, 1890-04-03

colossal Moses. Hut the niHuon u"
has outliVcl the Moses. The IRON
handed man of Mount sinai VINO
asked the thunder and lightning to
nlnv while hc was writing laws TOT
thc Hebrews. Is less loved now thnh
tho Mary whose moral force lay IN
the radiance of her counlcu,'licc
and i'm the spiritual worth ol the
child ON her bosom. Moses was
transient storm. Madonna was ne
perpetual impulse of all clVlllla''oh'
join MILTON.
saw and expressed well the COMING
change Of thrones. Hating deslot-
ism as he did, he poured out lilS
poetic cloQucncc In favor OF ne
coming kingdom Of peace ile
throws his language into tho past
tense, but his heart must have Teen
In the future. often when genius
speaks uf "a bright yesterday II
means tomorrow.
"No war or battle sound
Was heard the world around,
The idle spear and shield were hish up
hungl
Tho hooked chariot stood
I'nstainod with hostile blood,
The Trumpet spaku not TO the armed
throng,
And kinr, sat still with awful eye.
Asifthoy surely knew their sovereign
Lori was nigh
Such apicturc Is not a portrait OF
weakness, but of strength. inc
kings sit still with miud awe
stricken because they folt THAI heir
chariot aud horScmcn were thin -
orn duv, while the Childl.kc quality
of Jesus was for the uneuuuled
years.
It L. wonderful how innocent how
gcutlc. how childlikc are all tnn-c
agencies that most move the human
race! What can he softer than wis
dom and goodness? Air and water
posses, some hardness; even the sun
hDau reveals some momentum OF
force, but wisdom and goodness are
81 spiritual that all the greatest
mind can hold can not equal u rise
iCni IN physical weight. Yet turist
moved Into the human throng car
ryiug only wisdom and gpoIluc-s,
but spear and sword were dethroucd.
MIglulen reading surpns~c- The
Cleopatra who led armies The
learning of ~. Paul made him rise,
while mighty Rome was falling.
Alexander the Great has become
small when compared with NirEil or
Cicero. Even the great Napoleon l.
less now tnan u chapter ui the New
Testament or u single page nom
any high poetry ar pure ethics, Job
Is greater than \rXCs; Socrates
mun powerful than the Egyptian
mouarchs. The couquc-ts ot Ham
nibul were weaknesses when COM
pared with the littlo poem, We all
learned 10y heart In our childhood.
nUT SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WIS
DON
are not the only forms Of mingled
sOftucss and power. Man stands
encompasscd by mental fuccs
which Surpa-s the guns OF largest
culikcr. The Armstrong gun,
Weighing 100 tons, sends ball
weighing 1000 pounds through
twenty-five inches of steel. and
even through twcnty.cight inches
Of wood back Of the steel; but this
force Is nothing 80 far "A the human
race Is concerned, bcau-a the hui
man mind j. not made Of steel or
of wood. The thoughts of Ioi,toi
may prove to he more powerful
than the krIpp cannous. Tho art
Of painting, the notes uf music, tie
beauty of nature, can aSsail the htl-
man heart in all years, days and
hours, aud trn-lOnn guns into
dust.
I il the fact that man l. u snirit-
tnl being that will compel sucietyat
last 10 rcduublc it- devotion to thc
SchOol-hou-a., to sciences, TO arts. all
learning, all high taste aud rrligion.
The gilt Ot mind ls fatal unlo,~ unu
hccumUs mental. llp cuu uut llvc
by bread alone, lie can exist, but
he can not live, lie must reach the
senSibility that cun appreciate the
world; he must reach the Wrdum
that can live ~wc'tiy, he must reach
the philosophy which Cnu acrrpt of
dcntn as the best plan Of u WIS, God.
lie uccl NOT De- u library la mi.
learning, but lac must be alive i'm
thc feelings OF his heart. rh,Sr prs
lhnsc forces which Isaiah called the
,i,l NV, emo, und To IT, silkgu string
''l' won ana the hon walk obrdicut
TilIOyGu LrrE's GREAT WOODS.
II IL because man is composed of
an intellect mud mn ,rdio.. -,
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