Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1893-08-10


ers with which man must battle in ma
turel He had brought to his feet the
powers in the commercial world that
| opposed him. He saw men who had de-
ned him humbied and in poverty. His
word was the imperial edict of car
and affected thousands of lives, and yet
he sold the power of his own being in
the process. A little microbe. so small
that magnifying glass must be used to
see it, came into his great palace and
laid its little hand on his lung. and he
was compelled to follow He was a
wreck physically at the very time when
man should be at the height of his phys
! ical powers. What shall it profit a man
If he gain the whole world. but forfeit
his life?
THE HEART OF LIFE.
Third-Spiritually. Life is spiritual
reality. It is not found in matter. IL
is not found in an analysis of matter, in
the abundance of the matter which
man may accumulate about his person.
| The things in this world that are worth
most in life are sometimes those which
have no commercial rating. no CONNER
cial basis of exchange.
Our life is rich because of its memo
ries, because of the friends we have
made, of the hearts we have loved and
that have loved us in return. of the
kindly deeds we have been able to do, of
the faces that we have been able to light
with joy. 1t is made up of these higher
and sweeter elements that are not. can
not be issued in the forms of bonds or
of coupons. And when we have accepted
the commercial basis of life, ignoring
the spirit. we have simply laid up treas
ure for some other man to possess.
The body only can touch wealth in
money, and how small part of our ac-
cumulations can our body touch! How
small part Of the 75,ot0,OO0 could Mr..
Gould use! 1t did not cost much to buy
his clothes. and what he ate was less
than a common workingman. 1t would
not have cost much for house to shell
ter What can man get out of money
in itself beyond food and clothing and
shelter when used on himself and for
himself?
That which in our lives is really of the
treasure of life is something beyond the
money that we can exchange or that we
can use for ourselves.
NAPoLEoN's TREASURES.
When Napoleon Bonaparte was at the
height of his power, he established an
orphanage for girls in a little town in
France. After his return from Danish
ment at Elba he made visit to the or
phanage. which remained untouched.
The girls crowded about him as he left
and gave to him the most touching ex-
preston of their love and admiration.
They covered his hands with kisses.
They took the rings from their fingers
and put them on his, and warm tears
fell on the great emperor's hand while
they crowded around him, claiming the
privilege of u last grasp and Of last
word as he left. Afterward came Wa
terloo and transportation and Danish
ment and the rocky island of st. Hele-
ma. The old guard went down in blood
and death, and his empire fell with
crash. The magnificent temple which
he had built of matter crumbled in
night He was left in poverty, aprisoner.
But there were some things that sur
vived Waterloo. There was one thing
that survived the crash of the empire
the words of love, the tears and the kisses
of those orphan girls. They abided, they
cheered the hours of loneliness, and their
faces lowered over him even in the hours
of death to whisper words of cheer and
courage. We really live not in self. but |
in others.
THE BOSTON PHILOSOPHER.
Is life worth living? asks your mod
ern philosophy. In reply we would I
ask: What life? What life? A distin-
guished citizen of Boston recently read |
a paper before philosophic club ON the I
subject, "Is Life Worth Living?" He
was a man who possessed millions Of |
dollars. He lived in luxurious palace |
on a magnificent avenue. He was a
man of culture. of thorough education. /
He was a writer of brilliant power, and
in his essay he sought with determine (
ton and with some degree of logical
power from his point of view to show
that human life was not worth living.
THE WESTERN MISSIONARY.
While he was reading this essay before
this assemblage of clubmen and philo-
sophie students simple, pioneer teach
er was addressing a great assembly in
fremont temple on the subject of west
ern missions. These-two men had been
schoolmates in boyhood. They were both
men of culture. The one had given his
life to making money and made it. The
other had given his life to men in sacri-
fee. He was poor man-this mission
airy. The great crowd listened with
breathless attention to his account of his
work in the western world. They hung
thrilled upon every period. He was
man of masterful physique, of magnetic
face, behind which beat a great. loving
heart.
He told of the wonders that God had
wrought among the people in the far
west. His face flashed with power di-