Telegram-herald., 1890-09-29
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addressed ass evening IL GreenwOo1
Hal ~ Mrs. LOS W2isbrooksI, Of Port
land, Osegoa. In the openlng exercises.
Instead or the usual invocation, Mrs..
WAisbrooksr Fec.led beautiful poem
On "EaFth Angels"
The formal address Of tie evening
Vas entitled The Iusurheleacy OF
Love" It's purpose was very FAR from
cry.ng down the beauty and glory Of
love, bat to show the poweilsssness Of
love without wisdom. Love has been
extoiled To the skies. IL : sad that
Love IS God, but II 50, u is aii-suticlent.
But love alone can never accomplish
ths redemption OF society. Love alone
can never meet tie wants of the human
soul, because .t lacks rs complement,
wisdom.
The prevailing theology oruc.hed rs
God 10 redeem the world and save the
souls Ol Is believers. Leaving out of
view the myths and faisehood OF the
story, THIS cruc axi0n OF god >
a great symbol OK "A universal truth.
There ls and always has been love
enough 10 save the world, II there were
wisdom 20 apply it. This love has al
ways been strong enough IN AL past
ages 10 save the world. But We have =
state Of society IN which the suffering
and degradation wouit shame the
heathen and savages, because love Is n
sufficient without the wisdom 10 apply
it. Love has one adsan tagc over WIS
dom. for II can be manifested without
wisdom. but not wisdom without love.
Take the ". c. T. L. Could pro-
hlDtiOn be fixed fact tomorrow u
would create more degradation aud
misery than the world has seen, unless
there were other changes commensurate
with this. Yet who doubts the honesty
and the good heart of these ladies'?
I've have the vexed question OF labor
and capital. We have not less than
1900, 600 unemployed IN this country.
There are SOO. 900 saloons IN these
United States, 500, 600 gRtcways OF des-
trucuoTis. Yet, / remember listening
10 temperance lectures when / WAS
a child fifty wears ago. Yet | 90 not
see that success has crowned these ef-
forts. What is the matter? They have
not taken hold OF all the causes. They
have looked at the effects. without the
wisdom 10 remedy them. Eight hun
dred thousand saloons, with more than
million of men supported by them,
and not less than 100000 of men
would be thrown out of employment #
prohibition weretO 90 into effect. What
would these men do for support
Farming would be mpractlcable. You
would flnd the country OVerrun with
highway robbery. Let the W. {. T. L.
look deeper into the economic system"
"Let Us look further. The great curse
of interest IN the hands of mOnopolistlc
institutions IS making more dTunkardS
than all the saloons. Take n simple IL
lustratOn of the working of our inter-
est system. Here Is theological SEMI
mary with a large endowment. Over
there Is man with capital OF $50, 600
who needs 200 more, and ii Is bOr-
rOwed from the theological seminary at
per cent. interest, and 100 men are
employed. In the course of time 4
flnaCclal crisis comes over the country
aud the wages OF these men must be
| cut down IN order that the interest be
paid on this borrowed capital. Now
I that interest goes To support students in
/ the study OF Il theology that Is sent
abroad 10 save strangers, while u is
/ pOwerless to save the people at home.
/ But do YOU say there Is no love in this
/ spirit that goes into foreign lands to
/ convert them who sit IN darkness?
/ Surely, there Is love enough IN the
/ souls of these men, but Il little more
/ wisdom would teach them that more
/ salvation here would better insure It in
/ the life TO come
/ 4 very large number Of instances,
/ taken out OF common life, were cited 10
\ show tho force Ot tie old injunction,
/ "Get wisdom, but OF all tiny gettiugs,
/ get understanding"
Take what we call economy. rcduc-
ing family expenses for the object OF
saving. DO You know that # this thing
as 70 is understood were carried ont, il
I wCul8 produce more degradation than
all the famine and pestlence combined.
I X 6.000.0O0 workmen economic and
save 500 year apiece. there VIII be
I Withdrawn from the general circulation
I $4,000 600. 30 VOC see that winch
I YOU have considered n virtue would, Il
+ followed out, rcsuitl lu 4 universal de-
/ structiOn worse than famine and sword
/ We must have new system OF cCOuo-
+ my on the earth th5tvill give IT'S Justice
ln TIE marter Ut thegreat questions of
bread and buffers
/ The speakers lsst point was a glow
ing description o. the prevailing hsbi;
f OF violating the laws OF aate-uatal con
+ dItlOns, and eutGilng ru. wretchcdnes.
+ ami sudeung on the offspring. She ln.
f sisted that AL thls does not prove tho
+ absence of love. but tho absence of WIS
+ dom. The pcrorat.Ou was most effect
{ i've, and enforced with great power the
+ OLD command which the speaker bad
+ quoted many times throughout the lee
ture. "Tct wisdom, aut Of al thy get
+ tngs get understanding"