The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-02-15

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PRAIRIE FARMING.
EDITOR ADVANCE:-Hav made 4
trip down into Northern Illinois, will
say a few words of the condition of the
farmers there now compared with what
it was when the country was new as
this is now, say thirty years ago. At
that time [ well remember Il prairie
that was still owned by the Govern
ment, although the country around it
had been settled fifteen years. Now the
best farms are on that prairie, worth
from sixty to eighty dollars per acre.
Well, thirty years ago the farmers in
Whit-si'le Co. were as hard up for mon
ey rs they are i" this county Row. They
had tried raising wheat, and it was a
good wheat country, much better than
this, but every farmer that stuck to
wheat raising kept poor, while those
that turned their attention to stock got
rich, and ,lle great majority are r.ci,
now. OF ceulSr, corn and pork are
largely produced there, but cattle aud
sheep pay about as we'll. Now am
sure that this country will be aS rlcl.
and prosperous in time as that is. But
it will take some years. The world was
not made in Il day AMI we should not
be discouraged but keep wol king and
trying. Raise stock and grain that the
stock can eat. Corn aud oats pay bet
ter as (. lule than wheat or flax, and
are net as hard on the land, and if you
can't sell them they can be- fed to Il
good advantage. In amy country that
eyer saw, those prosper most who
stick to their business whatever It may
be. and that is especially true of fam
ing. as it takes more time to win SUE
cess at hat than at other callings, but
success is sUyer than it is in amy other
business.
Some will doubtless be scared cut by
this cold winter and seek Il home in
some warmer climate, but they will find
something there that they had hot
thought of THAT will be qui,e AS dEa-
greeable as cold weather. DR.. Frank
lin said that he ''never saw an oft-r--
moved tree nor an oft-removeh fam 'Iy
that throve so we'll rs those that Sri' !'.'
l'e." and although it is called an old saw
it. still Il very good one, so stick to ht
farm, pay off the mortgage if p',s>i!An.
and we will come out all right in tn.
long run.
J. II. MAXWELL.
PSYCHOLOGICAL MYTHS
EDITOR ADNANCE:-The religious
nature of man is IN interesting theme.
whether viewed from the stand point OF
the crude mrd;c;ne man Of the savage.
the, plastic philosophy OF the lIi,dno.
the dognnatic lixe,lneSs Of the Catholic,
or the creed bound and individual ex-
rericnce Of the Protestant world. 1t
is an Interesting fact that many things
III common exist in all forms of rrlig-
ions, from the most primitive in the
dead past, to the most cultivated evan
ge!iSm Of the present day. The idea Of
estrangement and separation, the idea
Of two II 'arly co-eqlal powers, the God
Of the III. ,.iverse, and a secondary power
called the devil, the two having strive,l
for supremacy since the world began.
The idea that some awful mistake had
been committed, and some correspond
ing atonem-nt must take place to bal
;l,ce up ard make friends again, hence
tie oft-re,tated question, 'What shall
| do to be saved?' The Christian ide;,
Of man 8 condition is based on the Mo-
sale account Of the creation, where ey-
erything is regarded us All harmOninus
whole until we reach the highest form
man, land God saw it was not good for
nlrn to be alone"
Now up to this time Adam had male
no complaint. He was in perfect har-
mony with all around him and with the
Deity 1t is not related that the man
wanted wife, but as though God made
u secondary discovery that he needed Il
helpmate. Now if there is any such
thing rs the fall Of man, right here is
is God S special creation, and no exper-
best. and whatever followed was as
"Cll utlt&t lOle' ~ tu\A llIlCIS SCti sth
other part of the creation. "And God
saw it was not good for man to he
alone," and by u special creation forced
Adam from suci, Il lonely position. Let
every man form his highest ideal Of the
God of worlds, and ask himself it Such
Il being would not be bound to create
with a bias towards right, and If the
woman was not so created, why this
was part of the original design, as
though it was best for man to progress
in the way lc did. "for thy sake, Adj
am. 'as the record says. The record
implies that bnth were created with
full powers of discretion, having the
power ot choice, and therefore full
knowledge OF consequences. In Il word
they We're what the world never had
before nor since, Il perfect man ard
woman.
Adam did not f'isobey his maker, and
the same command was given to the
new made woman, and both were plac.
ed under the most favorable circum.
stances and could not have fallen un-
less there was bias in the wrong di-
rection as Il weakness Of the flesh crea.
ted for Il purpose, and how could there
be capacity for falling wit hout the
Creators knowledge. and ii Adam fell
was it not intended he should, or why
was the woman forced on him whils
such dire results were to follow? Free
will does not alter the position. for
with a bias towards good, their choice
wonld nave been in that direction at
some time exercising the same free will
that we do now in all our movements
just here comes this contending force
called the Devil, this co-equal power
either self-existing or just created by
the divine command, whe, according
to theology. seems to have gained the
day and carried eternal destruction tG
millions without end. Can you see the
perfection of Divinity in such Il vascil.
atlng record as this? Does it suggest
infallibility, or does it not rather show
human fallibility from every point OF
view Then the manner of the wo.
mans creation is beneath all our best
ideas of a Divine Being.
Is there mere bungling hypothesis
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