The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-08-25
NEITHER OF SILVER NOR GOLD.

NAY, but o, man, who art thou. that tnon re-
pliest against Sod? Shall the thing formed say to
Him that formed it: Why hast Thou made me
thusr ;"
To the Editor of the Eagle.
1t is Gods prerogatiye to be worshipped,
and from His truth atheism tries to derive
nourishment. For it is almost always at his
means of bringing his children 10 a sense
of their duty That the unbeliever thrusts
his scientific lance He asks why did God
create "A Pilaroh and put into his heart
stubborn disobedience! God answers: ITO
show his power throughout the earth. !"
''Why did be foreordain the life, suffering
and death of Jesus Christ, when his word
was infiuite?"
God made man in his own image; think
Of the honor! (even to the desire OF being
worshipped)an intelligent, grand, creature,
with capabilities almost unbound
ed. And the most important part OF this
wonderful mechanism is the telephone
which he placed down in the soul of every
living mortal, and the sin had never been
committed had the sinner first consulted
the still small voice" which never fails;
but too often when the voice does hot
coincide with mans desire, be thrustS it
from his soul and his trouble begins. He
is rudderiess ship, no longer guided by
the Voice of his Creator But God SO loves
this Intelligent man that he sent to earth
q loving Mediator to plead with him earn
eStly, even to the death on the cross. just
why God chose this method instead Of one
suggested by his many critics, know not;
but it seems to me that il takes great
deal OF self-assurance to Willingly criti-
clze the action OF the Eternal God
of the Universe. OF all things that
fly, walk or creep upon this earth the man
who says "rhere is no God" is the most
pitiabe. The very breath he utilities in
the utterance, the voice which he hears
pronounce the words, he borrows from the
creator whom he ignores. Let such u one
search the depths of his heart and see ii
there is no feeling of worship for the Gre
ator of the earth and the fullness thereof;
no spark of glory for him vino lighted the
brilliant sun by day and the pale moon by
night; no thrill of awe for the thing
which created the sea and the storm that
rides it. The man who can absorb this
grandeur-can accept his own creation us
Il mere matter of chance-thOugh he be
wise III his own concelt, Is yet beneath the
beasts of the field, for the beast was given
neither intellect, conscience nor the image
of his creator. When children fall to dis
putting how naturally they turn TO the
parent for settlement But when the
whole earth shivers with discomfort; when
honest men must starve in sight of bread,
while the earth yields Abundance for twice
its number; when one-half the earth Is
cursing the other half; when strikes and
riots are too frequent to create comment,
1t looks as though the machine was run-
ming wrong. And who than its inventor,
could better adjust its disorder; and that
lie does not do SO is perhaps because The
manipulators of this earth almost utterly
ignore him and are given over to run
things according to their folly.
The miIiouaires, who WELD such power,
our public offices, which are temptations,
Il for #
self greed, who have not the public's good
but the public's money at heart, who are
ouly willing to talk reforms which do not
affect themselves. Were III not so serious,
/ could fancy the Lord smiling at the
frantic efforts of His little creature to adj
just matters. II by the million remedies
phllosOphysing the extra session they
locality 1t pulls every thing
out OF gear in another aud
though panics are Quelled for
a time, they Will rise again,
and continue so 10 do until We as people
not merely women, children and mlnis-
ters-but the leaders OF the nations Inter
csts learn to acknowledge and respect the
suit We would remember the sceptre
welded by the most powerful, successful
and magnetic ruler this earth ever knew,
was neither gold or silver, nor Yet OF
precious stones; but simply that: Brains
IN its dealings with manual labor, state in
its dealings with state, nation IN its deal
Ings with nation and man IN his dealing
with man should DO unto Others as ye
would that they should do TO you" As IN
the fufillment of these words lies Our only
hope of harmony, and as self has gained
such frighttui foothold upon the genera
tiou, 1t Is hard TO hope that Love thy
neighbor as tbyseli' viii arrive ia ad-
vance Of the millenniai dawn.
BETH