St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-02

was natural for all these unnatural peO-
pie to be found in one place, and then
deduce their tragedy as the real history
of modern society. God knows 1t is bad
enough. We do not seek to cloak the
wickedness of the times. But the real
life of the present century is rather in
the dignity of the common people. the
hope, reverence, peace and contentment
of the 'Angelus' scene, than in the
lurid pictures of crime ana impurity OF
the alleged realistic picture or novel.
instead of catching that spirit
which says, 1t is a weary world; it has
nothing good, there is nothing to be adj
Inired, shall with Wordsworth catch
that noble sentiment, We live by adj
nlIration. and in every struggling mar
tyr for truth, in every man who is will
ing to die for cause, in every man who
thinks more of character than of money
or preferment. find all objec of admira-
ton, an inspiration to hope. Consider
ing this subject of realism in relation
to the higher movements of the mind,
It's relation to the intricate questions of
psychology and religion, we may be
very sure of one thing-the method has
come to stay. If we would we cannot
turn backward, for there is power in
this age that is moving men and things
without their advice. Formerly the
psychologist could sit down and give a
restatement of Aristotle, and go before
the world as
AN ORIGINAL THINKER.
Now when Preyer desires to make an
impression OIL Germany by his study of
the mind. he gets down on the carpet
with his baby, he plays ball with the
boys. he goes into the commercial en-
porium and mingles with clerks and
dealers; but all this time he has note
book in hand. and presently goes before
the learned faculty of the great unlyer-
sity to surprise them with his attain
ment. So must be the work of the re-
liglous leader of the future. The rela-
tion of man to the society in which he
lives, the relation of man to the spirit
of God, or conscience, as you may call
it, the struggles with this indwelling
light, the futile attempts of men to eX-
tinguish it, all this must be the study of
the realist in religion at the present
time. And in the future, if the nervous
excitement of the revival, which is
often mistaken for religious experience,
grows less important; if the value OF the
purely dramatic excitement that comes
from pealing music. Surpliced acolyteS,
du(l ClOuuS VI luCClSS oidII uOSlliC3 VIII
it follow that the religion of true union
with the indwelling God shall fail, that
man will be less faithful to his highest
trusts. that his real life shall be less
strong, or that he will in any sense be
less a follower of his Master? Indeed
it seems that when men depend OIL the
spirit rather than on the senses, on the
sense of Justice rather than on the flush
of nervous excitement created by SEN
suous things, he will be on the way to
much higher development.
And when we shall realize this in
dwelling presence; when we shall live
in ''deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn
of miserable aims that end in self, in
thoughts sublime that pierce the night
like stars" when in our lives we can
say, ''for justice all places palace. and
all season summer" then, although we
''know not where His islands lift their
fronded palms in air." although we in
dulge few d ay dreams of SPECIFIC city
of gold; we may still rest in the full
assurance of hope, that, as the worm
crawls along in his little world, uncon-
scious of the glory that Will come when
he sheds the chrysals and becomes the
butterfly. living in a new world of sum-
mer beauty-so, plodding faithfulness
on our part, the realization of the uni
versal and eternal i'll our lives to-day
will be our task. and when we have
shed our chrySalis, emerging as God
/ will and where He will, new glory
will be revealed.