Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-13
MARCUS AURELIUS

Men and women-but chiefly men-fllet
| st. Johns church last evening. No man
had, in less than two years, called about
PIN more brainy men than has Dear
| Adams. This comes of his having con
victions strong as his nature and life-oi
his uttering these convictions perfectly
| fearlessly-of his, at the same time, Away:
| generously recognizing the right of the
other man to have his convictions. 1t i:
always refreshing to hear man Who doe:
not think that damnation attends upor
| disagreeing with him.
The Deans arraignment of philosopher:
| last night was very strong and very true
| He said that be was much pleased by tn.
| gentlemanly criticism passed upon hin
some days ago to the fact that
the church does not and dare not go dowr
to the lowest of humanity. Marcus Azure
Illus, being the imperial philosopher, he
| 1.-THE dean thought he had the right TO ash
what philosophy has ever done for human
| ity. He called attention to the fact that
he had not been in Wichita over sever
months before he secured the company Of
couple of newspaper men and policemen
and went through the brothels of Wichita
He followed this visit by series of lee,
lures on 1.-THE Dark Side of Wichita y
What was to be dones Many came and
asked him about the matter; but in the
number there was not one philosopher.
The appeal of philosophy is to the learned
the cultured, the cultured, the intellect
ual. What does philosophy say
to the man staggering along
the streets: Govern yourself, my
good man, or you are lost;
as though the poor devil did not know that
as well as the philosopher. No, no, the alb
stract saves nobody. Whoever is saved is
saved by the concrete. The church is the
embodied love Of God. She takes in
her arms the fallen, washes them, sancti-
ties them. God knows the Christ knows,
the clergy everywhere know and lament in
great agony that the church does not per-
form her mission as she should. Still she
has done more, and is doing more than all
other agencies put together to help hui
mainly. and thou, Oh, philosopher! why
wilt thou stand without her walls, CRITICS
ing her? Why not come in and help her
do better and moreS
Marcus Aurelius was spoken of
as the stole philosopher which he
became when he was only
twelve years of age. The stole said con-
troll yourself; let not emotions or passions
have any influence over you. When Jus
tin Martyr songht truth of stoicism, say
ing, l am in search of God, the answer
was there are other things more import
ant; control yourself. Marcus Aurelius
controlled himself when the enemy was
marching on the capital, not only, but also
when Faustina, his wife, was befouling
his home to an extent that causes us, after
the lapse of so many centuries to turn
away with loathing, and while Justin
Martyr, Polycaup, Blandina, and thou
sands of others were suffering pains I'M
utterable. Give us man Of
some passion, whose anger flashes
out, but who has some generosity
the stole had no more passion than a curb
stone. He controls himself. So does the
modern humanity about him. So the
Christ did not. The divinity within him
ragged against the very selfshness that We
find in stoicism. So should the church
the continuation of the embodiment of
Gods leverage in indignation at what is
not of love as she suffers in helping the
fallen. When will she realize her mission ,
Only when the Christ stands in a mighty
realization at her altors.