Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-04-16
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think the eruwth az America In the
next leo years viii he la simplicity.
The decade Just elosing has been noted
tor high pressure. n dissipation Of energy.
A good many Of our customs are worrying.
but In reality they 90 not pay.
During the ne3t ecafury ] believe the
American people viii learn tho important
lesson TIA, simple and honest living Is the
goal 10 which nsn should bead their ener-
giss. No nation Aas learned this ls.kon -
u should have been learned. The wonderful
Americans will accomplish this insult and
distinguish themselves more than ever b.
fore.
Heretofore we have taught that men
should be honest and just for the sake Of
religion or Tor the sake 81 society. The
truth IL, each hadisi dual should b honest
and just ~ bsnesi himself primarily aud
religion and society incidentally.
Many Americans now believe that they
might become rich II they would consent
TO become unfair. II il not true Fairness
In AL thin "a Is the first cssentl sl To success
In everything. Men should he honest to
oblige themselves. Folly always means
degradation aud unhsppincss.
The old races Of men were cruel In the
name OF patriotism and religion. The men
who live in 1873. will be just because their
conscience and well bsinl, demand IL.
The men of the nex6 century will realize
a. the men Of no pre-, 'ous century realized
that simplicity And honesty arc the great
helps in living Nonsense has been 50 ne
spectacle in the past that half the people
took OF their hats to il, but the coming
man will discard much II that which has
worried ps and caused us TO neglect those
simple Interests on which our happiness
really depended
Half the things about which we worry
are not Of the slightest consequences. The
coming man will know this and be will
have the grcstest regard for tho simple
truth. about which there need he no doubt
So many men have lived and left histories
that no one nesd 70 a.tray
The truth hes always been mixed with
nonsense. The men who will celebrate the
fifth American centennial will have sepa-
rated the chat from the wheat. and no
teacher Of nonsense will be encouraged,
even though he claim that his object IL to
dogood. The great truth then will be that,
while the necs<sity for simplicity and hon.
esty has always been taught. il has never
served
The splendid men OF the century Just
dewning viii know better than Ne do that
every individual Is guaranteed equal rights
in life. liberty and the pursuit Of happi-
nsss not by constitutions and governments.
but by the Creator, and that no man need
bail because he has fxiled TO accunulats
riches or greatness
This II the golden age. and We arc the
mos wonderful race Of insn that ever sx-
listed, but In considering our achievements
We do not pay proper attention to our
fauitA Future races Of Americans will
not neglect thia In the coming daya, when
tho winds will whisper and the birds sing
over cur graves, men will talk less of pes
stmism and optimism HLd more Of the can.
did truth with which the interests of the
people arc always connected.
Z. W. HOWE.