Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-12


duced by other people who recognize the rights
of property. II they did succeed in supporting
life there would be no place in their social sys-
| tenn for the arts aud sciences. They deny The
advantages of our arts and sciences. They cannot
| do otherwise. The whole gist and tenor of their
teaching is calculated to lead man back to his
| primitive state. to savsgery, to beastliness.
| They cannot employ the arts and sciences in the
| service of humanity; and as they wholly
can they employ in the service of humanity
those capacities and gifts which constitute the
exclusive prerogative OF man and draw him
nearer to the gods. They will have no temples,
no statutes, no theaters, no museums. They
assert that they have no need of them. The
readiest way to avoid blushIng at ones own
baseness is to ntemn nobility. Their teacher
was an ignorant deceiver and they not I'M
successful in their attempts to initiate him.
| Furthermore. they are inlpious. They refuse
10 recognize the gods or their Interference
in human aft Iirs. They acknowledge only the
Father of their teacher, whom they call their
Father, and their teacher himself, who, they
say, revealed to them all the secrets of life.
Their doctr ne is wretched fraud.
that the universe is ma ntained by the gods and
that The gods watch over and protect man. In
order to live well people are bound to honor the
gods, to seek truth and think. Hence our lite is
regulated on the one hand by the will of the
gods, and on the other by the collective wisdom
OF humanity We live, think and seek. and are
therefore advancing towards truth They, on
the contrary, have gods divine will. no
human wisdom to look to, but must make the
best of their blind faith in their cruciied teacher
| for yourself which is the more tru stworthy
guide: the will of the gods and the joint
trammelled activity of the wisdom of all human
ity, or obligatory. unreasoning faith in the say
ings OF one MANI
Julius was struck by these remarks OF the
stranger, especially by his last question. Not
only was his resolution to become Christian
emph atically shaken. but it now seemed quite
incredible that the stress of misfortune should
I ave driven him to the verge of such folly.
There was, however, one other question still
unsettled: WHAT was he to do now and how
was ne to set about extricating himself from
the embarrassing situation that had made him
thus desperate? And having pointed out this
difficulty, he asked he stranger for advice.
stranger said what is to bS doneP The lime
of action you must pursne is. as far as human
wisdom is accessible to me, perfectly clear. All
your trou bles have their source in your pas
sions. 1t passion that whirled you away
and took you so out of your road that You have
suffered graveiv in consequence. LIES lessons
usually take this form. You should learn them
well and benefit BY them. You have exerienced
much and you know what is sweet and what is
bitter. You no risk OF unwittinly repeating
the same mistakes. Profit by your experience
What grieves and upsets you most is your en-
nifty with your father. 1t had its origin in your
position. Choose another one and 1t will van
ish, or a: least will no longer manifest itself in
the same acute form.
All your sutferings are due to the irregularity
of your position. You abandon Yourself 10 the
pleasures of youth. This was natural and there
fore right And it continued right as long as it
beseemed your age. But the season passed
of man to indulge in the freaks of a
youth-and this was wrong. You are now of an
age when your will must supplement natures
and you must become a man, a citizen and serve
the commonwealth, working fos the good of all
as well as your own. Your father suggests that
you should marry. This is wise counsel. You
have passed through one stage OF life-youth
and have now entered upon another. All YOUR
uneasiness and fears are but many symptoms
of period of transition: LooS the truth man.
fully in the face admit that the season of youth
is gone BY. and fineing dauntlessly aside every
thing that was proper to that season without
being Characteristic of manhood, enter the new
road. Marry, give up the frivilous paveties Of
youth. occupy your mind with the interests of
commerce, with public affairs. with sciences
and arts. and not only will Won be reconciIe1
with your father and your fri nds. but you viii
find rest and hanpiness. The root of vou-
trouble was the abnormal. unnatural position
occupied. You have reached man-
hoods estate and it is your duty TO take wife
and become man. Hence nv chief counsel to
you is to carry out your fathers wish--marry.
II YOU feel that that i7nletion and
retirement which YOU imagine exists
among the Christians has still a
charm for Won: II you attracted to the
study Of philosophy rather than TO the activity
OF public life. Won can give loose rein to your
wishes With benef. to yourself. only condi-
tion that vou have first studied life and learned
$ inner meaning. And his can do only rs
an independent citizen and father OF family
II. when YOU have reached that point. YOU still
feel drawn as strongly ever, towards retire
ment AMI contemplation. give Yourself up to It
without hesitation, for it will then be a genuine
prediction and MOI a mere outburst Of discon-
ten. as it clearly is at present. Then follow
whittier il leads you.
Tho l"st words. more than ANYTHING that had
gone before, brought conviction to the mind OF
JuIins He warmly thanked the stranger and
returned home. His mother gave hi m a most
cordial welcome. His father too. informed of
his resolutions to submit to his will and marry
the vouuC cir he had chosen for him, became
reconciled with his son.
CHAPTER ".
Three months later Julius marriage with the
hos mi Errlo 1y11t alabr
vonng compile took up their residence in a house
of their own. Julius. having radically changed
his wav of lif' took over that branch of COM
rne-ce which his father coded to him and began
fairlv 70 settle down as respectable member OF
the community.
One dav he drove over to little town not far
distant. on some busi less connected with his
firm. and there while lounging in a merchants
shon he caught sight Of PAM ilius passing by
the door along with girl who was unknown to
him. They were both heavily laden with cranes
which they offered for sale Julius recognizing
his friend, went out to him. greeted him and
as ed him in to pass an hour in quiet CONVERSE
tio7.
The girl observing Pamnhilius' desire TO enter
the shop with his friend, and noticing that he
hestated tn leave her alone, at once assured
him that she dii not need his services and that
she you'd sit there by herself and wait for a
purchaser for the cranes.
Pamphilius thanked her and accompanied
Julius INTO the shop. julius asked and received
permission Of his friend. the merchant. to retire
thAv might eniov a little qniet talk.
Once there the friends began question each
9th er about the and downs they had met
with since they had last seen each other.
PamDhilius' life had glided smoothly on,
bringing no material change since then. He
still lived in the Christian community. was a
bachelor as before, nd felt. he assured his
friend, that every year, every day and every
hour brought him increase of happin ess.
Julius thereupon narrated his experiences and
described how he had been on the point of be-
coming Christian. and was already on the road
to the Christian villa ge. when he was stopped
bv the strange who ope ned his eyes to the err
rors of the Christians, and made him sensi BILE OF
his duty to marry; land [ acted upon this ad-
vice and am now a married man" he concluded.
And are you happy now" asked Pamphil-
ius. Have you found in marriage the bliss the
stranger promised your
Happy repeated julius. ''What is the
meaning of the word happy"
If we are to take it to connote perfect reali-
zation of one's desires, then am not happy I |
am conducting my business affairs with fair |
degree of success. and am also beginning to be |
respected by my neighbors; and both these cir |
cumstances afford me considerable amou mt of |
satisfaction. True, l daily come in contact |
with may citizens who are much weather. and |
more widely respected than l am: but / fatter |
my self that a time will come when shall over |
take and possibly out trip them both in these |
respects. This aspect of my life then is very !
satisfactory; with respect to my marriage, to be |
quite as much. 1 will go step further an con-
TESS that that union which was to have conferred |
JOY and happiness upon me, has disappointed |
me; and that the pleasure / experienced from it |
in the beginning has ever siace been on the |
wane, and that in lien of married hiss