The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1891-02-11
SOLICITORS" CONTRIBUTION.
He Has q Word for Many and Some Good
General Advice.

He Has q Word for Many and Some Good
General Advice.
To THE HOWARD L1TERARY-"Daisy T., y
1 am glad to welcome you; come often.
I'll. o. NJ, success TO your branch club
and summer reunion. "Sister Agnes"
please give us more criticisms on popular
literature of the day. Frank" kindly
favor us with a chronological picture of
the representative citizen, who is found
in every community, and show us his vir-
tues and vices. "Gazelle," soil Tiller''
and Forest Flower" hope you will feel
at home and come often "Dr Simison, +"
we are in need of a physician. Some of
orr absent members must be feeling badly
serious symptoms last week! l
will only say its nice and let others criti-
else. Hamlet" should like to hear you
read your poem. ALA" l like your poem
best.
And we are to have a book of Howard
literary poems. Capital. May / sug-
gest that it include also honest gems in
prose, which may be selected each week.
Well, what can / say 10 interest the cul-
tured circle and the general reader? You
know that
weare living, we are striving
In grand and glorious time.
When the age on ages telling
To DO living Is sublime.
And the record deeply craven
On tho path where We have trod
Shows the heart Of man Is reaching
Up from earth to natures God.
Are YOU not often startled by the
thought that our lives and our letters 10
the page reflect an influence that may
never end2 1 hope that many of you will
enlarge upon some OF the truths so
clumsily presented in my last letter.
Please present them so that every reader
will study about them. Everybody reads,
but few study. We may plead lack OF
time, but not lack of cause for careful re-
Fiction beyond the popular conception OF
success in life.
What will induce our many negligent
members to write more frequently,
and help US fill the psge completely
and well each issue? They cannot
keep better company. l am willing
10 come every month If necessary.
Surely, dear, silent friends, your lives
are not too much attuned 20 the music OF
this mundane sphere to reflect your we'll
developed intellects and cultured hearts
on the tireside page? You know that
wealth and fame viii not buy forgetful-
ness OF duties neglected, and the sad mis-
take OF living too much in ole narrow path
OF thought. To great extent we make
life what 1t is by making ourselves what
we are. Mister Psychologists, to what
extent is this true? You will admit that
a man is at mis- best when experience and
enthusiasm are most evenly balanced.
And even then he sees so much neglected
truth all along his pathway. His influence
has not always passed for what it was
worth because he has not always been
true to him whose knowledge was far be-
yond that of books, teachers and
the worlds wisdom. He may have
been a representative citizen in his COM
munitv and helped To kindle the embers
of brotherhood into a quenchless flame,
and in It's sweet warmth seen the card
inal virtues flourish but has he always
properly testified to the delightful feel
ings which the spirit OF God creates and
increases?
How often is tho tongue used in the
service OF the intellect and how seldom,
alas, in the service of the heart In re-
ligious life. when experience and enthus-
iasm are most evenly balanced, we don't
wonder so much whether Satan is Gods
fundamentally Tor developing mans re-
ligious faculty-simply an instrument OF
benevolent design in the providence OF
God-but his sweetest delight is found in
the symbol of divine wisdom" which
turned the dark stream of the centuries
out of its chanDel into the light.
IL