The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1878-03-15

world is to US depends largely upon what W
ourselves are. We each make the world II
which we live
/ What the world is TO them. depends great,
on the nature of those that occupy it. Ask tn,
crow what the world is, and 1t will tell you tina
it IS a place in which TO pull up the farmers
corn and feed on carrion. Ask the Indiar
what the world is, and he will tell you it Is
place in which to hunt and fish, AID scalp his
enemies Ask the civilized man what the
world Is AID he will answer that it Is place in
which TO cultivate mind. heart and soul, and
qualify himself for the eternity beyond
What the world is to us, depends greatly
upon our intellectual. development. A man
who knows nothing Of geology goes out into
his field and finds huge boulder or rock.
THIS excites no thought in his mind. But
when the scholar looks at that boulder, a whole
world rises before him. He sees time when
no human beng stood upon this earth. He
sees this whole continent covered with an
ocean o: ice; he sees this great mass OF ice
moving from the north towards the south,
carrying upon its surface these boulders; he
sees this sea of ice gradually melt, leaving one
boulder here and another there. What sug
gests nothing to the ignorant man, indicates a
world to the other.
The anclents locke at the same heavens that
we do tonight. but what did they see? The
sun, a ball of fire; the stars. candles hung IN
m
ths principal part OF the universe. We look
at the same heavens. and what do we see
Eighteen million suns and their attendant worlds
We see that this is only the beginning OF what
shall be discovered. Why do we see more than
the ancent2 These eghtesn million suns
moved in their appointed spheres then as thew
do now The change has not been In the
heavens, but in ourselves we have by educa-
ton and development, reached an altitude
where we can zee more than could the ancient |
AS we grow 80 grows the universe.
On this principle the man who says that no
ons AZ honest, will himself bear watching Like
recognizes like. 1t Is the pure heart that sees
pure God. This man devoid OF honesty IN his
own heart, fails to recognize 1t in any one else.
The same is true OF him who fiippantly says
that there is no faithfulness, noblsness or
purity in woman. Lacking these qualities in
his own nature, how can he realize that they
exist IN Others. Let him become noble, great
in heart, and he will see in others world OF
nobleness. 70 which he Is now stranger Be-
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rascal and every woman accessible
Our occupation has much to do with Great
ing the world in which we live When in my ,
reading come TO a fact or incident tina. think ,
will help to impress truth, Immediately en- i
quIre, what use can l make OF tina. IN my '
sermons in which sermon can most proper 6
ly introduce it then / lay 1t aside on my desk
or in my memory for future use. Sometimes D
friend, not forgetting me, hands me such a
material for sermon building. Thus to me, in ?
one sense, the world becomes place in which o
to make sermonsi; my reading and observation a
is with this end in view. b
The lawyer moves in a world OF his own. "
He reads the court proceedings important Il
legal decisions he studes when he hears of Il
4 quarrel In town, he wonders If they will set c.
tie it up without a lawsuit-of course the good II
man hopes they will The physician lives in al
world OF his own. He reads the medical in
he talks be makes use of medi- a
al terms. The shoemaker has world OF his IL
,wn. When he meets you he glances down at TO
,our feet to see il your boots do not need vi
The mIlliner meets you and
ooks at your hat or bonnet and wonders II you ~
re going to wear that horrid thing all sum- to
ner. After you have been so sick that no one 10
expected you could recover, the undertaken 10
meets you with an air OF disappointment that ab
10 can't conceal. The housewife has a world in
4 her own. 1t Is to go through with the WI
outline duties Of the household II love reigns
4 that home, her duties are pleasant, ju
ut il not. how odlous they become! She hii
,ust appear cheerful when her heart ,s ready Fr
D break with sadness that she can reveal to FOL
o one but her most intimate friend Although crI
ne one to whom she is welded may seem to thi
or more like hired man than husband, tie
vd, church and social law requires that she en-
,msin where she is a1d meet her doom with no
hat fortitude she can command. Tn
Our imaginations have much to do with Chi
'sking the world what it is to us. The imagl- the
alton is the incentive Of all effort The youth thr
srsues his studies IN college, not because he
satisfied with the present--he has an "air Ge
lstle Ibis imagination pictures a future Sch
here he shall stand high in some profession con
pursuit it Is this that nerves him TO faith has
Il study, The pioneer in Telling the trees Cot
ID dong all the drudges incident to his time VIII
d not work because he was satisfied with the fus
'esent. He, too, had an "sir castle" He is
~ in the years to come, a cultivated farm ma
A friend in trouble says to me: ~ see MOTH the
g to look forward to-" That is, the magma III
On refuses to paint picture that is inviting. bus
ls future is barren Of brighter gems than the mai
ssent. THIS Is sad condition of mind but
. imagination will return to its work-bright Kal
,tures shall yet greet you-do not let hope Cha
out in your soul-it is long road that siy,