The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-01-30
kTHB OFFICE OF WISDOM.

.. kTHH OFFICE OF WISDOM.
=. To institute q line of demarcati0
between knowledge and wisdom
legitimate and allowable. Know
:. edge is the perception or discovery
facts, or the correct understandable
Of the laws and principles by whic
: the universe of mind and matter
conducted and governed. The ofic
of wisdom Is to utilize facts and prin
. ciples for the moral welfare and Lral
= tical account of humanity. Som
men possess q vast amount of know
edge, yet they lack wisdom to turf
these streams of knowledge into sue
channels as will refine and purify dc
nestle and national institutions. Tn
age is intensely practical. 1t has be
come tired over the golden dreams
gorgeous creations and unverffiet
hypothesis of men floating in gildet
splendor across the armament ofspec
ulatlve inquiry. It wants something
more stable, some monumental col
umn against which to lean to find
unmolested rest. The grand con-
quests of the human mind are seen
all along the deep channels of the
ages, yet we are safe in saying the
present age eclipses the splender of
its predecessors in the utilization of
the factors and forces of nature. Tho
present age is remarkable for its ex-
animation of the base-work of sys-
TENS and institutions. Theories
heavy with antiquity are abandoned.
The theories that heat, light and
sound are modes Of molecular vibra-
ton, and that life Is the result of the
oscillation of brain particles, or
the interaction of incadescent mole
cules are shaken from centre to
circumference. "M0des Of motion"
are giving away to entitive exist
ences, and standardization, with its
auroral splendor, is about to flash
serenely upon the world, while the
influence of light is elevating insti-
tutions, calling to existence higher
forms of government, broader cor.
captions Of right, and a grander ideal
in religion; yet q vast field un-
touched stands before us.
While myriads are climbing the
rugged declivities of human advance
ment, becoming familiar with the
colossal minds of the present and the
past, and knowledge, like a golden
SUN breaking in floods of radiance
upon the eager eyes of an astonished
world, yet we cannot say Its moral
and intellectual resources are turned
into sublime and beneficent chan
nels. How many blighting evils and
calamities might be pre-
'ented? How many unhappy homes
be avoided? How many
brighter stars might be e upon
he shades of earth's brief night?
that all were wise to utilize
heir resources for lofty ends and
purposes, and we should see rays of
light shooting athwart the shades of
hight and pillars of truth rising in
he midst of chaos. !
Man ought to be q collaboration with
nature. Her laws in all their majes- [
and beauty can be made to sub
erve the purposes of the world. {
Through the agency of man and his
with nature the bitter orange {
las become sweet, the crab apple 8
delicious. While these changes and
evolutions are effected by the laws
f reproduction and the supervision G
f man. they are, nevertheless, the DO. :
emit factors in accelerating the world d
q to q grand contamination. 9
md here it is where the dignity
nd responsibility of man comes sub
mely into view. The Supreme
find has arranged man to work
18th nature. The qu~intessence of
lOral philosophy consists in taking n
of these laws that peace in \
er queenly robe of whiteness might =
t serenely upon the throne of the y
Jul. If men SOW weeds and tares [
nd briers the SUI will shine, the t,
lin will fall, aud the breezes will -
[ow on these a. well as on the pure !"
I'D wholesome grain. A hary est of a
hat is sOwn will be given, and this r
bids good in the physical and moral Il
'nditiOns of our being. al
The Incorporate, the debauched. -.
le concupiscent bring into exist I
ice children of low culture, dis. te
sed, malformed, crooked and bent. 10
at they scarcely reach the meridian m
life. In fact, thousands of inno-
mt babes are brought into existence. a
e seeds of corruption imbedded in hi
cir natures. Born in lust, raised in in
norance, we cannot expect a high W
pc Of moral culture, and who is to "
anne in this matter? 1t Is the climax "
absurdity to blame the laws Of W
,ture or of God. The soil of nature 10
soon produces pumpkins as apples, 10,
d thOrns rs peaches. It has no
dice in this matter. The sun shines III
on the ivy, the maple, the rose. SO
3 pink and the fatal hemlock. be
10 deadly serpent basks in its in
ANS equally as much az the ca
ry. the %g0ld6nch, and the bird of Tn
radise. Light and heat smile in
on the stagnant marshes ia
pestiferous bogs where epidemics ~,
generated equally as much "a -
y do on the trees luxuriant with bl'
.icfous fruit. The great patent De
ces will 60 on generating the kind mt
life intrusted to their care. The 90,
vagina of nature is a receptive CIV
sel where life is deposited and SCI
ere 1t awaits higher conditions of ART
.ctiflcation and development. The tri
that are planted are evolved ~.
o higher forms and types. Nature ""
back what is sowed. Men NAV on
until they are bathed with tear
1t avails nothing. Nature is pers
" needless.
'hese immutable laws which are ]
operation are the voices of wisdom thu
.nonishing all to SOW the seeds of Wv
ity. The grandest aim of life fr
sists In utilizing all the potent &C pla
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