenues. There
is a sort of legislative council of
16 members that can ask questions
about the financial budget, but can
not move resolutions, nor vote upon
measures. A standing army of 215,
000 to 220,00,0 soldiers is main
tained, two thirds of whom are na
tive. There are 18.000 miles of rail
road, so distributed as to be of great
strategic value in the disposition of
troops in case of an uprising. The
desire to provide for Buch a con
tingency has been a chief factor in
prompting railroad construction. An
uprising if spurred on by a consid
erable degree of native, enthusiasm
would result in the shedding of
rivers of blood.
The more educated natives dream
of a government like that of Canada.
Leaders among them hope for abso
lute independence. For years thou
sands of Hindu students have been
studying western education and civ
ilization In American and other col
leges, and It has been observed that
all of these students are violent in
their denunciations and bitter in
their complaints of British rule.
Britain has a grave problem In its
hope of continued repression of the
Hindu dream of national unity.
THE REDUCED DAIRY OUTPUT
I
T IS a matter of regret that Ore
gon's aggregate of dairy products
shows a falling off for the cur
rent year. The fact was la
mented by many a speaker at the
annual meeting of the State Dairy
association this week at Salem. Tha
sale of fancy Oregon cows and their
removal to other states was ascribed
as the cause. Expressions were uni
versal among the dairymen that it is
a policy of non-progression and mis
fortune. The good cow is the first essential
to successful dairying. She Is to tho
dairy what the improved harvesting
machine is to the wheat grower iand
what the locomotive is to civilization.
The low grade cow Is in the same
class with the discarded grain cradle
and the ox yoke. To attempt to
utilize her is to turn backward the
wheels of progress and deny the
truth of ascertained and demon
strated facts. Her keep costs as
much as that of an animal that
trebles or quadruples her yield of
butter fat. There Is a dairy farmer
In Washington county whose aver
age yield per cow last year was 37ft
pounds of butter, or about 300
pounds of fat. The average of the
23,265,033 cows In the country is
145 pounds. Naturally the Wash
ington county farmer Is In a career
of financial success. His cows are
a gold mine and their excellence he
key to his prosperity. They are a
perfect guaranty against failure.
They are the standard within the
reach of every dairyman who takes
the! time and the trouble to reach
it, and with that standard, anything
else but success is impossible.
The average of only 145 pounds
for the country Bhows the odds
against which many dairymen are
contending. To offset the yields of
which the Washington county man's
379 pounds of butter is the type and
bring the general average down to 145
pounds of fat, the average on many a
dairy farm must be 100 or below.
Perhaps there are such in Oregon.
If so. there is an awful handicap to
the industry. Dairying with such
cattle is plowing like the Chinese
with a sharpened stick. When such
animals are thrown into the scrap
heap and the standard set by the
I FAMOUS GEMS OF PROSE
The asnington Monument
(From an oration at the laying of the
corner stone of the Washington monu
ment, in Washington. D. C, In the pres
ence of President Polk and three future
presidents, Buchanan, Lincoln and John
son, July 4, 1848.)
Fellow citizens, let us seiee tnis occa-
lon to renew to each other our vow
of allegiance and devotion to the Ameri
can Union, and let us recognize in our
common title to the name and fame of
Washington, and In our veneration for
his example and advice, the all-sufficient
centripetal power which shall hold
the thick-clustering stars of our confed
eracy In one glorious constellation for
ever. Let the column we are about to
construct be at once ft pledge and an
emblem of perpetual union. Let the
foundations be laid, let the superstruc
ture be built up and cemented, let each"
stono be raised and riveted, in a spirit
of national brotherhood. And may the
earliest rays of the rising sun, till that
sun shall set to rls no more, draw
forth from It dally, as from the fabled
statue of antiquity, a strain of national
harmony which shall s.trtke a responsive
chord in every heart throughout the re
public. ' . 4
- Proceed, then, fellow citizens, with; the
work for which you have assembled.
Lay the corner stone of a monument
which shaH adequately bespeak.the grat
itude of the whole American people to
the illustrious Father of His Country.
Build It to the skies, you cannot reach
the loftiness of his principles, ' Found
It upon the massive and eternal roct
you cannot make it .m&re enduring than
his fame. Construct it of. the peerless
'.: VTA. Av,:-tiV:
Washington county man is estab
lished, dairying will flourish and
the Oregon aggregate or dairy pro
ducts will be raulMpllea. ,
It is a gospel to be preached from
the housetops, for dairying la as es
sentially a destined Industry of west
ern Oregon as that the grave is the
common lot, and instead of falling
off, the output of the industry snouia
annually increasei -
There is a '"wholesome directness
.k.t tha iTiAnner In '. Which the
granges handle the question Involved
in the coming election of. United
stareR senator. To them there is
but one issue and that is whether
legislators, the servants of the peo-
nle. shall keep the pledges wnicn
they made before election. And we
have yet to hear of a grange which
is not unanimously in favor of the
affirmative. . ,
llDton Sinclair made a row about
a charge of 25 centB for a Dreama!.
of Bhredded wheat at a first class
hntPl in San FranciBCO. Where has
he stopped hitherto on his travels?
