, 1890-04-03
SAID OF A SOLDIER.
Gen. Crook Regarded an AL
most Perfect Model.
A LITTLE CHILD SHALL LEAD
Goodness and Wisdom Mean More
To-Day Than Fear and
Power.

And u little child lead them.-
Isaiah XII, O.
He suid; when Isaiah looked
into the great forests Of futurity he
saw the wolf, the leopard, and the
lion, but IA great change had taken
place In the old plcture-a little
child was leading them. In all old
literature there are few cOnccits
moro beautiful. For time out Of
memory these animals had been the
terror of the lonely places among
trees, rocks, and jungle. Mothers
had trcmbled when Il child stroycd
away from sight In field ur wood.
IL was great poetic power that
enabled the phrophct TO look beyond
his passing years aud see u little
child leading all those old cmbOdi-
ments of fcrocity.
Dante, perhaps, borrowed an i'm
age from Isaiah; Tor when lac set
forth In his great spiritual journey
hc saw before him the panther, the
lion, and the leopard. His path of
life was thus denied him. lie did
not solve the difficulty ~ the
prophet solved It, by making II little
child lcud away these hungry enc
niies; tho Italian Is simply invited
up to path far above that In the
common forest. In Isaiah the
brutes yield to the moral beauty of n
little child; In Dante they are left
below-thc human traveller having
becn carried above their level.
Literature and religion, Virgil and
Beatrice, are the substitute for
lsainh's little child. The end seen
by the Hebrew and the Italian was
the snInc-thu defeat of the wild
natures In the uncuitlvatcd woods.
The son of Italy wonders how he
came to wander into such II danger
ous aud repulsive wild, hut he at
tributes the adventure to some
sleepy dullncss that most fully weighed
My senses down when the true path /
lott
It Is indeed some sleepy dullness
that has brought the humnn family
into the passions and conflicts with
wild beasts. The power That will
deliver society is That impressed
into the service of these glorious
poets OF Jerusalem and Florence
the power, not of monster but OF
u little child. The emblenAt ic Guild
implies two new conditions, an out
side spiritual power to act IA a
leader, and AN internal Willingness
thus to he led. Tho change Of chur-
acter did not take placc wholly In
the lion and the wolf, bat IL reached
those who are accustomed tn con-
troll those animals. The master
with whip or iron rod passes out
of the scene and the changed brutCs
=. a.. LII e.. .,l,untr..I humanity
II IL EA.fLN lNFERRED
from the pictorial wOr,is ol Isaiah
that society should expect much
from spiritual influences and should
believe that the best changes must
come alike 10 the lCaGc' aud the led.
rhc people must bc 30 cultivated
thnt they cnn bc irrcsistiblv drawn
by spiritual motives, and the leaders
Of the people must possess more of
the forces of truth aud fraternity.
Violence hns lost It's empire,
Leadership Is the great met that
holds possession of the first thirty
years vi each human life. Indeed,
the prayer Of Cardinal Newman us
expressed IN that great hymn;
"I,e Il, kindly light, amid the en-
circllng gloom comes 90 the lips in
all the days man lives, but perhaps
after the heart has passed It's
thlrticth year Il become, more self
reliant and reaches out less i'm
plorinply the hand that asks for
help. The hymn Of the cardinal
docs not Cud it, lesson when IL scts
before us the leadership of Col. lis
continents open tO admit all long
ing for Il guidance all through the
.luom OF man life. II Il easy 10
imagine IL young and sensitive
heart begging all friends, all teach
crs, all politicians, all books, all
events to lead it along the right
path. Often the younger aud
therefore lesser heart seems tu say to
those who are old and to society,
az shall depend upon you"
It Is one of the impressive facts of
man that however truly hc may
have "A God In the sky, he H. many
gods on earth. He kncels at many
altars. Az soon ~ educated he be-
comes wOrShiper. He stands
affected by his friends, touched by
the arts, eutranced by nature, int
pressed by the greatness of human
ity, and exalted by the past and
future,
1T Is NOT UNCOMMON
in these days of high culture To meet
with old men who look with delight
into the near future of the earth be-
cause they seem tn see there tho
the triumph Of truth and Justice,
the unity of religious and social
teaching, n general brotherhood
compared with which the present IL
more like condition of hostility.
These men have escaped from the
touch Of force; they ARE ruled by the
moral side of the world. The Loop
ard, the lion, and the wolf have
been dcthroned; II little child can
lead them.
Force must always he within
reach of each officer In the army
and navy, because In critical mo-
mcnts the work of n regiment on
of IA ship can not halt long enough
to admit of the spiritual education
of II subordlinutc. In all the corners
of society force must he within easy
command or he officers OF the law,
because II - muu has criminal ma
ture aud IL about To burn II house or
pick u pocket or draw II weapon the
educational process Ii too slow Ia
meet the demand Of the moment.
The man must bc gasped Instantly
hy force. But while the hand OF
physical power must be always
ready and unglovcd, yet there
should he active in ell the corners oI
the community all those spiritual
ideas which form the regular law oi
influence. Force Is an exceptional
resort; the permanent influence OF
man over man IL wholly spiritual.
If possible tho army and navy