The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-04-12


stances, Ignorant, brutal and cowardly,"
is both unscienti6c and un. Christian;
aud the verdict of Carlyle, that "Wher-
ever there is q psuper there is a sir"
not on the part Of the pauper but on the
part OF the system which makes such q
being a necessary integral part of it's
machinery.
Men are not IN this world to leave
monuments behind them, whether Of
pyramidal rock or OF coined gold. No
man is in the world for any other pur-
pose than that of serving God-no
matter who or what God is, that is not
now in question; men may probably
serve him by serving other men. EN-
phstically they can not serve him by
selAshly serving themselves. That is
true by Verbum dSi spoken through the
mouths Of all men, from the first one who
worShiped the shadow Of his soul cast
from life upon the darkness Of infinity
down to now, and it is also true by the
last verdict of science, studying tangible
things from the rocks down to the
student. No man can so defeat the pur-
pose Of his creation and escape the
penalty. Depend upon it, humanity
shall not finally make choice to do or to
refuse to do in opposition to the divine
intention or to the laws of it's develop
ment, any more than the oyster of a
million years ago might have made
choice to become nothing but q pearl
gstherer and shere stop the upward
spriDging tide of life. If humanity
could and would make such choice, the
ape would yet pass the millionaire and
DO the higher type in the coming era.
Although such choice is not perms-
nently possible, yet men have endeavored
to make it. They have striven to secure
an autonomy from the laws Of nature
and to live by what they name the laws
OF modern industry, with results that
are patent to every one. The distin-
gushing mark OF the millionaire, who
may be the typical business man for
Rught know or care, of the criminal
and OF the politician, is that they neither
fear God nor regard man" In the prosecu-
tion of their schemes. Is not this true'
Each OF them has of course his ethical
code, though what it is is often difficult
to discover, but the base of it with each
OF them is in the proposition that the
observance OF certain morality is ma.
teFiRlly profitable to the observers self.
IL is only by sort Of second thought,
after having pleased themselves, that
they reflect that an enlightened selfish
mesa" must be beneficial to the world at
large. This would be true, perhaps, il
society were, as they consider it, an Rg-
gregstlon Of sells; but it is not 30. So
ciety is an aggregation OF other than selfs,
to which any one self is entirely un-
important.
It is not far to seek the results Of such
q system based upon utter sel6shness.
Men who tOOrk together Bs common re-
cipients Of common good are friends
and brothers until there is not work
enough for all, and the spirit Of selfish.
ness is wskened by competition. Men
who trade and speculate, each endsavor.
ing to secure an unequal part of the re-
SuLt OF labor, especially since no regard is
paid to the toll itself, except in the mini
mum possible wages, are enemies, and
the predatory state, which has BEEN dis
armed in its more grossly material form,
is 80 perpetuated among them 10 fact
that the commerce Of the world is ss
cruel as q slave hunt in central Africa,
and as blind as q Highland forsy Of the
seventeenth century. There will no one