The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-04-05
WE ARE WORKING OUT OUR OWN
DESTINY.

WE ARE WORKING OUT OOh O"N
DESTINY.
That the civilization of the world Is
defective there can be no doubt. lhat
even our boasted republican form oil
government is an unsatisfactory ex-
pertinent is a seIf-evident truth. Goa
Almighty created US with an inteill-
gence and a free agency and ieit us
with all the lights of revelation TO
work out the problem of government
political and moral. Our creator
never intended that there should be
one man or one woman on this broad
earth without the comforts OF lie
equal to the demands of his being IL
was never intended that poverty ana
suffering should be the general condl-
ton and wealth and happiness the
execution in this life. From the con-
dition of the imam in the dugout" we
have been cropping in darkness win d
ray of Zig IL now and then illumihing
the gloom, but the perpetual sun rays
Of our perfect civilization have not yet
dawned upon us. 1t may not be that
we shall enjoy that light until we
work it out for ourselves ana
work up TO the millennium.
1t has been generally supposed that
the period of existence anticipated as
a millennium had a fixed beginning,
but the advance of modern thought
has reasoned from analogy and con-
cluded that that happy existance must
he accomplished by ourselves. The
development of the last half century
indicate that we are fast moving up to
q higher plane of existence which the
millennium meant to typify. We have
been moving in the preliminary and
preparatory lines of improvements,
such as practical science in the inven-
ton of machinery to take the burden
from the shoulders of the poor and
give them more time to read and
'hink. We have been moving in the
lire of art, in architecture, in mould
ing the marble into lines Of beauty by
which the nobler emotions Of man are
awakened and enlarged into broad
or field. We have be 3n knitting vast
continents together by railways and
fast steamers drawing closer together
aud cementing into common thought
and common interests men Of every
cline and every color. We have been
moving in the line of political
economy, iamiliarizing ourselves with
the needs of the masses and making
an honest effort to benefit mankind by
selfish motives from leg
Isla ion In religion sect and denomi-
nation are fast losing their distinction
and buryiBg their proscriptive zeal.
The times of utilization are both wild
enlng to embrace humanity and clos
ing up TO eradicate the unimportant
and emphasize the important truths
of revelation. The barriers o. society
are crumbling, the line of caste is be-
coming less distinct, and not tar
ahead of us we see d common broth
erhood that is the very essence of the
religion of Christ.
What will be the immediate causes
aud influences that will Danish pow
erty and crime from the earth no hui
man ken can predict. Nor how long
we VII be moving along these lines
indicated before the great battle of
Armagedden will result in victory
and perfect peace and happiness ON
earth no human intellect can indi-
cate, for there are no facts to base a
prediction upon; but the facts
to which we have referred
demonstrate that we are
moving in that direction, and that is
enough for us to know. is, too, an
incentive for each and all of us to con-
tribute our part, however small 1t
may be, to give additional impetus to
this general movement towards all
that is good and great and glorious.
Pessamistic indeed must one be who
can not see in the signs OF the times a
more glorious future for humanity,
and one, too, which we are working
out for ourselves, assisted by Divine
ain as far as il il consistent with our
own free agency aud a demand of our
Maker that we should use all our
splendid powers for the good of our
selves and our kind.
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