Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-02-13

- 49, an.s n they can get tho of-
$500 ..i..ist<r Hat ca u back soms
=. - ~. f.,et ssn thse neck cf the oysr-
si,r,.y,. rss1x.ixsr and looks up. spear n
h<at. - Sc whether TIE galleries and
socis-..ssics wouid have h-m lat mp ~
s.alr. And. 10, many VI Lie thut'ts are
down.
xsrsRD II fnx, HoxoRzD IN pEAfn.
Ia the worldly realms lock ~ the bru'
tAllties Of the presidential slectloa eight
wears ago. Read the biographies Il Dan
IN Webster and Alexander ii. Stephens
ard Horace Greeley and Charles sumner
and I.ucias Quintns tancsussatns Lamar
and James q. blaine. and. II tie story %
defamation and ealamny and sc4ndaisxA
ton and di@t-lbe and scurrll.ty and Lam
poon and ts.lsr ss-ate and d2innable per-
hiy be accurately recorded. tell me u
what respects our political arena and ths
howlng and blzspheinlng galleries tia.
agaiI and again lock down upon II arr
better than the Roman Coliseum.
When l read few day ago that the ssi-
preme court Of the United States had ap-
propriately adjourned TO pay Lonors ID
the two last distinguished men men,
tioued, and American journalism north,
south. east and west went into larnents-
lions over their departure and said all
complimentary things in regard to them,
Issked; when did the nation lie about
these men; Was II when during their
life II gave them maiediction or now
| since their death when bsstowing rpon
them ratification
The same spirit of cruelty that you de-
plore In the Roman Coliseum Is seen in
the sharp appetite tho world seems 10
have for the downfall Of good men, and
in the divorce VI those whose marital Lie
was thought accordant, and In the alb
sconding of bank cashier. oh, my
friends, the world wants more Of tho
spirit Of Let him mp" and less Of the
spirit Of Thumbs down.. There are
hundreds Of men in the prisons Of Amer
lea who ought TO be discharged. because
they were the victims Of circumstances
or have suffered enough
There are in ali professions and occ'i-
patiors men who are domineered over by
others, and whose whole life is a struggle
with monstrous opposition. and circuni-
stances have their heel upon the throo-
bing and broken hearts. For GODS sake,
= let them up. Away with the spirit Of
Thumbs DOWN. What the world wants
} is 900 men like Teleinachus TO leap cat
of the gallery into the arena, whether he
bea Roman Catholic monk, or q Methodist
} steward, or Presbyterian elder, and 20
In between the contestants blessed
are the peacemakers. for they shall be
called the children Of Godr'
TRAIN THE CHILDREN RIGHT.
One-half the world is down and the
: other half is up, and the half that Is ur
; he's It's heel on the half that is down. II
: YOU. as boss workman, or as contract
or, or as bishop, or as state or Ia
tional official, or as q potent factor j.
social life, or in any way are depressing
any one, know that the same devil thai
{ possessed the Roman Coliseum oppresse'
: You. The Diocletians are not all dead
The cellars leading into the arena o.
life's struggle are not all emptied Of theil
Q tigers. The vivisection by young doctors
: of dogs and cats and birds most Of tn
: time adds nothing TO human discovery
: but is only continuation of yespasian'
: Coliseum.
. The cruelties of the world generally De
4 gin IN nurseries, and in home circles, am
: In day schools. The child that transfxe
fly with pin, or the low feeling tina
: sets two dogs into combat, or that bullies
weak or crippled playmate, or the in
difference that staryes q canary bird
needs only to be developed in order Il
:, make first class Nero or full arme,
: Apoliyon. 1t would be good sentenc'
Q 10 be written on the top line Of a child
book. and fit inscription TO be en-
;. broidered in the armchair Of the sitting
: room, and en- appropriate motto 70
s judge and jury and district attorney t.ns
e sheriff 10 look at In the courthor se
5 blessed are the nerciful, for they shall
obtain mercy"
. And 50 tho ruins Of that Coliseum
, preach to me. Indeed the most impress
7 I've things on earth aro ruins. The fou
greatest structures ever built are il
:. ruiils. The Parthenon in ruins. the TEN
y pie Of Diana in ruins, the temple o
Jerusalem in ruins. the Coliseum Il
ruins. Indeed the earth i-self will ye
be pale Of ruins, the mountains in ruins
: the seas in ruins. the cities in ruins. III
|" the heInispheres IN ruins. Yea. turtle
J. than that, al up and down the heay
ems are worlds burned up, world
wrecked, worlds extinct, worlds alan
= doned. Worlds on worlds in ruins.
. But am glad 10 say it Is the same oil
heaven, and ia all that world there
% not one ruin and never will be a r'iil
= Not one Of the rearly gates will ever be
: come unh.nged. Not one Of the anne
= thystine towers will ever fall. Not on
! 81 the mansions viii ever decay. No
one Of the chariots viii ever be M
: wheeled. Not one OF the thrones WI
= ever rock down. Oh. make sure Of heay
en-. for il Is m everlasting heaven
!, Through Christ the Lord get ready 70
: residence ia the eternal palaces.
MONT N rHE COLISEUM.
The last evening before leaving Rom
n for Brindii and Athonss and Egypt an
: Palestine went alone TO the Coliseum
\ There was not living soul IN all the in
= mense area. Even those accustomed {
sell curios ut the four entrances Of n
4 building had gone away. The place wa
y 81 overwhelmingly silent I could hee
! nay own heart beat with the emotion
= aroused By The place and hour. pace
II the arena. TwaIked down INTO the den
:, where the hyena~ were once kept ! ss
y cepdet 10 the place whore the enf.src
. usrd to sit | climbed rlurl the Failfrie