To manv neoDle who have eaten In
San Francisco hotels the shock
would have been from so smau a
charge for the cheapest thing, on tne
bill of fare.
It is reported that Secretary Cor-
telyou will become the president of
a big trust company of New York at
a very large salary. This Is what
the office of secretary of the treas
ury is for; to fit men thoroughly for
presidents of Wall street financial
institution. Uncle Sam Is very kind
to Wall street.
According to Rockefeller and
Arcnbold, the great monopolies are
great philanthropies. But is it the
government's province to maintain
such philanthropies, especially when
there Is no compulsory power of
division?
A Poem for Today
Prayer.
By Richard C. Trench."
(Richard Chenevtx Trench, born at
Dublin, Ireland. September 9. 1807, wai
a celebrated minister of tho English
church, serving as dean of Westminster
and afterwards as archbishop of Dublin.
His fame, however, rests on Ms work
as a linguist and a poet. His poems
were published In 1865.)
Lord, what a change within us ojie
short hour
Spent in thy presence will prevail to
What heavy burdens from our bosoms
What parched grounds revive as with a
We kneel, and all around us seems to
lo wr -
We rise, and all. the dlBtant and the
Stands forth a sunny outline brave and
clear. , . .
We kneel, how weak! We rise, how full
of power! , ,
Why, therefore, should we do ourselves
this wrong,
Or others, that we are not always
ait rstn a '
That we are ever overborne with care;
That we should ever weak or heartless
be
Anxious or troubled, when with us Is
prayer,
And Joy, and strength, and courage arc
with thee!
This Date in History.
1776 General Lee of the American
armv urprlBed and taken prisoner by
a British patrol In New Jersey.
1S03 Francis Lewis, one of the
signers of the Declaration of Independ
ence, died. ,
1836 Phillips Brooks, Episcopal
bishop of Massachusetts and famous as
a pulpit orator, born in Boston. Died
there Jan. 23, 1893.
1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. Va.,
ended in a victory for the confederates.
18S4 Attempt to dynamite London
bridge.
18!8 Lord Strathcona endower the
Royal Victoria College for Women at
Montreal with $1,000,000.
1904 yoint congressional committee
agreed on subsidy bill providing for
payment of $60,000,000 to American
ships for the first year.
1905 First elections held In the Prov
ince of Saskatchewan.
John Fraser's Birthday.
John Kraser, auditor general for
Canada, was born December 13, 1852. at
i-ioch Uarry, County or oiengarry. un
turlo. His father was James Fraser, a
successful merchant and farmer, long
Identified with public matters in Glen
garry. After being educated at the
public schools at Loch Garry at the age
of 17 he became clerk In a mercantile
establishment. In 1875 he entered the
finance department of the government
at Ottawa under Sir Richard Cart-
wright. By hard work and faithful
service he advanced step by step
tnrougn the various ranKs until in moz
has was appointed chief clerk account
ant and dominion bookkeeper. On Aug
ust l, lut, tie was appointed to the
high office of auditor general for
Canada. '
By Robert C. tnthrop
Parian marble you cannot make It
purer than his life. Exhaust upon it
the rules and principles of ancient and
modern art you cannot make it more
proportionate than his character.
But let not your homage to his mem
ory end here. Think not to transfer to a
tablet or a column the tribute which Is
due from yourselves. Just honor to
Washington can only be rendered by ob
serving his precepts and Imitating his
example. He has built his own monu
ment. We, and those who come after us
in successive generations, are its ap
pointed, privileged guardians.
The widespread republic is the true
monument to Washington. Maintain Us
Independence, uphold its constitution,
preserve its union, defend Its liberty.
Let it stand before the world in all its
original strength and beauty, securing
peace, order, equality and freedom to
all within its boundaries, and shedding
light and hope and joy upon the path
way of human liberty 'throughout the
world, and Washington needs no other
monument. Other structures may fitly
test our veneration for him; this, this
alone can adequately illustrate his ser
vices to mankind. Nor does he need
even this. The republic may perish,
the wide arch of our ranged union may
fall, star by star its glories may expire)
stone byt stone Its columns and Its cap
ital may crumble; all other names which
adorn Its annals may be forgotten, but,
as long as human hearts shall anywhere
pant, or human tongues shall anywhere
plead for a true, rational, constitutional
liberty, those hearts shall enshrine the
imemory, anoT those tongues prplong the
rame r George Washington.
crmpn for Today
( Faith and Formula. ,
rr. .l- . Ry Henry F. Cope.
that doeth good is of God." M
John, 11. . i - , . .
0'
NE reason that religion means so
little to many is that we have
for a long time been accustomed
to thinking of it from .the wrong
. - nd ; ' we have worried ourselves
oyer its forms Instead of using Its sim
ple racts; we hgve substituted its phH
Sn?Ph7 Practice; we have ac
quired the habit of thinking of faith
fonsT 9 matter creed nd opin
io those days whon the reason feared
to trust Itself, when ignorance made
the many slaves to the few who sought
to keep a monopoly of knowledge, men
W.er willing to accept the authoritative
statements f the religious specialists
that they must give personal unques
tioning assent to those pnilosophlcal
S-mB!?.UuI,repare1 bv be Institutions
upon which those teachers lived.
