The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1894-09-20
VIEWS.
BY MEMBER OF CLASS A.

7 have often regretted my initiation into the
WAYS of sin. 1t has been great d'sllluslon
to me. It imbues the mind with skeptcism; it
DESTROYS the faculty of deducing pleasure from
the deeds of others, regardless of their motives
The self-styled philanthropists. moralists, etc.
have lost believer the true philanthroplst
meets a doubling Thomas, ever asking, quo an |
imo. MY regrets are. however. selfish. WISH
7 cou,d have ever remained as Tom Pinch-the
ideal of blisSfuness.
Rut we are not to be selfish, and truth is. they
tell lis. the ultimate object. AS am now can
sometimes detect lie; Tom could not tell one
from horse blanket. This was owing IN part
TO the relationship existing between them-they
are both used as covers. The increase IN e1l1c-
ency of the secret service renders it more dill
cult day by day to manufacture and place III CIR
culatiOn counterfeit money. AS the PlncheS-
that is the gullible-disappear. the counterielts
in life will. one by one, receive the assayers
stamp of fraud. The atmosphere OF prison is
not an advantageous one through which TO vie"
the world. The mind. conscious as 1t Is OF the
bars through which it gaZes. fails. SOmetmes' 10
perceive that the appearance OF the world IS 'ei
effect produced by them. We do not look over
the wall but through it. 1t is no SIN not TO al
yertise ones vices; it is to assume virtues. Inc
only instance wherein a man may speak 1reeiy
and nroudly of his vices is when he has left the
"primrose path of dalliance'' for the "steep and
! thorny way':: then, when he 'speakS out in
meeting" he may "Out-HerOd HerOd.' This is
nardonab,e. as it arises from the desire to point
out that there is hope for all, even for you ana
me.
"All hope abandon, We who enter here" has
never been transplanted There is new virtue
policy; the lynx eye of the reformer plerces
the distance and discovers the mOlehill. while
the mountain close at hand is uGperceived; per-
haps there is gratefulness for the shade.
"All the worlds stage and all the people
merely players; the stars alone, notorious 1of
their vices fill the eye. This creates the er-
roneous impression that virtue langushes Al
present the tragical holds the boards, with the
stars in comedy roles. Pullman, the phllan
thropic Pullman, still merits the praise OF the
world and the press. In the hour of distress he
came like ministering angel with quarterly
dividend of per cent. Chicago is nine hundred
miles from Philadelphia, the late home OF Geo
w. Childs; Pullman lives in Chicago.
Mr., Talmage has been tried by fire. admire
that man: my admiration dates from the time
that he. being present at the court of Queen Vic
toria. declared that mot one American goin'
: down on his knees at night to offer prayer TO
the health of the president but what added
l. plea for the preservation of Her Majesty's."
/. admire that statement for its truthfuness.
y quality we do not look for in divine Mr.. Can
l. negie at whom it is quite the thing to rail, is SIT
). in our confidence. Andrew speaks earnestly to
l. the union of England and America. We sha
H. have more of this until he becomes ambassado
l. at the Court of st. James There is an afflnlt
d between him and his armOr plates.
Il Acouescence is not virtue; neither is skept
Y. cism. even in convict, vciOusness.
s. The world is teeming with good and virtuou
"a people; there are few angels. The wings, W
l. imagine could not navigate the heavenly atmo
&c phere nor pass a civil service examination.