Once men gave the same blind allegl
t2? to the doctrines of religion that
they also gave to feudal overlords: they
uw. M5tit. a" what the quarrel was
about, but, being told that they must
?hfen2 y,9aJth. or be eternally damned
they defended the faith, they paid their
dues, and counted that they had per
formed the r duties for religion.
BUt Opinion la no mnn pollirlnn k.n
a Ku$? book a Journey, if you had
a million copies of) even so practical a
code as the ten commandments there
would be less religion In the whole pile
than In one little kindly deed done by
one for another. We seem to think still
that you can make a, man religious by
gettlnsr him to r,lta nhn..
opinion. y
1 V.ew. ar no meal In cook book.
Health is not the same thing as a doc
tors book. You rnnrint knv mlaHn.i
a book store. Nourishment, health, wis
dom are all the product of vital pro
cesses. They come through life. You
may define ail these in words, you may
describe them In books, but the things
themselves you can neither put into
such forms nor get out of them.
Religion Is not the Bible, nor the
creed, nor the church. These are but
Its symbols. Its descriptions, and guide
books. It takes a good dnal more than
faith in Baedeker to take a man to
Italy; it takes something more than be
lieving the Bible to make a man relig
ious. -
You can nevftr mak n knn.
that two and two are four by repeating
that formula to him; he must some
how In his experience put this two and
that two together. Then miriiunn h
comes simple, delightful (because help
ful), practical. The gravest difficulty
in neiping people to the religious life
Is that we are insisting on putting the
formula before the experience.
Let 'he definitions, the descriptions,
the symbols of religion take care of
themselves. Let every man express his
views in his own wav. Hi n (
some form of expression Identical with
all others; his need Is to find by the
actual test of living, by practical ex
perience, that the religious way of llfo
Is tho best, the most satisfactory, the
most serviceable.
Do not worrv nvr th Tnrm. ......
bols that others use. Get the fact, the
great fact, that life has in it higher
values than those of the beast and the
burden bearer, that man Is more than
dust, that living for the good of all Is
the secret of finding all tho good In llfp.
Steadily , reach out for the best In Ufa
and your religion will formulate Itself
through experience.
When men are Kick thv An r,nt
pathological definitions they need the
"" me. nnen mis world Is wrong,
Wtn .we f,Iid ourselves In conflict
with the order of righteousness, we
need the fresh, (nvlmntin.
, , , - r, ......... CAuri itiilo
of living for the things that are high
We can all grasp religion In the con
crete. We all believe in good lives. We
have no skepticism as to sincere service
for sacrifice; we all agree on the creed
of character We can all take hold of
religion at the end of duty, of high liv
ing, of clean cltisenshlp, of social ser
vice, of every day goodness, kindness,
and love.
Doing the things that are right, fol
lowing the light of high Ideals, whv
Tret and quarrel or even give ourselves
special concern over descriptions, defl-
right life, enjoy Its experience, and let
the logic of such a life give its own ac
count of our faith.
Sentence S
ermons
By Henry F. Cope.
True blue never leaks Indigo.
. Lov. "ver recognlxes hardships
In
The carefree are never free from care
for others.
It takes a well developed pride to
boast of humility.
Too many of us want the glory with
out tho school of grace.
It's a frail faith that fears to have
Its foundations examined.
No raptures last that do not relate
themselves to realities.
The next unit nfirt blnitnm thit
farthest reaching creed.
He who lives only In future Joys will
know many present pains.
You can be happy in any work in
which you Invest your heart.
To save your faith from formalism
translate every article Into an act.
Highways of happiness are never
cut through with pain and tears.
There is a world of difference be
tween willing a deed and simply being
willing to do.
No religion has much power over in
that docs not make some great appeal
to us.
The saddest sight In this world Is the
man who can sin without any sense of
sorrow.
Cherishing the memory of slights aiM
injuries is like filling the pillow with
thorns.
Credulity as to the guilt of others is
often due to the word of conscience
within courselves.
They who wear the garments of re
ligion all the week can feel ptous on
Sunday without a frock coat.
It's a good deal easier to believe that
the angels love many sinners than that
they love all the saints.
If you really want to know the world
you will do more than Investigate lt
shadows and sample its garbage cans.
When you are able to set your re
ligion In a compartment of your life,
life Itself comes along and locks up tho
file.
You may know how much a. man is
reaily worth by seeing how much lie
puts In after singing, "Here, Lord, I
give myself away. '
Didn't Want the Job.
During a recent examination of ap
plicants for the position of mail car
rier, a colored boy appeared before the
civil service commission.
"How far is it front this earth to the
moon?" was the first question asked
him. "How fah am it from de earf to
de moonf' he repeated as he began to
reach for hi hat, ."Bay, boss, if you's
gwlne tb put' me on dat route, I doesn't
want de Job"; and with, that he left as
though he were escaping, from some, ca
lamity. M . I'-.. ' . . .. v
,AS.